Grondpad

Fontana has lost his saddel

Really hope Burry has not blown!!

I have gone through all 1trillion frames on alibaba but it seems like they only make HT and no DS frame. Does anyone have a link to 29 & 26 Chines DS frames?

<p>FTW!!</p>

Is this a worldwide thing or a "local is lekker"? Maybe time to start one in PTA as well. I think it’s awesome when cyclist just get together and do the cycling thing without interference from a regulating body

I am not sure of this route. Hans Strydom, Rigel, through Hatfield etc. Those road are very busy. The last 100km batch leaves at 9:30. That is a full day with cyclist everwhere from PTA east to Hatfield & Lynnwood. It would be great to do the race but the logistics will be a nightmare

How I wish I lived in CT. I really envy you peeps down there. Enjoy!

Thanks routjie! Great info!

All this info is very handy thanks! So is most of the ride to the Nek actually next to the tar road? Only for the turn-off past the garage does it become gravel or am I misreading the map?

Come on! Post some pics please?

It took a while but I after a couple of months I found this bike on Junkmail.

How brilliant is that link! Thank you javadude!. Number 4 is exactly what I need.

Here is my little singlespeed project (actually a fixie). It’s a Pinarello Treviso track bike. The little research I have done indicates that it is form the early to mid 90’s but I am sure that there are some Hubber’s that will know more about the period. I don’t know how many of these bikes were made, cause the info I can find are few and far between. Most of the bikes on the web are the geared version of the Treviso. This is one sweet bike. I considered going totally retro with it but have decided against it. I think I will do a restoration project as the bike is actually in a very good condition. It doesn’t look like the bike has done many miles and was probably just stored for years. Apart form the problems with the paintjob and chrome, everything else still looks great. Challenges I see is to get the right decals for the bike cause there are 2 that I think will be a bit of an issue. All the decals are stickers as well and none are painted one, so to get it back to its original condition I will have to get all of them new/made. The frame and lug’s are awesome and the bike is unbelievably light. The bike has clipn pedals, but I don’t know if the bike came with those. Does anyone know if they were standard or should I get some toe-clip pedals? I also need to get the leather redone on the saddle but might rather go with a similar Brooks saddle. I am just going to replace the tyres and then the maiden (my maiden) voyage will be at the PTA critical mass this Friday.

Please excuse the rookie question, but what size does one go for when building a SS? Should it be the same size as your road bike, a bit smaller or a bit larger?

Bought my first road bike from a hubber. Will post some better pics later with the new bottle cages etc...

Jip, same happened to me after a bike service. Just as I stood up to power up a little wooden bridge at Groenies, the wheel popped out and I went over the bars. Bombs away!!!

Lol. Dis nie regtig nodig nie. Die MTN manne op die advertensie met die jong knaap op sy geel fiets ry met hulle padfietse op die grondpad. Ek reken ek moet n paar manne met my beenhare gaan irriteer. As die pro's op die grondpad kan, dan kan ek ook. Nou kort ek net n geel poskantoor fiets

Can anyone join the road rides or only club members?

I think this rider did get hurt really bad. I started in the batch before him and punctured a couple of km in. After fixing the puncture I went past him whilst he was walking holding his shoulder and someone pushing his bike back to WP 1. Maybe the collarbone? Hope he is OK

Is this pounds vs feet? And no option for social 20 to 24 (which I think the most will be in)

Thanks SwissVan I am sure I can work this into my training. Do you recommend a road or MTB ride for this? As the road surface is more ‘even’, I presume it’s better to control the HR for the LT? Do you think I can replace an interval session with this workout?

Thanks Berg Bok How much do you recommend? Will one very hard session of squads, lunges, climbing stairs with weights and jumps be sufficient (combined with core exercises)? I agree 100% with you and I think I can stretch the long ride on the weekends and maybe add another interval. It just I think there should be a balance between the amount of training done and the gain you see. I have dropped 15% in placing over the weekend but only do 1 hour less of training in a week on the bike. It just doesn’t make sense, or will 4 hours a month have such a huge impact?

Old: 2 X Intervals on the bike (one long and one short) 1 X Long ride 2 X Cross training (always running) Hours cycling about 8 per week New: 1 X Interval on bike 1 X recovery on bike 1 X long ride 2 X short run (one interval, one tempo) 1 X Long run 2 X Swim Hour cycling about 6/7 per week

I mostly do mountain biking but do like doing some triathlons and run the occasional road & trail race as well. With mountain biking I do marathons and in triathlons I enjoy the cross triathlons and Xterra the most. 2 Weeks ago I bought a road bike (really nice deal on the hub) because I want to do a couple of Standard distance triathlon’s and half Ironman’s. This past weekend I did the Cullinan mountain bike marathon and I did very very bad. I dropped 209 places from last year. This trend is coming from last year since I started actually training for triathlon’s by incorporating a lot of swimming and running into my training as well. I did worse at Sabie & the Magalies monster (placing in 2011 vs 2012). The issue is that I am training really really hard and recovering well. I do about 8 or 9 sessions a week and get enough rest (1 full rest day and one recovery ride) so I do not understand why I cannot perform in MTB marathons. It just doesn’t make sense. I do not get tired in the ‘Lungs’ but rather in the ‘Legs’. Should I start doing weight training for my legs? Do you think it is unrealistic to try and do well in mountain biking (and by well I mean top 15% of the field) and try and do some triathlons as well. Is my expectations to high or is it doable?

I had to laugh at this. I think "piepietjie" is absolutely South Africa. It must only be us that use it and in a lot of ways. Strange how people knows exactly what you are referring to every time you use it. Your sentence just made my day. Brilliant!