Icycling

Can somebody please explain why motorist more often (99.9999%) choose to disobey law that say when over taking a vehicle it must be done in a separate lane? Now a cyclist in RSA is classified as a vehicle so why do motorist "alway" choose to neglect this law? I think cyclist have probably just been way to considerate all their live by obeying the 1st rule of the road and that is user of the road should do so as far left as possible / safe! But if their is a cyclist next to you (1, 2 , 3or 4 cyclist) you cannot be further left than on the shoulder of the cyclist next to you. But with all due respect a motorist overtaking 1or 4 cyclist 100% legally the number of cyclist left of the centre line has NO impact on the way the motorist should do it! That is use your indicator (to warn motorist behind their is a need to slow down and over take) choose a time when it is safe to pass in a separate lane (not on a solid white line) and indicate to return to the lane the cyclist were in. The fact that cyclist are asking for 1.5m law to be implemented is only because nobody have every enforced the correct way of over taking a cyclist be it 1 cyclist on the road or 4 cyclist riding a breast (not over taking). But let's be honest motorist normally are in a hurry on by road where their runner, cyclist, horse rider, baboons (in the Cape) and other road usurer because on the highway their fellow motorist choose to be road hog and sit in the fast lane instead of overtaking in the fast lane. Finally admit motorist break more rules on the road than any cyclist could ever do - from speeding to overtaking on solid line to driving in the fast lane! If the rule of the roads were up held by motorist cyclist would be perfectly safe! But they not and I am not say I don't break rules when I am behind the wheel - but the finger need to pointed at of driving system not our cycling system - remember a kid with no license (road skills) can cycle on the public roads and if motorist were driving according to the rules of the road they learn't that kid would be 100% safe! I am not a parent but how many parents would in the current motoring situation let their 10 year old or younger ride on the road un supervised? I know as a 10 year old Kid 30 years back I was allowed to ride 7km to school and back on my own. So more car are now on the roads doing school runs instead of how it should be Kid getting some exercise and commuting by bike not contributing to global warming and not getting fat! But I know its a pointless argument as mankind has become very in considerate!

So they were overtaking each other to ride single file! The Road Traffic Act 29 of 1989, Section 105 • Ride in single file, except if overtaking another pedal cycle. So they were legal! How do you prove 1 rider is not over taking another - it could be a 3 hour overtaking maneuver but if at any point they are riding single file then surely 1 was overtaking the other. That Law has no meaning!

Wannabe - If you were a member of PPA in Feb this - I think that was the month! You have a CSA licence till 31 dec 2012 - so for this year Burger you do not need a day licence - cannot say what is happening for next year yet.

I am not a MTB rider - but for the life of me I cannot understand why people who change to a 29er also now want to change to a 2 x10 when on a 26" bike they were running a 3 x 10. The size of the wheel changes the gearing completely ( a bigger wheel makes a heavier gear). I would suspect that the only cyclist racing nearer the front of the pack are actually able to successfully ride these gears! It was completely by co-incidence that 2 x10 came out at the same time as 29ers from what other suppliers have told me! As per the comment above (Moridin) I think the 2 x 10 was actually designed for 26" bike

This one I have not seen yet, after been road cycling for 30 years! A cyclist ranting about cyclist who with all due respect are just been safe! Yup riding alone you less likely to be seen by cars, riding as far left as possible you more likely to have motorist speeding past you and offering no room! This looks like a suburbia road probably max speed limit 40km/h maybe 60 km/h. If 40km/h and the cyclist are doing 30km/h where the problem - oh ja motorist never obey the speed LIMIT (myself included). But when I see other road users I do slow down and try and pass on the other side of the dotted white line (thats what the law stipulates - even if it is just 1 cyclist as the law states 1 vehicle per lane and a cyclist in RSA is classified as a vehicle - ever seen a motorist obey that rule in RSA) or at least offer 1.5m. When last did somebody complain about pedestrian J walking or motorist not sticking to the speed limit / talking on cell ph / overtaking on a solid white line / just been plain inconsiderate etc? But a cyclist ride double or goes thought a red robot safely the whole world will come to an end!

More than 10!

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Sorry when you been racing for almost 30 years and never taken any substance but still have 3 sub 2h30 Argus cycle tour to your name for argument sake - Why would you wish to damage your reputation?

Oxygen tent! I had my blood tested after about2 months of been in the tent at night Haematocrit 0.481/L. Did the test again this week at Pathcare this week after been out of the tent for 6 week 0.401/L. Thats like a 16% difference without EPO!

9 times out of 10 I only go to races when their are at least 2 or more of us in my car - it is just waist fully otherwise - I cannot remember when last I asked for any contributions towards giving a lift to anybody, but I view this as reducing my carbon foot print by half and hopefully their is more than 1 so by 66 percent! But then I started cycling, some 30 years back to school, to reduce pollution and pollution only - I am probably still way a head of my time looking at how some of your comments!

Hill climb! Only a few can win. So why have it so far out, what about the green house gasses? If PPA / WPCA has a Hill climb surely it need to be close enough to both southern and northern sub! So what PPA / WPCA has offered fits this. Guys you complain about a R35 rand CSA levy but you prepared to spend how much on getting an event - not to mention your carbon foot print.

Page 24 of this thread I said Froom - I will still stick by this. Wiggins no doubt will still have a bad day!

Froom - by the end of week 2 he will be the team leader! Maybe reallity or wishfull thinking.

Armstong - Isn't Dr Ferrari a Chiro too? I am just not sure if he only beleives in Dry-needling!

Race was great - would be nice to do some individual TT as well! Well done to the WP road We / Marties had a potentially very dangerous incident when turning onto the Kilpheuwel road last 10km think the the marshal had waved us thought but we came onto the road with a car doing about 120km/h (same direction) - fortunately we managed to tighten up into the yellow line - maybe the marshal did not realize the speed that both parties were doing!

Not to detract from this topic and Gert's recovery 1 more correction - going from Hout bay towards Noordhoek speed limits: 40km/h at the bottom Hout bay side 20km/h from about 1.2km up just before the sharp left turn - and PPA singage saying cyclist keep left ride single file - position of PPA singage? I have asked for it to be taken down! A lot of cyclist are doing 20km/h in this zone. 20 km/h till about 2km/h after the current toll gate 40km/h from that point till toll man at top 20km/h from their for the next 2km/h - well thats what the signage says How much money could be made by putting a speeding camera up on Campmans peak? doing 40km/h in a 20km/h zone, the fine would be no diffrent to doing 240km/h in 120km/h zone from my understanding it is caculated as a % over the speed limit!

It seems to have been Gert Wilkins farther of Travys Wilkins - this is what is on his facebook page! This is what happens when motorist are negligent and forget that they are not the only ones using the roads. Today my father got taken out on chappies - thankfully he is fine and has just been discharged from hospital, but this is a lucky case and unfortunately there have been others that have not been as lucky! I Pray for softness and patience in motorists attitudes towards cyclists and vice versa! Be safe out there — with Gert Wilkins.

Yup have not missed one but also dont know why that makes me a robot - Hey I have not missed Xmas too. Lets face it the 2nd weekend of March is Xmas for cyclist in RSA! Except the one year when it was the 1st weeekend of March for the cricket world cup. http://results.cycle...?PID=4925&SID=1

That was fit not fir! Don't believe in power meters - I have not even used a Heart rate monitor since about 1994 Analysis leads to Paralysis!

I recently (over 14 months - still aiming for 75kg by Nov - same weight as what I left school at) dropped 15 kg from like 93 kg to 78 kg - huge diffrence. So now at almost 40 years of age just 3 week ago I could win an elite CAT 1 race in WP - making it a bit more impressive was that Darren Lill was 2nd not to mention 3rd and 4 th sport were top riders from the WP who are / have raced overseas in the past year. The race was a crit with 4 tight corners - so acceleration was important out of the corners - weight makes a huge difference their too. I also now train on route with climbs instead of looking for flatter ride - climbing is so much more fun! I would say I have always been quite fir having done 29 Cycle tours of which 20 in under 3hrs and 3 in under 2h30!

Where exatly is Slent road - I cannot seem to find it on google maps? Maybe driving directions to the start please.

Robert Hunter with the national jersey 2nd on GC and 4th in stage - well done

Darren Lill getting lots of Slip off my back wheel!

DMC007 - I think me winning was abit more impressive! hahaha

Now that a good animation - just imagine a couple of policemen of Chapmans peak which has a maximum speed limit of 40km/h and a lot of the time only 20km/h not to mention the solid white line most of the way up from Noordhoek side - R1000 per wheel for cross a solid white line - possible the revenue they would collect could build a quite a few houses for the poor so they don't have to steel from the not so poor!