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Looks fabulous Anton! Can't wait to see the finished bike. PS: My SL3 is totally fantastic and I am really loving riding it! Thanks again!

You should chat to the guys in the MTB section of the Cyclelab Club. You should get quite a bit of info.

I believe I read in another thread on the hub about a certain rider that was recently bust for doping that he was also a "better man you can't wish to meet". Why doesn't Dave prove to us that he is indeed a "better man you can't wish to meet" and not endanger cyclists?

Sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is slow. I know Indigo Kid is having problems with the Hub in Braamfontein.

Get an armed Predator UAV. Or better still, get a C130 Spectre. Those flame thrower things out your handle bars could work. I read an article awhile ago about some guy putting them under the door of his car to burn hijackers. Best thing you can do is plan a safe route. If you can't then stick to you car.

interesting that you should mention that. the same publication recently published a story about a man who was cleared of murdering his wife by strangulation in his sleep. i think there was also a rape case where the perpetrator was said to be sleeping during the act. will see if i can find some links. I will have a look in my Crim Law textbook to get a bit more info. What many people don't understand is that you need all the elements of a crime to be present to have criminal liability. Capacity is one of them and various things can impact on criminal capacity. Incapacity due to fainting, as in this case, strikes out the capacity so there is no liability. You kill someone in private defence. Technically you unlawfully killed another person so it is murder. But the private defence strikes out the fault requirement.

What we need to do criminalised doping like they have in France (I think it is). That will be more of a deterent. At the moment it is take the risk, get a two year ban and then compete again. If there were harsher penalties then it may help. Every team should commit to an Anti-Doping Program like Medscheme and Saxo Bank.

Ah Mud Dee, that is great!!

Plausible defence. Form of incapacitation. It is a different story if the woman was prone to fainting and knew or foresaw the possibility of fainting while driving and still drove regardless. Then she would be held criminally liable. At varsity we studied a few criminal cases that dealt with that. If I remember correctly one accused even got acquitted for killing someone in his sleep. He was having a nightmare and hit out and killed his family member. But he wasn't in control of his body at the time.

That looks nasty! Hope it heal quickly!

Congrats! That is a great achievement!

Wow, it was quite a storm!!

Looks good! Good you see you getting him to wear a helmet at such a young age!

Speedy recovery Ian.

Bonking is like falling. It WILL happen some time! As for the person asking about Contador's bonking - if I remember correctly it was in the Paris - Nice. Contador was overall leader and didn't eat causing him to bonk and ultimately lose the race.

I got an email from MTNcycling this morning. Aparently there is this new thing where you get a number board for MTB races for life with a timing chip built in. You keep that for as long as your race.

Well the organiser is bailing as well. But I suppose the ride could still happen. Although after Fast One is racing most weekends.

I once bonked during a race. Worst was that the last 30km odd was on the club route so I knew every hill that was coming. I don't know how I got to the end of the race or how I kept my mind. I still use that as what I called my "BUD/S" moment. I know that mentally I manage to get through that so mentally I can get through whatever I need to nowdays.

Lots of roadies. Some are both. Ummm, do Cape Towners get up before 8am???

What is new? Here is our FNB experience: Our petrol cards expired at end of November. No new cards were sent. Then we get a message from the bank saying we can collect the new ones. This is after the others had expired. Go to fetch it and there are no cards. Eventually they were delivered yesterday. With Diners Club and Standard Bank cards you have the new cards before the old ones expire. FNB has really gone downhill in terms of service lately.

Humming Bird, from experience, some of my best races have been in the pouring rain! Maybe it is just Bianchi's that are not made for the rain? Get Kid you buy you a Specialized or Trek!