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winesteyn

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  1. Hey Caro I live in Newlands but regularly ride table Mountain and Tygerberg MTB trails on weekends. Im pretty flexible as to when I ride. pop me a pm if you interested to join. Im pretty much aiming at the same races you are.
  2. i live just below the Blockhouse and i keen to join for rides around TBM. I normally ride for 2 hours before i throw in the towel but im also trying to get my fitness back up to where it was a few years ago. Give me a shout when you are keen.
  3. Ok cool. will post closer to the time when im up there and see if we can organise something. Not always keen to ride there on my own.
  4. Any one going to be in Knysna and keen to ride the Garden route trail park. I will be up from the 24th - 4th staying in Knysna.
  5. Yoh, u missed out, red route was amazing. U must do the red route. Took me about 1.5 hrs to do all three.
  6. I just got back from Knysna and rode the Garden route Trail park. It was amazing. Best trail i have ridden in SA. If you like fast sweeping singletrack then you will love it. Trails are about 20-25km but you can loop back and forth adding more distance. Check out their website. http://www.gardenroutetrailpark.com/. Just follow the trails from yellow, then blue and then red. They will each eventually flow into the other colour. Enjoy, am super jealous.
  7. Hey Simon I am also looking for a riding partner but i mostly ride on weekends at Tokai. PM me if you are interested and we could get together for some weekend rides. JC
  8. Gents I normally dont do this but i feel something has to be done about the poor service i receive from the bike stores. I have on been trying to get my hands on Specialized 2013 shoes since October. I have contacted two bike stores (Olympic cycles and Helderberg Cycle works) Both took my details as the stock hadn't arrived in SA for various reasons. They both promised they would call back as soon as the stock had arrived. Neither of these stores called me back despite me calling them approximately 5 times to inquire as i know for a fact the stock had arrived. I have as yet sill not recieved a call and its now 3 months later. This is common practice for Olympic cycles and i can unfortunately say the the in-store service is no better. At the same time i would like to commend CWC for their excellent service!! I have given up on Specialized and rather gone for a brand they stock purely due to better service levels.
  9. Hey Zula Im keen. I normally ride the Durbanville trails. If you do all four it ends up being around 55km of tough riding. Let me know if you are keen.
  10. Sounds good. What days of the week and do u ride late afternoons?
  11. I will be in Knysna from the 19th till the 25th. Anyone keen for a MTB partner let me know or if there is already a few groups let me know too.
  12. I used to have all kinds of pain on both knees. First it was an ITB like pain but was not right at the ITB. Went for an operation but the pain was still there. I tried deep tissue massage and it helps, only thing is its a bit costly. Then I also developed a pain on the top of my knee cap. Not deep. I then found a physio that told me to stretch. I now stretch all the time, before and after rides. Also use a roller to help "soften" the muscles while stretching. I recently did the karoo to coast and after 4.45hrs on bike had no pain. Knee pain of front of knee is without a doubt as result of too low saddle and tight muscles in my case.
  13. Always lock my fork when not going downhill. Also find that when going steep uphill and you might stand for a few seconds, if the fork is unlocked you loose traction way more than if it were locked.
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