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Yesterday At Bottelary... it was a beau morning but became pretty hot after 10am...

Selling the whole thing, or just the frame? Send me a private message regarding price? It is an Xlarge?

Im afraid so yes!

Not helping the brain much there, but thanks for pointing that out

Yeh, Carbon The thing I cant afford When i bought in Oct they said i could wait for Dec... but it was just a bit out of the price range. Still is. Very happy with the 2015 OneTen29 that I got in Oct. Still dont know where the 'graphite' came from... must be the holiday spirit. The brain is shutting down.

I hear the new Graphite frames are hitting the shelves soon (overdue). If anyone is upgrading, Id love to buy an Xlarge OneTen29 frame. contact me corw@pbt.co.za if you are going to upgrade in Jan 2016. Would love to get my hands on one.

Hi All! We had a very interesting weekend! A few short and very hard lessons: - Make sure you are rested well before starting (dont hop on your bike after a 8 hour drive from cape town) - Cycling in the heat of the day will not work in 'Die Hel' - Dont under-estimate the extra effort of uneven road surfaces - Dont beleive a STRAVA segment that looks like a smooth 10% incline - and turns out ot have many short sharp 16, 17 and 18% incline bits. because of the possible weather on Saturday, we were forced to start early on friday, but then had to take a long break in the hottest part of the day(weather predicted 21degrees cool, actual weather turned out to be 33degrees and hot as hell). We did continue in the late afternoon till the early hours of the morning, but realised by about 4am, that in order to get to 8848 we would be busy for ANOTHER day and possibly into the night. By then we were running low on resolve We got to a good 4680m, in 10 repeats. This was just over 10 hours in the saddle, but due to conditions it was 20 hours elapsed time. I was about as tired after this 4680m as I was at 7000m on road. We intend to fo back there next year some time now that we have the first-hand 'skinny' on the conditions, and will give it another bash! Meanwhile the thoughts of another one on TAR closer to home sounds extremely favourable!

8! Man It is getting closer and closer! It is going to be a long memorable day...

Nein! Eish.....

Come and join us next weekend!

Until recently, researchers beleived nobody could directly oxidise fat for exercise at rates higher than 1g/min... but they got some guys into the lab that has been racing low carb for years, and some of them can oxidize fat directly at much higher rates than was previously beleived to be possible. So.... IF your muscles can oxidize fat at that high rate, you may never get to the point where your muscles are going to need glycogen. For me, Im trying to figure out over time whether these people are just lucky genetically, or whether one's body can adapt over long periods to become more and more 'apt' at oxidising fat directly. Ive not been to a metabolic chamber to be tested, so i have no idea where I am on the scale... i have found that i needed to eat some carbs (lower gi stuff like sweet potato), recently - but that became necessary only after about 14 hours of exercise (we were attempting an everesting at the time). I dont know where my cross-over point is. Wonder how best to test that. Any clues? I dont race to win, so im not the high performance guy looking to squeese the last few watts at high heart rates - and I guess those people are the ones that remain sceptical about racing 'low' even thought they may have been training 'low'. The whole debate remains a fascinating area of personal experimentation. Im much more capable from an endurance point of view now than I was 5 years ago. But Im also lighter and fitter - so these things all inter-relate. Regards --Cor Google a bit and found this: http://www.ultrarunning.com/features/health-and-nutrition/the-emerging-science-on-fat-adaptation/ I saw something similar on youtube video where jeff volek talks about it, but cant find that link now...

Yeah! Have to agree. We were 'freezing' when we had to cycle in 3degrees... they were doing it IN THE SNOW. I know the overseas guys are used to it, but we are just not kitted for those conditions. Triple-Kudos to them for sticking it out. It is monumental.

I saw a tweet or two that seemed to say all 3, but then pictures later on with only the dreyers. So you may be right. Just Checked Kevin's strava, and I quote: " An amazing experience. My legs felt good for the first 3 laps but the rain and wind just froze me on laps 4&5, once my bibs and leg warmers were soaked the cold just went through my body. I couldn't stop shivering and I had to make the horrible call to throw it in, the hardest on-bike decision I have ever made. I am honoured that they let me ride the final lap with them today, and so so proud and amazed at their effort. I cannot describe the conditions, they made the 2014 Giro look like a Mediterranean cruise in the middle of summer. Martin and Jeannie deserve their reputation, they are incredible athletes and even more incredible people. Climb for Nepal was a success because of them."

Tweets starting to come thru.... Sani Pass is now on the everesting map! all 3 of them made it, in extremely cold conditions. Its epic...

https://bantingcore.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/everesting-done/ Well, we managed to squeeze it in, in a looooong ride including a big chunk of the 'longest night of the year'.... We started cycling at 3am on 20th, and wrapped it up at 1:40am on the 21st! https://www.strava.com/activities/329678395 https://www.strava.com/activities/329728118 Make no mistake... one has to be a little insane to do this... it was tough, but on the 'other side' of it one definately feel a sense of achievement...

Everesting 20 June 2015 - Malanshoogte Attie Conradie and I are attempting an EVERESTING at Malanshoogte on 20 June 2015. We will be setting up at the BOTTOM of the hill near the FAIR CAPE gate from 2:30am. If you dont know what 'Everesting' is: http://www.everesting.cc/the-rules/ http://www.everesting.cc/everesting/ As you can see it is not really ever resting… but quite a busy day of cycling Essentially it is a crazy but simple idea. You pick a hill (any hill really) and you ride it as many times as it takes to get to the total ASCENT equivalent to the height of Mount Everest. We have tested the hill before and the ‘units’ are nice and easy to work out. The hill takes about 15 minutes to do down-and-up, and you get 130m elevation for that, and it is exactly 2.5km. We will mark the turning points on the road, but essentially it is from the top down to just past the FAIR CAPE gate, and back). That is just over 500m per hour for 4 reps. That is 1000m every 2 hours. So you should get there within 18-20 hours given breaks etc. If you can do 70/71 ‘reps’ total, you are there for sure. You are welcome to pop over. Bring your bike and do a few loops even if you are not going to do the full 71. Through this effort, we hope to benefit Elundini Home for Disabled Children in DuNoon, Tableview. The SAVE foundation has been involved with the school for a while now, and we're encouraging ‘supporters’ to donate some multiple of 8848 (Ie, R8.84 ,R 88,48 etc) through their channel - follow the following links: SAVE website: http://www.savefoundation.org.za/everesting4elundini/(And click on the DONATE TODAY button) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1460196244292260/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/savefoundation/ Of the direct link for you pledge can be done here: http://www.givengain.com/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&news_id=136862&cause_id=3949 Tweet us at hashtag #Everesting4Elundini for support or to notify us of your pledge. As for those riding - everyone is on their own really… and can do it at their own pace. No start time, no timing, no water points - essentially a training ride where there happens to be a few other people on the same bit of road. We will be there from 2:30am, and pretty much be around for the whole day. Thanks to those who have already volunteered to help us charge devices/torches, bring coffee&food around, or just join us for a few loops up and down the hill. We appreciate it! The weather prediction looks perfect - for the shortest day of the year, but certainly one of the longest cycling days we ever expect to experience... https://www.facebook.com/events/1460196244292260/ https://bantingcore.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/everesting-20-june-2015-malanshoogte

Luckily Im already crazy...

Vampire-Riders? it sounds like NEVER-RESTING rather...

It was nice seeing other cyclist on the road - Once the sun came out and 'normal' people started appearing on the road. Mads, we saw you going up and when you returned we were a few 100m behind you, coming down the hill. By then we were already somewhere over 2000m climbing, given that we started at 3:30am.

Yes, we are already lining up volunteers For example someone will collect battery packs and recharge them during the day, and return them before dark in the evening... logistics! We found that a 10-minute break for coffee can easily turn into 30 minutes... if the coffee had been ready when we got there, it would have been only 10 minutes break. Doing it solo would require a certain level of determination (ie craziness) that I dont think I possess! I take my hats of to those who do!

We did 18 reps of Bothmaskloof at Riebeeck Kasteel on Sunday. That gave us only about 3700m. This was a recce and a 'training ride' to test out all the mechanical and logistical things. Wasted quite a bit of time inbetween swapping bottles, making coffee, chatting to locals... Riding time was 6:30ish, but we were out there from 3:30am to 12:30. Getting to 8900m will be some achievement! Its gonna be a long day when it happens...

And do a little extra just in case... imagine being 20m short after elevation correction...

Yeah, Id have thought they should keep the momentum going and 'splash' the whole thing... but it fizzled out completely.

One would think by now they would have made winner announcements on http://www.isuzutruckschallenge.co.za/ But nothing there... (that I can see)