The expat cyclist

O my flipping damn! That goose is a few chippies short of a happy meal!

So are you offering me some of yours?

Ok, let me rather call it tight and twisty stuff = carbon. As for who is turning the pedals...Not that simple I think. It depends and riding style too. For people stomping and hammering the pedals, carbon is better I think (energy transfer) I will give you this: Steel should be better for going downhill as it absorbs the bumps better! And also can be mended if you crash!

Nah, I changed my style a while ago: 1. I will not resort to namecalling. 2. I won't go running to mommy. I am a big boy now and can sort it out myself. 3. I will debate things. Talk it stukkend!

Sheez, I missed the whole thread! Look, I can imagine having a steel SS. Honestly, I would LOVE one! But for a pure racing XC machine, is there anything better than carbon? Funny enough, I read somewhere in a cycling mag that in the near future we are going to run out of carbon.

Same here. However, we get to tube after 6 at night!

To mod, or not to mod. That be thy question. I only have one problem...uhm, let me rather call it a concern, with mods: Sometimes I feel that they impose their own value system and believes on a topic. And you have to abide by it. Period. (Not always, but sometimes)

Have you actuly checked where that link goes?

I agree.

Trining with power meters and HR monitors and whatever may be fine for training...But in a race, you should go by feel and not look at some gadget to tell you what is going on.

So who went riding this morning?

Burglar bars are made from steel.

STEEL??? Ok, if you say so.

Dunno if you guys (tried) watching Titanic 2 that was on DSTV just last week? WORST MOVIE EVER!!! BY FAR!!!

Somewhere in the worldis a guy that is tired of her crap!

Weeeeeeeeeeeell, the OP asked what makes a MTB climb better. So I assumed he want's to upgrade HIS bike and thus wanted to know where he needs to spend money to make it climb better. If he wanted to know how HE can climb better, he should have asked that, no? Ja, ja,I know he said apart fromloosing weight...But to me there is just one thing that willmake a bike climb better and that is to get rid of excess weight first.

Weight. Read an article the other day on what just 2 kilo's of added weight does to a cyclist on a climb. Can't remember the length of the climb but the penalty was 1min 30sec. Will go look for the article.

That is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to early on the cold!!!

Dis 'n helse discount!

Bring jou fiets dan bou ons hom oor op daai splinternuwe frame van jou...

Maar dit is derm 'n mooi frame!

Ah that sucks big time!!!

Was wondering about that ambulance standing there at the start of lap 2.

I like my sunrise to start before I do. Thanks!!!

Nh, not much. Just entered me and my better half last night JUST before closing time!