The expat cyclist

And do note that he did not pull her over because she did not have a licence with her - how would he know that? He pulled her over because: 1. She was white. 2. She was female. 3. She was alone!

Yes, my wife was wrong...AND I WOULD HAVE PAYD ANY FINE SHE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN! She even asked him to give her fine!

I know you won't ever see this, but I need to vent somwhere! My wife dropped me off at the airport yesterday. As she gets back on the R21 towards Pta, black, vetgat cop pulls her over. As the devil wanted it my wife did not have her licence with her as she was driving my car. When fatass finds this out, het sets her up for a bribe - tunes her that the new action campaign aver the festive season is to lock people up who do not have their licences with them. And because she stays in Pta, she will have to go to Mamelodi. For 10 minutes, he tells her all the bad things that will happen to her. Now, take note that my wife has never been pulled over by a cop! EVER! His tactic worked... I had to stand at customs listening to my wife crying over the phone, scared like she has never been before!!! YOU FARKING SOB!!! Do you know the fear you created in her hart??? Do you even care??? Do you care that she is now scared off all black cops in JHB??? I bet you would care tonight - if I could have a chat with you in person...But you don't have the balls...You targeted her, because you knew! F$ck you and the horse you rode in on!

Oh sheeeeeeeeeeeeet! I gotta let the wife know 'bout this! 'Caiuse if this is true I am female and she is a lesbian...

Hmmm...Train harder so you can ride upfront??? And by the way guys, it was a dumbass dude who knocked my wife over last year at Mabalingwe causing her to break her elbow. He just came around the corner waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to fist, ran out of skill, slipped on the gravel and took her out. Net jammer sy het nie sy nommer gevat nie - I could have returned the favour. I remember this one time at bandcamp, during a race, some dumbass also took me out. Just the normal stuff - coming up to the corner waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to fast...Anyway, I fell, he did not. I got back up and chased after the group. I caught up with him and as I passed him, I just could not stop myself: "Try and pass me again..." I believe in returning the favour.

So what are your cycling plans for 2011? I would like to do a stage race...Something like the 3 towers. Maybe something like a 12hr relay type race - maybe setup a team from the hub??? And a race in another province. Something like the Hill2Hill or Sewekespoort...But we'll see.

You know, I think there should be prizes for these shorter events...But for woman only. A lot of girls are scared of the longer distances and thus prefer the shorter one's.

1.79 to 1.93 bar (26 to 28psi) Any tyre. Currently I have Sagauro on the back and 2 year old crossmark in the front.

Dis jammer die goed is so flippen duur...Ek sal schmaak om een oop te breek en te kyk wat is binne... Dit sal die eerste device in die wereld wees wat werk sonder 'n power source.

Ja, but wouldn't it become hooter if the lycra is made tougher? And if it gets wet it might take longer to dry out.

Couldn't resist. Sorry.

Hahahahahaha - hole in your ass-os??? Hahhahahahahahaha! Well, you need holes in your pants. Else, how ye gonna get yer legs in?

Let's cater for all. Let's make the routes easy. Lets flatten out the bumps...Shoot, lets tar the place up...Lets be roadies... You see, if the organisers start grading events, people are going to start giving events a skip based on grading. Then 2 things will happen: 1. Events won't be challenging enough and thus it will look like MTB'rs are all just super fast and tough. 2. MTB'rs won't improof their skills and as soon as they hit a little rock in the road, they dismount and walk it!!!! What gets to me is that the whiners...are all men!!! My wife did the 40km...She fell 3 times. She had thorns in her fingers, she has multiple bruises and she even shed some blood...She finished in 2:47...And no, she hasn't been cycling for 100 years...She has only been cycling for 2 years! SHE DID NOT WHINE ONCE!!! 4 vark steaks - stop whining you pansies!!!

And who is going to decide what is advanced, flowing etc? A panel of judges? So every year the entry fees will be more expensive because the trails will have to rated...And, you will have to use the same judges for all the trails because what is advanced for you, is not for me.

Grading trails...Hmmmm...How would you grade it? First of all when you grade something, you must have something to compare with. Ok, so most of us Gauteng folk know Babba's. So as far as technical goes, Babbas will get a 1 on a scale from 1 to 5. So now the powers that be, go and decide van Gaalens was a...uhmmm...3.5 outa' 5. So now you finish the race all up in arms because it should have been a 4.5!!! 4 vark steaks man - it is a 4.5. And then the question is who decides what the rating is. I mean if you ask Burry Stander he might give it a 2 because his 5 is not your 5. Look, in a way I see your concern...BUT you won't be able to keep everyone happen and it won't ever be perfect! My personal opinion is that guys and gals are not prepared for what they are getting themselves into!!! The get bullied into doing the 70km because real men don't the 40km and bla, bla, bla. So they do the 70km - trained 5 hours a week, a camelbak having one liter of water, a spare tube and some bombs and off they go! And then when they get to the waterpoints there are now more water and bla bla bla. Then they slip doing a downhill (because they lost concentration from getting tired when doing a climb of 13km) and bla bla bla. Bla bla bla. Bla bla bla. Stop bitching! Train more. Train harder. Be prepared. Rest more. Rest harder. JY K@K AF WANT JY IS UIT JOU LEAGUE UIT EN ONVOORBEREID. OOR UIT EN KLAAR!!! And if you are going to tell me that we are not all Burry Stander - well, that is just you looking for an excuse to be...AVERAGE (read roadie)

Maybe I am wrong here but as far as I know there is a minimum age that riders have to be to participate in certain events. Like for marathon events I think the age is 19... I noticed some under 19's doing the marathon distance at van Gaalens and getting prize money as a senior riders - which they were not (senior). All I am saying is that if you DQ some riders because they don't adhere to the rules, it should be the same for all...

Just want to make one comment - if a tubeless tyre does not inflate WITHOUT sealant, it is not going to with it!!! (And I am refering to brand new tyres - not one's with punctures!) And one last thing - did you know that when Sauser rode for Commendale/Vredestein in the Epic, his back tyre weighed 900g's???? My Crossmarks lasted me 2 years and just one puncture! Sometimes it is better to leave the nail/thorn in the tyre! Rode for 8 months with the mother of all thorns in my rear tyre!!!

Got stabbed in the hand in a everyday farm attack...

Why power? Why not endurance...or speed... I don't think power alone makes you a better cyclist.

Frame is bietjie bland...Gaaaaaaaaap...

Ek is seker daarvan dat destyds toe oom Paul se standbeeld opgerig is, daar ook 'n wit segment van die publiek was wat ontevrede was oor die oprigting daarvan. Dieselfde met pleknaam veranderings - wat de moer maak dit saak wat die plek genoem word? 100 jaar terug was daar ook iemand wat nie van die naam Johannesburg/Pretoria etc. gehou het nie. En 100 jaar van nou af gaan dit ook so wees. Ja, ja ek weet dit kos geld - maar hulle (die regering) steel geld by die armes! Ek kry nog elke maand my "tip" by die werk, ek koop nog elke dag vleis, ek het (nog nie) gevrek van die water nie...En ek kan privaat hospitale bekostig... En as dit nie meer vir my werk nie, hel, dan trek ek!!!

Dude, ek weet dit pis mens af, maar dis juis wat hulle soek: 'n konfrontasie. maar dink mooi daaroor: wat gaan oom paul se standbeeld vir jou kinders beteken? En vir hulle kinders? Om te baklei vir die behoud van 'n standbeeld van iemand wat jy anyway bitter min van af weet, is stjoepit. Kan ons nie eerder daai geld gebruik en ons education system verbeter nie???

Ja, maar die punt gaan ook net valid wees vir 'n paar jaar en dan is ek en jy 6 voet in die grond - en die volgende geslag gaan minder omgee en so aan. Ek is 'n Suid Afrikaner. Oor uit en klaar. Ek sal nooit iets anders kan wees nie en eerlikwaar, ek wil ook nie. So hulle kan oom Paul se standbeeld afbreek en maak daarmee wat hulle wil - ek bly wit. En ek bly 'n Suid Afrikaner. En daaraan kan die ANCYL f'ol doen!!!

Hmmm...Hulle kon seker nie Twitter toekry nie... Ek wil nie onsensitief klink nie, maar geskiedenis maak my niks, oor 100 jaar van nou af, gaan mense ook nie meer omgee wie Chris Hani is nie. Dan slaat hulle maar net weer 'n ander statue op. En so herhaal die siklus homself. Eerlikwaar, ek gee nie om vir oom Paul se stanbeeld nie en 'n Chris Hani beeld gaan my ook nie pla nie. Al probleem wat ek het is die koste daaraan verbonde...Hulle gebruik tax geld vir twak. Dis weird dat ons mense "honour" wat reeds dood is. Maar niks gedoen toe hulle geleef het nie. Oom Paul hert dalk baie beteken vir die mense in sy leeftyd, maar vir my beteken hy niks. En nog minder dit wat hy gedoen het. Ek wens ons wil ophou om standbeelde op te rig vir dooie mense.

Die nuwe GHOST FS reeks is so 24K en dan is dit 'n carbon.