The expat 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.

Hmmm... What is in it for her? Is she doing it for him or for herself? If she is doing it for him, it could be a red flag. If it is for herelf and future prospects, no problem. Remember, you are not her father. So trying to dominate the situasion to guard your insecurities will be a disaster. You can never tell a woman "NO". You will burn your fingers - trust me. You can only tell her how you feel about the situasion. There is nothing more pathetic than a insecure man! Don't ever be scared of losing a woman!!!

So how does a week before an event affect you? Here is what happened to me: The week before the Babbas 31st October race I did an installation in Trichardt near Secunda. Monday: Normal 8 - 5 day Tuesday: Got up at 05:00. Trained LSD till 7. 08:00 till 18:00. Wednesday: Same as above except I worked till 22:00. Thursday: Could'nt get up for training. Worked from 08:00 till 22:00. Friday: Did not train. Worked from 08:00 till 17:30. Drove back to Pta. Got home at 19:30 Saturday: rest Sunday: 2h21 on the 70km. Felt like crap. The week before the 7th of November race: Monday: Got up at 06:00. Left home at 06:30. Arrived in Trichardt at 08:00. Worked till 04:15 Tuesday morning. Tuesday. Woke up at 08:00. On site at 09:00. Worked till 17:00. Finsihed. Did a 40min run at about 19:00. Wednesday: Worked from 08:00 till 13:00. Arrived home at 14:30. Trained on IDT for 60min Thursday: Quite day at work. Nothing much happened. Trained for 60min on IDT Friday: 2hrs work. During normal hours and did a service from 17:00 to 19:00 after hours. No training. Saturday: 60min upperbody gym routine. And a lot of REST! Sunday: 2h13 on the 70km! 8 minutes faster than the week before.

Gave half to my wife, ordered some pizza, bought a cake, rented some DVD's...and vegged in front of the TV.

Well, I won R600 this weekend in a race. No one voted for me. Rrrrrrrrrrracists!

And this proofs my point!!! Her name is Karen Kortje. yet, you still have an opinion on Idols eventhough you don't really now anything about Idols!!! (This is not a personal attack dude!!! I am just saying - everybody acts this way!!!) C'mon, are you going to buy Loyd's cd would he have won? Would you buy an Elvis Blue cd? Karin? Anke? Heinz? Does it matter to you if a black oke wins? Or a white one?

Ag four vark steaks!!! None of you even watch Idols!!! So why do you care? Do you even own a CD of even one of the Idols winners? I doubt it!!! STOP ACTING AS IF THIS IS AN ISSUE!!! Who cares who wins Idols????????????????

I use 2 chainstay protectors. This one time, at band camp, a rock flew up and hit the non-drive side "chainstay" and smacked the paint off the bike. So I put a slapsock on that side as well when I got the new frame.

Any roads I shoudl avoid in Secunda ie. heavy traffic???

let's make doping legal. maybe if enough people die during events, eyes will open.

Will we ever see a clean TdF again? I doubt it. Young boys look at these so called "elites" and they will do everything to be like there heroes!!! I decided to be my own hero. Screw these so called elites! They are a bunch of wannabees!!!

Dame, dit spuit my papnat maar jou fiets is dalk te wit vir die nuwe Suid Afrika!!!

Walking in high heels makes your calves look bigger...

Not so sure my wife would agree with that...Her first real fall on a mtb and she broke her elbow.

Nog nie eers begin met mtb nie en al klaar het jy probleme.

Wat? Geen fotos? Nee man. Geluk! And welcome to the dirty side of life!

Ek moes smile maar daar is niks meer "gevaarlik" as 'n paar roadies wat wil appels swaai nie... Dankie tog ek is 'n MTB'er.

Dalk is dit ouderdom? Ek weet jy stel dalk nie belang nie maar, ek het onder dieselle forum 'n topic gehad "Do you suffer from a chronic sporting injury?" bla, bla, bla. Use it. Don't use it. Bly om te sien jy en WW het oorleef!!!

How much do they weigh?

Well, then I think you might know to much...