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I like the engineering in their bikes. Congrats on another award

When you examine the area Under the Hr curves and Power curves you will see that the HR curve actually shows the Work done quite effectlively for post ride analysis. Where the short coming is that the change in HR to load lags where the power meter is shows the change according to the smoothing profile you select which inevitably will be quicker than for HR. For this reason some people think its more accurate or delivers better results. Where i find the POWer meter helps is during certain types of interval repeats where the fatigue is more easily spotted as your power curve will start to trend lower quicker. its for this reason that I actually do most of my intervals on an indoor trainer with a power meter. On the road as a pacing tool its not nearly as effectiveand compares to an HR or power calculator bike computer. On the road its really nice to have because of terrain variability. Where its really effective on the orad is when using the same stretch of road for hill repeats or repetive intervals where the rest period is very short (2-4min). Otherwise, its just a nice flashy toy that dazzles other cyclists into wheelsucking your perceived superiority.

Is fritz Pienaar involved?

yes while sales of cyclng related goods are generally down. Popularity does not equal growth in sales over a rolling period. http://www.bikebiz.com/news/tag/statistics generally the industry is in a down turn

power meter sales slowing down?

And whats a team without a Willie...

vat are where your frow ve the skittles at the ball and not the ball at ve skittles

Willie Vermeulen (NK / NC); Johan van Wyngaard (Gaut), Johan de Bruin (Gaut), AJ de Klerk (Gaut) & Johan Groenewald (Vrystaat / Free State.. jislike. How can you not know your national icons in Jukskei..??! That's like a cultural crime

Soccer Rugby Cricket Jukskei in that order: Everyone knows these okes http://www.jukskei.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Jukskei-SA-Maters-Men-2015.jpg

Thanks for explaining. I only stared watching the coverage just before Minaars run

so what was his nick name?

how the heck am I supposed to read it from that picture? Maybe post a better one of the article and I can judge whether its shoddy or not. But the picture tells no story

you called it shoddy journalism. you're right, that's an awful picture. it doesn't illustrate the shoddy journalism

I agree, that's a really bad picture

Want to do the 75 but seeded MD cos I never ride a PPA MTB event. Can you fix this? I'm k&k fast

No nothing as grandiose as that, just his 20th UCI World Cup win.....

All three of them are boring. Andrew is what I would describe as........scaley. Like a slippery fish, barbel.......maybe eel. Owen, ya well no ya .....the less said the better Gerald is as boring in real life as on tv, except when you get some beers into him then I'm told he does a mean Barbara Streisand karaoke

indeed and in the major cycling markets I'd say there's truth in this. Locally I don't believe it holds true. I believe a lot of the sponsorship comes from passionate individuals who just want to see someone wearing their brand in their favourite discipline (i.e. the tjommie tjiommie system). And despite doping, I they are passionate enough about the sport they will continue to support even if not under the same brand.

life insurance and high risk sports..... Wow , thought only discovery owned that space.

sure in most cases its about a famous face. Just look at cosmetics. I would hardly call the 360life guys famous........unless you live under a rock. Can't even recognize them without their helmets. Infamous on the little tip of Africa they most certainly are. If they came to 10 years ago and asked for sponsorship I'd be "Saaaaay Whaaaaat?!" <insert comedian face> SA cyclists are not famous enough to even be considered brand ambassadors. Did anyone buy a Scott because they saw Kevin Evans on it or did they rather buy it cos of Nino Schurter and Jenny Rissveds.....?

are suicide bombers not proof that good people can be recruited to do bad things?

Vodacom and Rugby: how many people at a rugby match and watching on telly. How many people texting each other and gouding each other during said rugby match? Stormers and Land Rover: Land Rover wants people to think they're tough, just like the Stormers. But we all know better.... Still they think the synergy is there UPS and Ferrari: Ferrari fast car UPS fast courier........duh SAP, Boeing and Ernie Els Cool calm always gets there. unflappable Manages resources very ell in complex situations... synergy is very clear. What's Life insurance got to do with 4 peophol cyclists at the southern tip of Africa. Only the Tjommie factor. Itec and cycling huh. As for corporate risk evaluation I can well imagine that some companies will look at the risk and say no way. In the same way that some Oil companies do not sponsor motorsport (directly) or some car manufacturers don't participate in motorsport. Each company weighs the risk and decides yay or nay. But for any human powered sport the risking of a doping positive is just as high or higher than for cycling therefore its not a deterent, just imagined to be a deterent by anti doping evangelists. People get caught doping for curling FCS!. Olympics are coming up. Take note, now listen carefully

where is the synergy between a Life insurance product and cycling? that sponsorship deal was likely due to someone convincing an snr exec that it was a good idea. Only sponsored 4 (?) riders. big sponsor? hmmmm Cycling didn;t really fit with their strategy did it. An easy out. Low investment and if it turns south just pull the plug. HArdly a major sponsor Were already looking for a way out since the sponsorship was due to that team and nota blanket wide cycling initiative. Nedbank has pulled out of events as well and not due to doping but rather due value for money of sponsoring cycling event and teams not being part of their strategy any longer. Hard to measure the relevance of that question. In my opinion doping is not a deterent. there are opportunities to cheat in all sports yet sponsors provide backing in all.

If it's a garmin no problem . If it's a go pro...?

the sport still exists there are still more events than riders to choose from. You need to define what you mean by "negatively affect the sport" as any incident could be construed as having a negative impact. Long term harm? Only Armstrong but even that has blown over short term harm? only for the rider caught