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Today I saw a cyclist riding on the R21 between the Polokwane/Johannesburg interchange and Nellmapius. Not only was he riding on the highway, but he was on the shoulder in the middle of the highway alongside the barriers. It's guys like this that give us cyclists a bad name. If anyone knows who it is, I think we should take action against him. He was riding a Blue bike. I think the make was "Dairy Maid" as this was printed on the Blue box on the front of the 3-wheeler. It also had a blue umbrella (luckily closed in the wind). Not sure if he's a roadie or a mtb'er. Had thick tyres, but he was on the road. Was not wearing lycra but a blue overall. This has got to stop !!!!!!!!!

That's not good to hear. I drive down that road quite often. I haven't had problems like that before. Maybe because the roadworks have gone on so long it's given the thieves time to work on a strategy, or to realise there are easy pickings. Maybe time to do like the taxi's. Just drive through even when on stop.

Learn to pedal faster Seriously, learn to up your cadence. I've never ridden an 11 until recently, and can probably count on my hand the number of times I've "run out" of gears.

Is that a Dop or a Dope ???

Maybe CSA should register as a charity. Then we can claim our DONATION back from the receiver Same goes for all these charity "races". Why can't we get a certificate from them for the donation ? This will help us save money in the long term.

Maybe that's the whole point. Everyone will give up trying to understand and just pay.....probably the higher amount just to make sure

The balance will quickly be wiped out by the Christmas bonuses

I thought all "races" in SA were fun rides, and that our pro's are professional fun riders (quote from one of the pro's) ???? So How does that effect licenses ? What I can't understand is that everyone is questioning paying R75 a year to CSA and what are they doing with that money, but everyone is quite happy to pay the high fees every week to race for "charity" and never question what really happens to that money. Personally I question both.......

Nope, it was definately next to the highway. I think the Merc garage is still there.

I remember 7 or 8 of us jammed into an old Fiat going to see Clout live in JHB. They had a stage set up in a car park by the Mercedes garage next to the M2 highway between Bedfordview and JHB. Behind Jules st somewhere. Those were the days

Now this is scary !!!!!! Before Alex Jay was David Gresham - Keep your feet on the ground and reach for the stars. My dad told me this

Is that a WW11 Jerry Can under the crossbar ?

We need a database of the names of all the strikers and the Union bosses. When any of them or their family pitch up at a hospital, they should get flagged as not allowed any treatment, or their kids should be refused education. Now that might be fair. The only way these strikes will change is when the government passes a law forcing the unions to cover the salaries of the striking workers during the strike. You will be amazed at how quickly the'll come to a resolution then. but.....we can only dream.

Tubbies are a mich nicer ride.....but a much higher price. Also a pain to fix...that's if you fix them. Bit expensive to throw away each time though. Unless a serious racer or money to spare......ride clinchers.

The Toer varied between 2 weeks and 10 days. The route also changed every year. It usually started in JHB and raced to Cape Town with a road transfer through the Karoo.Would travel down the garden route. One year it went to Durban via Ladysmith etc and then back via North Coast, Greytown etc. Finish in JHB. Another year they actually started in Eastern Transvaal (Mpumalanga), then to JHB and down to the Cape. There were teams of 5. They tried to race as teams but nothing like you see nowadays. In the early days the teams were selected, so there was a national team followed by a "B" and "C" team. each had seperate sponsors. A few overseas teams. Also a Mines (Black) team. Later there were the professional teams along with selected amateur teams.

Maybe that's because they're all doping so can't point fingers, but only a few are in a position to breach the etiquette rules

Cool comments by Andy. It's a race after all. Now they can all race again tomorrow and the next day and the next....and on Sunday there'll be a winner. If this unwritten "waiting rule" ocurred all the time, then they may as well decide before the tour who's the winner and then ride with him in the front all the way. And if that was the case it would probably be Contador, coz he was the favourite coming into the tour. At the end of the day it's about entertainment and excitement.....today was both. That's why we will all watch the next few days to see what happens. Vive Le Tour !!!

At the start of the stage LA had about 15 seconds on AC. They both punctured during the stage. In the end LA lost about 2 minutes and AC 1 minute, so LA was a minute behind AC after the stage. I also hope Andy tries to make up time else the stage could end up being boring.

Lance needs to try something soon. He's been resting for 2 weeks. Dunno how much rest he needs. Even the rest of the team have been like passengers most of the race. Yes they did get a stage win, but before the tour they were saying how much better they are as a team compared to all the others, especially Astana, coz they've got 3 potential winners in Lance, Levi and Kloden. With this showing no wonder they weren't invited to the Vuelta. I vote they shoul've included Impey in the team

I think AC will come out and prove everyone wrong again....he is the best at the moment. Lance had a lot to say about how AC will lose time on the cobbles.......was the other way round. His team was criticized that it was not strong enough......I think they've proved that wrong. Last year AC survived all the infighting created by LA and came out n top. This year will be the same (I hope) He is the best current tour rider and deserves some respect for that. I think the boo-ing is more of a bad sportsman than racing to win. If Andy is so much better than AC, then whats the big worry. He'll easily take back the 8 seconds and more.

I just think there's a lot of people who hate Contador fullstop. Could just be beacuase he's so good. Everyone's always jealous of a winner. If Sanchez and Menchov weren't going for it, AC may have waited. He did look a bit confused at one stage as to what he should do. But as mentioned in other posts. Nobody waited for Chavanel when he punctured in yellow. Nobody waited for AC or LA on the cobbles. And don't forget, even LA was still a favourite at that stage. Andy used his team to get as much advantage as possible. Maybe we should remember it's a race. It's to see who wins. Not who comes 2nd but everyone thinks he's a nice guy. Thi incidents in the past when LA waited for Ullrich and vice versa, it was usually outside influences like a spectator that caused the incident, not because you don't know how to change gears properly. Nice guys come 2nd!!!

The next poll is probably gonna be.....take the rapids and portages out of the Dusi, or no more out-of-category climbs in the Tour de France. Maybe the 110m hurdles shouldn't have any hurdles. We take part in these sports because of the challenges. If we just want to ride to be fit, then a ride on farm rodes should suffice. Why pay an entry fee for a race. And I don't know about numbers declining, on TV the other night they mentioned 3 different races taking place on the same weekend with in excess of 2000 riders in each. Not every road rider is a great climber or great sprinter or great time trialist, but they choose the event they want to excel in, but doesn't mean they don't take part in those that don't suit them. My 1c ( maybe not worth 2c) worth

Got any Merida's or Bianchi's at the LAB ?

Plod is 24km/h.........race pace is 25 km/h There are good back rodes to Bapsfontein without the boring alongside the road stuff.

Liz Snatch ??