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Glad it is finished.

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I did not make the laws, but operated and still fully operate within the ambit of the law. I am not defending myself, because there is nothing to defend, but hope to clear up due to lack of information. If it is irresponsible to operate as essential service deliverer, in my case as health practitioner, why not lie the issue at the door of Ramaphosa or Zuma? Why blame the person who operates fully in the scope of the laws that were laid down? I think you will agree that a double standard is being applied here. Why would it be irresponsible to place it on Strava? This is a medium where people keep track of training, not to impress other or chase KOM’s. I have a suspicion that a couple of aspects have become apparent. The venom is either from jealousy from cyclists who feel the lack of being on the road too, or fear, the fear to think out of the box and who are cemented in political correctness, because they could face the backlash of persons who are PC, as shown in this case. Don’t tell me it is about health and a pandemic. That is a hoax. That has now been disproven, but it is a totally different conversation. Cycling on an open road has as much danger to contract or spread any virus as sitting in a car. I hope this topic has been exhausted and that we can focus on more positive stuff like cycling. Remember, becoming successful in anything in life demands to stand out. Sometimes this mean standing out as a sore thumb, making you very visible. As someone mentioned, it is the highest trees that catch the wind. Doing what I am doing is not to purposefully try and place one step after the other, but through repetition has already become instinctively. It is a lifestyle. Don’t take no for an answer. If you do, you will accept the limitations placed on you. You will subject yourself to circumstances and the whims of others. See the impossible as a challenge. God might have been waiting for a person like you to do the impossible and who is ignorant that it is impossible. Never allow turkeys to speak into the life of eagles, but first determine which one of the two you are.

Ek het toevallig op hierdie gesprek afgekom. Baie dankie vir al die mooi woorde van persone wat ek op een of ander manier kon aanmoedig. Dan vir daardie arseholes wat hulself Strava polisie noem, wanneer ek 'commute' neersit vir my rit tydens lockdown, dan WAS dit 'n besigheidsrit. Ek verwonder my oor die gemaksug wat mense het om 'n 15-20 min besigheidsafspraak per motor te doen as hulle dit per fiets kon doen. Gelukkig, my kliënte is bereid om my natgesweet te sien. My vraag is, hoekom dit nie op Strava plaas nie? Daar is niks om weg te steek nie. Met die nodige dokumentasie as essensiële diensverskaffer was/is ek geregtig om ENIGE vervoermiddel te gebruik. Dit was ook vooraf uitgeklaar. Ek stel voor dat mense bietjie meer inisiatief gebruik en nie met oogklappe deur die lewe gaan nie. Jou fiets is ook jou vervoermiddel. Daar is veel meer belangriker dinge in die lewe as om te komkommer oor wie waar en wanneer êrens heen gery het.