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Thanks Mampara I'll look out for a small bald nodding guy in blue overalls

Was there 4pm - 6pm yesterday, 2 minunte queues. Picked up 6 numbers, 2 were not there enquiries fixed it , (no queue) 1 guy got moved down a group from his original no. . Expo was fine except the charity wristband sellers were in large numbers and apparently on speed. Diadora girl magnificent, but a bit sad to be put on show like that.

The original post said that the bike shop offered a coffee and a chat. That sounds like a reasonable way to share information and opinions. I'd give that a go.

Looking for 3:05 or better, starting in J.

Ground control to Major Tom .....oh sorry, wrong "Oddity"

Mallo What a great post - informative and positive

I don't think the words "South Africa" and "fair" have ever gone together. Whichever group is on top, there is strife for the others and what you have now is just another adjustment to the balance between different groups. It might not be fair but it might be ok or inevitable or the necessary next step.

Guess I was just dazzled by shopspeak and all the shiny bikes and things

There is a nut with shallow "teeth" but I couldn't get that to move. Otherwise the brake is fixed by an allen key fitting through the frame.

Got an issue with this and before I go back to LBS for 3rd time with it, thought I'd consult the collective brains trust. New bike with Ultegra brakes - after 8 or 10 stops on a ride the back brake rubs on the rim. The distance between the blocks remains the same on release ie it's not the cable sticking, so the whole caliper is moving onto the side where the cable comes in. LBS has tightened where brake attaches to frame and allen key fitting on top side of the brake. Any ideas on what to do next? LBS seems bemused

Top cyclist survival tip borne out again yesterday whilst riding on the East Rand Beware of fat men in fat bakkies.

Race report from Nic White - In <?:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Pretoria, the Bakwena Post Office Super Classic is known as one of the fastest race routes on the calendar was held on a closed Bakwena (Rustenburg) Highway and was won in a bunch sprint finish by Exel?s Jamie Ball. The out and back race from the Waterkloof Air field, over 95 kilometers is an extremely quick route considering a strong wind that blew on the day.<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> The race was marred by a pile-up in the final kilometer. Many riders were hurt including Italian Giuseppe Bonomi of the international Barloworld team, and Juan van Heerden of Colorpress/Cyclingnews. The Italian had just arrived in South Africaon> on Friday with some team mates in order to race the Cycle Challenge in Jo?burg next week. Bonomi ended up having a broken shoulder, and may have to return home, Van Heerden was taken to a nearby Hospital for observation. There were no notable escapes during the course of the race despite a four man group in the early kilometers. This group put pressure on the Konica Minolta team, who worked hard to chase it down. Many attacks came after the turn around point, but with a strong headwind blowing, no group could get a gap over the bunch. The Exel team, as defending champions of this race, and with the greatest number of riders in a split of the field, led the bunch into the final kilometers. The teams of Microsoft, Konica Minolta and Barloworld had trains going along side the one of Exel, but coming into the final kilometer, Exel had the prime position, and at the section where some badly placed road cones caused the major crash, Exel kept ahead, and had the numbers to take their riders to the line, Jamie Ball coming out tops from Nolan Hoffman and Rupert Rheeder. The other teams best riders all came down, including Konica Minolta fast man Fouche, Barloworld?s Jock GreenonName> and Bonomi, Colorpress? van Heerden, and a few others. Microsoft was lucky to have Fullard and Lange out of the trouble, but with their positions jeopardized, lost all shelter in the cross wind, and had to watch Exel race to the win. Jamie Ball enjoyed his first victory in many months, ?I knew that it would end in a bunch sprint, as the race was ?easy?. Thanks to my team for keeping our positions at the front, we were able to keep clear of the mayhem in the final 500 meters? With just one week left before the 94.7 Cycle challenge, every one will be sizing each other up. But with a very different route around the streets of Johannesburg, there will be no doubts that the finish will be slightly different to the flat and dangerous bunch sprint of this past Bakwena Super Classic. The results: 1st Jamie Ball (Exel) 2:13:21 2nd Nolan Hoffman (Exel) 3rd Rupert Rheeder (Exel) 4th Malcolm LangeonName> (Microsoft) 5th Hanco Kachelhoffer (Exel) 6th Arran Brown (Harmony) 7th Jacques Fullard (Microsoft) 8th Pieter Seyfert (Colorpress Cyclingnews) 9th Tom White (Konica Minolta) 10th Alex Lamberts (CBist) Take care and good luck for the big one this weekend! Nic

Excruciating Mampara faNx trakkee 4 v correkshun, yooshally Eye ma gud spella aZ u kAn sea. So 94.7 is same ascent (+/- 1,150 mtrs) as Amashova but 10kms shorter - that would be the fast 10kms downhill to the sea, unfortunately.

I see the 94.7 is now 95.4kms so Highveld just have to change their frequency and everything will be straight. Does anyone know the ascent in metres on this race - old route will do, you don't need to get down to Maxwell Rd with a theodolite to check the last km! Could be the 1st time the word "theodolite" has been used on a hub message - and, yes, I'm certain it's spellt wrong.

As far back as the 1930s Walt Disney was warning us against performance enhancing drugs with his tale of 7 miners content to shack up with one bird as long as they could get their fix & dig more gold (obviously a metaphor for medals). The shady "Doc" was behind it all but his potions had different effects on the users and abusers. Some got Sleepy, others Happy, another Grumpy - the side effects made one Sneezy. The direst warning comes in the miner who was Dopey - put dope in, get Dopey out. It made his ears grow, he lost all his hair and had a permanent stupid grin on his face. One common side effect though is....................it stunts your growth - could make you dwarfish even. This won't be the final word on this thread but maybe it would be nice if it was.

Had this problem recently and worked out that using both tyre levers simultaneously to get the thing on and off is a lot easier than fixing one fully and then trying to manouvere the other. Maybe everyone's being doing it this way for years!

No, none at all - bike theft is illegal here

I think Mugabe said at the start of the farm seizures - "shoot one, scare 10,000" & there's something of a parallel here in holding a reasonable perspective. In the event, I expect there's a range of possibilities rather than a norm.

Moved to SA (Jhb) 3 years ago - company of 45 in industrial area 2 hi-jackings in that time. The quality / speed of driving can be more alarming.

http://www.chainwheel.co.za/config/images/default%20library/route_profiles/Profile%20Comparisons/Joburg%20Hills%20cf%20the%20Alps.jpg Chainwheel has got a nice collection of profiles - including this one

Their small children who ran in from the mall....... A secret doorway to a world of wonder..... The most attractive female assistant.... Things with the wrong (ie cheaper) price tags on......... Cardboard boxes to avoid buying a bag for Argus transport.... A discount............ Sympathy and understanding in a 4 wheel world....

Bicycles?

Peter Ellis DOB:1965 Club: Poms on wheels - membership 1 Unclean - ODing on Jo'Burg air

It may be nerdy..... no, it definitely is nerdy, to read labels - but do it for a while to see what you're buying. It's quite scary to see what is in foods and if you know your daily fat allowance you can make some sensible judgements. Did I mention that it's nerdy?

Hi Anticlimb I've got a similar situation to you - though a couple of years further down the track. Your GP should advise dietary change and if that doesn't work its medication time. I was pretty much Vegan (no, not from Star Trek) this year trying to get down from 7.8 but no dice. I'm on 10mg Lipitor for a month now and everything's fine now. No side effects from this one but I tried Simvastatin last year and was sick as a dog for the week I was on it. So try out different things and see what works.