TheAntoine1

I have been swimming in the Silvermine dam quite a bit over the last few years and normally swim for about 40 minutes up and down the length. I "hide" my bag in the bushes near the dam - never have had problem doing this. Definitely lock your bike to a tree/ pole and you will be fine. Fantastic place for open water swimming!

Lawyers?

A group of four of us rode thru Italy last summer from Bari to Venice. we bought excellent value grave bikes from Decathlon in Bari (Google reviews of the Triban 520 gravel). Renting a bike is not a cheap option especially decent bikes in summer. We then sold all of them over about three days on Facebook Marketplace in Venice about 6 weeks later. Highly recommended methodology to bike around Europe especially as some airlines are charging extra now for your bike - Turkish is one.

On a platform where people buy and sell there are crazy low offers made all the time, no matter what the item for sale is - endless 3rd party discussions on the character of the peoples involved achieves nothing and the practise will continue all over the world as it has before.

Bike advertised at X price. Potential buyer offers 50% less than X price. Why is this even an ongoing topic?

My partner and I, along with with 3 other mates from South Africa bought these exact Triban 120 bikes in Bari, Italy and rode them all the way up to Venice which was approx. 1000km and there were no bike issues at all and only one puncture between us. We then sold them quickly on Facebook marketplace in Venice. We will probably buy the same bikes again from Decathlon in Joberg.

agree, agree - to the point that plenty of cyclists are super important people cos check my bike and kit out!

Totally agree. Swimming has been a game changer for me. 62 y.o. back has come almost right with swimming.

Totally agree. Played golf my whole life. Im in my early 60s now, and took up cycling about 7 years ago and never for a second thought it would have as many "look at me and how important I am" type people riding bicycles! Quite weird at first because I always thought golfers were king of that pile. And it's definitely getting worse as the years go on.

It's an observation and is one of the reasons the CTCT is becoming less of a big event every year. No more sold out entries way before the time and certainly no more 35 000 riders. Still might be fun for some but not so much for many.

The arrogance and self importance of the first few alphabet groups makes it unpleasant. This is getting steadily worse. Guys seem to think they will land a contract with a team if they go under 3 hours. Get a grip - much more pleasant atmosphere in triathlons or riding one day events in Europe.

I will way more be inclined to follow the exploits of a charismatic legend than a robotic 24 hours a day on the job one devoid of any character like most of the top guys in any sport these days.

Yip the opinionated/smug people love to comment and it's def getting worse. Anyway thanks for the heads up re this guy.

More confirmation that SA judicial system is as totalled as the rest of the sorry circus - especially in the light of that footage.

Im also 1C - if the weather is good , is sub 3 possible? What % of 1C group normally would do a sub 3 in decent conditions?