TheAntoine1

Ive travelled from South Africa to many different countries and back in the last ten years with my bikes and have never declared a bike when leaving here and have never been charged duties of any sort on my return. Good idea to buy it there - many bargains all over the place outside of SA.

what about the science and all those cases - lets not take a chance

Im in 1B and don't reckon Im up to a sub 3. Are the seedings different this year due to the decreased numbers? (I never did the ride last year.) Better for me to possibly start 1C maybe?

So many different reports re this event. Plenty bucks to fork out - is it worth it? Has anyone done this before?

Black hill descent into Clovelly?

I had a totally broken top tube and seat stay after a freak accident where I rode into a grid on a bridge - the steel bars of the grid were about 40mmm apart but aligned parallel to my travelling direction! CBR repaired both the breaks, resprayed the whole bike two new colours and rebuilt the bike. It now not only looks like a brand new bike but rides like it did when it was brand new as well. Fantastic quality workmanship and attention to detail.

Im definitely not in denial regarding Covid. Im simply pointing out a freely available statistic to try and illustrate the risk of Covid fatalities as it affects the various age groups. In fact I am possibly more at risk than most people on this forum. (Im 60 y.o.) I have not contracted Covid myself but used the stats as a source of comfort to myself and my Mom (aged 83) when she contracted it a few months ago. Obviously I would not like to inform orphaned kids whose parents have both died as a result of Covid that they are a small percentage. The same would apply to kids who have lost both parents in any other type of tragic event. Yes - taking part or attending any event with many people during the time of ever changing government disaster management protocols is a risk.

Its not a case of losing the money at all. Its the way the organisers wasted no time from CRs announcement of further stricter lockdowns to cancelling the event. That leaves a bad taste in most peoples mouth. Why not make an effort to formalise plans and proposals to try work around CRs new shooting from the hip one size fits all rules. COVID 19 presents a high risk for the very few and negligible risk for the many. The infection fatality rate in different age groups: <19 y, IFR= 0.003% 20-49 y: IFR= 0.02% 50-69 y: 0.5% >70y, IFR= 5.4%

As expected the Knysna race organisers did not even bother to wait till the end of this 14 day bizarre lockdown to cancel the event scheduled for 17 July. All the entry bucks in the bank - now just send the copy and paste email on how sorry they are blah blah and you can still do the virtual event (yay) but don't expect any entry money returned. Cant afford to be killing people for the sake of a ride now can we.

Hi guys, Is the account for donations still open?

Hi, Im planning on riding in the am either this week or next thru Simonstown, up to the reserve, thru Scarborough and then crucially over the Ocean View hill and into Noordhoek. What is the current word on the street regarding going past Ocean View please? Will appreciate anyone that knows what the situation is at present. Look forward to your responses.

Yes also keen for this one! - mainly to get out and do an actual event. Not really concerned with achieving an amazing time. We all need some form of sanity back. Its for sure possible to have an event without being "mass murderers". A few adult decisions and protocols required.

Guy comes here from Mars: Whats happening here? Earthling: Pandemic worldwide - spreads like crazy and people dying all over! Mars guy: Ok - No wonder the lockdown all over, masks, economies shut down Earthling: Except Sweden - Wow they messed up alright. Swedish current stats: Population over 65 yo = 2.1 million Covid deaths in this age group = 7419 % of 2.1 million = .35% Population under 65 yo = 8.4 million Covid deaths in this group = 365 % of 8.4 million = .004% Mars guy: mmmmmm

Bike riding on the roads is pretty damn great in the Middle East tho. Even Saudi has excellent quality roads out in the desert. Just need to get out early before sunrise. There used to be just one decent LBS in Doha (Carbon Wheels) - are there any more these days?

Thats the normal Qatari false but unquestioned lies going on. Don't believe a word of it. Much better and longer cycle tracks available in Dubai.