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in my experience this happens when you bleed the brake but don't fill the oil reservoir in the lever completely before closing it all up. Then you end up with a little air bubble in the reservoir that gets into the system when the lever is below the caliper. Putting in the reservoir cap should squeeze out a bit of oil to make sure there in no air in it.

if you can swim in a pool for an hour you can do a sprint triathlon (I assume you do about 2500-3000m in the hour). Just start at the back of the bunch so people don't swim over you and take it easily at your own pace. Worst case, you can flip over and do backstroke for a bit (I did this in my first triathlon) and there are plenty of life guards on paddle boards etc. As far as the wetsuit goes, I did the April Redhub triathlon last year without a wetsuit and it was cold but not unreasonable (although I think it was a few weeks earlier). That said, I would definitely recommend getting a wetsuit because it is obviously warmer but it also makes the swim much easier because you are far more buoyant. You don't need to buy one, a lot of places allow you to rent a wetsuit and if you then buy it the rental amount is seen as a deposit. (fluidlines.co.za , troisport.com as well as others). A trisuit is also not strictly necessary but it does save a lot of time being able to do all 3 sports in the same outfit (You don't want to swim or run in a normal pair of bibs). Also there weren't any changing facilities in the transition area last time I did a triathlon so that could get pretty awkward. As a final note, don't be worried about the swim, for a sprint it's really not bad and you can always backstroke it for a while if you have to (just be sure to check that you are still heading in the right direction reasonable frequently unlike me, I got stopped by one of the life guards and told I was heading in the wrong direction at one point )

Depends on the bike: L - Canyon Ultimate XL - Scott Spark XXL - Silverback Space

That's basically every race I have ever done. If you start earlier than the last group and make all the cut-offs you will be allowed to finish but if you take longer than the last group is allowed you won't get an official time. I'm pretty sure that's a standard thing in races...

Super tough ride. Started in 1F and the okes in front pulled hard. Caught 1E and D by Muizenberg / Kalk bay then I got caught behind an accident and went on my lonesome all the way through Simonstown (after burning a ton of matches trying to catch the group). Got a small group together up Smitswinkel and all the way to Chappies. Punctured at the bottom of Chappies then I obviously didn't manage to find what had caused the puncture because the second tube I put in was flat by time I got to the picnic area on the way down into Hout Bay. Then my second, and last, spare tube exploded as soon as I pumped the CO2 bomb into it. Ended up sitting at the picnic area for about 15 minutes before one of the bike marshal guys came past and he thankfully had a spare tube and a pump. On the plus side I was really fresh for Suikerbossie after sitting around for so long Ended up with a 3:56 (with a total riding time of only 3:30ish)

Got me some flats and FiveTens yesterday. Now I need to learn how to ride flats again after being on cleats for years...

1F for me, nice improvement over 2something last year. Think I may have to wheel-suck a lot because I have not done as much riding as I should have since the 94.7

To change topic slightly, have anyone's points to miles been applied/credited yet?

I do find that the wrist based heart rate lags pretty badly when you are doing short intervals (on an IDT in this case) compared to the chest strap. Using a Forerunner 935 for the wrist HR and a Edge 820 with chest strap.

Yeah, I was talking about the road one that is on the same date as the triathlon.

Eish, same day as the Fast One... Tough choice to be made

Do you feel equally passionately about bonsai trees and almost any plants in pots that cannot grow to their full size? I hope so, otherwise you are really full of ****...

Got a puncture on the on-ramp so I lost the group. At first I was trying to catch the group that passed me while I was changing the tube but that wasn't happening by myself so then I decided I would just go until I was caught by the next group. Picked up a bunch of stragglers (and some of the AM riders) but managed to stay ahead of the (I think it would be EL or FL) group all the way to the end. Problem was none of the stragglers or AM riders wanted to do a turn on the front with the exception of one guy who would hop on the front for 30 seconds to 1 minute then pull off and leave me on the front again. Then half the bunch attacked as we came back into the city (bastards).

Yeah, I had the points for the Tshwane Classic on Sunday evening already. I was shocked.

Yeah, the climb was brutal. From the start of the concrete I averaged 3.8w/kg at 62rpm to go at basically 10km/h. Didn't have any more in my legs after sitting on the front for almost the whole way back in on the freeway.

Even last year it was only around 93km (supposed to be 98 as well)

Punctured on the on-ramp to the freeway and lost the group. Ended up picking up a fairly big group as I passed people on the way back in but they all seemed happy to let me pull the whole way Was aiming for a 2:40 - 2:45, ended up with a 2:50 which I'm pretty happy with considering I rode almost half the race with no group and had to stop and fix a puncture.

had to manually submit for Amashova points and the Carnival City Road race but got the MTB race points automatically... Seems a bit hit and miss to be honest.

Got this sms this morning for anyone who is interested: TRINITY 2 LESS 20% SALE! Enter the Jan & Apr races before 1 Dec and get 20% off your entry fee. Saving of almost R300 on standard races. www.trinitysports.co.za

Just got mine too. In CL. Anyone else?

Thanks to the organisers. Was a lekker race and I dig the new route (still don't love the long drag up to the finish line though ) BL started off very sedately with no-one really wanting to do any work. Got properly organised after about 10km and was mostly smooth sailing from there with quite a few guys willing to work. Little crash at around 90km, didn't look too serious but I hope no-one was injured. Basically the whole group turned into the finish straight together and I launched my attack far too early and got overtaken by a bunch of people 100-150m from the line. Still super happy with a sub-3. (Was also very surprised that I managed to hang with the group the whole way, and even do a turn or two on the front, after doing the MTB race the day before)

Yup, MTB route. Poster before me asked about the MTB route so the link was to my Strava activity from last year.

If it is the same route as last year: https://www.strava.com/activities/1249906972 Last year it was freezing and windy. Hopefully the weather will be a bit better this year.

I'm preparing my excuses for why I got dropped by the group x km into the race

Was a hard day out there on Saturday... A few f**knuts (mainly in cars) going the wrong way. Luckily they passed me while I was on my way up the hills (i.e. not much faster than walking pace ) Also my first double loop (Second time round was 25 minutes slower than my first . That said, I did a PB on the first loop so I was a bit knackered by the time I started the second)