Skubarra Posted September 5, 2016 Share What you on about?I'm a TMB club member, and I did not receive an SMS to be at the meeting, and for whom to vote for. If only TMB could manage to get 300 people at their own AGM's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted September 5, 2016 Share If only TMB could manage to get 300 people at their own AGM's... True story!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMCfan Posted September 5, 2016 Share i think he is referring to table mouintain bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted September 5, 2016 Share i think he is referring to table mouintain bike Ooooops....... Quite possible. Sorry Carbon29'er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted September 5, 2016 Share Ooooops....... Quite possible. Sorry Carbon29'erYeah, Table Mountain Bikers. Rob's club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMCfan Posted September 5, 2016 Share ive been following this thread for a while my two cents ... I hate the PPA with a passion! For awhile, hence my cycling interests in other places recently.the vote for change is the only option. i will thus this year go cast a vote, but this will probably be my last year as PPA Member and also 2017 will be my last funride world champ. My energy can be spent much more positively elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted September 5, 2016 Share And then find yourself 300+ members to vote for him as there is already movement afoot to repeat last year's debacle of having the TMB club members turn up and vote from the list sent out by SMS.... Without taking at least 300 people to vote for your guys there will be absolutely no way they will be elected. We have about 90 at the moment. I am sure if I promise preferential seeding we could get 300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMCfan Posted September 5, 2016 Share We have about 90 at the moment. I am sure if I promise preferential seeding we could get 300 91 , and i'll work on my own seeding thank you gooi me a dm to discuss the voting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icycling Posted September 5, 2016 Share Icycling, on 03 Sept 2016 - 2:42 PM, said:You! These races (out of town events Worcester and Bonnievale) probably only lasted as long as they did because PPA made them part of the league series. Thus the committed riders went out as they needed the point and there was prize money. When the league got dropped the race drew far less cyclist - the league were about about 300 riders strong excluding the tag along (parents, spouses etc) who may have done the riders on offer as well. The racing cyclist like to race not to fun ride. The fun ride cyclist well some of them like to see there time against the racing cyclist - a symbiotic relationship. Road league dropped fun ride entry reduced! Thank you Tim Brink for the words of support - if I remember correctly you once worked at PPA while I was on the committee in the 90ies. I would stand again but unfortunately it would mean a complete vote of NO confidence at the AGM in the current full committee and an AGM to follow a few weeks later when the correct group of EXCO member had been put together to serve the full cycling community this would need: 1. Some professionals - Lawyers / Attorney and Financial guys who volunteered there services to PPA and any work that was to paid for was never done by them or their companies. Unfortunately this have not been done in the past. 2. People connected / passionate in making sure the facilities for Road, MTB, BMX and track cycling were been looked after. Currently our roads in the WC are not in that great a condition to share the roads! I am spending quite a bit of time on these - waiting to see the results. Below some pics just (M42 near Pollsmoor prison). If and when we get fun ride back in the southern subs a lot of road that were use are now full of pot holes - maybe because event organizers are no long reporting these. 3. Some marketing people / entrepreneurs / ideas people. 4. Some MTB rider interested not only in riding / fun riding but also racing - to get the MTB event number up like we did with the road leagues in the past. To cater for young to old cyclist of all desires / abilities. 5. Some road riders interested not only in riding / fun riding but also racing - to get PPA road events back to where they were and even possible get the Giro del Capo back on the calendar. To cater for young to old cyclist of all desires / abilities. Some of these people may already be on the committee and should still be on the committee but the committee person should also be equally “respected” to why they on the committee and a groups of 4 “man/fin” management finance committee should listen o the other sub committee instead of just pushing their own agendas. These have been reported to the City - what I am most concerend about normally speaking is the 1st meter of road where we cyclist are meant to ride and keep a straight line line pic 3 at the gate of the Pollsmoor. I hope the city attends to these within the next 10 days. Once I seen progress on the above I will start reported properly other area which need attention. Other items - the city still need to attend to on the M42. But have not reported correctly yet. I was lucky enough to grad some guys a few weeks back from a company called Collaborate to help with this. They were laying fiber optic cables on the other side of the road. Unfortunately unless the mound is moved bye the City it will in time fall all back onto the road. Considering the condition I noted this article in the past week. http://www.columbusunderground.com/share-the-road-columbus-bw1 "The City of Columbus is phasing out the use of yellow “Share the Road” signs in favor of white signs that say “Bikes May Use Full Lane.” The shift is meant to communicate more clearly the idea that, under city and state code, bikes are not required to hug the curb or stay to the far right side of a travel lane “when it is unreasonable or unsafe to do so.” Many experienced cyclists prefer to ride in the center of the lane, whether to avoid the danger of opening car doors in the parking lane, to increase their visibility, or to avoid the tight squeeze that happens when a car tries to pass a bicycle while staying in the same lane. Catherine Girves, Executive Director of advocacy organization Yay Bikes, said that the Share the Road signs meant different things to different people, with some drivers interpreting them as directions for cyclists – that they need to “share the road” with drivers and stay as far to the right as possible. The city’s Bicycle Coordinator, Scott Ulrich, said the shift was “in response to to a growing body of research – and broad consensus in the bicycling community – that this signage is the most consistently comprehended device for communicating the message that bicyclists may occupy the travel lane.” Ulrich added that the different shapes and colors of the two signs also sends a signal. “A yellow diamond sign is for warning drivers of potentially hazardous road conditions, whereas the Bikes May Use Full Lane signs are white rectangles, which are regulatory signs that control lane use,” he said. “We believe it is more appropriate to treat bicyclists less like potential hazards and more like the legal road users that they are, and to remind other road users of that fact.” The yellow signs were first installed along High Street in 2010 – along with shared lane markings (or “sharrows”) painted on the asphalt – as part of the implementation of the city’s Bicentennial Bikeways plan. Ulrich said that for now, the policy only applies to newly-installed signs, but discussions are under way about a plan to eventually swap out all of the existing Share the Road signs." Got a call fro the city this morning just before 12h00 asking about my reports sent on Friday last week M42 - met with the team who were repairing the pot holes - they had already done the 2 in the center of the road. I explained to them the problem with regarding cycling and the badly repaired ones at entrance to Pollsmoor, fortunately it was wet and thus a puddle of water was in one - the result thus far. Final result to be posted - hope they get it level. Below the before pic - sorry one above is at Muizenberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbon29er Posted September 5, 2016 Share We have about 90 at the moment. I am sure if I promise preferential seeding we could get 300 Did not work for the road nominees last year despite having 5 top class roadies with pedigree and history and me. Not one of us made it. It is in current management and Exco's interest to ensure no one gets elected that is not agreeable to the status quo. I predict more of the old hands will be removed and replaced by more mountain bikers from TMB and or Smooth Knobblies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted September 5, 2016 Share 91 , and i'll work on my own seeding thank you gooi me a dm to discuss the voting I will do, the 2 of them now want another 4 otherwise feel cannot bring about enough change. So if anyone is willing let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted September 5, 2016 Share Did not work for the road nominees last year despite having 5 top class roadies with pedigree and history and me. Not one of us made it. It is in current management and Exco's interest to ensure no one gets elected that is not agreeable to the status quo. I predict more of the old hands will be removed and replaced by more mountain bikers from TMB and or Smooth Knobblies. Not a good prediction. I will unfortunately not be able to attend, MUUUCH more important matters at hand (15th wedding anniversary good enough reason to skip?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted September 5, 2016 Share Did not work for the road nominees last year despite having 5 top class roadies with pedigree and history and me. Not one of us made it. It is in current management and Exco's interest to ensure no one gets elected that is not agreeable to the status quo. I predict more of the old hands will be removed and replaced by more mountain bikers from TMB and or Smooth Knobblies. I am sure if you can get the buy in of the Killarney crew to cancel the evening racing that those can come and vote. Thats 150 people right there. I guess unless there is a buy in from the majority of roadies that race it will not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloukrans Posted September 5, 2016 Share Not a good prediction. I will unfortunately not be able to attend, MUUUCH more important matters at hand (15th wedding anniversary good enough reason to skip?) You should be given a break after that long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted September 5, 2016 Share You should be given a break after that long I tried my luck (it is after all K2C time) but I was told long in advance "Don't even try and come and tell me you got a late entry / sub for the K2C, it WILL NOT happen this year" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted September 5, 2016 Share I will skip killarney and go (got no sponsors to keep happy ), closer to the time please just drop the names of the okes we should vote for you suggest would work in the interests of road cycling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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