The Ouzo Posted October 16, 2019 Share Ouch. I am not a fan of trampolines. Saw an oke once bounce wrong and broke his knee, it bent the wrong way!!!! There is a thing called rush at a shopping mall near me, its just a massive area full of tramplines, they must have a few injuries when so many kids start going mal.ex colleagues son used to work there. There was a number of serious injuries coming out of there.One young girl was paralyzed (at least temporarily, I did not get to hear the final outcome as she was still recovering when he left here) We had one of those round trampolines with the side nets around it, was jumping with my then 6 month old daughter, as I pushed up to bounce, daughter in my arms, I heard a tear. At this stage I was in the air going up, when we came down the trampoline gave way under neath me and we went plumeting to teh ground.I hit down hard but kept my daughter suspended in my arms. The thud of me hitting the ground was so loud my wife came running out the house.My knee took a big hit but luckily we got off relatively unscathed. cat-i and Long Wheel Base 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwindfr Posted October 16, 2019 Share Trampolines can be bad. My little one broke her arm on one when se fell wrong.Also did not ride yesterday.Kinda glad. Wind was rather bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson99 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Hay Samson - holiday's over! When you back? sshhhooooooooo ... leave him alone Holiday was amazing but back to the grind stone.Will be cycling home this afternoon. Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted October 22, 2019 Share 7000 Hairy - congrats! Imploder and Bateleur1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 22, 2019 Share 7000 Hairy - congrats!Kief thanks ... never knew I was that close ... but I see you are still hammering away! Good news though is that my cellphone battery has been replaced, so can now log rides properly again cat-i, Bateleur1 and Imploder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur1 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Also possibly for next week The sunny hail-free mud-free days are over for this year and spring has finally sprung - and the sunlight returned! By the time we got to Delta Park this morning we already made shadows. Must take a camera along one day - it's magnificent out there at the moment. I miss my morning commutes. On the halfway mark I would climb this nasty little climb away from the Isar river. The last couple of meters would kick up to 14% but when you are over the climb, you would be rewarded with the sunrise views. Many a picture I posted here was from that spot. Hairy, EddieV, Imploder and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted October 23, 2019 Share Kief thanks ... never knew I was that close ... but I see you are still hammering away! Good news though is that my cellphone battery has been replaced, so can now log rides properly again Haha seems like I know more about your weekly mileage, total distance and commuting habits than you do You are so consistent one can see where your cellphone didn't record (or where you had to take a bus) The UweKoetter challenge finishes end of November. I am still first loser with no chance to catch number 3, but resolved in the beginning to keep going as long as I'm top 5, so I have to at least try. Imploder and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted October 23, 2019 Share I miss my morning commutes. On the halfway mark I would climb this nasty little climb away from the Isar river. The last couple of meters would kick up to 14% but when you are over the climb, you would be rewarded with the sunrise views. Many a picture I posted here was from that spot. Was a glorious morning in Randburg/Sandton. The first few drops of summer rain finally fell late last night. The air was clean, much cooler than the heatwave of the last few days, Jacarandas in full bloom. Hairy, Bateleur1 and EddieV 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwindfr Posted October 23, 2019 Share Aim is to reach 7000km by year end. You top 3 are already there.Not sure how you do it? Had a big week last week with about 220km and I am feeling it this week.Wish we could get some rain in Polokwane.Very dry here.Enjoy Edited October 23, 2019 by wildwindfr EddieV, cat-i and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted October 23, 2019 Share Congrats Eddy on that 6000 - putting in big mileage this week! Hairy and EddieV 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieV Posted October 23, 2019 Share Congrats Eddy on that 6000 - putting in big mileage this week! thank you !!! I've lost contact with the podium group .. earlier this year I tried to stay within 500km of the top, but the Jhb office keeps summoning me up there. In Jhb again next week Moved to Lakeside recently (by 1 November all done) .. must say ... big difference between having a short route of 24km and riding an extra 15km for good measure .................. and the new short route of 38km. Have to get the head-space right when you start the afternoon slog home cat-i 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieV Posted October 23, 2019 Share Was in Jhb about 2 weeks ago (9 Oct), sitting gridlocked at a circle in Benmore in the company pool car at around 5pm, when this female MTB’er passed through the circle (from Short onto Benmore) right infront of me … thought to myself – could that be Cat-I …. .. not that many female commuters taking on the traffic at that hour in Sandton ? Hairy and cat-i 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 23, 2019 Share We were cycling along nicely with a tail wind on our backs and passing very slow moving traffic when we saw a car with a bicycle in the back. Being a bunch of chops we indicated to the very sad driver why is he driving and not cycling .... he looked even sadder after this and his girlfriend / wife / friend sitting next to him look a little confused cat-i, Long Wheel Base and EddieV 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted October 23, 2019 Share Was in Jhb about 2 weeks ago (9 Oct), sitting gridlocked at a circle in Benmore in the company pool car at around 5pm, when this female MTB’er passed through the circle (from Short onto Benmore) right infront of me … thought to myself – could that be Cat-I …. .. not that many female commuters taking on the traffic at that hour in Sandton ? Could have been. It was a Wednesday, so Mr Cat-I would have been with me, tall guy usually about a bike length behind me and his front light usually blinking. Both of us were on 26ers. Did i at least wave? If you went down Benmore towards Outspan, you would have seen a white Jacaranda between 2 purple ones at that T-junction. Edited October 23, 2019 by cat-i EddieV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieV Posted October 23, 2019 Share Could have been. It was a Wednesday, so Mr Cat-I would have been with me, tall guy usually about a bike length behind me and his front light usually blinking. Both of us were on 26ers. Did i at least wave? If you went down Benmore towards Outspan, you would have seen a white Jacaranda between 2 purple ones at that T-junction. That's the junction, yes ! I'll look out for the Jacarandas next week ... my guest house is in Outspan. ... didn't see Mr Cat-i though ... will hoot next time Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted October 24, 2019 Share Congrats Samson on your 7000 6,7,8 all within 27 km of each other Edited October 24, 2019 by cat-i samson99, Imploder and Hairy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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