Coronavirus lockdown and exercising outdoors

[DieselnDust]

I avoid it after 8 because of the amount of people over there, but yesterday I was doing my 100km challenge and it's the only place in the neighbourhood where you can roll without stopping every 5 mins to a trafic light. 1st world problem yes...!

 

As much as I would love riding on contermansklof road and vissershok I don't want to take chances in extending my radius because I'm to affraid of the consequences... Seems that depending on which cop catches you, you can end up with a slap on the wrist or a R5000 fine or a broken arm... So i'm gonna keep doing loops in sunningdale or zwift until zwift is the only thing that's allowed to stay fit

 

 

How are the cops going to catch you? I haven't heard of anyone being caught outside their POT. I see a lot of people in my area whom I know live a long way from me and they're way outside their radius...I mean waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay outside. Just going through my strava "following" there's plenty of people riding to areas where there are far less people but these areas are outside their radius.

I don't see how being outside your radius spreads the virus if its killed by sunlight and is dissipated quite rapidly but thats just me applying logic to what the health experts are saying about this thing. 

The only way you will get caught is if:

 

1) Government passes a law that require the mobile network providers to provide GPS or LTE/3G/4G/5G signal location of your phone on specific days,

 

2) The PPA decides to follow your STRAVA and rat you out.

 

3) SAPS decides to follow you on STRAVA.

 

4) You post your rides to STRAVA and available for everyone to see..

 

5) You have an accident and need to medi-evaced to hospital...

 

6) You have a puncture and need your wife to come and collect you ( youjust know ts going to be all over WHATSAPP faster than 5G.

 

7) Some other Snitching tactic..

 

8) you get stopped for not wearing a mask and they want your address details.

 

The biggest things to concern yourself with is covering your mouth and nose and make sure you're close to home by 9am then you'll be fine. And don;t do things that draws attention to yourself like wearing pink or short socks.

[Jbr]

And don;t do things that draws attention to yourself like wearing pink or short socks.

 

[ChrisF]

How are the cops going to catch you? I haven't heard of anyone being caught outside their POT. I see a lot of people in my area whom I know live a long way from me and they're way outside their radius...I mean waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay outside. Just going through my strava "following" there's plenty of people riding to areas where there are far less people but these areas are outside their radius.

I don't see how being outside your radius spreads the virus if its killed by sunlight and is dissipated quite rapidly but thats just me applying logic to what the health experts are saying about this thing. 

The only way you will get caught is if:

 

1) Government passes a law that require the mobile network providers to provide GPS or LTE/3G/4G/5G signal location of your phone on specific days,

 

2) The PPA decides to follow your STRAVA and rat you out.

 

3) SAPS decides to follow you on STRAVA.

 

4) You post your rides to STRAVA and available for everyone to see..

 

5) You have an accident and need to medi-evaced to hospital...

 

6) You have a puncture and need your wife to come and collect you ( youjust know ts going to be all over WHATSAPP faster than 5G.

 

7) Some other Snitching tactic..

 

8) you get stopped for not wearing a mask and they want your address details.

 

The biggest things to concern yourself with is covering your mouth and nose and make sure you're close to home by 9am then you'll be fine. And don;t do things that draws attention to yourself like wearing pink or short socks.

 

GENERAL comment ....

 

Clearly a (growing) segment of cyclists are not wearing masks\buffs ...

 

Clearly a (growing) segment of cyclists are riding outside the circle of death, and way past the 9:00 ....

 

 

AND we already KNOW that journalists have used this very thread to publish a NOT so nice article about cyclists .....

 

 

 

now for a moment, imagine some parallel universe where the covid numbers are increasing, where POLICE are catching it, and getting every more gatvol of people putting their lives in danger .... 

 

 

Wonder how long before somebody starts posting about "being harassed" by a cop for driving further and later .....  

[Skubarra]

 

AND we already KNOW that journalists have used this very thread to publish a NOT so nice article about cyclists 

 

Missed this completely! Do you have a link?

[DieselnDust]

he's referring to that article were the PPA was quoted as reprimanding cyclists for not wearing masks and going outside the 5km POT, and riding in groups,...........then in their next article they said they encouraged cyclists to ride in groups for safety...

 

some very bad political grandstanding 

[TNT1]

he's referring to that article were the PPA was quoted as reprimanding cyclists for not wearing masks and going outside the 5km POT, and riding in groups,...........then in their next article they said they encouraged cyclists to ride in groups for safety...

 

some very bad political grandstanding 

And this thread caused that article? Or is it now articles? I confuse...

[Chris_]

And this thread caused that article? Or is it now articles? I confuse...

 

No, the thread is in the article,

 

Or the article is on the thread,

 

Or in the thread,

 

Or maybe the journalist on the thread! 

 

Maybe ChrisF is the PPA!!

[TNT1]

No, the thread is in the article,

 

Or the article is on the thread,

 

Or in the thread,

 

Or maybe the journalist on the thread! 

 

Maybe ChrisF is the PPA!!

So, that movie Inception was real

[ChrisF]

No, the thread is in the article,

 

Or the article is on the thread,

 

Or in the thread,

 

Or maybe the journalist on the thread! 

 

Maybe ChrisF is the PPA!!

 

now THAT is a low blow !    

[TNT1]

Well, I dunno who this ppa is but they are welcome to come suck my chamois dry after a ride for all I care. Some bunch of grade A nimrods from the western cape thinking they can speak on my behalf. 

[Pure Savage]

How are the cops going to catch you? I haven't heard of anyone being caught outside their POT. I see a lot of people in my area whom I know live a long way from me and they're way outside their radius...I mean waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay outside. Just going through my strava "following" there's plenty of people riding to areas where there are far less people but these areas are outside their radius.

I don't see how being outside your radius spreads the virus if its killed by sunlight and is dissipated quite rapidly but thats just me applying logic to what the health experts are saying about this thing.

The only way you will get caught is if:

 

1) Government passes a law that require the mobile network providers to provide GPS or LTE/3G/4G/5G signal location of your phone on specific days,

 

2) The PPA decides to follow your STRAVA and rat you out.

 

3) SAPS decides to follow you on STRAVA.

 

4) You post your rides to STRAVA and available for everyone to see..

 

5) You have an accident and need to medi-evaced to hospital...

 

6) You have a puncture and need your wife to come and collect you ( youjust know ts going to be all over WHATSAPP faster than 5G.

 

7) Some other Snitching tactic..

 

8) you get stopped for not wearing a mask and they want your address details.

 

The biggest things to concern yourself with is covering your mouth and nose and make sure you're close to home by 9am then you'll be fine. And don;t do things that draws attention to yourself like wearing pink or short socks.

Some people are very concerned about the 5km rule ...

 

I just see it’s stupid you can’t ride further than 5km but you can go to a crowded mall.

 

All rides are now private.

[Jbr]

come suck my chamois dry

 

Thanks for the pictures I have in my head now 

[TNT1]

Some people are very concerned about the 5km rule ...

 

I just see it’s stupid you can’t ride further than 5km but you can go to a crowded mall.

 

All rides are now private.

I usually only upload to strava once a month anyway. I'll just do that every second month now.

 

Besides, as I have mentioned, I see plenty of saps and metro plod both far from home and after hours and I get a merry greeting and that's it.

[TNT1]

Thanks for the pictures I have in my head now 

Happy to be of service. It was the standard taunt between us riders on the first team I raced for. Always stuck with me.

[Fat Boab]

I have also shaken my head at the absurdity of returning home after a 5km ride, to jump in the car and lawfully drive 20 km to my nearest mall to shop.

 

Some people are very concerned about the 5km rule ...

 

I just see it’s stupid you can’t ride further than 5km but you can go to a crowded mall.

 

All rides are now private.

[Pure Savage]

I have also shaken my head at the absurdity of returning home after a 5km ride, to jump in the car and lawfully drive 20 km to my nearest mall to shop.

 

 

Yeah, getting people moaning that outside 5km while the tweeting from waterfront shopping and coffee then going back to Claremont. Gtfo