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if there wasn't any your rods would be around you knee's ;)

 

Not needed with bibs :P

 

Besides the topic says

 

Thank you! The people we are indebpted to for our sport

Posted

The race organisers, doctors, marshalls and traffic cops who get up even earlier than I do, to stand at some God-forsaken intersection in the dark, then argue with pissed-off motorists (and a few cyclists) just so that I can enjoy a race.

+1

 

power balance

+1

 

The guy who invented the wheel :blush: ?? & Carbon Fibre! :D

 

& the guys who bail me outta jail :D

Posted

The goddess Ninkasi (6th Millenium BC, a prayer that contained the recipe for beer)

Amen brother!! :clap:

 

Also the person who first thought..."let's grind those pips down to dust and boil them in water, and drink them"....

 

More seriously, CWC for revolutionising the cycling industry in SA!! :thumbup:

Posted

John Dunlop.

 

For inventing pneumatic tyres.

 

Which legend has it, he did to make his son's tricycle more comfortable to ride, so he was thinking of us all along, only he didn't know it at the time.

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Then:

Gary Fisher, Keith Bontrager, Tom Ritchey

Stumpjumer

The German dude who invented pilates

 

Now:

Nissan, MTN, Subaru

Farmer Glen, Craig Wapnick, Gary Green, Kevin Vermaak, Fritz Pienaar, Eric Van Gaalen

29ers and tubeless tires

 

Personally:

Kevin Evans, Barry Stander (inspires)

Renzo Pellizon (patiently showing me the ropes)

My wife who loves the sport as much as I do.

 

You?

 

Hey KnobbyMech ("FM")....watch it.....I LIKE MY STUMPIE!! :P :D

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