The old man section had no divisions, so I had some serious competition. For a first try I think I handled myself OK.
Category: Sport
Sport participation, and also my views on sport in general, the performance of teams, and what I think they could do to improve
Guess what I’m collecting tomorrow
I first saw the Cervelo S5 last year November. WHAT A BIKE!
I’ve been ogling it whenever I get a chance since. 2 weeks ago I got bikejacked (wrote a whole post about that, but never clicked publish, way too morbid). Luckily I was insured, and luckily I found some sympathetic people in the industry willing to give me some discount and advice on how to get this bike within my current budget.
I picked up the SRAM Red groupset today, with an ITM handlebar and stem (in white). Tomorrow I pick up the frame and can then start building, hopefully having everything ready for the Saturday morning ride. For now I’ll have to use my race wheels, but will get a new set of training wheels soon.
The Otter Trail Run
This is definitely on my bucket-list of events to do
2011 Otter African Trail Run Teaser from Motion Pixel on Vimeo.
Bike Upgrade Before Joberg2C
Seeing that my budget did not allow me to buy myself a dual-suspension 29er for the Joberg2C, I’ve had to choose some new weaponry for my current bike to get at least some comfort.
Firstly, I’ve upgraded my wheels to Fulcrum Red Metal 3, these are strong, and more importantly, they’re tubeless ready. I’ve been riding with tubes all along, but seeing that my bike is a hardtail, I’m trying to get the tyres to take a bit more of the shock, instead of my backside. A tubeless setup allows me to run a much lower tyre pressure, give the sidewalls more flex, and more shock absorbing ability.
Old school rules for cycling
This is blatantly copied from cyclingnews.com's reader letters…
People say I’m mad, but the voices in my head says I’m getting better
After an absence of over a week, I'm back and writing. The reason for my absence?
I did a cycle tour from Joburg to Durban. 690km in 5 days. And what fun the tour was.
Therewere 13 of us riding, with the last stage being the Amashova race fromMaritzburg to Durban. On the Saturday night we decided with the tiredlegs, we'll ride the race as a group, so we all hung back and took overthe D bunch, and controlled it from the word go. In the end, therewere 5 of us who pulled the whole group to a 3:03 finish, which is byno means a bad time for the race.
This was something that I'dbeen looking forward to for a long time, and will definitely do again. By far the longest tour I've done, but now I want to go bigger andbetter. So I need some suggestions on start and end destinations for alonger tour, I'm thinking around 1000 – 1200 km 7-8 days. Preferablyonroad, I don't have the budget at this point to buy a MTB good enoughto do a tour like that.
What makes a cyclist tick
Padraig from BKW has written a few posts about the things that make a cyclist tick. These can also be applied to other aspects of life.
Motivation : Yes, we do ride a roller coaster between a huge amount of motivation to go ride, enough to brave any weather, any time of the day, and so little that you can't drag yourself out the door on a perfect day. I suppose there a lot of contributing factors to this roller coaster, including your diet, and the amount of training you're doing. As well as how you place in the races you compete in. A race where you feel like you're pulling out all the stops and still get dropped can kill your motivation for riding quite quickly. On the other hand, some days you feel like you're just cruising, and you have no issues staying in the race.
Pride : This is what ultimately drives your motivation, the will to show the world what can be accomplished.
I can just say that Padraig is spot on, and I can't wait for the future posts here…