94.7 - General Discussion

Guest

Actually directly translated is means "Yes Nicholas, we all talk sweet Afrikaans"

Nicholas, Afrikaans was taught to us at school as a second language, therefore most scholard South Africans have a vague grasp of it.

Guest

  Hi All.  Hercules bicycles used to be made in S.A.
              Do you still have any major bicycle industry over
              there?  Just curious, because I recently found an
old Hercules bike, 'New Yorker' model.  Very dilapidated,
couldn't save much of it at all.  26 X  1 3/8 wheels, rims made
in Springs, S.A.  ' Cycsad' saddle, freewheel single gear,
caliper brakes.

Vo2

Hmm, not sure.
I do have a link for you regarding vintage cycles though

Click here> Vintage Bicycle Resource Page

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Guest

Hey guys, Just back from collecting my number st the expo. Very quiet because of the storm (Apparently a woman was hit by lightning in Midrand while talking on the phone - Rushed to hospital)
Back to the expo - Very small compared to the Argus expo. Saw Nick White at PANDA/HSBC stand, Cyclelab stand is quite nice, they're giving away tattoos and pacing stickers. Kim Carter doing some last minute training on the rollers (Looks pretty hairy - the rollers that is not Kim Carter)
I haven't had chance to look in my goody bag yet but I can see a Hollard water bottle through the packet (I Love Free Stuff ;D ;D ;D). I think I'll go tomorrow and get some more free stuff

Vo2

Anyone started carbo-loading yet?

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CarboLoad on the desk, sippin' it like crazy, got a pasta party evening planned for Friday with some friends who are also riding, will have to indulge in a little wine however

Guest

That's my kind of party!

Vo2

Yeah, sounds cool! The pasta is a good idea, but the wine indulgence will come back to haunt you ;D

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Will be getting my number this arvies.

Been drinking Energade Megaload the whole week and will be going to get some pasta for lunch, followed by pasta or chicken for dinner with the g/f. I've never been able to stuff myself with carbs, always get way to full before anyone else.

Vo2

Weather forecast has changed from 'Showers' to 'Thunder', but still only in the afternoon. Wind forecast still 'ZERO' ;D

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My apologies about the multiple posts guys.  :-[

The connection is still extremely slow so it's taken nearly 2 hrs to remove them all. Yesterday the connection failed completely and I had to rush off at 3 to get to the expo (I was collecting stuff for half my corporate team). "Rush" is the wrong word to use here because the motor vehicle traffic moved along much like the net traffic had done. So many accidents on the highway and there were so many people trying to get to the area around Kyalami. Hardly anyone going to the expo though which was great and allowed me to get all the stuff done quickly.

I guess trying to refresh to see whether I posted was a bad idea  ;D Admin, moderators - if it happens again feel free to delete them. Thanks.

It seems the onlty sites working well are SA based ones. Everything else it up to Sh%t.

Guest

Vo2 are you trying to tell us that you believe the weather forcast?  ;D

They've been wrong 50% of the time in the last month. I should know I've been watching to determine whether I should ride to work on any particular day.

Guest

Guys... this wil be my last post before the race. Going hectic at the office today. To all the members here, have a good ride. I wish you a windless, punctureless breakdownless ride. Have fun and I'll see you all at the races (And next week on this board for some follow ups.) GO FOR IT!!!!
;D

Vo2

No problemo, Sean.   We all thought you were trying to make sure we get your point ;D
Thanks for the clean-up.
Yip, all international lines are slow. Timeouts all the time > , but it seems to be getting better.

Regarding the weather, as long as they are right about Sunday, I'm happy. Goh, last year's race was freezing!

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