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The Rio Olympics offered up some great moments – and amazing champions. Ashleigh Moolman
PAsio finished a wonderful tenth in the road race, to go with Louis Meintjes’ seventh, before crashing
in the time trial, shortly after this photo was snapped by Cor Vos.
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and Revelations
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Routes
Lekker speel by die see.
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Songezo heads off again.
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Pages of pics from the Olympic Games.
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Thaba Trails relaunch.
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Banhoek and Boschendal.
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James preps for Rio.
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Climb all the way, justify chocolate and avoid
on-the-bike nausea.
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A new diarist – Lynette Benson.
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Making a splash at the
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Meet the
Evil Twin.
Pg. 74.
SIMUNYE
WE ARE ONE. THAT WAS THE CATCH PHRASE FROM SABC1 (I THINK – I HAVEN’T REALLY
watched TV for a few years). It should be the catchphrase for cycling, too, if we are ever
to win the battles that we all face.
This will not be the first time I have dedicated this page to wondering why we feel the
need to see other cyclists as inferior to our chosen stream within the sport. I find it so
difficult to keep my responses civil when I see major garbage on twitter (real garbage,
that transcends the perpetual mini-garbage) along the lines of “Dear Mountain bikers.
We are wearing baggies now, no exceptions. Let’s not talk about this again...”
Okay, so that is a direct quote from an otherwise sensible man. Now, I have a small
problem with being asked to leave the cult of mountain biking purely because I prefer
to wear Lycra off-road. It has worked just fine since I first mounted a Bridgestone MB3
in 1987, and it will continue to serve me well until I can no longer turn a pedal. I have a
number of baggies in the cycling kit cupboard, and I even wear them sometimes. But I
am not, particularly, a fan. So, must I now insist that my mates can only ride with me if
they eschew baggies? I don’t think that is right.
Part of the problem is that I don’t actually understand why we need such jagged
divisions within cycling. I ride anything with wheels. And one thing with wheel. I have
singlespeeds (road and off-road), a road bike, a full-susser (aluminium, my choice,
don’t judge), a steel hardtail (see previous entry), a unicycle and a recumbent. If I had
space, and cash, I would also have a fat bike, a cyclo cross bike, a gravel bike, a
downhill bike and a track bike. And a few more recumbents, of course. Maybe a Muni…
the list never ends. And I would ride all of them, hoping that I would be seen by other
cyclists as one of us, rather than a roadie, a hipster or a freak.
We all love bicycles – even if some choose to narrow that passion into more dedicated
fetishes – so why can’t we all love people who love bicycles? Without having
havin to dictate
how they should behave, other than pedalling (mostly) forward? If ever we are going
to win the war against road danger, land-access, bike-jacking and the ever-worsening
public perception of cyclists and cycling, we should really look at liking ourselves first.
So, no, I will not be wearing baggies on my mountain bike (unless I feel like it, or they
are clean and on the top of the pile). But I will also not be calling myself a mountain
biker. Cyclist works just fine.
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LETTERS
If you have something on your mind, share it with our editor at [email protected].
MEIN MAN!
STOP THE SERIOUS
These past few days everybody has been
so serious, especially after these elections.
People were expectantly waiting for the
results. This made me think of the word
‘serious’. Some folks who cycle are very
serious; but you also get the ones who
go along to enjoy the ride, to be in nature,
to see the animals, and just to be out
riding their bike. Have you ever been at
Buffelsdrift during the week, or any other
bike park with wild animals?
The zebras and other animals look at
you as if to say, “It’s not the weekend, what
are you doing here?” You usually don’t see
as much game on the tracks during the
weekends. And then you get the coffee
lovers: those people who love to just stop at
a coffee shop after or during a ride. We all
know those riders.
What about cycling clothes? Now this is
serious stuff and so expensive. When you
start out, you can suffer a panic attack when
you see what cycle clothing costs: a helmet,
gloves, shorts, shirt and shoes... Some
may think they can get away with a cheaper
make of cycling shorts, but if you have been
cycling for a few years, this is a serious
matter. Do not skimp – a happy butt means a
happy rider.
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As a new rider, calculating all the costs,
you sometimes opt for the lower price. I
have a friend who did just that, also a new
rider with a limited budget. Thanks to being
a new rider, he was not sure how the cycle
shorts fit and, on the morning of his first ride,
he put them on backwards (he laterr said it
was dark).
He rode a competition that day, and said
he could feel the shorts (they were not bibs)
were not fitting nicely. During his ride,
de, the
shorts moved to the front (he said it looked
es were
like he was very manly and the ladies
looking at him) but as the ride went on, the
cycle shorts got even
eve more uncomfortable.
ortable.
He finished the ride but the shorts were so
uncomfortable that he decided to get
et rid
of them as soon as he got home, until
ntil he
realised that he had them on backwards.
wards. He
laughed. This was not serious.
To all the SERIOUS riders, the more
ore
relaxed ones and our coffee-addicted
ed ones
– just enjoy the ride, enjoy nature and
nd make
sure you wear the most comfortable
e shorts
you can afford. – GRIETHE MEIJER, Pretoria
etoria
I have been watching the
Tour de France on M-Net
for two decades, but I can’t
remember an edition that
was as exciting as this one
– wow! There was drama
every day, and even boring
Chris Froome showed
some spirit with a couple
of daring attacks, when
nobody expected. But that
wasn’t the best bit – well
done Louis Meintjes! I think
I have an eye injury now,
squinting at the screen trying
to see where you were in
the bunch, counting how
many riders were left in it
and how many of those were
GC contenders. We sent you
to the Tour with hopes and
dreams; we spent 21 days
watching every pedal stroke;
and you delivered. What a
boytjie!
GERHARD, Erasmia
IN THE KNOW
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VROULIEF pg.22
SONGEZO pg.24
JAMES pg.26
GUEST DIARY pg.28
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