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Following to see what recommendations come up. Been thinking to get blood work done, but no idea what to start or what to even ask for. I was thinking hormones, Iron, Magnesium.

Nah, man. For every popular item that I've listed at a fair price I've had 3 or 4 parties show interest. That's a very low success rate of giving a "yes" to "is it still available", and much higher rate of "yes, but negotiating with a another person. Will let you know." I have no issues with how people open discussions or how they open negotiations.

Take the Topstone and then make me an offer on my Stages powermeter! 😉

I'm following @Jbr until the sun comes up!

We can have a rerun of Tour du Cap Stage 1 then! 😉

If Richie can't get it, nobody can.

Same way I remember it, but wondering if there's any insight into why the first celebration was 21? Linked to the custom of celebrating 21st birthdays perhaps?

I feel like I remember this. Did you guys do lap up the old pass and down the new one, or am I remembering a different tour around the same time period?

Even with the best view and plenty of time to analyse Gerald still makes up his own stories. "This break of 5 is working so well together." Uhm, what race are you watching? First off, there's six in the break. Second, Geldenhuys is staying at the back and the others are having words and trying to force him through / attacking him. I was tempted to mute them, but it's like watching a car crash and I wanted to know if they will ever figure out what's happening right in front of their screens. They did not, and they were so confused when Dan "broke the cohesion" of the break.

Who wrote this? Spelling and language errors aside, some facts are just plain wrong and in places contradicting. Terlouw unable to follow, resulting in a lead group containing Terlouw? For real. This after saying that Terlouw was in the early break and was the last survivor with Loubser. No he wasn't, that was Geldenhuys. At this point we're just drawing names out of a hat...

Hey, I made the Mamil highlight reel! Was very disappointing to see my vets title defence go up in smoke with 30min spent next to the road with a sidewall cut. Luckily a kind rider saved my ride with some extensive tools from his saddle bag (I believe that's what it's called... 🤔) and I didn't have to DNF. I chased onto Mamil's group (HR ramp early in the below chart) then sat in a bit contemplating my options (and feeling sorry for myself). I decided to pay back the kindness of the stranger that saved me towards the larger cycling community by pulling the group I now found myself in and waiting whenever they dropped the wheel. At Bain's one gent was climbing well and we could see the open cat front riders so I gave him the help he needed to bridge. Nice zone 2 ride to prep for my TT the next day... 😉

Shocking reporting in that segment. No mention of the crashes. Called the weather perfect, while we had rain and wind in the latter half. Stops reporting on the elite race halfway through. Reports the wrong person as winning the race... At least it had plenty of slow motion shots of people eating potatoes / getting medals...

Especially with @BuffsVintageBikes added perspective of the confusion. I was near the front of A for both crashes so knew what was going on, but riders should not be treated what he's reporting, especially with the safety consequences of it all.

> because no one in a bunch will stop unless you are specifically told to stop by an official, with both crashes we only had a few seconds to process what happened in front of us. I'll accept that and withdraw the "rider" part of my comment and leave all post crash poor decisions on the comms. > But that B bunch was still faster than A on the section after Vierlanden and catching up with A, no sympathy from me. Closing a 30s gap down to 20s in 11km with a singular focus of catching the rabbit, while the rabbit is oblivious to your presence is maybe worth a pat on the back, nothing more. I don't blame the riders in B for chasing, but you also can't expect the A-group to ride as if they are being chased. They are there to race (or at least half of them are) and should not have their race started with 100 riders 30s behind them. That's all on the organisers.