So, just a few things to catch up on over my extended blogging hiatus.
I got a new bike back in June. A 2007 Triumph Daytona 675 triple in tornado red, which I picked up with only 1350km on the clocks. I then proceeded to crash it not even a month …

I just spent the better part 4 hours cleaning my bike… and it’s still dirty. The colours are a tad washed out due to cellphone camera, but it’s easy enough to see that my rear sprocket is gold. Before I started, it was black as my chain still is. My …

Anyone who has followed the news of the Tour de France for even 5 minutes will have realised that the sport of cycling is truly fraught with “chemically enhanced” participants. Where do you draw the line between ethics and ambition? There’s no such thing as a level playing field anymore. …

This past Friday saw me take a leave day and head off on my bike to Zwartkops for the day for my much anticipated and long awaited training day. The day featured some interesting road manoeuvres and a fair amount of track riding; lessons all delivered by 2 highly skilled …

Just a quick addition to yesterday’s post. There is giant pothole in my road where it appears that a water pipe has burst. This is now the third time it’s happened since I moved in. It’s been there for about 2 weeks now, which is great. At night It’s also …

Yesterday afternoon saw me taking my bike out for a ride on our wonderful roads. It seems I’m going to have to fork out for some braided hoses as the stopping power of my front brake leaves a bit to be desired. In fast straight stops I tend to augment …

Well it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything; more due to laziness than anything else. On the otherhand I’ve got a whole bunch of posts that will never see the light of day now since I never completed them and have no intention of doing so.
As most know, I’m …

Well now that I’ve lived in JHB for a bit longer I think I can comment a bit more on daily JHB driving. Since this is a topic I get asked all the time I shall endevour to make my thoughts clear.
First off, traffic density. I’ve never really had to …

After more than 2 months of waiting my bike is finally licensed and registered… in Cape Town. As it turns out the national part of the acronym in eNaTIS is a bit of a misnomer. In reality it’s not very “national” at all.
I got my bike early April, right before …

As I had planned (plans which almost got ruined by my previous employer), I moved to JHB last weekend without any problems. Driving through the night I arrived here early Sunday morning only to spend the whole day unpacking and repacking and unpacking again, surviving on the 20 minutes sleep …