Hello to all the Wannabees

On call for work and mainly laziness had me missing all the rides this weekend.

I am sure that most were depressed at the loss, but on the other hand, had an idea that the Bulls were the best team.

Sevens also managed to lose in the quarterfinal again. Fortunately the Proteas managed a win or two over the bumbling West Indies.

Seeing them drop every catch last night makes one wonder about ability vs. match fixing. After logging onto the BLOG and watching the U-TUBE clip on bike doping, one can only wonder what will be next. If anyone can get me one of those, I might also be able to keep up with the speedsters in the club.

A date for next outride for mountain bikers has not been fixed, so watch the BLOG for news

Otherwise, just the usual reminders

DOUBLE CENTUARY.

Please remember to reply to John re entries for the DC

PLEASE TRY TO COMMIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE SELECTION OF TEAMS EASIER AND GET THE TRAINING GROUPS OUT SOONER

We have set the 15th of June as a cut off date for team commitment and payment of R150.

SHIRTS

Pieter has printed new LONGSLEEVE tops. Please contact him or Petie if you need one.

MEMBERSHIP

Contact Charles at charlesnesbitt@woolworths.co.za

Please put the blog address on your computer as a hotspot
http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Yours in cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

Bike with engine (doped bike) and Cancellara (Roubaix - Vlaanderen)

100 MILER MTB

If anyone thought of doing the 100 miler its too late.(you snooze you loose) The race started very relaxed with everyone chatting. After the first water point the roads opened up. For some fast flow riding to a breakfast stop where some coffee and muffins were devoured by all. Mountain goat heaven for a few km's and the open road again and on to water point 3 potatoes,bananas,oranges ect.
Flowing roads were the order of the day water point 4 had water shortage but overflowed with coke and the endurance kicked in from 80km working to keep your body going through the delicate stage to water point 5 at about 140 km. Turning home was just too sweet but a slight misjudgment and my tyre was cut with 6km to go. I fitted a tube and we were on our way going as fast as possible because I could hear my tyre loosing air. Coenie and I stopped 6 times to pump up my back weel and then got another tube from team mate Clifford and raced to the end.
Thanks to the team we over came all obstacles to have the best 9 hours of riding in years.
Regards Clayton Hindle (0827777408)

Hello to all the Wannabees

Sunday’s mountain bike outride was attended by 30 plenty riders. Wonderful route and even better weather.

We split into 3 groups and managed to do more than two and a half hours through the the farms and into Eden.

Some riders prayed for flat tyres to rest, and some had them. With the routes being through farms and duwweltjie areas, we suggest having slime in the tubes or go the ultimate tubeless route.

The slow group with me in charge of course got lost despite some local knowledge from Trevor, so if anyone would like to travel on this route again, just ride in the slow group

It was nice to see some of our roadie riders out on M/bikes, looks like Hertzel was the only one in the Road group on Sunday

Ralph will draw up a ‘must’ list for the rides. This will be published on the BLOG.

DOUBLE CENTUARY.

Please remember to reply to John re entries for the DC

PLEASE TRY TO COMMIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE SELECTION OF TEAMS EASIER AND GET THE TRAINING GROUPS OUT SOONER

We have set the 15th of June as a cut off date for team commitment and payment of R150.

SHIRTS

Pieter has printed new LONGSLEEVE tops. Please contact him or Petie if you need one.

MEMBERSHIP

Contact Charles at charlesnesbitt@woolworths.co.za

Please put the blog address on your computer as a hotspot
http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Yours in cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

Mooi Berge MTB Ride Sunday 7.30

hello All


Please note the ride venue for this coming Sunday will be Mooi Berge on the R44. Start time 07:30. The route will be undulating with some climbs and not very technical. We will meander through the vineyards and do some parts of Eeden, then back to Mooi Berge. As per this past Sunday we can split the groups and also do different distances per group.

Ralph

Hello to all the Wannabees

Our first mountain bike outride for the year was held in glorious weather yesterday. Maybe not as many riders as expected but enough for a start.

Thanks to Ralph and his team

This complimented by a great ride on Saturday on road bikes, also in wonderful weather. Really nice to travel through the wineland area and “smell the roses”

Next Sunday we will host another mountain bike ride which will be a bit more technical. This does not mean that unskilled or new riders must stay away, we will look after everyone.

Meeting place will be at MOOIBERGE FARAMSTALL at 07h00. The route will take us through some wine farms and finally through EDEN and JAMESTOWN
back to the start. Plus minus two and a half hours. This will be the same ride that we did on the public holiday earlier this month.

Next weekend the 100 miler mountain bike race will start in Malmesbury. I know of Clayton, Scott and Theo riding in the event. Good luck to them

We are still trying to hand out the King of the mountain prizes.

Please contact Michel to get hold of your prize.

We managed to hand over the winner’s prize to Coenie before the outride on Sunday.

There are some riders who want to start riding mountain bikes but need a good second hand bike. At this stage we are looking for a medium size hard tail bike for a lady rider. Contact me if you have a bike that fits the bill

DOUBLE CENTUARY.

Please remember to reply to John re entries for the DC

We have set the 15th of June as a cut off date for team commitment and payment of R150.

SHIRTS

Pieter has printed new tops. Please contact him or Petie if you need one.

MEMBERSHIP

Contact Charles at charlesnesbitt@woolworths.co.za

Please put the blog address on your computer as a hotspot
http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Yours in cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

Hello to all the Wannabees

I am happy to report that our membership count has broken the 150 number.

This is great as more and more members are making use of the training sessions and out rides. (which sometimes includes a coffee and muffin)

Well done to Tim Butler who despite a flat tyre, managed a fourth place at the ENGEN CHALLENGE in PE

Keep the good news coming, even if it is just a PB

Well done also to all the Somerset Westers who finished the Ironman two weeks ago. Really a special achievement (and a dream for others)

We are rescheduling our mountain bike ride that was washed out last Sunday. Note that the meeting time will be 07h00 at W/Stone village.
The weather report for this coming Sunday also does not look great, but the ride is on. Remember that Ralph and Clayton do not feel cold and wet, so they were the only riders who pitched for the ride last Sunday in the storm!

Our website is in progress and will soon be on the web.

We are also looking at a twitter communication system. Face book is already available.

Please make use of it.

Only one prize winner from the KING of the MOUNTAIN ride pitched for his prize Sunday, so we aim to hand out the rest of the prizes before we start Sunday’s ride, i.e. at 07h00.

Here are the prize winner’s names again

WANNABEE KING OF THE MOUTAIN RESULTS

Overall Winner Corrected Watts	Coeni Fick	458.4W
Best Wannabee Corrected Watts	Stephan Van Zyl	455.9W
Best Woman Corrected Watts	Charmian Le Feuvre	418.6W
Fastest Time Men	Vincent Bergh	12min 53sec
Fastest Time Woman	Claire Craig	17min 19sec
Most Pure Watts	Coeni Fick	385.2W
Youngest Wannabee Rider	Johan Pretorius	14y
Oldest Wannabee Rider	Alfred Robinson	64y
Lightest Bike	Michel de Clippel	6.6kg

DOUBLE CENTUARY.

John has sent out a notice to all members re the DC. Except for his team, other riders were slow to react.

We need to establish and get commitment at an early stage as to set up teams and start training in team context.

We have set the 15th of June as a cut off date for team commitment and payment of R150.

Last year we had riders pulling out a week before the race leaving others who trained hard with unfit fill in riders. We want to prevent this from happening again.

Please respond to John, we would like to field at least 4 teams.

SHIRTS

Pieter has printed new tops. Please contact him or Petie if you need one.

MEMBERSHIP

Please remember to renew your 2010 membership. Contact Charles at charlesnesbitt@woolworths.co.za

Please put the blog address on your computer as a hotspot
http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Yours in cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

Clayton's 100 miler team

Clayton's 100 miler team needs a fourth member. Race on 22 May. We have already entered. Our speed is under 4 hour Argus any one intrested

Email: fireplace@mweb.co.za
Clayton Hindle (0827777408)

MTB RIDE THIS SUNDAY 09 MAY 2010


The MTB ride is on come rain or strong winds!! Weather forecast is 60% rain and some wind but we will be there as I am sure the rain gods will be nice to us so early in the morning??

Meet at Waterstone at 07h00.

Long and Medium group will follow the same route of +- 40km. This group is expected to split into a fast and slightly slower group to allow for the race snakes to do their thing. Riding time +- 2hrs.

Slow group will do +- 25 to 30km with a combination of tar and offroad and not be very technical. Riding time +- 1h30.

Kindly ensure that your bike is in good working order and that you carry the necessary spares e.g tubes etc

Regards the Wannabee MTB Team

Wine to Whales Ride

The weekend of 24 and 25 April saw the W2W (Wine to Whales Ride) take place right on our doorstep and it was great to see so many Wannabees taking part. This is a 2 day event with the 1st day's distance of 73km starting at the Tri Active Centre in Elgin heading out through Oak Valley, Thandi and Lebanon etc - 80% OF THE RIDE WAS SINGLE TRACK. Day 2 consisted of 66 km from Elgin to Hermanus - just amazing.

I came across these 2 Wannabees on day 2, perhaps you recognise them......Andre van der Merwe and Theo Scibante. They were not too happy at the time I reached them as Andre's power was too much for his chain whilst going up a short but steep section and they were in the process of fixing it. The photo was taken just after the repair was completed, needless to say the smiles were back.

Some of the locals seen along the way were: Ockie Kruger, Jack Ackerman, Julian Conrad, Billy Swiegers, Giso and Ingo von Petersdorf, Ralf Rudd, Andre van der Merwe, Theo Scibante, Dudley van Rensberg. If I have missed a few I apologise.

A huge thank you to Marianne and company for all their support along the way.

Regards
Anton de Freitas

W2W Info

The goal of the Wines2Whales Pre-Ride was to give riders a taste of what can be expected during the much anticipated Contego Wines2Whales three-day mountain bike stage race, which will take place from 12 to 14 November 2010. This exciting event is already fully subscribed with a waiting list of more than 400 riders.

For more information on the Wines2Whales three day mountain bike stage race, please contact Stillwater Sport & Entertainment on (021) 883 – 2413 or e-mail info@stillwatersports.com or visit www.stillwatersports.com

Hello to all the Wannabees

I do not know who angered the WIND GODS on Friday, but with the wind only blowing on Saturday and clear windless days on Friday and Sunday, I have to wonder???

Despite all that close on 50 riders arrived on Saturday morning at the weigh in at a windless W/Stone village. Needless to say all changed on the way to Gordonsbay.

A close on 40kph wind had most riders pushing their bikes up stretches of the hill. Some of our riders must have had a dejavu experience from memories of last years ARGUS

Needless to say it made for fun stories over the coffee at DULCE’s afterwards. For some probably the first time that they have had to push their road bikes during a ‘race’

Unfortunately the computer’s battery power was `also blown away so the final calculations and prize positions could not be determined on Saturday. I am thus including the main prize-winners as follows

Overall Winner Corrected Watts	Coeni Fick	458.4W
Best Wannabee Corrected Watts	Stephan Van Zyl	455.9W
Best Woman Corrected Watts	Charmian Le Feuvre	418.6W
Fastest Time Men	Vincent Bergh	12min 53sec
Fastest Time Woman	Claire Craig	17min 19sec
Most Pure Watts	Coeni Fick	385.2W
Youngest Wannabee Rider	Johan Pretorius	14y
Oldest Wannabee Rider	Alfred Robinson	64y
Lightest Bike	Michel de Clippel	6.6kg

PLEASE NOTE

The extended and detailed list is added as an attachment and some figures are also on the BLOG

Big thanks to the De Clippel Family for putting this all together

Thank you also to our prize sponsors. Please support them.

ALL THE SPONSORS NAMES ARE ON THE BLOG. OVER R3000.00 WORTH OF PRIZES WAS GIVEN TO THE CLUB FOR THIS EVENT

The prize giving will be after the mountain bike ride at 10 o clock at DULCE’s next Sunday the 9th of May

MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE

A date has been fixed for our club ride. This will be on the 9th of May.

Details will be on the BLOG later in the week.
The route will take us past the WP league riders so some excitement as well

This ride is for all our members and will not be to technical

Groups for slow medium and fast will be made up

SHIRTS

Pieter has printed new tops. Please contact him or Petie if you need one.

Otherwise, watch out, winter fat seems to accumulate quite quickly around the waste. Keep on peddling, the DC is around the corner

MEMBERSHIP

Please remember to renew your 2010 membership. Contact Charles at charlesnesbitt@woolworths.co.za

Please put the blog address on your computer as a hotspot
http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Yours in cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

First photo's King of the Mountain

All waiting at the Start! Danie our Chairman ready to go..

Overall winner Vincent Bergh at the finish!

The fastest woman Claire Graig

More photo's soon on Facebook

Full Results click here

WANNABEE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN 2010
AVERAGE	42	17:45	11.7	208	28	47	284	346
Name	Age	Time	Speed	Watts	Watts	Watts	Watts	Watts
				grav	fric	wind	Tot	Corr
Coeni Fick	49	16:02	12.6	296	40	50	385	458
Richard de Vink	51	15:03	13.4	287	39	52	378	458
Stephan Van Zyl	15	16:20	12.3	225	31	49	304	456
Vincent Bergh	47	12:53	15.6	285	39	58	381	446
Charmian Le Feuvre		26:59	7.5	119	16	37	172	419
Alfred Robinson	64	18:48	10.7	224	30	45	299	400
Michel de Clippel	49	14:35	13.8	246	33	53	332	395
Paul Rotenbach	16	14:59	13.5	203	28	52	283	389
Danie Malan	46	15:22	13.1	244	33	51	328	381
Johan Pretorius	14	15:11	13.3	157	21	51	230	374