Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 76, November 2015 | Página 50

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Single Track Mind

Silly
cycling
season
So many events
with so little time

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his time last year, we were
basically on deadline for our third
issue and planning our presence
for our first expo at the Tsogo Sun
Amashova Durban Classic.
This year, we are doing roughly the
same thing.
As I write this, our plans to attend
the various upcoming shows, events
and expos are pretty much wrapped
up and our 14th issue is nearing
completion at a rapid rate.
For us (at the time of writing), we
look forward to seeing you at either
the Tsogo Sun Amashova Durban
Classic, the Standard Bank Africa
Cycle Fair, the FNB Wines2Whales or
the Momentum 947 Challenge. And
I’m thinking to myself, October and
November last year were crazy … so
there is no reason why they can’t be
crazy again this year!
And that got me thinking; perhaps
this time of year is the local cycling
scene’s “silly season”, where
everything happens at such a rate
that our thoughts and minds cannot
keep up?
So, to make your cycling “silly season”
a little more enjoyable, we’ve lined
up some pretty cool articles for your
reading enjoyment.
Firstly, we found a clown who has
run the Comrades Marathon in a
clown suit and now plans to ride the
Momentum 947 Cycle Challenge in
that same clown suit!

race report (from our own eyes and
legs) of the Eqstra Spring Classic.
After that, we catch up with our good
friend Grant Lottering to find out how
his Alps conquest went. Just a little
more on that, I’ve known Grant for
almost a year now and, whenever I
have seen or spoken to him – whether
that was on the bike out in the Cradle
or at our favourite Northcliff coffee
shop – I realise how humble yet
confident he is. And whenever I am
in the pain locker, either on the road
or trail, I think of Grant’s favourite
saying: “nothing is impossible, you can
do it!” and I find the inner strength to
continue pedalling. Thank you Grant,
you have been a huge inspiration
to me and hopefully Modern Cyclist
readers can find inspiration in the
articles we’ve published about you.
We then take a look at that tough
“little” race we seem to call the “DC”,
and that doesn’t stand for “down in
the Cape”! We also catch up with the
Cow’s assault on the Gabran, which
seems to be a party with “scattered
cycling” about.
However, first on the list are our news
snippets where we track down what
we think are the most important news
items you should know about.
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Inspired to pedal!

Then we check out the mountain bike
trail at Huddle Park and bring you a

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ISSUE 14 NOVEMBER 2015 / www.moderncyclist.co.za

Publishers
Mike Bray (Australia) and
Craig van der Westhuizen
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