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Hey all, Ria here. Its been a while since the last blog so here’s the latest...

In the workshop – At the moment our bike builds are fully underway. It shouldn’t be long before Imraan takes his out for its first test ride. Over the past few weeks we’ve placing various orders for bike parts and accessories. One of the fun aspects of this has got to be when they arrive – having a courier come by with a box full of “toys” makes one feel like a kid again – it’s exciting, I love ...

Being from KZN and having spent much time in both Pietermaritzburg and Durban, the AmaShova cycle race is something that I've wanted to do for a very long time. As luck would it have it, this year I happened to be in Durban the weekend of the race - this was pure chance as I working in Durban on the Monday. However, I'd only realised the race was that weekend after I had left Cape Town - so I was really unprepared - no training, cycling gear, helmet... oh and no bicycle!!!!!

5 days to go...
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Helooo All

The clock is ticking; with only 155 days to departure the excitement is mounting, and so too is the organizational workload.

The mechanical machine
Taking its toll on me at the moment is the task of finalizing and sourcing the components for my bike.  Custom building a bicycle in South Africa is no joke, or maybe I just don’t know the right people.  Some components are available locally (at a premium) but most of them have to be ordered online from overseas bike stores. Then the...

Goodday avid followers of the SiyaShova blog

The last few days we have been quite quiet on the blog front as most of our work is still organizational in nature. There are a few big things in the pipeline, but unfortunately we will only be able to post this once big news is finalized. In the meantime you get to read about my mishaps with my rear derailleur.

A few weeks ago in my blog, I posted a picture of my bent rear derailleur and it held up surprisingly well for the last few weeks. The s...

Hi all
 
Stomach in, chest out! With training well underway I can feel the deep burn :)

Everything is finally starting to fall into place and from here on we will be focusing mainly on the fundraising drive.
 
The SiyaShova team has decided to donate the first R50 000 raised to a candidate in desperate need of funds and short of time for their implantation.  Hopefully by doing this we can help someone even before we pedal of in March 2011.

Hear Us has chosen Jody Daniels, a loving 13 yr old gir...

Hey guys, this is my 1st entry and my introduction to the blogosphere. Most of the work that we are doing now is communicative and not very interesting from an observer’s perspective. I thought, therefore, that a quick introduction to my training in Cayman might serve as my 1st blog.

Cayman is in the Caribbean and therefore the tropical summer heat is probably good training for the heat we will be experiencing along the C2C (Cape to Cairo) route. It averages at 30C (often hitting 35C) with...

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