Great Value TT Bike – FELT S22

The boys at Felt have sponsored Tanielle Mandy with this racing beauty. I must say at first glance its a very impressive bike and very well spec’d too. It’s a Alu frame with carbon rear stays which should make for a comfy ride with less vibration coming off the road up towards the saddle.

The front end is Profile Cobra TT bars and has FSA crankset. A really nice TT saddle sits on top of a carbon aero seatpost which you can use in 2 positions depending on how aggressive you want to ride.

Aero carbon fork the front to complete the package. The wheels are a in-house brand and impressed me the most, they have a aero profile and bladed spokes and a lot lighter than i would of thought by looking at them.

The only downside were the brakes which were unbranded but not bad looking and not bad brakes so doesnt really make much of a difference.

This bike really does look and feel the part and all of this for R18 999.99 amazing value in today’s market. Definitely worth a look at if your in the market for a TT bike. This spray job is a 2008 colour so the colour will be different for the 2009 model, but its one HOT looking bike.

My Pornstar Party Present

Tanielle and Samantha got a very cool surprize for me for my birthday, they got t-shirts made from ” The Bumbs ” which is what they call themselves.

They also did a killer power Point presentation filled with loads of cool pics and memories, after that its gets a bit fuzzy as we continued to party up a storm.

Im am truelly blessed to have amazing people in my life

The front of the shirts :

What would you be doing if you could do anything ?

I had the chance to go and experience some truly breathe taking nature this weekend. On Saturday afternoon i was having a jog alongside a cliff, the drop off to my left was about 1km down, we were running past zebra’s, buck and other game.

I was then hit by this thought : Realistically, what would i want to be doing with my life right now ? now i say realistically as i didn’t want to have be the president as a answer, i meant things that if i applied my mind too or time and money to could achieve. The 2nd part of the question was that if that was what i wanted to be doing then was i taking the correct steps in getting that ?

Think about it for a bit ?? Because if you are not doing that, then what are you actually doing ?

Are you just going along the path that presents itself to you at the time or is there a big picture and plan to what you are doing..

I think we should all take a breather and look at what we are doing instead of just putting our heads down and trucking along a path that might not come out where we want it too ??

Cool website , check it out

Tanielle found a cool site to waste some time on and get some cool images of yourself and your friends for facebook profiles or greeting cards or just general fun.

Check out “www.photofunia.com”

BodyArt Pilates Studio in Parkview

I have decided that the time has come for me to work really hard on my core strength. I realised that it is a area which most of us neglect and i think will help a lot come race day. Plus it will also be good for stretching as i know all of us don’t do enough of.

I have found this studio which recently opened in Parkview, its awesome as its spacious and quiet and good for mental focus, which you need as this stuff isn’t easy to do. The Owner’s name is Tanielle Mandy and you can get hold of her on 083 327 2226 and he email is taniellem@gmail.com

Try something new for your upcoming season and mix it up, see you out there

Good Start for Team Whasp at Energade Series

Yesterday we raced the first Energade Sprint Triathlon of the year at Midmar Dam and on the start line i could see in everybody’s eyes that they had the look of ” This is going to Hurt so bad ” in their eyes.

Although the numbers weren’t huge there was a lot of quality in both the men’s and women’s Field.

In the Women’s Race Tanielle Mandy had a excellent swim coming out the water 7th overall, followed by Samantha Ferreira in 10th place, both girls been working hard on their swims. Onto the bike and things really got broken up and a lot of solo biking was done, Samantha was making her way the field when 3km from end of the bike leg she got a puncture and wouldn’t beable to finish the race. Tanielle managed to get a 9th place in Open Women with Riana de Lange now a Whasp Athlete picking up 3rd on the day.

In the Men’s race Jeff Norton cruised out the water first followed closely by a small pack of athletes contain Wikus Weber too, so we had 2 Whasp Athletes in front pack of 6.

David Hadenham, Marc Price found themselves in the 2nd chasing pack and the game was on, PMB showing us that summer has arrived with winds and very Hot temperatures on the day.

Collin Allin, Robin Frankland having good swims making up the 3rd chase pack with Terrance Louw and Tiaan Rossouw chasing hard from behinde.

Tiaan had a super bike and rode his way up to near the front , finishing off the day in 8th place just ahead of Marc Price, also Whasp athlete.

Robin got 14th, Jeff 15th, David 17th , Collin 18th and Terrance 19th.

Wikus Weber finished 5th overall and was 1st Junior on the day too as he tries to win the Junior series for the 3rd time in a row.

The men’s winner was Claude Eksteen Followed by Erhard Wolfhaardt and Women’s was Andrea Steyn followed by Vicky van Der Merwe.

This weekend we go to the vaal to do battle again.

Team Whasp ALIVE and kicking ass

Its the 3rd Season now that Team Whasp will be lining up against the best in the country over all distances and in all the cities of our beautiful country to compete for Pride and Glory.

There are a few new faces in the Team for this season and a few new sponsors.

We have Specialized who have come on board for some of us offering us the best product in the world and i am proud to be an ambassador for such a great company and the best products in the world. They have been super with us and the staff continue to go out of their way to do anything they can for us, we look forward to a long relationship with them.

Triathlete Magazine who are very new into the market place but will be making sure we get our athletes exposed and will be helping getting our sponsors nice coverage too.

Then we got a new exciting company called Nu Leaf Brands involved who have started a exciting range of products hitting the market very soon, so watch this space.

Lastly Orca staying with us and making sure we have the best apparel for the days battle and the fastest wetsuits to get us into striking distance.

The athletes making up the Team Are  :

David Hadenham : Older, Wiser athlete who is also a Tech Head and loves making home made pieces for his bike

Samantha Ferreira : Has cute little feet which she is trying to get to go really fast as she moves up to longer distances. Original member of the Whasp Angels

Terrance Louw : Taking his first season seriously and showing us all how to run faster splits.

Tanielle Mandy : New and Fresh into sport, looking to learn from the older guys but has a few of her own tricks up her sleeve, newest Member of Whasp Angels.

Michelle van Zyl: Looking forward to being upfront with her Whasp Angels and seeing the other girls hurting, confuses herself with a fish sometimes as loves open water swimming

Robin Frankland : Oldest and Wisest Member of the Team and looking to teach the ” Lighties ” a thing or two, a bike machine, even though he lost the sprint to the sign on Sunday’s

Collin Allin: Still a Pornstar and looking for faster equipment to make up for his lack of training time.

Wikus Weber : Noticed Girls for the first time in his life this year and looking to win Energade series for the 3rd year running and look good while doing it.

Marius van der Nist : Left the rugby fields as he got tired of hugging men and lost 20 odd kg’s and is looking to continue his love affair with his new love.

Alexa Cunningham : Blonde and Dangerous, our sea side sister, and final member of the Whasp Angels looking to continue to get faster and longer.

We also have quite a few athletes undercover in branding too, so watch out as next time you get past , you might just be stung by one of my Whasp’s and the thing about Whasp’s is that they can keep on stinging, they NEVER DIE..