There are also hiking, winter, running, leisure and golf items available on sale. The clearance sale is available only at the Wynberg Warehouse at 45 Lester Road, Wynberg. The sale ends on Sunday 26 February. Terms and conditions apply.

Hours: Monday to Saturday 08h00-17h00; Sunday 09h00-14h00.

NOTE: The agreement in which PPA members could receive a discount on Cape Storm apparel, comes to an end from 1 March 2012, as Cape Storm has been sold to another company and most stores will be closed down.

David Bellairs, Marketing and Sponsorship Director of the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust which organises the Cycle Tour, says it is vital that substitutions are done via the Cycle Tour Events Office. “Critical medical and emergency contact information is linked to your race number and is our first port of call in an emergency. With 35 000 cyclists on the road on Race Day it is extremely important that the correct medical information is linked to each race number, to enable our medical team to respond efficiently to any emergency.”

Substitute online or manually

The cost of a substitution entry is R300, irrespective of PPA or CSA membership.

Cyclists who have internet access are encouraged to make an online substitution application:

• Visit the substitutions page on www.cycletour.co.za by no later than 24 February.
• Enter the details of the person who is entering as a substitute.
• Pay the substitution fee online.
• Download a consent form for the cyclist withdrawing, who must complete the form and fax it to 021 685 6648.
• Organisers will e-mail a confirmation letter to the substitution entrant within 3 working days of receiving the consent form.

Cyclists can also follow a manual application procedure:

• Download the substitution entry and consent forms from the substitutions page on www.cycletour.co.za or request a form to be faxed to you by phoning 021 681 4333.
• Post the completed entry form, the signed consent form of the person withdrawing, as well as a cheque / postal order to Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust, PO Box 777, Rondebosch, 7700.  This must reach the organisers by 24 February. No late substitutions will be accepted.

Please note that cyclists who choose to withdraw will not receive a refund.

Should you wish to secure a substitution entry but do not know of anyone withdrawing, please go to www.cycletour.co.za and add your name to the online waiting list. There will be a non-refundable admin fee of R50 payable by credit card at the time of adding your name.

Become a safe cycling ambassador and help us get this message out!

Thanks to PPA member Andre for sending us the pic below – he spotted this bus on Tuesday on the Freeway! There are six buses currently running on northern suburbs routes, with six more on southern suburbs routes following on Monday.

Have you spotted a "safe cycling" bus on the road yet?

Secondly, on Wednesday we had some 50 000 “safe cycling” bumper stickers delivered to the PPA Office, and immediately started distributing them to participating cycle dealers. You can collect your bumper sticker from one of these shops; the PPA Office; selected cycle-friendly coffee shops; and upcoming funrides. If you had entered the 2012 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, you’ll also receive a bumper sticker with your race number.

Cycle dealers who have already received safe cycling bumper stickers and where you can collect yours from, are:

• Olympic Cycles (Claremont)
• Epic Cycles (Plumstead)
• Bowman Cycles (Cape Town)
• Revolution Cycles (Cape Town)
• Action Cycles (Cape Town)
• Cycle Lab (Cape Town and Westlake)
• Soloped (Cape Town)
• City Cycles (Canal Walk shopping centre)
• John O’Connor Cycles (Mouille Point)
• Neil’s Wheels (Plumstead)
• Bridge Cycles (Dieprivier)
• Lifecycle (Parklands)
• Cycles Direct (Sunningdale)
• Regal Cycles (Fish Hoek)
• Circle Cycles (Fish Hoek)
• Crosstown Cycles (Kenilworth)
• Paceline Sports (Lakeside)
• First Avenue Cycles (Retreat)
• Mark’s Cycle Workshop (Bellville)
• Chris Willemse (Bellville)
• Cycle Funatic (Durbanville)
• Geco Cycles (Cape Gate)
• Kroff Cycles (Paarl)
• Manic Cycles (Franschhoek)
• Flandria (Stellenbosch)
• Helderberg Cycles (Somerset West)
• Hout Bay Cycles
• Manic Cycles (Worcester)
• Willie Marx Cycles (George)
• Coimbra Cycles (George)

Coffee shops & other

• PPA Office (Mowbray)
• Carluccis (Blouberg)
• La Cuccina (Hout Bay)
• Casarecchio (Hout Bay)
• BP Cavendish (Claremont)
• At events on the PPA calendar – just go to the PPA Mobile Office at the 99er, Medallion, Wellington Lions funride, Bay City funride etc

We’ll keep updating the list as our distributors come back from their travels. If you have a favourite cycle-friendly coffee shop in and around Town where you think some bumper stickers should be dropped off, email us their details, or do come and collect some stickers to drop off.

Please put the bumper sticker in a prominent position on your car (for the days when you are not commuting by bicycle!). Apart from being a safe cycling ambassador, if you are spotted between now and 16 March 2012, you could win one of six Giant bicycles (two road, two off-road and two cool fold-up commuting bicycles are up for grabs!). Read more about the competition on the back of the bumper sticker. The first draw will take place on Friday 17 February.

Karin puts a safe cycling bumper sticker onto one of the PPA vehicles

You can also enter the ‘win a bicycle’ competition by taking a photograph of your car proudly sporting the bumper sticker, and posting it onto our brand-new Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pedalpowerassociation. Remember to “LIKE” the page first to become a fan!

Check out our new Facebook page!

Next week, print and radio campaigns will follow. There will be an official launch of the campaign on Wednesday 15 February between 07h00 and 08h30 in the Green Point area – first a short 3km cycle, followed by the official campaign launch. We’d love our members to be there and will let you know about the details as soon as the venue has been confirmed.

Let’s all work together to get our roads safer for cyclists. Click here for some safe cycling tips.

Please contact Liz at the PPA Office at (021) 689-8420 on or before 12h00 on Wednesday 22 February 2012 to claim your prize. Please refer to the “TERMS AND CONDITIONS” for more information.

Terms and conditions

• The competition draw will take place each Friday from and including Friday 17^th February 2012 to and including Friday 16^th March 2012, (the Competition Period).
• The competition prizes which will be handed out in random order, are:
  • 2 x “Giant” road bicycles
  • 2x “Giant” off-road bicycles
  • 2x “Giant” folding commuting bicycles
• A competition participant can only win once. If you are one of the winners you will not be eligible to win again within the competition period.
• Prizes are not transferable for different models, makes or sizes and cannot be exchanged for cash.
• Only one prize will be given away per week.
• Winners will be drawn from all photographs (of vehicles with PPA safe cycling bumper stickers on them) posted onto the PPA Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pedalpowerassociation before 16 March 2012.
• Each Friday for the duration of the Competition Period the winner will be randomly drawn by the judges, whose decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into in this regard. The name of the winner will be posted on the PPA Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pedalpowerassociation and on the PPA website at www.pedalpower.org.za.
• Draws will take place weekly.
• To enter the competition, participants must upload a photograph of vehicles with PPA safe cycling bumper sticker onto the PPA Facebook page which can be found at www.facebook.com/pedalpowerassociation and on the PPA website at www.pedalpower.org.za.

• Each Friday for the duration of the Competition Period the winner will be randomly drawn by the judges, whose decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into in this regard. The name of the winner will be posted on the PPA Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pedalpowerassociation and on the PPA website at www.pedalpower.org.za.
• The winner must contact Liz at the Pedal Power Association on or before the following Wednesday by 12h00 on 021 689 8420 or at projects@pedalpower.org.za

• An acknowledgement of receipt must be signed by the prize winner, or legal guardian where applicable, and a copy of his or her ID must be provided.
• Failure to contact the Pedal Power Office within this prescribed five days will allow the prize to go back into the draw and two winners will be drawn the following Friday.
• Winners must collect their bicycles from the Pedal Power Association Office at 9 Hill Park Lane, Mowbray within two weeks of claiming the prize. PPA may, at the time of collection of the prize, request to see the bumper sticker in situ on the winner’s vehicle.  Failure to do so will result in prizes being re-entered into the competition.

• Directors, members, partners, employees, agents or consultants of or any other person who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by PPA or marketing service providers in respect of the competition, or the spouses, life partners, business partners or immediate family members thereof may not enter the competition

• PPA reserves the right to stop the competition at any given time.
• The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Competition only valid in the Republic of South Africa.
• By submitting an entry, participants accept the above terms and conditions.

According to MEC Robin Carlisle, Minister for Transport and Public Works, the “1.5m” passing distance is set to become law this year. The enabling decisions have already been taken by Cabinet and public participation will be advertised in the very near future.

At the beginning of each year, the number of cyclists increases substantially due to the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour (Cycle Tour) which takes place annually on the second Sunday of March. The Cycle Tour is the biggest cycle event in South Africa and one of the largest timed events in the world, and attracts thousands of visiting cyclists to Cape Town. Many of these cyclists are not regular riders and not always accustomed to cycling on the roads in and around Cape Town. This in turn poses challenges to both cyclists and motorists on our roads.

“We are in the fortunate position that the Pedal Power Association and the Rotary Club of Claremont are the beneficiaries of the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust who organises, amongst others, the annual Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour. The PPA uses any profits received in this way to run the Association, and to fund cycling projects that fit in with our Constitution. In this way, in the last four years, PPA has allocated over R7m on 120 cycling projects,” explained PPA Chairman, Steve Hayward.

This year, PPA has decided to allocate funding received from the Cycle Tour to take cycling safety drive to new heights by launching their biggest safety campaign yet.

The message is a clear and simple one: “Cyclists stay alive at 1.5m”.

“We want to urge motorists to make sure they pass cyclists with a wide berth of at least 1.5m. It’s simple – if a vehicle is 1.5m away from a cyclist, that vehicle cannot hit the cyclist,” Hayward said.

The campaign rolls out across radio, print, social media, moving media (back-of-bus) and even bumper stickers will be available to help spread the word. Bumper stickers are available from participating cycle dealers and coffee shops, will be posted to all Cycle Tour entrants, and will also be available from the PPA Offices in Mowbray and at events on the PPA funride calendar.

The bumper stickers are linked to a competition to encourage cyclists to put the bumper stickers on their vehicles for the times when they need to use a motor car instead of a bicycle as their means of commuting. Vehicles spotted sporting these bumper stickers will be announced on the PPA website and Facebook page on Fridays between now and 16 March 2012, with six Giant bicycles being up for grabs in the competition. The competition can also be entered through taking a photograph of a vehicle with the bumper sticker in place and posting it to the Facebook page. In addition, two bicycles can be won through a radio competition on KFM.

- See more photographs on our facebook page on www.facebook.com/pedalpowerassociation

The proposed new CSA constitution makes provision for a new Western Cape Cycling Association consisting of WPCA, Boland and Southern Cape, to be the recognised provincial affiliate.

The Pedal Power Association (PPA), as a founder member of CSA, supports a new CSA constitution.

PPA also recognises that WPCA (/ the new Western Cape Cycling Association) looks after clubs and is the body cyclists should be channelled through to enable them to obtain provincial, and later  national colours.

PPA is not a club, but a Public Benefit association which facilitates cycle tours, fun rides and outings for event organisers to raise funds for different charities; represents its members and cyclists in general; promotes cycling as a recreational activity, a sport and as a means of transportation; and strives to improve conditions for cyclists with particular regard to their safety

The Pedal Power Association will continue, as it has done in the past, to uphold the PPA Constitution.

Issued on behalf of the Pedal Power Association by Steve Hayward, Chairman: Pedal Power Association

PPA LAUNCHES SAFE CYCLING CAMPAIGN
PPA is about to launch a major safe cycling campaign to focus attention on safe passing distance. Watch out for our branded buses, print advertising, and bumper stickers linked to a competition in which you can win one of six bicycles. Amongst others, we are looking for names of cycle-friendly coffee shops – read more on our website and send us your nomination now!

VARIED START TIMES AT EVENTS
PPA always tries to start events as early as possible and with longer routes first in order to get cyclists out in the cooler part of the morning. However, this is not always possible where routes have tricky intersections or where routes merge. In order to obtain traffic permission, officials often insist that one route is cleared before allowing other routes to follow through a specific intersection, or merging point.
While the first group per distance starts at the advertised start time, other groups will follow at 3-5 min intervals, so if you start in one of the last groups, it could be up to an hour before you start, if there are many start groups.

2012 PPA PROJECT FUNDING APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Do you need funds for a worthwhile cycling project?  The Pedal Power Association (PPA) is putting money back into cycling, making profits obtained via the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour available for the funding of cycling projects for 2012.  Your project could be big or small, new or already in existence, in the Western Cape or elsewhere in South Africa.  Visit the PPA website: www.pedalpower.org.za to read more

KILLARNEY TRAINING
Join us on Tuesdays for cycle training sessions at the Killarney Motor racing track near Milnerton. Registration commences at 17h30, with training from 18h00 – 19h00. Please give way to any vehicles exiting the pits area, and do not leave valuables in your car. PPA members: R15; non-members: R30. Read more on the website.

ACA JOE PRO CLASSIC WINNERS FROM THE ROLLER COASTER
Congratulations to the following cyclists who obtained podium positions at this past weekends’ event.

For the latest news and photos on the Aca Joe Pro Classic Series follow the link below http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100003144126777

SUMMER EVENTS CALENDAR
Sat 11 Feb Reeds Chevrolet Ninety Niner Cycle Race – entries open
Sun 19 Feb Medallion Tour de Stellenbosch – entries open
Sat 25 Feb Wellington Lions Cycle Day – entries open
Sun 26 Feb Bay City Cycle Tour – entries open
1- 3 Mar Grape Escape MTB
3 – 4 Mar Cape Argus Pick n Pay MTB Challenges
10 Mar   Cape Argus Pick n Pay Tricycle & Junior Tour
Sun 11 Mar Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour
24-25 Mar PPA Wacky Wheels Fun Overnight Tour – entries open

This weekend on the PPA funride calendar:

REEDS CHEVROLET NINETY NINER CYCLE RACE 2012
Saturday 11 February 2012

DISTANCES (Road Race) 123 km; 50 km
STARTING TIMES (Road) 123 km @ 06:00; 50 km @ 07:45
DISTANCES (MTB)  35 km; 20 km, 8 km
STARTING TIMES (MTB) 35 km @ 07:30; 20 km @ 08:15; 8 km @ 08:30
VENUE    Durbanville Race Course and Meerendal Wine Estate
ORGANISING COMMITTEE El Shaddai Christian School
ENQUIRIES   Racetec – 0861 TIMING (84 6464)
EMAIL/URL   queries@racetec.co.za / www.99er.co.za
PRIZE GIVING/CUT-OFF 12h45 (Road & MTB 35 km) Prizegiving at Durbanville Race Course (safety cut off at 10:45)
PRIZE GIVING/CUT-OFF  10h30 (MTB 20km & 8 km only) Prizegiving at Meerendal
ONLINE ENTRIES CLOSE 31 Jan for early entries; late entries according to availability. Except 123 km.  All other online entries close 7 Feb 2012.  Late entries if available – read more on website

ROUTE DESCRIPTION:
Riders on the 123 km and 50 km route leave the Durbanville Racecourse and head out toward the slios (the 50 km riders turn left at this point), turning right onto the R304 and left onto the R312 towards Wellington.  Cyclists will then pedal past the Boland Agricultural School before returning to the silos. From there, the route follows the Philadelphia Road until a left turn towards Wellington onto the Van Schoorsdrift/Old Malmesbury road. Turn left onto the N7 (caution: traffic for 2.6 km) and left again onto the challenging Vissershok road. Cross the Vissershok/Malanshoogte 4-way stop and start the 3 km rise, concluding with the infamous Vissershok climb. Turn right into Odendaal Street for the last climb up to the finish, with a 2 km neutral zone back to the Racecourse.

35 km MTB:  The start for this race will be at the Durbanville Racecourse. This event offers a mixture of jeep track and about 7 km of single track, with one major and two minor climbs.  Overall it is not a very technical course.  on farmlands with gentle ups and downs ton Meerendal and Diemersdal.  Many thorn plants line the route on Diemersdal so put slime in your tyres and bring spare tubes along. A short last visit to some vineyard paths leads riders out of the farm and onto the shoulder of the tar road leading back towards Durbanville.

The last obstacle of the day awaits – the infamous 1.2 km climb up Odendaal road to the finish mats at the top.  Then a leisurely 2km cruise through the residential area back to the Racecourse. Read the route descriptions for the 20 km and 8 km MTB routes starting from Meerendal Wine Estate on our website.

DIRECTIONS TO THE VENUE:
Durbanville Race Course: From the N1, take the Durban Rd/Willie van Schoor Rd off-ramp and pass Tygervalley Centre towards Durbanville. Turn left into Tindale road. At the T-junction, turn left into Racecourse road. Pass the Durbanville Nature Reserve on your right; then follow the parking signs to the Durbanville Race Course. GPS Coordinates: S:  33°50.27; E 18°38.24
Meerendal Wine farm: Travel on the N1 from Cape Town.  Take the N7 turnoff, pass Century City and then onto the N7.  Pass the refinery on your left hand side then take Exit 22. Turn right and back over the highway until the T-junction then turn left (Contermanskloof) and continue until you reach a 4-way stop. Turn right into Vissershok Rd.  After the crest of the hill, Meerendal Wine Estate is first on the left hand side. GPS Coordinates: S: 33°47.55; E: 18°37.25. See the PPA website for interactive directions.

NOTES:
Full route descriptions on www.99er.co.za. The 123 km route is a seeding event for the 2013 Cycle Tour. Great infrastructure, medal and goody bag add to the event’s popularity. Standard PPA funride fees DO NOT apply. Late entries only if the participation cut-off has not been reached. Riders who enter after 31 Jan (if entries are still available) will not be seeded. Cyclists 10 years old and younger must be accompanied by a participating adult. Remember to bring and wear your tran

NEW RULE: 123 km Entry cut off 7 Feb, no late entries or on the day

Yours in cycling
The PPA Team

Your project could be big or small, new or already in existence, in the Western Cape or elsewhere in South Africa.

WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS?

The PPA will consider project applications in the following portfolios:

• Cycling development and schools cycling
• Commuting cycling
• Cycling projects assisting previously disadvantaged communities
• Cycling safety
• Women’s cycling
• Off-road cycling
• Cycling trails and/or cycle paths

Overheads for a project which will not be funded for by PPA :

• Administration costs
• Salaries
• Transport costs to events
• Supplements/ food/ nutrition
• Cycling shoes/ clothing
• Storage facilities

BACKGROUND

PPA is a public benefit organisation that was established in 1976. It is the largest cycling organization in South Africa and currently has some 18 000 paid-up members throughout the country, although the largest component is in the Western Cape, where the Association has its offices.

The main purpose and object of the Association is to promote cycling and the interests of cyclists. Without limiting the generality of the aforegoing, the Association has the following ancillary objectives:

a)    “to promote cycling as a recreational activity, a sport and/or as a means of transportation;

(b)    to improve conditions for cyclists, with particular regard to their safety;

(c)    to arrange and organise cycle tours, fun rides and outings;

(d) to co-ordinate cycle tours, fun rides and outings.”

TIMELINES

A detailed application form, as well as document with detailed guidelines, can be obtained from this email address.

Applications must reach the PPA office by 12h00 on or before Monday 26th March 2012. Evaluation of applications will take place and a shortlist of applicants complied by mid April 2012. These applicants will be notified to submit company documentation by 26 April 2012, and successful allocations announced by end May 2012. Funding will become available from July 2012. Project funding allocations need to be taken up within four months, or the funds will be re-allocated to other projects.

For more information, please contact the PPA Project Funding Co-ordinator, Elizabeth Robbins, on projects@pedalpower.org.za or (021) 689-8420.

What it’s all about:

Getting set up at camp!

Friday

Join us at Onrus any time between 16h00 and 21h00; take time to set up camp and relax and get in the spirit for the weekend – perhaps even go for a gentle exploratory pedal through Onrus if you get there early enough. Supper on Friday night is a ‘bring and braai’ for your own account, with PPA supplying the firewood. If you are not up for a braai, either bring along something else to eat around the camp fires (you can even order and fetch a pizza from the restaurant up the road), or we can suggest a restaurant nearby.

Let's get wacky!

Saturday

Coffee and rusks will be available at the campsite from 07h30. For those of you who will only be able to come through Saturday morning, please arrive early so that you are ready to start pedalling by 08h30. We’ll leave our cars at the camp site (lock away all valuables) and start pedalling in small groups at 08h30, making our way 5km up the road to the Hermanuspietersfontein Food and Wine Market for breakfast (which will be for your own account). At 10h00, we start pedalling via the R44 to Kleinmond (around 35 km one-way).

We’ll stop in Kleinmond for lunch (own account) and a nosey around, before leaving at 14h00 to return to Onrus via Karweiderskraal. Back at the camp, tea/coffee and cake J will be served at 16h00.

After tea, there’s plenty of time to have a shower, go for a walk on the beach or just laze about, with our by-now-infamous Wacky Prizegiving following at 18h00. As in the past, there will be many prizes up for grabs – from the wackiest photograph taken on the day to the persons who give the correct/incorrect/most interesting answers in our Wacky Quiz. The judges are open to bribes.

Supper will follow at 19h00: A delicious lamb spit braai with potato and veggie bakes and a greek salad, followed by ice cream and chocolate sauce.

Please note that there are no marshals, traffic support or route markings en route, and you will be expected to obey all traffic rules at all times. Total distance for the day is roughly 80 km.

Sunday

After coffee/tee and rusks at the campsite, we pedal into the Hemel en Aarde Valley, of which the first 10 km is tarred (20 km return trip).  At 11h00, we meet at the ‘Salt of the Earth’ Farm stall for a divine brunch. The cost of brunch is included in your entry fee; however any additional beverages ordered will be for your own account.

BRUNCH OPTIONS
Option 1:                       Quiche served with potato wedges or salad

1 x Tea; coffee or cold drink

Option2:                        Chicken Salad

(Mixed leaves, tomato, feta, olives, sprouts and cucumber. Topped with chicken mayo, avo (if available) and pepperdew)

1 x Tea; coffee or cold drink

Option 3: Chicken mayo, avo and pepperdew wrap

1 x Tea; coffee or cold drink

After brunch, we pedal back to the campsite, and you are then at leisure to spend a few more hours there, before packing up and returning home.

Stopping for a snack en route

Please note:

• Only 50 Wacky Wheelers can be accommodated.
• Preference will be given to PPA members, after which entries will be opened to non-members, after which entries will be opened to non-cyclists.
• Your entry fee includes  the following:
  • camp site for both Friday and Saturday nights (4-6 people to a site);
  • light breakfast [coffee/tea/rusks] on Saturday and Sunday mornings;
  • tea/coffee & snack on Saturday afternoon;
  • dinner on Saturday evening;
  • brunch on Sunday morning; and
  • your event t-shirt.
• Please supply your own tent (or find a friend with one to share!), sleeping bag, camping mattress, cutlery and crockery; braai grid, and whatever camping equipment you cannot do without. A list of recommended clothes, toiletries and camping stuff will be sent to you closer to the Tour.
• Participants are required to obey all traffic rules, ride in single file when required, and stop at all stop streets and red traffic lights. No marshalling or traffic support will be provided.
• All snacks, drinks, alcoholic beverages and food consumed en route, including breakfast at the Farmer’s Market and lunch on Saturday, and dinner on Friday, will be for your own account.
• Entry is secured only upon receipt of full payment.
• No refunds will be made after 02 March 2012, although substitutions will be allowed.
• The Wacky Wheels Overnight Tour will not take place if fewer than 25 entries are received.
• Cost: PPA members R450; non-members R550

  Enquiries:
  Samantha at the PPA Office on (021) 689-8420 / marketing@pedalpower.org.za