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Hello. Im still around.

Always lekker to not have to wait for it warm up, mine has a timer as well, the “smart “ ones are awesome in terms of ease of adjustability etc but at a price! the cost to convert mine to a smart machine was astronomical.

Titan has proposed a solution, albeit not in the near term to swop the current fork for one that can accept the required routing. Will have to wait for their next shipment to arrive in 3/4 months' time.

Nuff said: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wzggJmJvzM4

The steamer is a fair bit quicker, takes around 45 seconds to steam milk, you can also change the temperature of the steamer, so you can make it steam even quicker, it is also nice that being a dual boiler, there is no delay between brewing and steaming, and you can control brew temp and steam temp independently, it also has an adjustable OPV so you can dial that in to your taste as well. I will admit that the Breville, for me at least, was easier to get good texture in the milk, I struggle a bit with the Gemilai. In line with some other comments, it does take a little longer to get up to temperature, around 5-8 minutes, I leave my phone in the kitchen at night, so I just turn it on when I get up to turn my phone alarm off, and by the time I have got dressed and whatever it is ready to use. I leave the portafilter in the machine while it is heating up as it helps heat the portafilter up, and then just pull a 10 second manual shot to get hot water through it to make sure it is nice and hot for the first shots to be pulled.

I have a Sonoff smart switch with timer that makes sure my machine is warmed up before I wake up or get home from my ride. Some of the fancier machines have built in timers controlled via an app.

@SwissVan talk to us about this very interesting referendum on June 14?

I have a Lelit MaraX and love it. It takes about 20 minutes to get to temp - so no big deal. There has to be some give and take and buying a good manual machine is not about convenience. If I wanted that then I would have stuck with my Delonghi automatic that couldn't froth milk and made pretty meh espresso. Now I ride home to have coffee! I have a smart plug and have gotten into the habit of turning the machine on when I get to the top of Constantia Nek.

This Spring/Summer, on my occasional HB - Paarden Eiland commutes, i wish to SWIM at Sea Point swimming pool… (am already swimming, but using my van to get there…). Question; anyone here know if bicycles still HAVE to be locked OUTSIDE of the pool, or will staff occasionally let you carry bikes in, like in days of yore? (yes, I am that old!) Happy to lock my bike to the railing, but then head unit + rear light/radar AND front light need to be removed, AND i cycle in with work gear in a frame-bag, not a back-pack, so am worried about ‘light fingers’…! Any advice appreciated Chris

everybody knows mosigge trail runners don't wash anything....

Yoh ... didn't realise I was so much in the minority. I would take the time and effort for the very occasional headset service I do to have such a neat 'cockpit' any day. If I could afford such a fensie bike that is! I do have a bike with tricky internal cabling, albeit not through the headset, but have acquired the necessary routing kit and it has become way less of a chore now

Once you’ve had a dual boiler machine it’s hard to get used to anything else

i can probably turn my breville on and make 5 pro flat whites in the time the E61 type machines (Rocket/lelit etc) have needed just to heat up ... are you turning the steam on straight after pulling a shot?

I was doing the "homer disappearing into the bush" gif when I saw what some okes would sacrifice for a headset bearing service 👀

you were on the road, had your phone in your hand, thugs got suspicious, thinking it was a trap so didnt want to take that risk, besides you move too fast for them anyway.

Ruben doesnt always post on bike hub but when he does he makes sure to reply on a 2-year-old-post 😁

Currently 77th in GC, as of Stage 5 https://www.giroditalia.it/en/atleti/hatherly-alan/

Ride was logged at 5:14pm, starting in the CBD.

and because training wheels are silly!

In 5 year, mine has not been touched.😲

At a current rate of one post every 20 months, can expect a reply by Jan 2028. He is "online" and following the thread, so maybe there will be some positive feedback before then and we can downgrade the status from "disgusted" to "mildly miffed". If I've learnt anything from this thread, I clearly don't service my headset bearings as much as I should.

We keeping thread up and going for his part

These looks nice and warm, i still have an old pair of decathlon gloves that you don't get anymore and uses it with liner gloves and my hands is never cold, maybe the first 15min but after that nice and cozy. https://bellgear.co.za/collections/mechanix-cold-weather-work-gloves/products/fastfit-coldwork?variant=40187856289947

Cold Storage gloves. Around R60-80 from a PPE store. Got a nice grippy texture and super warm. Bonuses: you could wear a liner if it gets baltic, and mine are high vis

Around what time yesterday did this happen? I am also still commuting into the CBD 2-3 times per week and yesterday I passed through that section around 16h30 - 17h00. I stick to the road and wide awake as any and every pedestrian is a suspect for me.