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I like the Pearl Izumi Escape Thermal Gloves for when it's cold but not freezing. They're good while the temps aren't in the single digits. Once it dips bellow 10 then I like riding with the Ciovita Artico gloves and have used these down to 0 degrees

I live out in porterville. Will ride the section fron the halfmanshoff silos to the 7 sakke sout climb this weekend and update. The rest will be the usual pothole mess

Some wattz from cwcycles seems to work for me. https://www.cyclelab.com/product/3007312-glove-lf-wattz-sherpa?utm_campaign=21653011192&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=&utm_term=&adgroupid=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21649282922&gclid=CjwKCAjwwpDQBhAuEiwAa-4Wox9d6MycPcN7STA85JMzvXYHFyzGulZ68s2B52cHH4feHdmYQuuKORoCbrsQAvD_BwE Iff my fingers and toes can be relatively warm the rest can freeze off and i will be comfortable.

Picked up a couple of kit items on the side of the road at Paarl DH. If you left kit behind, give me a shout.

I got my wife some Arctico 2.0's as well last week, and she got herself some Leatt long-finger gloves. No rides with them yet, due to the extreme weather, hopefully this weekend. The Arctico's will probably be better for when it is really cold, and the Leatts for when it is just a bit too chilly for short gloves. I think it helps to have some options - my Ryder gloves are too warm for most days, but I was very very glad to have them in the Bergplaas dropbox at last year's Transbaviaans.

I have the Ciovita Arctico 2.0 which are nice and warm, no complaints.

Does anyone have recommendations for full finger winter gloves? I went on a 7am ride and my fingers were in a lot of pain from how cold they got. Rookie error I know. Looking at the options available there seem to be a lot but not many with reviews. Any and all feedback is appreciated 🙂 Happy riding 🚴

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I’ve been lucky enough to have done most of the major mountain bike stage races in South Africa, but for some reason I’ve never made it to sani2c. This year the stars finally aligned and I was able to experience the grand daddy of three-day mountain bike stage races in South Africa for the first time. The Details The KAP sani2c is a three-day, 270-kilometre mountain bike stage race held annually in KwaZulu-Natal. Founded in 2005 by ‘Farmer’ Glen Haw, it starts near the foot of the Sani Pass in the southern Drakensberg and finishes on the shores of the […] View full article

Will be interesting to see how the roads out there held up to this weather onslaught. Their drainage is generally good but they'll probably be heavily rutted from the water runoff. A suspension fork will be a blessing.

Not to mention how truly horrible it would have been to ride it. Most of us need a parent to say, "Don't be an idiot, of course you can't do that" every now and then.

considering how fast you went there I think gone are the days when you were a roadie that can't handle his bike properly

I have one lonely Formula brake lying in a box, post a picture of yours, maybe it's the same.

No surprise. The three bridges crossing the Kammanassie river by Daskop have all been washed away, so no cycling over the river is possible. Emergency vehicle access is also cut off which makes it a non starter. My parents farm right by that section and they're cut off from leaving the farm other than 4x4 wheeling over the farm into the neighbouring farm. That and the fact that there is no viable cell phone towers still standing makes hosting an event a legal quagmire.

Might be a few 36One manne spilling over to this race now!

great stage, not the usual boring type thanks to Movistar setting a ferocious pace for their climber that can sprint. UAE mixing it up in the end too so that Jan Christen could claim the Maglia Rosa but I reckon he went too early which setup Navaez perfectly for the win. Happy UAE did not take it as they would've had 3 riders to control all day every day they held onto the jersey. Any other day I reckon those big sprinters survives.

Ya all good man. My post was really just me thinking out loud about the 3 possible outcomes you mentioned. Option 1 sounded most likely. Turns out the guys I fancied for the win got dropped about 3km into the climb. Good stage though.

Looking forward to this race.

Gallows single track was rad for me. Even as a roadie. that being said I don’t think my girlfriend would have enjoyed it.

thanks just caught that now on the replay.

I would say, go for mullet of the XLPR option. Depth of range isn’t there with the XPLR Groupset, especially if you want to have a bigger chainring for the chance you take it out on the road. Here’s my SuperX stock standard, but with the XX Derailleur, Cassette and 45mm tyres. I think it is 8kg with pedals, cages and computer mounts. Will double check tomorrow. I slapped some 30c road tyres (blew up to 35mm on those rims) and a 50t ring for a TTT a couple of months ago and it worked great. It’s an aero bike, but with some great compliance so when things get rough, it’s still comfy. Obviously not on the same level as Topstone though. You cannot fit a fork on SuperX, but the Topstone is fork corrected. Clearance is 51/47mm, but that’s super conservative, you can easily go 50mm on the rear and 55mm on the front. Enjoy bike shopping!

Got dropped just over a km from the top of the climb, spent aaaaages chasing back with Ben Turner (who dropped back to help him), Gee (puncture) and a couple of others. Would have taken a lot of unnecessary energy. Hopefully just one of those bad days and legs will come to the party tomorrow…

Agreed - Dryland know what they’re doing. Sad to miss it.

He never lost time, did I miss something on/off camera?