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This doesn't have to be personal. Measuring inside to inside is making assumptions about the roller diameter. With some 12 speed chains where the roller diameter jumps to 7.9mm from the usual 7.65mm it's a problem. Even Park Tool say you must use the CC-4 for chains with a larger roller.

Thanks, I'm going to test those. The solar panel would be a logical addition but it will get stolen before it get's a chance to prove itself. Makes me upset just typing that.

Is it a straight swap for the gate motor or did you need to change the gate motor charging circuit?

I think Jewbacca is 100% reasonable here. All my purchases I've made of point of telling the seller this is not urgent, they can courier when they have a chance.

Well the strategy of making the bikes longer and slacker every 2 years and telling you your current bike is actually unrideable couldn't go on forever.

The guy at the pointy end looking for marginal gains probably watches his scale as thought it's Netflix and rides a Crux. That makes the niche very small.

I suspect the Diesel Dust man's comments on this Specialized is going to make the social media treatment of Liz Truss seem kind. This just seems like a dud. All that complexity and weight for zero benefit when you are descending out the saddle. The issues in tuning the thing, did I mention it's ugly, the list goes on ... But that cyclingtips article you reference is excellent journalism, impressive stuff.

This is Specialized saying hold my beer when Bianchi thought they had the ugliest announcement for the week.

Be very careful of exceeding the safe pressure. One day my brain was switched off. Went to the local BP garage with a friend to seat a tyre and didn't check the regulator set pressure. Kept the inflator on the valve chatting away and the next moment the world went silent. We couldn't hear a thing for a while and ended up at hospital having our ears checked. The rim was pretzeled and a write-off.

I used to be an Apple user from the iPhone 3Gs through to the Face ID era. I lost patience with - how long it took for Apple pay to come to SA - the endless connection issues between my Garmin and my iPhone so I jumped ship to Samsung and I cannot see myself going back. For premium priced products they are just too cynically handicapped for me to feel like both Apple and myself are winning in this transaction. M series iPad is more than powerful enough to give a desktop experience when connected to an external monitor, but no because it might cannibalize Mac sales. Multi user accounts would be great for iPad but Apple would rather a family of four have four iPads. No high refresh rate screens on a R20k+ iPhone 14, 128GB storage on a R26k iPhone Pro. Apple are protecting their product lines from each other. Steve Jobs had a very clear handle on this when he said "If you don't cannibalize yourself, someone else will". I am not daft enough to say they cannot make profit but when a 64GB iPad Air exist for R13 199 and you need to pay R16 499 for the 256GB model which is actually useful it's bordering on ridiculous to point where I feel like Apple are laughing at their customers. With Samsung I feel like they are trying to give me the best possible product for the price and I haven't had a single issue.

I really believe this is not for ultra athletes at all, it's about creating another price point for the apple watch. Apple rightly believed that if Garmin users were happy to pay R18k for a watch allot of Apple uses will too. Then the question is how to differentiate this from the standard apple watch and this is a much better effort than a stainless case or a Hermes strap so well done there.

https://www.decathlon.co.za/bike-turbo-trainer/326708-38741-turbo-trainer-table.html#/demodelsize-254no_size/demodelundefined-961819?queryID=fc65a4c3803da89ecb8135d15ce5c244&objectID=4075615 More expensive than an ironing board but looks like a neat compact option.

I wouldn't overthink it. Just buy a big bottle of something. Squirt, Finish Line etc.

I'm quite sure you are right. Just would like to know why it's the other way around? I figured with much higher volumes there drive to maximize the margin on every bike would be higher. Titan prefers to offer more value to the customer instead which is why I bought one.

I also have a Cypher and would buy the same again but I think for a big brand the Specialized price is fair. With the brand comes the expectation that the R&D and experience ensures that the geometry and basics will be spot on. This has been my experience with Specialized bikes, that they feel sorted. The downside with a big brand for me is economies of scale. If they can save some money on components it scales into big margins quickly whereas Titan can give you that full XT groupset without a huge difference to the company bottom line.

One person prefers a bike that's a nicer tool for him 90% of the time and a hindrance sometimes because he has to look after it a bit more. Another person will rather have something he never feels sorry for. Different choice but very individual and both fine.

We can really acknowledge both points: 1. People don't need the most expensive bicycles 2. The scale of diminishing returns is very steep for bicycles

Snap. That's what my Cypher came with and it works for me.

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Really good vision and decision making from admin. BikeHub clearly isn't a place for people to defend their right to offend in the name of robust debate and that makes it unique in the current online landscape. They were happy to lose some users to stick to their vision and it worked out fine. The same mix of diverse and insightful inputs are on the rise again without the nonsense.

Having ridden with a Varia for a long time you do miss it when you don't have it. Off course it will do nothing to save you if the driver is browsing Facebook and not staying on the road. Since this appears to be 80% of drivers now and I have a family to think of the road bike hasn't been outside in years.

Suddenly load shedding seems like a minor problem

The numbers of the tariff change might not be fair, I haven't studied them, but the concept makes sense. If you want to connect to the Eskom grid (powerlines etc) for when you need it, you need to contribute to the cost of it. I can't expect Eskom to maintain the lines and substations and keep them operational for me while I use very little actual units from them. It's a separate cost from the actual power you use.

Thanks for the tips. I will definitely give it a few months before comparing with clipless again.

I needed to know if I was missing out on flats. Really cannot fault the shoes but the first ride definitely wasn't what I was hoping. I have many unmaintained rocky trails here and felt I will be able to ride the dodgy bits that I walked on my clipless for fear of falling. In practice I couldn't maintain power to keep going on very rocky sections where I could power through using clipless so ended up walking more. Also find myself second guessing the foot position the entire time and wonder if the zero float is an issue. Will definitely give them an extended run.