The Ouzo

Damn that was quick. Ordered on Wednesday, bibs have just arrived. Quick inspection and they look pretty decent. I'm tempted to use them on the commute home this evening, but its probably better to give them a rinse and use them for my longer ride on sunday

I'm still of the opinion that it will work well and do what it is supposed to, I'll report back over the weekend on how it works

and there is nothing wrong with that, dont let society pressure you into doing something you dont want to

yeah they dont seem like the best quality. Did you charge it ? The manual states if you plug it in the led will light up when charging and go out when fully charged. So I played with it for a few seconds at the office, then stuck the charger in and it did not light up, so assumed fully charged. Last night I used it for a for minutes on my legs, then it just went dead. Plugged it in and no led. Left it plugged in for an hour or so and went to check on it, it seemed to have gotten some charge. Will give it a proper go tonight.

did you enjoy watching the Lamas from that view in your second pic?

So my massage gun from onedayonly has just arrived. Busy charging it up, will give it a go tonight. First impressions is that its much much less impact on the body than foam rolling.

we need a build thread for the backyard crash pit too please

in my head I'm imagining an early 90's PC driving SIM where at certain points in the game the car infront flickers from angled left to angled right and back again quickly.

Its taken me 10 hard years to get to a position where I could buy some wants for my cycling rather than needs. Going from a position where you can easily afford to buy something on a whim to a position where you prioritize which bills you will be paying that month and which you wont is heart braking.

But occasionally you make the wrong life choices or get a tough break and all of a sudden you go from middle middle class to lower struggling middle class and take what ever job you can find. Thats life, you do what you can to keep going and keep giving the kids the best you can, even if that means sacrificing your own "wants".

oh boy, I'm going to have to put my Giant on diet. I just weighed his Bianchi, 8.6kg.

probably along the lines of some of the other "events" that have recently been held. Pay us R300, ride the 94.7 km where ever you want but on the right day.

Right, I popped off a message to them from their site this morning, fully expecting the normal SA thing, i.e. no response. But within an hour they responded, a couple of questions up and down and the verdict is I need a large. I'd be able to squeeze into a medium they say but better to rather take large. So I'll be ordering a bib off their site soon.

Have to laugh, I bought a luggage scale the other day as a way to weigh my bikes. Its cheap, but it does the job. I've left it here at the office, I weighed my bike in commuter trim, i.e. lights, garmin, saddle bag, sealant etc. and it came in at 9.6kg (yes very much on the heavy end of the scale for a modern road bike). Today I wondered into the workshop with my scale and asked the technician there that cycles to work if we can weigh his bike. He left the normal bike at home (an old Bianchi) and is on his sons Ralleigh, I weigh that, 9.9kg. Granted my bike is a disc bike, one size bigger frame and I had all my lights etc. on it, but I fully expected his bike to be mid 10's. Is it worth the extra ? Well from my old Scott to the new Giant there is a world of difference to everything from how the bike rolls to comfort to how it feels when you put the power down.

just chatted to a technician in the workshop who is also a cyclist, he is hesitant to use the pneumatic drill, but he has good quality hex sockets so we are going to try that first.

this is the very problem everyone is so caught up in being PC and wasting energy pointing out semantics when the reality of the situation is 4 richard-heads decided they wanted this guys stuff and though nothing of inflicting damage to property and harm/injuries to the guy. THIS is where we need to be focusing our energies

I might have to start doing the dreaded club rides, pity as I really enjoy riding solo As for riding around the suburb, about a month back a lady was out jogging in our semi closed off suburb when she was mugged. This in a relatively safe, semi closed off (only one entrance) suburb.

So I'm sitting with this same issue now, on the right pedal. During hard lock down I had the pedals on the old Scott, transferred them to the Giant when we were allowed out again. I did grease the threads but obviously not so well. Left pedal came off with ease, right pedal has rounded 2 allen keys and a hex socket. After I rounded the first allen key I doubted myself that I was turning it in the correct direction, so I jumped onto the interwebs to confirm. With the second allen key I tried impacting it with a hammer to jolt it loose. Would it be ok to get use the pneumatic guns at work to try and loosen it ?

thats quiet a ride

After around 12 years it was time to retire my old Spez road shoes. When into Cyclelab to see what specials they had and walked out with these. They weren’t on special but they were only ones I liked that were close to my measly budget.

would most definitely have to call first, they are a bit of a drive from JHB

agreed the time and dedication put into getting a shot like that must be phenomenal.

ok, so checked out what size my Ciovita bib is, its a large and fits perfectly. Translating that from the Ciovita sizing chart to Vye it would appear I need a Medium

You guys are just calling me fat

well I’m glad for this thread then , otherwise I would have ordered the wrong size. Will get in touch with them and ask what size I need.