If you're looking at Jazz you want to go for the 1.5, and if the budget can stretch then the sport offers 11kw more power than the standard 1.5 and a host of extra bells and whistles.
KMC 11 spd chain
Wipe with dry cloth once a week then drop of lube on each link. Dont ride the bike until the next day.
Just over 3000km and my chain wear tool shows no wear yet.
My opinion is that you dont need to lube after every ride unless you're riding in some rubbish conditions.
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I do between 150 - 200km per week
If any clubs out east in JHB want to organise a crit race I have the perfect roads for you in an industrial area near Serrengetti Estate.
Every time I ride through there (which is nearly every sunday) I look at these roads and think to myself it would make a perfect place for a crit race.
I'm so glad so many suggested the Jazz. It was the first thing that came to mind but being a Honda Salesman I did not want to put it out there.
Jazz also has what Honda call Magic seat. The rear seat bottoms (i.e. the part you sit on) lift up, creating a huge cargo area behind the front seats. If you take the wheels off your bike you can fit it in there and then still have a closed boot to put other luggage etc. in.
They are not the most exciting cars to drive, but reliable as hell. For slightly more exciting see if you can pick up a Jazz Sport, but I dont think your budget will reach to a decent one.
I've been using squirt since I bought my current chain. I've been happy with it so far. Doesnt attract to much dirt. Done just over 3000km with it and when I measured 200km ago it was not showing signs of ware.
Glad to see it scores well in the linked tests.
I cant find the original thread where this was initially reported, but 1 year on and this article (even though a bit on the sensational side) does ask some questions regarding e-bikes.
Granted is American, and common sense isnt all that common over there.
Eish.
We have booked at a restaurant in Kloofzight on Sunday, its my moms 75th. I see now the route goes straight past there.
I'm hoping by mid day when we need to be there that the riders have either gone through or we just catch the very tail end.
I had already warned the family to give themselves extra time because of the normal sunday cyclists, have now had to update them about the race.
In the back of my mind I knew the race was happening sometime soon, but without actually going to the website to check I did not know it was this sunday.
cycling is serious business man.
personal opinion, for my taste, the designs are to busy. But I'm a simple man, with simple taste (some would say no taste )
facebook popped up an ad on Sunday, Travelstart was running a special until midnight. Worked out about R800 cheaper for a 1 way ticket. (dont you hate that they advertise a certain price and once you get into it they add airport tax and other rubbish).
So flight booked. Will be driving back with my friend.
Accommodation booked at whats become my favourite spot in Muizenberg for a bachelor trip to CPT.
Bike will do a detour to PE first with my friend.
Due north, in the southern hemisphere, has always been the optimum direction for winter warmth in homes.
My parents property face a few deg NE, when the house was going to be built my dad insisted they angle it exactly north, hence is sits slightly skew on the property. This was more than 50 years ago.
