The Ouzo

previous sets got in excess of 10 000km, last set was 12 000, if I recall the set before that was around 11 000

Never had it with the last couple of sets. Same tyre. only 7900km on these, will keep a close eye on them.

My front tyre has been making a "tshh tshh tshh" noise lately. Basically a squish type noise on every rotation. Initially I thought it was a cut that I had shoe glued and that was making the noise. Closer inspection on the weekend revealed a bulge in the tyre. But its not bulging sideways, only pushing on the tread part. Had there been a tube in the tyre I'd blame the tube, as I've seen tubes bulge in one spot often. It also does not affect the ride, you can only hear it on the bike, but you cant feel it. Inspecting the rim shows no sign of the same high spot on the rim, and if you follow the line on the sidewall of the tyre is does not appear to be at a higher point at that part of the tyre. My only guess is that I hit a pothole and that "bruised" the tyre somehow causing a slightly weaker point. Right now the only concern is the annoying sound. Anyone else experience anything similar? Oh and its on a road bike. Tyre is a Pirelli Cinturato Velo

So I ride one of these and overall I'm pretty happy with it. Except for 2 things 1) The stupid half cable half hydraulic braking system. Dont get me wrong, it works well, but it takes up so much space in the cockpit and I'm guessing adds weight. 2) see if you can get a newer one than mine where they went through axel on the wheels, mine with quick release really limits your options when it comes to replacement wheels. And then I'm guessing for your preferences being limited to a max 28mm tyre will be a problem for you, but I recall the newer ones allowed wider tyres. If I recall mine is circa 2018 model

extra virgin

I'm busy installing this one and will compare with ClicktoChat edit. First and foremost, I tried one chat and NO ADVERTS. hallelujah !!!!!

So since I work in an environment where alot of people prefer to chat of WA but, like you, I dont want to save numbers to my phone for no reason, I discovered an app called ClicktoChat. Apparently made by whatsapp. Annoyingly the free version has a brazillion ads, but it allows you to type in a number and initiate a WA conversation without having to save the number in your phone.

I have not put it to the test yet, only had the occasional splash and some light rain since doing it. The tolerances between the glass and the unit are close, so with the shoe glue around the entire rim I dont foresee any water ingress. Even in heavy rain its not like the unit is being held under a pool of water.

Its holding up very well, even in this cold. I do 4 rides with it before charging (thats around 6-7hours total on time), and the charge is just precautionary as I do a longer ride on a sunday and dont want to risk it dying on me.

My bet is that he is biting his tounge (or typing hands), he probably wants to correct everyone but the risk of revealing info that should not be revealed is to great. I'd love an indepth view of the behind the scenes stuff. Training, nutrition, performance matrixes. I'll probably not understand half of it, but for the stuff I do understand it would be very interesting.

100% and there in lies another problem, one of the sites has an automated system, when you hit send it immediately connects your phone and my phone together, it will look like I'm phoning you. But the only information I have at this stage is your name (mostly incorrectly or incoherently pronounced by a computer) and the car you're interested in, any other notes or info will only come through AFTER we have had a conversation. So if you've requested to only be contacted via email/whatsapp or only wanted a brochure emailed to you, I wont know until we've spoken and put down. But old school mentality making the decisions says customer MUST be called. but we are digressing from the OP.

there is that, but if you've requested that a company call you, surely you'd be expecting a call

100% agree with you. but you know that saying about repeatedly hitting your head against the wall and expecting a different outcome, that applies to our marketing. And its not just this company, but others I've worked with too.

you would think that because this is more of an informal buy/sell platform that this kind of behaviour would only exist here, but it doesnt. Its not secret that I'm a Car Salesman, I deal with new cars. Daily we get responses to our social and web adverts requesting a call back regarding x model or other. The system is setup in such a way that its almost instant once the person on the other end has entered their info and pressed send. 99 out of 100 requests you do not get hold of the person. Phone will either go direct to voice mail or ring and then go to voice mail. You can send an email, nadda, nothing, not even an echo. People just dont care anymore. But the worst part is that because this is a business, these queries are logged, and then at the end of the month you get told you've had 200 enquiries but only sold 5 cars, what is wrong with you.

First solo ride in a while. Weather report warned of strong headwinds coming home, they were not there when I stopped at the 55km mark, but soon picked up and nearly took me off the bike on a few occasions as gust from the side. I’ll be doing this route a few times over the next few weeks as I’ll be checking on my folks house whilst they are gone.

yeah, was predicted to be -2 real feel for this mornings ride, so decided to give it a skip. I'll ride that ^^^^ piece of road tomorrow

Opposite direction

looking at the current times, you may not be far off

Look up umbrella effect of sell signal, signal goes straight over you as you get closer. I cant use MTN or Telkom at home because the tower is right behind my house, I found out the hard way.

Wasnt as cold as my weather app said it would be, glad I convinced myself to get out there this morning, was very close to climbing back into bed. I actually think it got colder after sunrise. Oh and can you and Frosty warm up the south there for me on Sunday morning, my folks are away again, so I'll be cycling to Frosty's side, via your side, in order to go check on the house.

Did the same, had Arione for many years, eventually it broke, now ride Fabric Scoop and am happy with it. Butt ( ), everyone's butts react different, so you may need to try a few. I know with the Scoop, coming from the Arione, it took lots of fiddling to get the perfect saddle position.

I suspect all the "issues" listed in his post are related to the one incident

I am disapoint. Yesterday DSTV showed the stage on some Portuguese sports channel, this meant I was able to catch a few minutes here and there during the day, and more importantly watch the last 10km, today it appears to only air on Variety 2, which our package at work does not cover. All streaming site are blocked, so cant watch on PC. Will have to catch updates on the app.

1650 🤣

Yep. Since replacing my Garmin battery, I’ve been meaning to replace my Lezyne front light battery. It only lasts around 60 minutes on full power, usually not a problem when I’m in the bunch for most of the ride as I just turn it down to half power, but the other day I pulled the bunch for most of the ride, so had it on full, heading home it ran out of juice, so I had minimal light for the last few km.