The Ouzo

I wonder if its not the hardness of the water in different areas thats causing the issue.

My current KMC X11 on my road bike is sitting on 12 600km and not showing signs of wear. I only wipe it off and lube every 200 odd km. nothing more.

+1 for BL

If you're keen, I'm at the Boksburg dealership, can introduce you to the bike guys here. Sandton Honda is about to move in with Renault Bryanston, I'm not sure if bike will be joining them or going somewhere else.

never used to be an issue, but then the cops in the dorpies on the way down to CPT wised up and now WILL stop you if you dont have a plate. They will even turn their car around and follow you to check.

This would look cool hanging on a wall with a light shining from above and the shadows giving an indication of route profile. But also if the shadows for the logo form the actual logo. If that makes sense.

It’s difficult to say because I’ve not ridden alone in a while. With the group I’m feeling stronger than when I first started, but that could also be down to knowing when the group surges and slows down as well as reading the group better. In July and August I’ll be doing solo rides on a Sunday out to you as I’ll need to check on my parents place whilst they’re gone, that should give me a good comparison to before.

yeah, when I worked at Volvo head office had a requirement of having fika available to client, so we had a decent coffee machine and some sort of pastry/treat available for customers. (although staff ate most of it)

these are crap. They are a 2 piece design. great in principle because it allows the 2 sides to swivel independently from one another, but the mechanisim to hold them together keep coming apart

provided whoever is quoting the C(c)al knows the difference or even takes the time to differentiate

Hoping to do this again this year. Has the route changed at all, or is it still just shy of 200km?

the irony is not lost on me

That video should never have been taken or distributed. As much as I enjoy a bit of vigilante justice, that video was disturbing.

its cheaper too, have you SEEN the price of diet food ? thats my story and I'm sticking to it.

everybody knows a heavier bike is faster, just look at how fast ebikes are ?

cant remember what the Alpina was, but could not have been more than 8 spd. And no wimpy compact chainrings either, I seem to recall running 44/24 as my lowest gearing. Jan Smuts past the zoo with 80km in the legs was torture.

that old route was tough

yeah I remember thinking that too. In those days just finishing 100km was a massive thing for me. Its also the only event where ive done sub 3 hours for 100km.

And was actually a fast one, unlike the current version of it. I have fond memories of this race. - huddled in the basement of PnP in our start pens - cruising at 40-50km/h in groups of 50+ cyclists, the only noises you hear is the whirr of drivetrains and 19mm tyres on the tar - hitting over 90km/h down the hill towards Swartkoppies - cleats melting into the tar in the PnP parking lot after the finish - picnics with the family on the Vaal after the race - meeting the person who is now my wife at one of these picnics

as mcuh as I'm glad some street justice was handed out, I cant help but think this guy will be out there again soon, only this time better armed and possibly violent. Whats the answer, I dont know. The inner East Rander in me would love more PKs to be handed out though.

Lately it’s not often that it’s light enough when I ride for pics.

you know whats really sad about this, that was 2016, 8 years later and its much much worse out there.

this is the issue I have with these things too. If I'm pulling out something that resembles a real gun, then it better shoot real bullets, because the bad guy with a gun is not going to take the time to asses if that thing is firing real bullets at him or not.

There certainly are a good few climbs in that section, but this elevation graph, an extract from my last ride to harties, is from around the kyalami area through to broederstroom in harties. Plenty more elevation drop vs elevation gain.