ChrisF

Practically ... consider the USB-C to Garmin charge adaptor. Less cables on the desk, and easy enough to have a spare in the car and at the office ..... Many such options - 4-Pack USB C to Garmin Watch Charger Cable Adapter | Shop Today. Get it Tomorrow! | takealot.com But, yea ... let's see if a Hubber can help you out.

Shoulda bought something that can handle the Bendz ....

Winelands race ... the wind .... Nice hard race. The pilot circled the race .. And then it got real ... Solid head wind .... brutal ....

Best wishes. May your rides be vlean, safe and lekka ...

@Matt

To Bellevue trailrun Jip, autumn is creeping up on us ....

The Liv range from Giant may tick your boxes. The hardtail options are perfect for road and trails.

On 4x4s there was one way to plug with any degree of success. This has very likely shaped my mindset .... I KNOW @DieselnDust is right with the dual sided supository can be locked and loaded for both small and big holes ..... I may wrll follow @DieselnDust advise and test out the dual unit, I even have one ....

touch wood ...

Dont want to jinx it .... never lost 1 in 20 000km. Have damaged two with the bike falling over 😬 Got my bike back yesterday .... fell over at the shop or bumped during transit ... either way, the reamer is destroyed ...

you owe me a keyboard ....

Thanks, seems you are starting 3 minutes ahead of me.

Where ? What bike shop ? (around the Western Cape I may just pop over...) Do you know their price ? I since got a link to buy at R350 per set.

I have the Ryder unit, much prefer the SS. Also the reamer option with the SS have been used on the trails many times - each time heling other riders with plug-systems that dont come with reamers. The functionality of the SS is just next level. Especially the fact that you have immediate access to the plug in the event of a leaking tyre .... I have seen people get in trouble when the tyre is too deflated to actually use the plug ..... (though most punctures are not that critical) EDIT - I do wonder about those riders where you "need" the reamer ... somehow I think this may be related to not topping up sealant. Personally I have had many instances where the sealant sprayed out while sealing a hole, but the two occasions where I needed to plug my own tyres the holes where certainly large enough to use the plug without the reamer ..... I would rather have it and not need it ... Sad reality - very exposed on the bar ends ....

Every good thread deserves a thread revival every decade or so ..... Anybody know where we can buy a Sahmurai sword set ? Bit of a back story to this .... punch line it sounds like shops needs to order large batches, and thus it has become very scarce .... at least that is one story .....

Would be interesting to know what happened here .... Would be interesting to hear if a standard trailer lights works ?? Isolated issue, or something that needs tweaking for people wanting to tow ?

Have a close look at YOUR vehicle. Some are designed to carry load, on many the door bends when you add extra weight on the wheel.

Fine line between "Perception", "Evidence" and the "Isolated experiences" .... YES - name brands also suffer failures, but with full back-up these are typically a non-issue. The ongoing debate relates to the various "quality streams" from Chinese firms .... there simply is no way for the end user to know if your order is excess from a quality line of unsold rubbish from another factory ... many videos on GCN about this, and it seems the only option is to check if the item has any sort of brand name which can then be checked for user feedback, but they point out that is not ideal at best. Frankly it is a lottery .... non-critical stuff well worth rolling the dice .... In our circle of friends, a number of items have ended in the bin very quickly .... typically non-critical items. Based on our experiences my perception is to stay way clear of this for critical items. No factual basis, just based on personal experiences.

One word of caution - make sure to get the Thule with the WIDER bike spacing.

https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/01/20/cape-town-cycle-tour-ceo-urges-better-road-etiquette-from-riders

I lost 25kg just by eating correctly. Then started exercising .... as my body fat kept lowering the scale did creep up a bit due to muscle growth ...

Welcome to the Hub and best wishes on your journey. Where are you in SA ? Up in the Vaal just go to @RobertWhitehead

Jeepers .... makes me think of the trips to Worcester. EARLY morning drive. Do one practice lap with Maritz in gale force Northerly winds .... Then wait two groups and he is off .... the wait feels like forever before you see where he is in the bunch at the end of lap one .... okay he survived and is mid-pack, making up a few spots through the school grounds .... lap two .... and its done .... I would do it again in a heartbeat !!! But certainly a long day for a short bike ride. Now he is into computer games .... I MISS our times on the trails .... they grow up way too quickly. ENJOY every moment and every trail ....

Curiosity sake - what distance do the kids ride at the Trailseeker events ?

Our experience of the then SPUR MTB series, now the Schools cycling SA series - Primary school - SHORT distances ... around 6 or 7km total race distance, number of laps depends on the lap distance. As the kids gets older the number of laps increase. At places like Paul Roos the slightly more difficult leg of the lap was excluded for the smaller kids. High school - now the number of laps increased and on the odd route included something slightly more fun for the bigger kids. Now the difference between the fun riders and the sponsored kids with private coaches became very visible .... I recall these kids being invited to attend an annual XCO event at Bloemendal .... very FEW attended, and those that did commented that the XCO format was brutal, when compared to the schools series. These short high intensity blasts seems a bit much for most kids .... (topic all on its own, especially if we want to grow international talent) What is the aim of the this new series (only scanned their page) .... more technical ? Higher intensity ? OR, the concept of longer rides of "easier" (kid friendly) technicality ? Racing .... parents wants to drive to the venue ... complain if they have to spend too much time between registration and their kids race ..... and then off they go ..... it seems to be part of the action sport mindset .... Just my musings of a few years exposure to the school series. I DO hope they manage to get enough teenagers involved to make this into something ....