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I hate seeing riders going in the wrong direction. FP Frank du Plessis is off route now at 895 km

Looks like SM is off the track again ?

i am very surprised that these decals are drawn by hand. I always thought they are all stickers ???

I missed the big screen and live stream at the showground

I hope your loved bike is in good shape

only some carbon or super lightweight bars might have an issue with cutting too short as the area where you tighten the brake lever/gear shifter clamp might be not strong enough. But a standard aluminum bar shouldn't be a problem specially for a light youngster

Velosport in Paarl … isn't the owner Llewellyn ? great guy , great knowledge , big kudo from me !

same here head hurts , need to go cycling to clear up

edit:wrong topic

a Spez shop gave a friend of mine some top of the range model to testride. This made him buy the 40k bike of the same range just to find out it's not fun to ride and weight is 2kg more...rides like a tractor and doesn't fly over the trails like the test bike. Test what you want to buy !

a reset (pressing 3 buttons at the same time?) done the trick for me

what about a build in water level/bubble ? If the floor is even....

should be for granted to be picked up by other cyclists if you walk next to the road with a flat

black

The pro's are doing it , so why not ?

guess what ?

The one that fits you and you must like the handling of the bike . No matter what brand or what it costs.

Or maybe something like this could work ? https://africa.findmespot.com/en/

Switzerland would be the size of Afrika if you would hammer it flat !

Here is how much it slows you down...

Just found this on the web about a SON Dynamo: When you hold the wheel or hub in your hand and turn the axle, you'll feel a lot of resistance. There are 26 poles and 26 magnets in the SON28 hub (fewer in the SONdelux). That creates 26 points around the hub shell that the axle wants to settle in, and a corresponding 26 points where the axle doesn't want to be. In the transitions between those points, the axle wants to turn in one direction or the other, to find the point where it wants to settle. As you ride, the hub turns relative to the axle, and 26 times in each rotation of the wheel, the hub wants to turn one way, and then the other, theoretically speeding you up and slowing you down, 26 times per rotation. At speed, the effects of these two forces almost completely cancel each other out, leaving you with extremely low drag overall. It's only when you don't have a lot of mass (your weight) and inertia (your speed) that the effect is to actually retard the rotation of the hub axle. So there's no reason to be concerned about the way the axle feels when turned by hand.

I have seen lots of dynamos hubs and serviced them back in Europe. You can not turn the axle due to the magnets and stuff , if you turn the wheel without a tyre while holding it by the axle it feels slightly rough (very rough on the cheapies) if you do the same with a tyre you should not feel any imbalance(maybe at very low speed) and if you ride it you should not feel any different to a normal hub. So if there is anything wrong with the bearings you can not feel it , maybe hear it or see it when taking it appart

if you carry on your chain will stretch in no time , change front and rear . From the pics the front ring is beyond and some on the cassette aswell

I think they closed a while ago. https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/180839-what-happened-with-cycle-factory/?hl=cycle+factory

Do I have to change my name now from Brakepad to seatpost ?