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I've been riding Ultegra Di2 for 2 years now, absolutely love it - definitely worth it IMHO. Reliability is better than mechanical if you consider in addition to just working, its much less maintenance, flawless shifting every day. In my opinion its more tangible than a wheel-set upgrade. I bought a new Scott Addict in September, Ultegra Di2 with descent wheelset ... the love of my life . I like the shifting so much I even prefer to use it on my IDT!

Another vote for the Specialized Phenom, love it

Gladly paid R1,035.00 to buy a Wahoo one for a friend who couldn't afford it. Combined with speed sensor and they had a giant dumb trainer. They are on zwift with us now, loving it, mental sanity. Making a plan for another one with Bluetooth and a stages PM I've take. From my spare bike. Transactions conducted via postbox, alcohol wipe downs.

Figured out why my power was so low, seems Rouvy doesn't support dual sided power meters . Will investigate more tomorrow, works 100% on Zwift

Awesome keen to give it a bash, FYI the event link is: https://my.rouvy.com/onlinerace/live/18107 Hoping my rouvy power readings work properly, for some reason it was showing 100w less than the PM the last time.

I'm practicing social isolation, cancelled travel plans, cancelled social events with bigger groups - but I am riding as per normal. We generally ride in smaller groups of less than 10 - as a bonus the roads are traffic free and the weather is great atm . We've cancelled our post ride coffees in restaurants though. Riding keeps me sane, the groups are optional - everyone can make their own call on if they want to join or not. If I was in contact with someone who was on the higher risk profile I would not do group rides, but my family is far away - so I think I'm probably more at risk going to the shops. Who knows how long this will go on for - your approach needs to be sustainable IMHO, that means physical health and mental health too

I have a Ryder 900 Lumen front light that I've been using on early morning 5-7am rides and commutes for the last 18 months. I find it perfect for the job - its able to provide descent light for around 2 hours on full bright mode, alternately on medium brightness or flash mode I can comfortably do a 4 hour ride. Pros: Great support, easy to get replacement batteries. I like not having to fuss with cables and battery packs, easy to just take-off recharge and snap back into place. Cons: It can run down if you use the full bright mode. It only has one flash mode which works ok during daylight, but seems to piss of drivers and runners when its dark. Its a rather intense flash pattern - I normally leave the constant beam on when dark or point it slightly downwards. I have an extreme light for the MTB, great product - but I find it too bright for commutes and the recharging process is a bit clumsy.

Condolences to friends and family, very sad news. RIP Chris

Cool man, I looked into those - didn't ever get to try them. Good luck!

Good luck to everyone doing TOGH tomorrow! . The route and conditions look stunning. I look forward to stalking my friends on Strava - serious FOMO.

I started out about 6 years ago with a basic commuter that had cheap tires and tubes - I got a lot of punctures and was cursing daily, landed up with double tyre liners and that worked ok, but it was heavy as hell along with the basic rims on the bike ... and I'd still get an occasional puncture. I then moved to hard-shell gatorskins and that worked well, plus it was so much lighter. I'm currently riding my 'racing road bike' with carbon rims and tubeless road tyres to work (899 per tyre at CWC and I fitted them myself at home) - its the only road bike I now own. Its a short ride but I do it come rain or shine. I haven't had a puncture in over 18 months on the commute and I love the ride into the office so much more. The ride home is a sprint ... life is short, enjoy the ride

Sad to miss it, hopefully it happens again with better scheduling. My daughter loved Junior CTCT at least . Now to suffer through a long week of tapering ....

Took my 5 year old for a training ride on Sunday afternoon, training starts like her Uncle when I start with my tapering - she's all set, serious business

Same day as the Junior CTCT event unfortunately. I was so keen but unlikely to be able to make both on the same day and my youngest daughter is so keen on the junior ride . Very sad to have to miss it!

I generally use mine quite a lot, depends on the terrain - I'm also on a twin-lockout Scott DS. Like Chris said its just so easy to change between the settings and the change between the settings is massive. The Scott bars looks like a birds nest, but my roady is the pretty bike - my MTB is the ugly step sister in the family, covered in battle scars

Its pretty useless IMHO unless you do all your riding in a lab. There are just too many variables e.g the weather/wind/rain, bike type, drafting, terrain, bike position, clothing etc,etc. In general if you ride more - you will get stronger. However IMHO a tailwind will probably make you smash more PRs from 1 week to the next vs the week of training itself . If you want numbers, get a power meter - you can pick up a single sided stages for under 5k now. Do you need it no, does it help to gauge your training if you mostly ride outdoors - hell yes.

Wow, that was fast - I can see the revised seeding on the PPA site, but not on Racetec. I wonder if they will consider these for CTCT

Well done David! Going from strength to strength Tough conditions out there today! Love your race reports!

Sad news for another one of our talented SA riders . Wishing him strength for the recovery - we are gonna miss him at the upcoming races. Hope he heals up soon.

Continental GP5000TL 28mm Tubeless Weight 81kgs Front 75 psi (5 bar) Rear 80 psi (5.5 bar)

Hope you have better luck with your Vector 3's than I did. I bought a set with a new road bike in September 2019. The Garmin support is good, so that's a plus - but the power readings were sporadic at best. I had one session where they showed an FTP of 400, which although flattering was a 100W jump from the previous week and meant 5.16 watts/kg . Garmin replaced the first set in November, and it was better, but after 1 month the left pedal started giving random readings again. I tried the cleaning mineral oil tricks (see Garmin forums for more), however at close to 15k I was longing for my single sided stages. In addition the battery covers screw into plastic threads that are never going to last imho. I told Garmin I'd had enough and they kindly gave me a refund (can't complain there). Another guy in our group had similar issues 4 sets in 1 year and then a refund. We both bought dual sided 4iiii, been happy ever since - nice to just ride and forget and get numbers that are reasonable. Could have just been our bad luck, IMHO if your on a budget I'd get two stages single sided power meters - one for each bike. The new gen worked flawless on my old bike and they've just halved their prices from January 2020. I have 47/53 balance, so honestly single sided if your doing IDT to check is more than good enough. https://store.stagescycling.com/STAGES-POWER-L-ULTEGRA-R8000 plus XT etc.

Matches my experience too, the cramping disappeared when I got fitter and stronger. There are no shortcuts imho. Tried some stuff, but they didn't really work as well as more training.

Some tips from Billy Connolly https://player.vimeo.com/video/24340828

I'd like one, put me on the customer list ????

Ahh, that's a great idea, we need another running race on that route then ????