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Resolved They first did a full hub service but the noise was still there. Bike shop said it must then be the spokes, but a Santa Cruz mechanic said it’s definitely still the Freehub. So considering it needed rebuilding to see if it was the spokes I just replaced the hub at the same time incase it was the hub. Fixed the issue. So ultimately it was either the spokes or hub.

Checked this morning and it wasn’t the B-Adjustment screw unfortunately. Then took it to my LBS today who did a complete service this afternoon of the hub as there was a tiny amount of play. Unfortunately also didn’t fix it. On an indoor trainer it’s also silent in all gears. So they confirmed it’s definitely the wheel somehow. Gone for the last resort option which is a complete wheel rebuild. Should take about a week as they’re busy, but will keep this thread updated until it’s resolved incase anyone comes across this same issue.

Thanks for the feedback. It is the AXS, I did also use the included b-gap adjustment tool with the bike under sag and chain the correct length. I’ll recheck tomorrow morning as soon as I can (hopefully is just something this simple).

Hi all, A while ago my chain snapped ripping the derailleur and quite tightly wrapping the chain between the cassette and Freehub. Following this I replaced the full drive train (derailleurs, cassette, chain, front chainring as it was also time to replace). 2 spokes also got replaced that were slightly damaged. However, when accelerating under relatively high torque I get this sort of crunchy/grinding sound. What is odd is that it’s pretty much perfectly silent in the middle gears, but makes the noise in the further out gears. From the video I first accelerate in the middle gears where it’s silent, then when I change further out you immediately hear it in part 17-21 seconds and later. When freewheeling it is also silent. Gears are indexed perfectly, The cassette is properly torqued and it’s not the cassette itself as I’ve tried three different ones, all brand new. I can only imagine that the hub is somehow damaged? Video.mov

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Hi, quick question - what are the green symbols on the garmin map? ive searched everywhere but can’t find a legend which explains it? thanks,

Awesome thanks guys will try those shops.

Hi, can anyone advise where in JHB I can purchase TT extension bars. I’m struggling to find online and only needing the polls, not the mounts etc. just need to get pointed in the right direction of stores that may sell. thanks, Stuart

It’s the same this year. https://947-ride-joburg.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/24072019+-+D947RideJoburg_Venue_Parking+v14.pdf

I think you’re miscalculating the times. The Racetec times are correct and haven’t been altered - it includes our stoppage time. I finished 32 seconds behind the winner and my ‘moving time’ was only 2:02. My total time with all the stopping was about 2:08 on my garmin. So our theoretical total time with TJ and the 5km we missed would only be about 2:18 (Same as VA roughly)

Just before that loooong downhill, when turning right into that road we were essentially on the wrong side of the road, on a blind rise, only for us and the race officials to realize it wasn’t full road closure. They then stopped us after the downhill to let us know the situation etc.- it was then neutral to the top of the hill we were stopped on. They then stopped us again on the Highway for quite a bit longer. Think because people were protesting about the situation. Some peeps then go into cars and then the rest of us went on.

Ave Speeds on Racetec aren’t tooo far off. My Garmin showed an Ave of 44.5kph. It also shows that we spent 5 minutes completely stopped by the race official during the race in total. So with the missed section you could in theory add on maybe 3 minutes to the times considering other grouped weren’t stopped. Will be interesting to see how Racetec handles it. Having not done it before, I was very confused when we got back to that start road and I was left wondering where the climb everyone talked about was. Everyone lit it up on that final stretch and I dropped off thinking damn we still have a climb and 5km to go ????????

All I can say is it’s only a matter of time until someone falls, and when they do, they better have medical aid AND gap cover. I broke mine in Sept 2018 which didn’t require surgery. I then broke it recently min Jan 2019 which required surgery. Was quite a bad break and the bones were completely overlapping and about to break through the skin. I used a hospital within the Discovery network etc. The bill came to around R95k. To put it into perspective, Discovery at their 100% rate only paid about R32k. Gap cover paid the remaining R54k. So just have some sort of cover and know the potential costs of falling can be significantly higher than you may think.

XO1 Eagle Cassette - just passed 5,000km on it and using 2 chains. Changed the chains once at around 2,500km and both chains are still under 0.5% wear. The chains and cassette are cleaned and degreased every week.

Loving this beast!