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Hi Chris; what range do you typically get from your 1st battery, and then your second battery ‘added’, on a steepish ride like this one, meaning what do you estimate your TOTAL theoretical range to be, given that you are fit, and are outputting a lot of your own leg power, etc? Cheers, Chris

…tell us a little about the wheel size, please; 26” front and 29” rear, in a 26”er frame? Or how… thanks, Chris

Update; spent an hour, at the site, but unable to find it, real pity… 1. tried to do the ‘noise’ trick, to further assist location, but failed… 2. there was a fair bit of satellite ‘drift’, meaning although i stood still, i was ‘drifting’ 2 or 3 meters each way, at least on the iPad showing me the location… Oh well, i really tried, thanks for the advice! Chris

Thanks! search is O-N…!

Good idea, I am a child of the ‘60’s, so this ‘new-fangled-tech’ is always a LITTLE challenging, but EXCELLENT idea, I will try this! 🙏

Hi - on a RARE day for me to wear my air pods, i lost signal going through to Cape Point, and only LATER realized i had lost an air pod…was EXPECTING to lose signal after Seaforth area, then 15km later, wanted to hear rest of Podcast, but alas! Left airpod on the road…somewhere! (I was 15+km passed where i likely lost it, so ‘no turning back’, etc! If anyone picks/picked it up, Saturday morning, then case of beers or whatever… gotta hope! Chris

…more writing gems i enjoyed from your writing, Carlo…! …I reckon he was delighted that part of my plan was to shower before settling onto his white hotel linen…. …I had to lean heavily into my Italian heritage to ensure that pasta got where it needed to go ….Endurance races are no place for sugar-free anything….! …Similarly, if you want to find a(nother) cyclist, go for a bos ***…! It was my SpagBol. Well, it wasn’t doing the knocking, but Pottie was.…! Brilliant! Looking forward to Part III ! Chris

…I saw a few more smouldering matches on the road… …Time was starting to bend... …..flags fluttered with the crackle and pop much preferred in my cereal than my flag…. ….There is no energy bar like the sunrise…. You write beautifully, Carlo; i felt like i was along for the ride, AND you are something of a Wordsmith, attested by by the 4 brilliant comments in your part one above - keep writing, it makes for GREAT reading! Chris

…loved this comment from the Organisers: “Top tip: Don't underestimate this route. This filly kicks hard. Some say there are still a few riders out there.” Kind of catches the attention/ is an attention grabber, will follow along this thread! Good luck, riders!

Since the Amflow DJI appears LITERALLY to be a game-changer eBike, and that I plan to test-ride here in Sydney, does ANYONE know any rumours who may bring them in to SA? And when, more importantly…. It will not be DJI, but rather a bicycle distributor, and poor-old S.A. does not even APPEAR on the global Amflow/DJI webpage. 1st 2 shipments (both November 2024), sold out, but they have a demo bike for test riding… It has REALLY piqued my interest, ticks a lot of boxes, up to 120nm (105nM regular), lightweight at 19.2kg (the 600W battery - the 800W battery bike comes in at just over 20kg…. thanks Chris

Sad news, indeed, and that is my own age… I enjoyed dealing with him, and currently ride one of his old (personal) bikes, so will treasure some good memories of him - sad, sad news, indeed. R.I.P., Willie.

I, er….wear the pants - I think - so no need to convince the Wife… (she allowed me an eBike KIT…😆)

In SLIGHT ‘defence’ of eBikes, i live in Hout Bay, so after knee surgery its Chappies, else Suikerbossie else C’Nek….since i am not a fan of putting a bike in a car IF AVOIDABLE, to find flatter roads… Honesty section: I largely ONLY ride my eBike now, but i keep it to 20-30% assist.. (my non-e 29er and steel road bike are getting D-U-S-T-Y !) 🫢 But you can turn down eBike assist, and still get a damn good 60-70km workout!

…have had multiple knee surgeries, but no knee replacement…(yet!)… Doctor recommend cycling over running (non-load BEARING activity), and he actually suggested i use an eBike -as an interim measure -over a normal push bike…much less ‘loading’ of the knee after bucket-handle meniscus tear, patella scrape, etc.. Cannot now remember post-surgery, 1st ride number of weeks, but it REALLY assisted me, FWIW… Speedy recovery wishes! Chris

I wrote to them, (regarding the Draft Walking & Cycling Strategy 2024) since the deadline is 14th Nov - 14th December; hopefully others will comment on the DRAFT, too. Cheers Chris