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Massive respect to every competitor that had the moxie to stand at the start line. Much less pedal halfway through the country via the sauna. And as for Mr Woolnough. Even Mads is twice the man I am.

Thursday later afternoon on CWC web site. Click Add to Cart ... aaaand the site bombs. Try again, site dead. Refresh, refresh, refresh ... cannot add product to my cart. Message CWC Online here on BH to try and find a workaround. No reply yet. It's been 4 days. Friday morning and my better half manages to buy same product (sunglasses). Just delivered and it's clear hers was a shop demo: well-used cardboard case, coated in fingerprints and load of glue (from price sticker?) on one arm. Luckily it seems all complete and free of (micro) damage. My understanding is that the sale items are/were new, not shop demo, used or soiled. This falls a little short of expectations CWC.

^ Mutual respect for each other. And about that Curve (thank you for the info chaps). Um ... N+2.

What bike (frame) did Benky ride?

They're moving.

Who is Thinus (for those of us that are uninformed)? (Apart from being a tough nut that gargles with peanut butter)

... aaaand the CWC site is down. Going to have to exercise that seldom used patience of mine.

Link straight to LiveTracker web site: https://trackleaders.com/munga19f.php#maintabs-1

Link for tracker please? (https://trackleaders.com/munga19 loads a mostly empty page for me)

What defines a gravel bike (drop bars?)?

The (new) AirPods Pros have selectable noise cancelling (as I am sure any range of other makes do as well). When noise cancelling is off it almost sounds like it amplifies your surrounding noises slightly. When noise cancelling is on you are going to die. You won't hear an earth-destroying meteorite approaching. Or a hooting truck. Falling piano. Nutcase with a gun/knife/cricket bat. But the music sounds great and, because you can't hear yourself suck air, your PBs will tumble.

A CO2 cartridge works well to seat the tire (you should hear at least 2 pops as the beads find their groove), or an air compressor if you have one. Then deflate fully (you don't want CO2 inside the tyre longterm) and re-inflate with an air pump (the stand-up jobs are great for this). I run Vittorias and you need a lot of patience and half a dozen beers to get those things off the rim. What I am saying is: it might just be that the tyres are not well matched to your rim. But hey, get the bike shop to sort it out ...

Welcome. Sounds like something is not right. You should be able to see if the bead is sitting correctly on your rim (tyres normally have a moulded line near where they meet the rim, make sure this runs parallel to the rim). If not try over inflating (pump, CO2 bomb) gradually and see if it pops into place. Watch some Youtube videos to see what/how etc. Also you LBS should be able to help you out with re-seating the tyre.

I'm ****-scared of the R27 when in a car. Hope the cyclist is okay. Helicopter not a good sign. Drove north through that stretch early Sunday morning (1-ish?) and encountered a CCT-numberplate car (what is that? Metro Police? Municipality?) acting highly inebriated: jagged movements all over the road (including into oncoming traffic). Beyond the Melkbos turnoff this person slowed down to 50-something km/h. When I passed him/her I was met with high beam roasting my retinas. Made me think of that photo pf law enforcement in CT parking in the cycling lane ... who do you call to report this behaviour? Get a mountain/gravel bike: it's safer off the black stuff.

Two abreast is legal?

I need popcorn for this.

Look at it from their perspective: they have set up the logistics to deliver X burgers on each day of the event. To keep track of who has what when and carry Y burgers over to Z day is simply not feasible. And sure: choosing when you'd like to have it would be incredible in a perfect world (and schedule your mechanical for the day after you finish the race ). Edit: I cannot quite believe I defended the Spur.

USD multiplied by 20. Plus a little extra. And VAT.

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Suggestion: get hold of Load and Go (https://loadandgosa.com) in Cape Town. It's owned by the same bloke who owns Revolution Cycles next-door (Spez shop). I have no doubt that they will jam a similar sized frame in a Thule box and photograph it for you. Friendly chaps.

I have no clue what you are talking about but the photos depict things of immense beauty.

It's routing seems impressive – it will seek out dirt tracks where they are available.

Small market, zero US market = few reviews. Which is not to say it's a bad product. Mariska Strauss has been racing the new carbon Silverback Stratos in the UCI XC circuit this year (she previously raced the carbon Sesta) and it's been a strong year for her. In SA the Silverback bikes are VERY competitively priced, and they seem to be liked by those who ride them (I am one of those, as is my wife who just bought one of there carbon bikes ... N+1 and all that). Nothing quite like a test ride ... Which part of SA are you in?

Fire the police officers involved. Protocol is spelled out; deviate from that you ought to lose your job.