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That's on the shortlist for an upgrade, once I've recovered a bit from this unexpected "investment". Unfortunately the old bike already has a new home and I never took actual measurements.

Out with the "old", The Grinch: And in with the "new", The Hulkbuster: 2017 Trek Stache 7 with an uncut Renthal Fatbar 35 and matching stubby stem and carbon seatpost and saddle upgrade. Still messing around with the fork and tyre pressures (only one ride in so far), but I've had a few revelations: My previous bikes were probably a size too big for me. This one's a M, and although I've got the seatpost out quite a bit I feel a lot more comfortable on this than I have before. The extra width bars and stubby stem are magic, especially for the inertia I need to muscle around with these wheels.The mixture of these 29x3.0 tyres (although I'm probably still running them a touch too hard at 17/20 psi f/r) and feeling like the bike fits me better has boosted my cornering confidence immensely. With my previous two bikes I always felt very uncomfortable and awkward trying to get my weight low and on the front wheel during cornering, but with this one even sans-dropper it feels way more natural. These wheels make the bike feel like a monster truck, in a great way. They take a bit of encouragement if you want to accelerate, but at a steady pace the additional mass is compensated for by the immense rollover they have and bumps slowing you down less.Any sort of slight downward gradient it just runs like an angry overweight pitbull and has you clenching on and "advising" it where you want it to go.Overall weight pretty much the same as my previous bike.I evidently have a thing for green bikes.These wheels sound like an unholy mixture of a swarm of hornets and a WWII bomber on the tar. I'm pretty sure I could terrify small children with the sound. It's great!The fact that I get weird stares from passers by makes it just that much cooler. Can't wait to take her out for a proper test this weekend, but thus far I am crazy stoked. For interest sake, the 27.5x"2.8" vs 29x3.0: (inverted commas used as I'm pretty sure with the 27mm IW rims and Chaoyang tyre spec the previous tyres were actually closer to 2.4/2.5 width in reality)

I'm 99% convinced I'm going to enter this, the only thing stopping me at the moment is some clarity regarding the race going ahead or not at that time and how they'll cancellation. If I can get a refund if its cancelled, or if it gets moved, I'm hovering over the "Enter Now" button as we speak.

Assuming everyone's seen the news by now. Officially moved out to the 23rd and 30th of January 2021 for the race and repeat respectively. Think its going to be an interesting challenge. should have a lot more daylight to work with, but feeling very nervous about the temperatures that will be crazy most probably.

Good on you for doing your refresh while keeping the Slade, even though I so badly want to pry it from your grubby paws.

Kudos to the way you've integrated reflectors onto your bike in keeping with the stock decals. Pretty smart way to stay visible!

Also enjoying the fact that the hero photo is the bike in front of a Pizza mural, when we all know everyone that buys a Scalpel hasn't had gluten, nevermind a pizza, since they entered their first 40km race and shoved their way to the front. Should carbs cross their lips they'll have to do this, except replace the whip with their old ceramic-coated chains:

Look, its not an East Rand minedump, but its not bad! So jealous that some guys have scenery like that outside their doorsteps.

If I haven't asked before I'll ask now, gooi us a link to your strava / .gpx file? Keen to give that koppie a ride but have no idea how to enter / leave there.

Had a great time out last Friday. Weather was absolutely perfect for a fun ride out. Just went out for a relaxed pedal and messed around on any little dirt walking paths I could find. Manged to pull of a PB wheelie too, which coincidentlly started before a few pairs of cyclists came riding the other direction. The atmosphere was awesome, so they hollered and whooped at the wheelie.

Inorite? There's something about parallel seattube and headtube angles that make my OCD very happy. Regardless of what geo-snobs say about how great it feels, the new vertical seatpost / tripod fork "progression" in geometry looks very silly. Also, how many pivot bearings do you want? ALL OF THEM!

Anyone else having issues with points not calculating? Did a workout on Sunday and on Tuesday, both of which are showing in my Discovery app, but show that the points haven't been calculated yet. Is this normal? Help page says it should calculate within 24/48 hours, which has obviously passed.

That's pretty much my money-no-option bike build, except with green details not orange. Dayum!

Yawza. I winced just reading that. If that's the case, lube up with friggin sunflower oil if you have to.

Each to his own I guess, but I haven't used chamois cream except for the Transbaviaans last year (which was 18 hours on a hardtail for me), and I only tried it as a precautionary measure. I regularly do 4-5hr rides and have never had any form of soreness or chafing. Could it be that your setup is wrong? Saddle too high, causing your bum to move on the saddle while riding and that's chafing you? Maybe you have more sensitive bum skin than I do (less hidings as a kid). Not trying to be a douche, just giving another perspective.

Very nice build! Interesting in that: Stocky flat pedals on a purebred XC race machine.Seatpost is set pretty deep into the frame. Is the frame not slightly too large for you? Or have you dropped the saddle and put some flats on to up the radditude level of your riding?

Thanks. Found my answer and other suggestions https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/177390-wahoo-strava-to-earn-vitality-points/page-4

So I recently changed some products to Discovery and have decided to try Vitality out. Having some issues connecting my workouts to earn points. Current setup: HRM Connected to Wahoo app (Preferred because it gives a lot of live analytics for outdoor and indoor riding).Wahoo app uploads to Strava.Strava uploads to Samsung Health.Samsung Health to Vitality. It seems that Strava is no longer supported, so any advice on how to get my workouts recognized by Vitality? I'm happy to switch tracking apps if there's one that you guys can recommend that gives a pretty detailed info. I did google and search for an answer on this thread and forum but no dice.

While I'm looking at getting into the Zwift thing myself, have these guys not seen what games look like these days? Why does it have to look like its built on a game engine from 2003?

Wow, that route looks absolutely epic!

I've strongly considered getting a gravel bike as my next purchase in stead of a road bike. I tend to do a lot of road miles getting to and from trails, and the lack of technically challenging trails within a ride-able distance makes my current bike overkill, even though its a 120mm Plus Hardtail. I seem to be dragging a lot of bike along on the road only to ride trails that don't necessarily warrant it, and doing a lot of training on the road with a roadie group.

I don't know if I should be happy or terrified that its 23 weeks away. I had a decent December of riding, but a lot of work and travelling commitments took its toll from mid Jan to mid Feb. Back on the horse now though, and my "diligent" 3 rides per week seems to at least be getting me somewhere. Well, if my intervals.icu fitness number is anything to go by. Trying to do 2 hard rides in the week and a Z2-Z4 4hr ride every weekend. I'm not very structured and not sticking to a rigorous plan, but I can feel I'm getting stronger again and still enjoying it mostly. Defaulting more and more to hard outdoor rides rather than indoor interval sessions as I struggle to find motivation to do them. Luckily I have a teammate that just did a 2h36 CTCT, and a strong bungee cord

When you have a 37-week pregnant wife at home but you have Transbaviaans training (century every weekend): Also really stoked that I accidentally stopped my ride on Strava trying to take this photo while riding... at 96.9km, 4km from home.

My apologies, please review my initial comment, I left out the Comic Sans font.

But they are 26ers with HA steeper than 65°! How did they even ride them?!? They actually make the later bikes in this thread look a bit silly with the crazy slack and low geometry.