Newbie321

I assume the reason behind the fence is to stop a repeat of squatters on the land. Surely given the size and reach of the club with the permission of the owners a fence can be erected sandwiching the corridor between the existing vineyards office complex fence and a new one. This could ensure continued access to the corridor not only for the club but also throw a bone for the dog walkers and runners.

I've done the kalbaskraal road a couple of times in the past. It's very quite, however the Philadelphia road is a gamble, it quite busy with lots of cars and trucks with no shoulder.

Anyone seen the rooikat hanging out at Bloemendal? I've seen it a couple times. Very cool!

Bontrager comp 30. But seems a year is good enough. Thanks all

I cycle about 5000 km a year in CPT. Wash the bike once a week and not to afraid of mud and water but don't go looking for it. The big reason I ask is it's only the hubs with this bike, the BB and pivot bearings are still going strong after 2/3 years

So for the second time maybe third time in as many years I've had to replace my rear hub bearings. What would be an average/good amount before of time/riding before they need to be replaced? Having to replace them yearly seems a bit excessive. Could it be a bad/cheap hub and need to upgrade (it's a bontrager line comp 30 wheelset). Or just bad riding, casing to many jumps or hitting rocks square on?

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I use a Garmin HRM-Dual, just measure the width of the Tickr studs, but as far as I know most straps are actually interchangeable

I got a generic strap of takealot to replace my garmin strap which maybe lasted a year, the generic strap still works after 2 years and looks like new: https://www.takealot.com/forza-premium-heart-rate-monitor-strap-replacement/PLID73131454

Why don't they use contermans in the 60km route? Would be so much more fun going down supertubes -> cheeky corners -> happy hops corridor to Hoogekraal rather than the missing link bore fest. The only single track in the entire race is rooikat up and bloemendaaler down...

Just up the intensity on the road bike, IE go faster.

I've you've never done one yes, I do mine about every 3 - 6 months, super easy todo, I also just use normal grease, probably not advised but eh works for me. Shifting for me improves dramatically especially from the high to lower gears, but then I also run the tension at the highest I can get away with.

I have GX setup one the old bike and Mix of shimano XT and SLX on the new one, both have their quirks but I would actually be hard pressed to say which I prefer over the other. I'm in the 'my gear should serve me, I shouldn't serve my gear' camp, so shimano wins out on price. The only thing I dislike compared to GX is the clutch and having to service it every so often if you want good shifting for shimano.