[Dopers suck]

I think it's so obvious that I shouldn't even have to write it but hey, "the company" coached hundreds of athletes in and outside of the country, and most athletes are clients, not employees, so they don't have an obligation to stay quiet about anything that happened while being coached. I personally know some that have changed coaches within "the company" (including myself) or even changed to other "companies".

If some of them were instructed to start using banned stuff from their coaches, surely someone would've exposed them by now.

[[Event] The Gallows]

12 hours ago, Jewbacca said:

I had forgotten how many thousands of zar it costs to enter, travel and stay for these things!

I haven't thought it through too much yet as I have a few races still before that one, but it seemed the race started late enough that I might consider not stay that side the night before. (on the website it says start time 8am ?)

[High Service Cost]

That is why I only ride my MTB when I have to 🤣

[[Event] Eroica CLASSIC, HERO & NOVA, South Africa]

4 minutes ago, bleedToWin said:

I'm following @Jbr until the sun comes up!

I tested my new light again this morning, definitely an upgrade from last year when I couldn’t see passed my front wheel, especially when my light died after 40mins 🤣🤣

[Dopers suck]

I don't understand how this works, if your medical condition requires you to take banned substances, and you know that they are banned, can't you file a case beforehand stating that you will be taking said substance for medical reasons and get a free pass ? Seems that would make sense rather than having to hide it and hope not to get caught and only then having to justify yourself

[Cant personally Import SRAM anymore :(]

1 hour ago, DieselnDust said:

By model I mean are they registered as retailer or manufacturer. Chain reaction used to be registered as a bike Manufacturer and therefore bought their parts kits as OEM. This is priced differently and often sold with minimal packaging

All the parts I've ever bought through bikeinn were delivered in a nice SRAM box, I doubt they do that kind of trick (that seem a bit questionnable). I think they just move a lot of volume so they get good deals

[Cant personally Import SRAM anymore :(]

Their model ? not sure I understand what you mean, they sell goods for profit.

if you think it's too good to be true, it's only because most cycling related products are way more expensive here than they are in europe. In the end with shipping cost, VAT and import duties, it's still in most cases cheaper to import from bikeinn than to buy local, but I only order there when there's no stock locally, because in most cases it's just safer to just buy local (in case you end up wanting to return the item for one, or if you need warranty...)

[Cant personally Import SRAM anymore :(]

i was surprised that bikeinn allowed me to import an Apex lever&caliper recently

[The Electronic era in cycling]

17 minutes ago, Newbie321 said:

4 Channel ABS will beat any person in straight line braking on tarmac. On some surfaces like ice ABS is less effective than just locking up your tires. 

On any surface, there is no ABS today that will stop you better than someone who knows what he's doing. Maybe one day...

 

Can't say for sure on cars as I have no clue.

[The Electronic era in cycling]

29 minutes ago, PygaSchmyga said:

The advent of ABS breaks enabled cars to go much faster because they could stop better/faster 

That is absolutely not true.

ESP does allow you to accelerate faster, ABS does not allow you to brake faster, it allows you to brake more safely if you have no idea what you're doing.

Most race cars and race motorbikes can't be competitive with ABS on, but are faster with a proper traction control on though

[Cape Town danger areas]

4 hours ago, Spinnaroonie said:

Exactly! I've been avoiding riding into town/Camps Bay from Blouberg due to the N1 incidents lately. So I started going via this way to get into Durbanville for a new loop. Now this way is compromised too. 

Trying to be a well-rounded cyclist in Blouberg is becoming increasingly difficult. We have to ride far to get decent vert and most of our options are now tainted. 

It's a difficult pill to swallow that road cycling is dying a multipronged death. 

Gravel bike classifieds entered the chat... 

i ride through cipla all the way accross the n7 to visserhoek, or to old malmesbury, from there your can enjoy the peace and safety of nearly empty roads and gravel paths

[Gravel bikes]

Yeah.. I have high end MTB, Gravel and road, and I end up only riding my Gravel bike. MTB is too expensive to ride (Lefty needs a service every 90hours...) and the road bike is less comfortable, and like Lurker says, Gravel bike is a bit safer with better braking power, plus you have more freedom to connect different roads and go accross some places that aren't rideable on the road bike to access quieter areas. Every time I go to classic suikers/chapies ride I get so many close calls, whereas when I go Durbies side on the gravel bike, connecting as many gravel roads as I can it's so peaceful and safe. It's a no brainer.

In the end I almost only ride my road bike when there's a race.

[Where has your bike taken you today?]

[Flying with bike versus bike rental]

Renting in europe is so expensive, and sometimes tricky. It depends where you're going and how many days you're planning to ride, if you just want to ride for a couple of days at Alpe d'Huez, rent, if you want to be riding for two weeks in various places, byob

[Cannondale debut new Scalpel]

Do they make one without the lefty ? 😜

[Where has your bike taken you today?]

7 hours ago, carlheinz said:

Took gravel bike out on MTB trails. 
Did not disappoint. 

where is this ?

[GX cassette replacement]

3 minutes ago, Ozzie NL said:

The argument people use is that by rotating chains like this the cassette take less strain... ie it is ridden for longer at less worn chains.

 

PS: I do not rotate and just replace at 0.5 wear

yeah I've had a chain skip on a fresh chainring at just about .25 so I don't wait further to change chains those KMC's aren't that expensive and well rated in the friction tests so worth it imo

[GX cassette replacement]

59 minutes ago, Ozzie NL said:

I assume the poster means he rotates a set of chains at 500km intervals.

I hope so although I don't really see the point of that, why not just clean the one chain and replace it once it's passed the .25 mark ? because once your two chains are passed that, you'll start chewing your cassette anyways

[GX cassette replacement]

9 hours ago, Phillippe Coetzee said:

Id personally go for a gx Cassette again. Currently running a gx cassette with 2 x01 chains and a xx1 chainring, switching chains every 500km, heard you can get some serious milage with that type of setup. 

what do you mean switching chains every 500km ? You throw them away ?

My current GX cassette has 9500km and is as new, and I thought I was a bit extreme changing chains every 2000km or so, I'm running those KMC Gold Ti with hot wax melt setup and squirt top ups, and they hit the .25 wear mark at around that mileage, I'm sure with a XX1 chain I would do triple that distance. If I were to change chain every 500km I'd change them every week and half..

[the unofficial Cape Epic 2024 thread]

1 hour ago, W@nted said:

Any info on his retirement and Marc Pritzen’s ? It’s a bit worrying. Hope they’re ok

[Where has your bike taken you today?]

25 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

@'Dale you would have LOVED this change of season weather.

 

What a lovely day to be outside.

 

 

LOTS of roadies !!  Any idea of upcoming events ?  

 

 

is this old malmesbury ? was there this morning, what a nice ride it was 

[Where has your bike taken you today?]

3 minutes ago, RustyHWR said:

Passed you on the cycle route between Blouberg and Melkbos yesterday. First thing i noticed was the tyres. Did you get your Koeberg permit?

no, they didn't want the original ID and I didn't bring copies. Already the 2nd time I go, not keen to go another two times so screw it

[Where has your bike taken you today?]

Beautiful day at the top of the mountains this morning 

[the unofficial Cape Epic 2024 thread]

Matts numbers today… 7w/kg for 5mins and 5.5 for 60mins… and at his weight, that’s a lot of watts. Poor drivetrain… 😜

[Tubeless on the road]

7 minutes ago, Thomo said:

Orange Seal seemed to be top of most lists for a while but not always easy to get hold of.

..

Stans Race still the alternative default.?

as far as I'm concerned, this.

But also I'm now running 32s at 4.5 bars so probably can use almost any other sealant, I've got tons of Squirt, that now comes with extra "beadblock", I'm hoping this will work well on the road. So far on MTB and Gravel it's been perfectly fine (and unlike Orange I did not have to top up every 2nd other month)