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Swartland Modderpad miskien?

I got some 10 speed 105 STI hoods from temu - good quality

An alternative to a daily slog in the car - or a bike, is to work from home a few days a week. Some jobs are better suited to this and it would work less well for me as a presence at the office is required most days. Right now I'd love to commute, shower or not, but my round trip is around 60km and involves a stop off in the city center where I need to be fairly formally attired and then a highway drive to the office another 20km away. The non-highway route is a traffic filled semi-industrial nightmare that would put me at serious risk of some kind of MVA incident. If only safe cycle routes between the south and north of Cape Town actually existed...

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So nice to have a fresh venue - both tracks look challenging. XCC 10 am SA time tomorrow on the UCI streaming app. About R105 pm for the 6 months or so of the season.

Sounds like the correct way to deal with an Epic. Did you do the same with the ACE?

Have you placed your order 🙂

Good article, thanks.

I re-use quicklinks like crazy and they keep on trucking 🙂

The big promo today for Squirt's new product made me wonder if its just hype or worth the expense and effort. I use Smoove on my bikes and it seems to last okay and I get reasonable chain life. Am I missing something? (No more comments under these articles so had to start an thread)

Ride the bike a lot more than come back and let us know how you're feeling about the fit. After two decades off a bike it's going to feel uncomfortable initially. Once your body has adapted [or not] you can start looking at riser bars and such like...

I see the Fly website is still up and running...contact details and all.

The same Mo79 who did this

Your last point is well made. I suspect that the gravel racing scene is still in its infancy and riders are still getting their heads around what will be expected of them. If you're just riding for fun you can choose your gravel route - on a race its chosen for you. I think gravel means a gravel road, any gravel road the condition whereof will be highly variable.

Yes. there is real rage and hatred against ALL cyclists. It's not just online, and it's definitely not just in south africa. And not all of these people are driving a car. they could have a direct influence as cops, lawmakers, policy decison makers etc etc. And yet we are told that drivers are far better in many Euro countries and give cyclists space and consideration. Not sure what your point is here. I think the nutters that hate cyclists would hate them no matter how they ride. There is no statistical link I am aware of between bad behaviour by cyclists and the mortality rate on the road. The primary cause is the general bad driving that also leads to countless car on car and single vehicle accidents in SA on a daily basis.