Chadvdw67

On my longest, paused my watch and forgot to start it again, so lost a little, but I guess it isnt on Strava, so it doesnt count anyways 😮‍💨

Since you are a newcomer to the sport, I get your trepidation to spend a lot of money on a new bike, I remember when I started riding again 4-5 years ago, my buddy who got me back into the sport told me to just take the plunge and get a reasonable dual suspension bike, at the time that was around the R20k mark, I just couldn't bring myself to do that, and that is from me, a person who KNEW I would enjoy cycling, as I had cycled a lot in my younger days, and coming from a dirt bike back ground, knew I would enjoy the more difficult/extreme side of mountain biking, however, I ignored his advice, and went and got myself a R5k Silverback Stride elite, I literally did 3 rides on that bike before wanting something better, so I sold it and bought a Silverback Stride SX, decent little bike, I enjoyed it, for 3 months, then I sold it and got the inevitable Dual Suspension, a Specialised Stumpjumper comp, did all sorts of upgrades to it, fork, wheels, brakes etc, it opened a new world of speed and technical riding, and 3 months later, I sold it 🤣 in comes a nice shiny new Norco Fluid FS1, THAT was a sweet little bike, I still miss it, I had that one for close to 1 year, a handful of upgrades later it also got sold, and then came my Pyga Slakline, my longest relationship with a bike, had it for just over 3 years, it is the bike that helped me to learn how to hit jumps with a bit more confidence and ride a bit more aggressively, but it was a big, heavy bike, so I added a 2nd bike to my quiver, a Trek TopFuel, I quickly realised that financially I could only have 1 bike, so both went up for sale, but the Trek was the one that got sold, so I kept my Slakline, but all along I knew a shorter travel bike was what I needed/wanted, so eventually sold the Slakline and now I have a Pyga Tig, it is an amazing bike, does everything I ask of it, for what riding we have available locally, it just makes the most sense. Anyways, the reason for my long winded post, if you start to enjoy your riding, buckle up for a wild and expensive journey....

The way I have exploited their system is enough to make most people blush I think, I am surprised that they are not paying me to take things at this point, but they pay people to create these systems, if they are not able to see the blindingly obvious ways to play the system, well then they must maar sukkel, if someone from CycleLab is reading this, I am available as a consultant to help prevent these things 🤣😂🤣

I often look for prices on BikeAddict and then check if Cycle Lab has it, since BikeAddict is cheaper for pretty much everything, and then price match at Cycle Lab, I have saved many a Rands doing this, it is extra admin, but it is worth it to me

Maybe look at the Titan Valerian Carbon Elite? R45k brand new at Bike Addict at the moment, 12 speed 105, Carbon wheels bla bla, very nice looking bike for the money

We will see, I have replaced almost every bolt I can with Ti bolts, maybe one day you can give me the good ol "told you so"

Bought a couple things off Temu now, Titanium bolts, alloy pulley wheels, some baggie riding shorts and a shirt, my wife has also got a bunch of baking goods and packaging stuff, everything so far has been really good quality, and delivery has always been on time without any fuss

Maybe look for a companion rather than a conpanion, you may be caught by the fire wood guy....

Should be a straight swap

Polar Pacer, it doesn't connect at all, it ised to, but for the last 3 weeks or so, it does not connect on IV/TPV at all, but Zwift on Saturday it connected no problem

Ya, I will have to do that, was hoping to not have to do that, maar nou ja....

So it is an issue with IndieVelo/TPV, I tried again on IndieVelo to connect last week, still cant get my watch/HRM to connect, did a ride on Zwift after that, connected no problem, downloaded and setup TPV, wont connect to my watch/HRM, very frustrating

Blown, zero damping, bouncing like a pogo stick

Happened to my Schwalbe tyre as well, after like 3 months, I think they may be poor quality tyres

Ya, probably the same guy, black and green dual sus and his friend was on a yellow road bike, old Trek I think