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what's sad is that I've just warned a newbie about northern farms. the poor girl is just getting into the sport, now she's got this to deal, the reality of cycling in SA!

So sad. Good he got away!

hahaha, don't know why but this comment just tickled me!

61 orders over a number of years, 3 mishaps - 2 resolved excellently, and one quite badly. Acceptable record if you ask me. Price, variety, convenience. Simple as that

FWIW I've become a Nobby Nic fan, F&R. It's also the first set of tyres I'm not going to change when they wear, and I've tried 'everything'. Wife won't let go of her Schwalbe's either, and she's been riding 20 years

I have two Velomann's. They work perfectly well, but both speed and cadence are picked up from a sensor on the chainstay. Having both sensors on the same device does challenge the battery life of the sensor somewhat, but if you're a frequent rider and diligently replace the battery every few months or so, all is well, otherwise you end up informationless in mid flight, although there is a low battery indicator to warn you. Otherwise the functionality is great!

Cool, but then you're over the R600/R700 mark - try the Sigma BC1609 STS/CAD

oops, Strada

The Cateye Stada Cadence is possibly one of the cheapest bike computers with cadence

The 4.0 doesn't have cadence. If you really want a Blackburn with cadence, perhaps look at the Neuro models

The computer needs to have a cadence capability to begin with. Some computers require you to buy the component to enable the functionality, while others come complete. Which Atom are you looking at? Neither the 2.0 nor the 4.0 have cadence functionality

from where I'm sitting, that's fairly young, relatively speaking!

Good one! My kids (ages 6 and 10) automatically put their pip protectors on as a matter of course, even if just riding in the garden! They know they've only got one pip, and they're not going to waste it!

for if the plane crashes!

I remember the carefree cycling days in the 80s and early 90s when helmets weren't even commonplace, never mind compulsory. The wind in the hair - admittedly awesome! The feeling of freedom! Even rode 4500Km in Europe without a helmet on a cycle tour in the 90s. Fantastic. However, life moves on, you realise you're very, very fragile after a crash or two (or three or more), and things change, and the helmet becomes as automatic as putting on your cycling shorts. With that said, you do whatever blows your hair back , as mentioned, as long as you're not endangering anyone. Again, not judging, but should you crash, and it's messy or terminal, and that the trauma could have been minimised by having worn a helmet, let's hope you don't leave loved ones behind, because then your decision not to wear a helmet will most certainly have impacted others

yet those horse riding helmets look like they couldn't protect you from anything! As you say, you only need one pip-threatening incident to be a convert for life, if it wasn't too late!

As long as you're not endangering anyone else except yourself, no problem at all

or in my case, from having a helmet-busting prang when you least expect it! I still carry the facial scars from a quite horrible crash!

to each his own, and I'm not going to judge what's right or wrong, but in my opinion, I've only got one pip, so I want it covered at all times, even in my 1Km ride to the shops!

good suggestion!

That's great news! Maybe not for this 94.7 but other races maybe? What height are you? I've done three 94.7's on my road tandem. The first we started in the racing tandem section, and that was the last time. After that we were relegated to the social tandem section for the following two years... My stoker was just not into the race snake thing, so each ride became a strength training ride for the captain! She's decided to do the 94.7 solo this year, so I've registered solo. Done some other races too though, but never got the combo right. Have also done MTB tandeming, but that's actually pretty tough and I'm not sure MTB tandem race snaking is good on all but the flattest courses I'm good solo for a 94.7 2.45 or better. Maybe we could team up for Emperors, Carnival, MacSteel - nice flat courses perfect for a tandem at speed?

erm, in my case, keeping my wife happy

Exactly Do you know what problem the specific FD solves scott?

Ok, haven't done it the other way round, but worth noting for future projects! On cable leverage though, as far as the brakes are concerned - the v-brake levers on road brakes give a fantastic feel, whereas the other way round (road levers on v-brakes or cantilevers) is almost as good as having no brakes without a device called a Travel Agent.