NC_lurker

We stayed there the evening before starting the ride and they had no issues with us leaving the car there for the next 3 days.

Yeah, Southern suburbs preferably given that the other large retail options are in the north!

The Garmin UI is one of the least intuitive I've ever experienced, it's really not you, it's just piss poor!

Gravel bike on the road makes a lot of sense for the majority of SA cyclists. More relaxed setup, more confidence inspiring braking (let's not get sidetracked..), and the option to ride wider more comfortable tyres on often pothole strewn roads - that's for you non-Capies 😉 I currently own both an endurance road bike (2015 Cannondale Synapse carbon frame disc brake) and a gravel touring bike (Specialized Sequoia steel frame). In winter on the road I ride the gravel bike more than my road bike. The cheapy 35c road tyres deal far better with all the debris washed onto the verge than my more expensive 28c road tyres. I save my gravel tyres for actual gravel riding - second wheelset. I've definitely considered replacing both bikes with a lightweight carbon gravel bike, but at the moment there's no real benefit given that I currently have specific tools for specific outings. Only benefit would be more space to buy another bike 😆

Throwing something slightly different into the mix....for some reason more relaxed geometry "endurance" road bike models were never popular in SA, if even available. This resulted in loads of people riding race geometry bikes who would've been far more comfortable, and possibly actually faster over longer distance, on a more relaxed setup. Then the gravel bike emerges...which in a large number of cases is just a more relaxed geometry road bike. People buy a gravel bike to be part of the new scene, start riding it and realise that they prefer it to riding their racy road setup. Very quickly the road bike gathers dust until it's eventually sold, along with the first gravel bike. This opens up the opportunity to buy a higher spec gravel bike and possibly an extra set of road wheels....

Go watch Daryl Impey's daily videos, I think it gives a good idea of just how huge the gap is between a world tour pro and a middle of the pack Epic rider.

Sounds like they're installing a pavement... let's hope it's not another Muizenberg - Kalk Bay scenario where an overly wide pavement results in the actual road width becoming tighter than necessary. Hopefully I'm wrong!

I suggest you scroll back on this thread, all the relevant info has been shared previously.

Share links to the ads. 105 is a higher spec than Tiagra, but that assumes they're same generation. Given that you're looking for a bike to just try out road cycling the RC2000 might be the better option purely because that's the one that looks better to you! Plus it's cheaper...

The driver stopped, told my mate he didn't have his driver's licence on him, gave false details and then drove off when I said I wanted the cops on scene. I'm assuming by his bloodshot eyes & empty beer bottles in the car He wasn't sober. He drove into the Navy base, my mate followed him to security and asked them to confirm the details we'd been given. They checked and said the details were false but circulated a picture internally and came back a bit later stating they'd identified him & that he'd be called up by his commanding officer on the Monday. He then filed an accident report at the police station late the following day - I'm assuming this was after instructions from his c/o.

I'm not convinced it'll help, but contact PPA and ask whether they can recommend/advise a legal route. When I got hit by a naval guy in Simonstown outside the police station a couple of years ago the station commander avoided all my attempts to contact him and try get charges laid. Eventually I had to focus on my recovery and just walked away. Never a good outcome but sometimes personal health needs to be the priority.

Thought of that, but it wouldn't explain why any SkySport channel streamed via Kodi works with no interruptions. It's literally only the Eurosport channels that seem affected....i.e. only the one I want!

Can only access DStv via the streaming app and can't seem to find 430. Am I missing something?

I can watch any sport on Sky channels without any buffering issues so don't think it's related. Literally only Eurosport that's pausing every 20-30sec then continuing. But still trying to figure out this Kodi thing!

Anyone successfully watching on Eurosport 2 via Kodi? I'm still have buffering issues ☹️

Oops! Thanks for that! Although it still doesn't solve my buffering problem. Going to try connect the media box via LAN cable to see if it helps.

How's this working for you? I went through the Kodi install process, got Eurosport running, but the feed constantly pauses as if buffering. It's basically unwatchable ☹️ Fibre line Speedtest on my phone while sitting next to the Android media box suggests I'm getting 50/50mbps over WiFi. But running the speed test on Kodi under the Wizard menu shows only 14/18mbps. Ignoring the difference, according to the blurb on the Kodi Speedtest 10+ mbps should work perfectly. Any ideas? @Frosty help please! MSR on Sunday!

You're better off buying a 2nd hand road bike than mtb. Mtbs need more maintenance and the possibility of buying something with worn out parts is higher. Where are you based? Here's an example of a R4k option which you could probably pick-up for R3700. Think you'll need a size M at 1.70 but someone closer to your height will need to confirm! https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/road-bikes/703557/raleigh-rc7000

Don't disagree about the benefits of a gravel bike, I'm all for more endurance type road bikes. But if budget is an issue you can pick up a great rim brake carbon road bike for half of what you'd have to outlay to get anything remotely close performance wise in a gravel bike. Given that the OP's first goal would be to drop to a more racing snake weight (I was 72kg / 1.85m when riding sub-3 as a 20yr old...20+ years on I'm now much more like a puffadder than cobra 😆) I'd say throw R8k at a previously loved road bike and see how things go. If a road bike isn't for him then he sells it and only loses a couple of grand.

Well done for persevering & continuing with a SS setup 👍 I was spectating in Lakeside after an unplanned ear op left me unable to ride. A guy slowly rode past going in the wrong direction, so I got chatting to find out what was up. Transpires he'd been involved in a small accident in Muizenberg and was concerned about his ability to keep going as he felt his braking was compromised. After opening up his brake calipers a bit, front rim brake wheel was slightly buckled, and some gentle persuading, he turned around and rejoined the ride. Hopefully he managed to still enjoy the day out and didn't spend the next few hours cursing me 😆

Saw this on FB, looks like a great option if you're in CT. I'd just change the bars. https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4545510775675077/?ref=search

Most of the Simple Sam's that I've seen have old school quill style stems. Makes it hard to adjust the setup on the bike. I'd go for Rook based purely on that.

Abus helmets also on special. Picked up a Stormchaser for R2700, retails at R3200 Those Giro's Bub Marley mentioned had very limited size & colour options when I was there on Thurs evening.

😆 You've actually circled me! White & red helmet. I was busy looking for the biggest, comfiest looking "mattress" to land on. Just remember going down and having others piling into my bike that luckily protected me.

That's exactly what happened years ago to the front of 1F (I think). Took down about 40-50 of us, was total carnage. Just because some idiot thought it would be clever to try dodge round outside the cones and then cut back in. We got front page coverage in the weekend Argus & centre spread in the Cycle tour book....proper celebrity stuff 😖