DJR

Lovely mix of interests in this thread. ????

Build it, build it, build it, build it, build it, build it, build it, build it, build it, build it, build it????

Lord Stella Rusk of The Reader

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I think you may have unearthed a previously unknown Parlee model - perhaps the redneck tobacco whewing cousin of the Chebacco? ????

All that sci-fi stuff in the movies where the CIA can see you anywhere on earth if your left earlobe slightly shows under a hoody and send a drone to fry you only works on enemies of the USA.????

A way to ride people off your wheel?????

Yes! Professional or not, a crash makes you nervous. I've had a bad one 2 years ago and I still avoid groups I don't know. Just as well I'm not riding the TdF

It is related to Cannondale and sports a Lefty????

On the Defender I had an old fishing rod that I cable tied to the bull bar to exactly the height of the bikes whenever we took them into the bundu. It became second nature soon enough and I never swiped a bike off the roof. What I did though, was to get 12 punctures on one side of a bike wheel where it stuck out on the side of the Defender (while on the rear bike rack) and we squeezed through some thorn trees on a narrow bit of farm road.

That's what all those posts about Donald Trump caused on BikeHub. ????

I have a mate who is addicted to Agrimark. He simply cannot drive past r through a town that has one without stopping there.........come to think of it, he has some other quirks too!????

Fixed! But, damn, he's cute!????

I find that mostly farmers will be very happy to talk to you, especially in the remoter parts of the world, if you respectfully drive up to the farmhouse, knock on the door and ask nicely if you may ride up that little track you noticed going up the mountain behind the house. Ninety % of the time they will take 20 minutes of your time talking about this and that and letting you know that they think you are nuts to even think of riding a bike, let alone on THAT little track where the bulldozer nearly came to grief last winter...........but give it a go anyway boet..........don't be surprised if you get offered a cold drink when you finish your ride and go to say thank you and show him the picture you took from the top.

Since the "photography" thread is dead...........messing around with sunset!

Something colourful for a change. To celebrate the survival of the "awesome stuff" thread? Not that the sketch is awesome, it's just a little scribble in colour pencils.

I am sorry to see the Covid threads gone. On the balance I think it served an important informational purpose and who knows, it possibly even saved a few lives in the process? But I do understand that the moderators were kept way too busy to police things that were not cycling related.

Those old classic soccer boots are often repurposed by classic bike riders who use toe clips for events like Eroica. If you flatten the underside on a belt sander, they are the perfect cycling shoes and they look like the original period shoes too. If anyone has an old pair lying around in UK 8, let me know and I'll take it off your hands.

Long Covid, it messes with the motivation, I tell yea ????

For a short week that is only half done, it sure was a prickly one. Somewhat abstract Aloe. Lino mono print, black ink on white paper.

I hope that scamsters like this won't affect the really good guys who arrange rides, rentals and tours and who have done a fantastic job for years. I know that they have had a hard time the past year with a lot of their business that dried up together with the tourist drought. There are a couple of longstanding Hubbers in that category. People who have been good, honest and brought great cycling fun to many of their clients. I won't name names here, because I don't even want their good names on a thread like this, but if you consider getting someone organize a ride for you in the Western Cape, feel free to ask and many of us will share the names of the good guys freely.

Joh Dale. Last time you made the Bellville CBD look good, I thought that was a lucky shot, but now you did it with Kayamandi too! Can I please schedule a photo shoot with you, maybe you can even make me look good!?

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From the Oudtshoorn side I find it more of a bitch. It is steeper and it gets steeper the higher you go. You start easy enough, then when your legs get tired, it gets steep, when your legs are really screaming, then it gets REALLY steep. It also makes you think once or twice that the Top is just around the next bend......and then there is another bend....and another one. The only way for me is to just pace myself and grind it slowly and as steadily as possible. I've never measured it, but the Oudtshoorn side is shorter than the Prince Albert side. But just to be clear, I'm not moaning, I LOVE it!

Hey, what's wrong with aluminium wheels?????