MongooseMan

You won't be unhappy with a Rook. Mine served me very well, and I abused the hell out of it.

This is all fluff, the important question is: did you make off with the @Giant Bicycles South Africa Propel at the expo?

Come start with me in 1D 😀

Interesting. They seemed pretty militant when I went through. Anyway, if you can, take your chip.

Worth noting you need your racetec chip to get into the expo/registration. Otherwise it’ll cost you R50…

As someone (probably) about to pull the trigger on an AXS mullet setup, why on earth would I pay extra for Force shifters over Rival? Seems like they just took Rival form factor and changed Force to match?

New bike day 😎🚲 Purchased from @Kom, my first carbon bike, first carbon wheels, first power meter. Lots of firsts 😁

I can confirm that it's using your 34.08 index (putting you in 1C) I have an index of 35, and I'm in 1D, so it's definitely not using your 41.

Wow, that's actually a very cool route (https://www.tourducap.co.za/#portfolio). Stage 1: Finishes on top of Bainskloof Stage 2: TT up the other side of Bains Stage 3: Finishes on top of DuToits Stage 4: The usual Paardeberg suspects Some different stuff there for once, very nice.

Also, I see they’ve now said no formal parking at the race course, we must just find parking in the suburbs. I foresee lots of lost southern suburbs people 😂

Dare we hope for a tailwind to finish? 🤞

But please, please (please) don't run lead acid batteries. They're just not worth it. Save up, get lithium.

Yup, looks like it ticks most of the boxes for me. Need to work out what power meter to stick on it (heard issues with clearance if you go crank-based)

This is my current plan. Current goal is a Trek Checkpoint SL5, and then some nice carbon road wheels down the line.

Other discussion on this: Some options: https://ridewithgps.com/collections/48725?privacy_code=oYJanzrK2rfGhxCz

Hehe, another Nero Show watcher 😃

2 things to check: - Which 1 Tonner race did you do? Sometimes the shorter versions get a penalty (I did the 110km, also seeing a 15 penalty) - (Less likely in this case) Ensure you're looking at Road Seeding, not MTB, I've made that mistake before.

Now this I am interested in (having already booked accommodation for that weekend 😀)

I assume you were at the circle? If so, the strava heatmap shows the riding trails (red arrows added for clarity, not direction) Example strava route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3041658302573865306 Official map (relevant section is on the last page): https://www.tablemountainbikers.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Table-Mountain-MTB-Club-Maps-PRINT.pdf

I "think" this is it https://earth.google.com/web/@-33.66123639,19.09841716,924.22630459a,818.86857193d,35y,117.62365032h,43.94535186t,0r Looks like it goes down the other side Edit: Here's it: https://www.strava.com/segments/33319437

Don't forget his distinctly oval head 😆

Returning to the social media banter (watch to the end) https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClyjAarq717/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

https://www.capetowncycletour.com/cape-town-cycle-tour-short-route/

More details needed 😃 which one? where from? how much? etc 🙂

Some similar discussions, with some options: https://ridewithgps.com/collections/48725?privacy_code=oYJanzrK2rfGhxCz