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Paid €80 for my fancy pants USWE pack in Europe. Dont blame them when its the local distributors milking you all again. That decathlon pack should be R500 max too.

Sadly... For me. The monthly subscription isn't even 2 beers at my local, in my neck of the world. So moot for me. I will give Mywhoosh a try when my next annual subscription expires! Then I can get those 2 extra beers a month 🥹

Elite bottles with Elite cages, they lock in. For MTB and Gravel Im on Arundel Stainless Steel and Elite Fly bottles. Arundel make the best cages period ...

Im emailing around the planet looking for the chisel frame only in a medium. No luck. Organise one for us 🥹

Im on my 4th watch and about the 5th head unit. A fenix 7pro, 130+ and a 1040 solar on rotation now. Im starting to think I must get a few Apple devices again to bring me back to whats, deemed "safe sex"...

Edit*** its not friday im not doing this on bikehub. Send your complaint to the broadcast complaint commissioner, orwhatever it is.

Then leave the topic if you dont understand bikepacking. Pretty simple. I dont get the point of knobbing around doing 70km a day for 3 days and paying R10k either anymore. Been there done that. Everyone is on a different journey when it comes to riding a bike. Nobody really cares about negative nancy opinions anyway or cares what you think. I dont parade my opinion on MTB stage race threads just beacuse I dont (enjoy) do them anymore. Ill be at the next Sedgefiled 500. Unfortunately out the country this time... Again.

How much faster do you really need to get to the coffee shop on a Saturday... 🙄

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There is a local guy and his buddy on his enduro motorbike ripping up all the Strava KOMs in Pretoria East. I even commented on the guys one ride and said politely. 'Bru, can you set these to private, you are on a motorbike. You know Strava is an app for athletes? Cyclists, Runners, Swimmers etc" His response? Who says it's for athletes? he goes on. LOL Strava is useless, can't even auto flag with top speeds of 115km/h, climbing a cat 3 climb at 40km/h, beating the local pros by like 3 min up... HR constant around 80 bpm. Oke is chilling. He even changes the rides name to something like "MX enduro ride with the KTM" I just can't deal with the ignorance 😂

Enjoy your new Apple Ultra. I was stating a common problem with people fast charging things that shouldn't be fast charged. Might help some, but looks like I hit the little soft spot on you heart. Sorry. You know what they say about sarcasm? Looks like your inference from your last response to me is spot on anyway. Bikehub has changed a lot in the last few years...

What issues? Battery? Common issue is people using their cell phone fast chargers, to charge Garmin Devices. I slow charge all my devices through a PC. I am about 12 Garmin products in (in my family) and we have not had a single issue with any of them over 10 years +, from the days of the Edge 500 and the FR310XT to the latest. I wish my Fenix 5 would give in so I have an excuse to get a new one! Common denominator here is not Garmin. I had an Apple watch, 3 months of use and I couldn't wait to sell the POS. Worst thing I have probably ever spent money on. Good luck with the warranty claim from Apple in SA down the line.

Can you send me some of the Durable bibs you have? I have returned one that tore at the stitching after 2 months. They kindly sent me a new one. but that one after 2 months has gone see-through just above my crack. 2 dummys and one blue bib that is flawless... 1/3 not good enough for me. I couldn't be bothered to ask them again. Also cant wear them without a base layer shirt, they chow the nipple. 7Mesh and Blacksheep for me thanks. And.. all my bibs are washed separate on delicate in their own bags, before I get told I don't look after them. Tuesday rant over.

Guthrie Govan. Easy.

Agreed. Also the folk moaning about the price... Dont blame SRAM. I got the AXS Upgrade kit from Germany, sent it to the Dubai residence.. Cost the same or a little more than the mech version in SA (Was under R7k converted, with EUR60 shipping and 5% VAT and 5% Duty in the UAE. Its not 'expensive'. Again its Cape Cycle Systems and Coolheat taking the piss in SA. NOT SRAM and Shimano. On Topic an AXS dropper. Not for me at ANY price.