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  1. Hi. Sorry about the delay, work is a four-letter word. If you want to collect: Centurion. I work in Jhb so I'm only in Centurion in the evenings. I have no issue shipping if you'll chip in. Send me a PM.
  2. Hi Hubbers. Before these go into e-waste, I have a bunch of bike lights in non-working state and one or two lights that are still working. I was going to rebuild all of this but I've run out of time. The batteries in here are probably usable if given a rebuild. If anyone has a DIY need for these let me know.
  3. Thanks Marc. That is very interesting, my initial research on Google seemded to indicate that it may not work very well. Just to be certain, mine are 240 hubs from circa 2016. The hubs are fine in general (in fact I'm very happy with them) but the freewheel body was completely destroyed in a fairly short time at the end of last year during the excessivly rainy season, I suspect due to water/mud ingress which I did not notice before it was too late. If the EXP will work on my 11s setup that would be a big relief because I'm not too keen to rebuild the wheels.
  4. Thanks Dewald. I missed that, it was under cassettes. I contacted Andy.
  5. Hi everyone. Bit of a thread revival: I am on the lookout for an XD freehub body for my DT Swiss hubs. This would be the star ratchet type. Please note XDR is not correct (these are XC wheels) and EXP is also not an option. I have tried to order them twice locally and twice I have been sent the wrong thing. Any help or suggestions appreciated. Maybe @MarcHD is still around?
  6. I have an 830 with the same problem. I ride with a Varia, Quarq and HRM Pro. As a minimum it happens once every ride, most times more than once: all sensors are disconnected. Considering that I commute a fair distance daily, that is a lot of crashes. Fortunately, in my case, within about a minute the software seems to recover and reconnect the sensors; not always though, on the odd occassion only a reset will work. Annoyingly the Varia often changes from flashing to solid mode after a crash, which is not optimal if you don't notice it. Considering the rain we've had here in the last while I can say that the fact that the touchscreen lock does not work consistently and causes weird display issues is my top grievance at the moment. I've kept all firmware updated to the latest at all times, the latest firmware seems to have exarcerbated the problem but that is hard to quantify. None of the above solves the problem of course but at least now I know I'm not the only one...
  7. I've done this. Perhaps not quite as you intend because gravel from Centurion to JHB south is very difficult to achieve. Where are you based in Centurion, perhaps we can meet up at some stage and I can share some of the route info. If you're not keen to meet pop me a PM and I can share a track of some kind. In my case I ended in Knysna but I guess the last part to Wellington shouldn't be too hard.
  8. If I may ask (hopefully not seen as a hijack) where do you buy those?
  9. Sho. Let me answer one at a time. 12sp is optional, 11sp is also fine. I am on a 29er. I have 780 and could not imagine wangling 800 bars through traffic. I would love 2.4 but they just-just don't fit. I cannot imagine 150mm of travel, nevermind 170mm, I'm on a hardtail ( and sometimes SS) and would not change it for the world. I don't have the guts or skill for the kind of thing that requires 170mm of travel. Finally, at my age the WC is something you watch on TV 🙂
  10. I would not say peer pressure (I wish I had someone to ride with). I'm struggling to find good spares, that is the main reason. I'm currently running a 1x10 SRAM setup on a 29er. I commute daily so the spares turnover is an issue. I'm happy with 1x10 (more than good enough for greater JHB region). I'm also happy with my wheels (which are HG) and would prefer not to spend money buying a new hub (or freehub). Nevertheless, I'm open to suggestions/criticism.
  11. @RobertWhitehead @MORNE Your wisdom please: I'm somewhat in the same boat needing to upgrade from 10 speed. So if sticking to HG what are the best options from SRAM and Shimano, do they both do HG options? I've tried looking on various websites but the options are confusing and as you say, they're keen to lock you into their preference and thus tend to obscure anything else.
  12. This. Cannot agree more. I commute, and since switching to Assos it has been a massive improvement. My total costs in terms of bibs and cream has actually gone down. I used to ride other brand bibs and apply plenty of Chamois cream (acutally BumCream from faithful to nature or the Assos one). I found that it ruined the bibs in next to no time and didn't really help, still got saddle sores.
  13. I've owned the 122CDI for a long time now. Unbelievable vehicle. Still gets about 8 litres/100km on long trips. That's not a typo, and yes it is the 3 litre engine. Which brings me to my biggest gripe with the new V-class: why the small engine? My other gripe: the Blue Efficiency is great while it lasts but very expensive to replace when it goes (and it will). One other comment: I use a tow hitch mounted rack, far more convenient than that crazy rack shown here. All in all though, in a perfect world, I would get another one of these but right now mine is just fine.
  14. OK thanks. That's a little close for comfort, I'll need to keep an eye out and alter my routine for a while.
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