Danger Dassie

(un)fortunately much of my work revolves around bikes/outdoors and photography. So there tends to be more than most, this is a blessing and a curse. Athleisure is a thing. My stuff is organised and there are various 'go bags' ... but the arrangement environment is far from Instagram worthy, very much a "kiss" setup.

Nothing wrong with Holdfast, they've upped their game exponentially over the years and being local there's plenty support/spares.

You just love an opportunity to do your pink skrawls hey!

Net soos ek .... ????

Outdated? How so? The kinetic movement is just as efficient, arguably more so than 'flex' ... Sure there's a weight saving and less maintenance on a pivot free area, but far from outdated. And at an average of 20% less cost I'll take it. The sales also prove that it's not as big a detractor.

Nicely detailed race report and visuals. Would also like to read some back marker accounts at some point. But let's also put it in perspective, this is a race report generated by Cape Epic's media office on the day under deadline pressures, with images. By default on the day's finish it will be the sharp end, same as TdF, Dakar Rally etc.. Later in the week it would be nice to see some material on the rest of the field, in my experience there often is. Through Cape Epic's media, blog posts and general press.

Most, not quite all, but for 100mm and even 120mm travel bikes it's rapidly moving in that direction. Considering the price it's a minor thing and doesn't really detract from the bike. Pretty sure the designer is already working on it.

Beware the comfort food, deadly delicious. No artisanal what what ..

Hah ... best cyclist spots in Greenside would be Oink & Moo, Loof or the Seattle.

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Often at an independent in the area that has a decent bean and barista. In my hood there are a plenty. Yield, Tilt, Croft, Little Deli, Oink & Moo, Fab, Fourth Ave, Delta Cafe, Vice, Fresh Earth, Junction, Jozi Mobile, Loof, The Richmond etc etc .... Seattle is always a safe bet though and along with Woolworths I've found them the most consistent. Vida can vary between spots. starbucks isn't coffee, in the same way toilet water isn't whisky.

Neil does well, along with Gerald and Langvad its a good team.

100% no.

Ah, makes sense ... Looks like it's just a different colourway to Sarrou's. Both have SID/Brain branding and look like they could be 120mm

Ey? It's as clear as day. Going through all the images from day 1 the brain is visible on the bike in a few images. You perhaps mean that they're not running the internal setup and routing?

Loving the ebike coverage, even the equipment bags are paired down compared to when they had those 3D things. Chest and helmet cam with onboard stabilisation, brilliant. Love the commentary option, agree about the link feed, but I'm sure it's something they'll work out. Today's stage they had some good clear comms with Stefan when he was with the Lill/Strauss pairing. Perhaps due to being closer to the race village. I saw on one of the CE feeds they mentioned they're utilising Vodacom 4G for much of the bandwidth and signal coverage. A couple of the TV/photographers (myself included) used to hate the ebike camera as we'd often capture them in footage and that bloody 360 camera sticks out like a sore thumb. Especially in stills, drove me mental.

BEERS, Sarrou ... biscuits!!

I remember that year, we'd missed that section in the media ride to get ahead of the group another colleague and his moto rider rerouted riders away from the hives. Actually impressed at Epic's media setup, especially this year. It's a high end ecosystem and integration. Besides all the logistics around working with all the external media across all platforms, they also have their own internal team of permanent and contract media staff. To co-ordinate helicopters, OB, ebike with camera/audio, route motos and then produce both a live and highlights package on deadline is damn impressive. And on top of that with 4G and Youtube/FB as a viewing platform. All on top of a number photographic and digital media services.

Commentators and social feed said stomach cramps.

We don't know if it was a tummy bug or an issue with something he ate or drank. Let's not be drama mongers.

Same, although I didn't check the stock Lubretta lube tbh. Just stuck with my regular stuff, Smoove. Will get another two to keep a wet lube in, truthfully this is just so that I can label them as Aweh Moist and Nie Moist.

Still processing this, community has had a *** couple of weeks. Dwayne Senior and Oakpics did beautiful memorial pieces. https://www.facebook.com/dwaynesenior/posts/10159531478752317?comment_id=10159531970772317&notif_id=1634578617141158&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif https://fb.watch/8KbtK4NFmZ/

Not entirely true, Cape Epic audience figures and media metric are some of the highest globally. Yesterday's prologue currently exceeds 70k, today's stage 1 has just over 40k. Plus theres the international broadcaster stats from around the world and highlights packages. CE publish these regularly and all sponsors receive a comprehensive measurement report. Also we're comparing two different organisations and discipline's here.

Bought two, one for home and another that sits in a go bag. Topped them both up with my regular lube. No complaints and a useful timesaver in the morning, especially if forgetting to lube up the night before.

Pretty much in most aspects, but dead is relative. It's still a tyre size found on plenty kids, youth and smaller size bikes. Interestingly there's been a resurgence of 26r over the last year as people have been pulling out their old bikes from storage. This has led to some manufacturers/brands increasing percentage on stock.