madmarc

Last time i changed my inners for my sidis i got Sofsole Fit from Sportsman, really happy with the way they fit and will certainly do the trick if your shoes are a bit loose

Back in the day when we flew JHB to CT for Argus we used to take our wheels on as hand luggage - air hostess would take them and put them behind the last seats on the plane against the gally wall - You can also try prebook a window seat and place them next to your legs and the side of the plane - Not sure if they still allow that Make sure they are deflated

Like i said - I binned them so now they part of a landfill somewhere

The pain you experience could be due to the fact you havnt ridden for a while - Your sit muscles need to get used to the saddle agian. I'm sure every new cyclist experiences this - even when ive been off the bike for a few months, I experience a bit of pain or discomfort for the first couple of weeks. Before i did the Spez shop assometer thingy I had a terrible time with sore ass on long rides. I found out my saddle was far too narrow and according to the meter i needed a 143 mm wide saddle - since then its sorted. In terms of nose length, any normal saddle in my opinion has no affect. I use the short nose or power saddle design for MTB as I found the normal nose always hooking my cycling shorts with all the standing and sitting you do in MTBing. On my road bikes i use a standard nose saddle. So if you have measured your sit bones properly and have the correct width saddle then toughh it out for a few weeks, it will get better. But also make sure your saddle height and fore/aft setting is correct as well as the level (It must be flat not tilted forward or backwards) I also choose a saddle with a good ctr gap to reduce the pressure on the perinial nerves (spelling) I would spend some money and get a pro bike fit done its certainly worth the money

Go to Spez shop and sit ontheir assometer get your width and take it from there

😁 - In my defence i do have a fan blowing from the front ot feels more realistic

Under trainer settings make sure you have selected the correct Workout resistance mode. I wouls assume to doing a training workout session which means you should be in Erg mode

And to think i had a box with probably 60 of these spokes i binned some years back

Yes the health check screwed us over as well - My wife smokes so she only gets about 5000 pts The other issue is BMI - Probably the stupidist metric - the last time i got to below 25 even my doctor got concerned when he saw me - He actually told me I needed to put on 5 - 7 kg Blood pressure is another one - When i failed my BP points i went to see same doc - He was like WTF are you doing here ? nothing wrong with your BP, when i told him Vitality pts he rolled his eyes and told me to dump it as a waste of money and time Wen you start hitting your 55 + age range these metrics are not the same as a 25 year old Disco makes no allowance for age

I would dump it as well, but i have an HPP policy that has a huge payout in 2 years which i lose if go off vitality. I been on diamond ever since it was introduced, we still had to maintain gold for 3 years and then you got to Diamond. last year was the first time i didnt get diamond but at least i got to Gold. I only do it as the level directly affects the payback amount, as well as the accumulation to the final payout. Going back to the old days it was really good and had excelent benefits especially if you were on diamond. Now it sucks, its expensive and the benefits are not worth the effort. Like discounted flights - What a joke - Every time i searched for flights through Vitality i went onto the airlines webpage and got them cheaper, Hotels used to be good discounts but now i get the same deal or even cheaper booking direct. I think their focus has changed to their banking and vitality money now, at some time in the futrure i would assume vitality health will be non existant. Well here's to 2 years where i look forward togetting the policy paid out and giving them the middle finger finally

I havnt used them, but mates have and highly recomended https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076319981144

Check out cyclelab as well they have some good deals on MIPS helmets

Here is the link to the user manual https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/edge520plus/EN-US/Edge_520_Plus_OM_EN-US.pdf I used to have the 520 and if i remember you cannot change the tones you can only turn them off or on - on the device itself - I just checked my 830 its the same Page 17 screenshot below

1. Ask Google, it is your friend 2. ChatGPT is also your friend 3. Go to settings / Alerts and play around, from what i remember from my 520 this is where you change the sound settings

My Daughter and her fiance did it last Dec, hiked up what seems to be called Platteklip Gorge on the above link - We took the cable car up and met them at the top and we all took the car down again. There seemed to be lots of people hiking the trails so i would assume its safe. My daughter is not a hiker by any means and did it fairly easily, she said if she did it again she would have bettrer hiking shoes, lots of sunscreen (it was a scorcher that day) and a hydration pack as they took bottles and hydration packs would have been more pratical.