madmarc

I'm lost here ! Why would anyone even think of putting suspension fork on a gravel bike ?

Good question - Even scarier is bottled water - literraly millions are sold every year and i bet no one ever checks to see how safe they are. I mainly use Camelbak bottles - All these bottles handed out as freebies are cheap junk and i turf them with the goodiebag.

Yep to good old days Remember when they rolled over 25% of your previous years points into the new year. My gripe with them is the changing of the goal posts every year and then trying to cover it up by offering you additional discounts and free s#$t on things you would never use. Another gripe is the miles or points system for say the wife and me - I have a CC i never use but i can use the app to spend my points - My wife does not have any banking products so her points are only usefull for free coffees. Now if they pooled all the points so they could all be used on the main members banking profile - Would be a game changer and i'd stop being grumpy

I tried flights and car hire in Dec for CT, i get -30% on flights Got all cheaper by booking direct with the airline and car rental company without discounts Its a scam i tell you !

For me Vitality only offers a huge positive on my life products intergrater payback. I also have an HPP that requires me to be on vitality which pays out my intergrater savings in 3 years time which is a serious amount of money. I've been on diamond since it was introduced to leverage the max intergrator payback. I took out their CC when it was first introduced so i accumulated lots of points in the old days - Now days its a waste of time - All the miles or points my wife earns are sitting on her account which she can get free coffe vouchers for - 70 000 points is a lot of coffee - They now want her to open a Disco bank account to use the points - I told them which finger they can go sit on. Interest rates on savings = P#ss poor STD bank giving me 2.0% higher than what they offered on a 3.0 mill investment Motor vehicle insurance = P#ss poor almost 20% higher than my broker. Bank charges = almost double what i'm pying at STD bank Oh and their express line at airport passport control is longer thant he normal line I'm so over their BS I'm really looking forward to tht HPP payout so i can tell them where to shove Vitality

Jussie, you old hey I still got my cloth bages we used to get

When i saw this pop up on their website I wondered why I ran out with my CC but the wife caught me at the top of our road I'm now gated until the sale is over 😭 https://www.trekbikes.com/za/en_ZA/bikes/mountain-bikes/electric-mountain-bikes/e-caliber/c/B356/

I've bought all my AXS stuff overseas whn i been on business trip = literlally half the price especially spare batteries

Yes i get what you are saying but - With the old gate you could jump onto the trail just after entering. We have never ridden to the trail head on the tar road, we jumped onto the trail 50m past the gate and jumped off at the same place to ride back to flamingo. Its not like its 1 or 2 riders - there are lots of riders who do or did it this way, most already have bands. I understand shutting the gate due to consturction as a lot of cars used it as well - but for season pass holders riding in - Not clever - They already have an alternative gate which is manned by security but only allow cars in for the Sea Scouts - Why not use this entrance ? You us old Valers think we own Modders trail park, so when they change things we get very abrasive 🤬😁

Of course there always be that one guy with incinuations, luckily you ended with a ? so i'll indulge your curiosity I been riding Modders since its inception, in fact we rode there even before it became a trail park. When the Trail head was developed these last couple of years the old gate was still an alternative entrance and used by many of us who rode in from Flamingo And no we did not rogue ride for free we pay at the gate with cash / card and some or most riders have their annual pass bands that they have to show at the gate. My rant is more about the access being completly taken away. The very least they could do is keep an alternative entry even if its only for the Annual pass band holders. I hope my explanantion has satisfied your curiosity and relieved your stress on the thought that there are non paying rogue riders on the trails

So once again the old gate is now closed due to construction - Really irritating for the guys riding from Falmingo Center now have to road it to the trail head to stand in a 40 min line to pay and ride. Just when things really seem to be happening Taroko decide to mess it up. Come on Taroko make a plan here - If i'm gonna have to drive to your trail head all the time then i might as well go ride at Northern Farms or go ride with the DOCS in the Souf.

Was thinking the same thing - just takes that one guy to clip a cone into the group and the race officials will be standing there thinking HTF do we get that wrong ! 🤨

Haha - Set up a doping check gate at CTCT after the medal collection - I wonder how many riders will be bailing over the fences 😁

Would love to do this again but alas ! I would probably need a year to prepare in my current condition

As a Campy die-hard i must concure witht he auther of the article - I think Campy lost their way somewhere. Back in the day Guppos were freely availble both new and used - even with the useless local importer - I have rebuilt many Ergo levers and could always get spares, now one has to scrounge locally and they are getting harder to source overseas as well. Anyone with an older Gruppo needs to look after it - If it fails it will be wall art. Never thought i'd see the day that NAGO would standardize on Shitmano - what sacrilege is this I read. Thankfully i dont build road bikes anymore and all mine that i hardly ride are full Campy equiped so they should last longer than me. If i did build a new road bike i think i would move over to SRAM now. Because "I'd walk before i ride Shitmano"

Ye i had the problem on Iphone I deleted the app and rebooted the Iphone Factory rest the Fitbit as well Reloaded the app and it worked - Been working ever since

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Whats happened to FRAIL ? - Never hear anything anymore from the guy

29 front - 27.5 back ? hasnt this been tried before and failed to take off

Shitmano SPD's are the bomb, its about the only thing Shitmano designed properly The platform or cage pedals are more for easier to get your foot clipped in and uncleating but keeping you foot on the pedal when you doing rocky or technical sections. Pain is more to do with your shoes than pedals - make sure your pedals aren't set to tight to give your foot some float while riding. And make sure your shoes have rigid soles and the cleat screws aren't pushing up through the inner sole of the shoe - this places pressure on the ball of your sole and can cause a lot of pain

I drilled all my frames with a 4 mm hole must be ctr to make sure all the water drains properly - I also blow compressed air through the hole when i clean my bikes and when you install the BB give the internals a good coating of grease - I strip my BB every 6 months and clean it out. By the time people realize there is something wrong with their BB its too late4 and almost always because of moisture

In very good condition without any corrosion on the rear dropouts - All original Campy components as built by AvH, then i would say 20 - 25K to a collector - Don't let lowballers on here try to convince you otherwise Problem is, no one seems to have the apatite for collector COLNAGO's at the moment, I have 2 X C40's a DREAM and a CT1 been trying to move for nearly 12 months now. Oh for the days when you listed a COLNAGO and you had a line of buyers at the gate on the same day

Schweet - But i only have 1 kidney left and not even COLNAGO gonna get that.

Ordered lots of stuff from them, but only when i go overseas and get it delivered to my hotel - Def legit