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Also be sure to check out TREK SA website - theres a few very discounted deals being offered, but sizes seem to be limited Heres a TF 5 Gen 3 in XL discounted from 45K to 28K https://www.trekbikes.com/za/en_ZA/bikes/mountain-bikes/trail-mountain-bikes/top-fuel/top-fuel-5-gen-3/p/35071/?colorCode=greydark For an Enduro bike - look at the Slash - also some very good deals in XL https://www.trekbikes.com/za/en_ZA/bikes/mountain-bikes/trail-mountain-bikes/slash/slash-9-8-xt-gen-5/p/36732/?colorCode=grey and https://www.trekbikes.com/za/en_ZA/bikes/mountain-bikes/trail-mountain-bikes/slash/slash-8-gen-5/p/36731/?colorCode=orange

Done it on a MTB - Once, never again Done it on a Road bike - 10 X Done it in very high winds - had to stand and pedal coming down after Smitswinkel Done it in very high heat - When they called it and stopped riders on Kaapse Weg, just managed to get past the mashals pulling everyone over, can't remember the year Done it in the rain Done the normal route Done the Detour route Did my 10th in 2010 = special medal I was done with my goal of 10 - But was convinced to do an 11th in 2012 by my daughters ex BF after too many double Captain Morgans. Entered in the era of paper entries you had to post in to orgainsers b4 online entries became a thing. Entered online where we sat in front of our PC's at midnight over dialup modem waiting for entries to open Never managed sub 3 Best time 3:24 with a broken pedal Worst time 5:52 on MTB - took me a week to recover My regret today - I should have carried on and joined club21 in 2021, that would have been special

Maybe it was his wife 😶 - Jokes aside - Most people who ride SBR don't realise how dangerous it is, and assume being a one way they can barrel throught the blind corners at speed and not encounter any hazards. Lots of people have had some serious encounters over the years A numbr of years back a mate of ours had a head on with one of the official bakkies driving up in the wrong direction - He spent 11 weeks in ICU and it was touch and go at one point if he would pull through - Official investigation found the driver not guilty as the official vehicles are allowed to drive in any direction in the reserve - Crazy !!

I'm more or less the same height - Was also hovering between the L or XL when i bought my Superfly - I eventually went with the XL. I cracked the frame after 6 years and TREK replaced it with the Top fuel also an XL. Done the bike fit thing and my saddle is set to a point where my toes touch the ground when seated, but i run a dropper post so when i stop i drop it which makes it a lot easier to get on an off especially when i stop on a steep climb. I also changed the stem to 50mm which made a huge difference in my upper body position and handling especially cornering. I think both sizes would work though the setup would be slightly different

I concur

Haha - I did my 10th in 2010 when you did your 1st 🤘

I did exactly the same thing - works proper especially when doing tubeless tyres

So the stepdown box on the power cable delivers 12V - 5 amps to the trainer During loadshedding (seems so long ago 😁) I used an ultralan 17.8 Ah small ups off TakeAlotOfMYMoney, highest output it had was 12V - 3 amps which worked fine and was doing 1hr30 to 1hr45 sessions on Kickr Core and still had 50% capacity left when i finished I'm no lectric fundi but the trainers consumes 5 amps per hour max. I read somewhere its consumption is based on the resistance which is always fluctutating but because the original power box only delivers 5 amps i figured well that must be the max so used that to size the UPS for 2 hr training session. 2 hrs will mean a 10Ah UPS more or less. Worked for me 🤘

this is the cheapest and quickest solution I got a spare pump hose and joined it onto my comprssor hose https://cyclehouse.co.za/product/ravx-pump-hose-and-head/

And just a heads up for if you decide on a boot or towbar unit - Make sure the car exhaust isnt blowing on the wheels of the bikes - Seen many a sorry tail of damaged wheels from the exhaust

I don't own one but thought this to be the coolest locally made carrier - Built strong and proper but not cheap. https://www.mtbafrica.com/karoorak.html I've owned a few carriers The ones that clamp onto your boot lid - Big nono - they will mess up your car, I actually bent my boot lid when i opened the boot while it was clamped on The ones where your bikes hang also a nono - Youwill eventually damage the bikes. For me the best is a tow bar mount where the bikes stand on the racks or if you have a trailer even better to get a frame for the lid - I used to have one that took 5 bikes, always worked out well on trips

No workout just jumping in with the pace group I wonder if my data smoothing has something to do with it as i have it set to Instant - Maybe a 3 second smoothing would even things out a bit I have FTP set at 200, havn't done a test in a while but i imagine it woujld be about 180 - 190 at the moment - ye ye I know its a bit piss poor but i'm working on it

Shot, thanx gonna give the terrain seetings a try

I been doing some pace work with one of the pacers - Slowest one, because i'm fat and unfit. I always try stay on the pacers wheel, but find if i drop off and need to catch up i always end up sprinting past the pacer and then have to slow down to wait for him to catch up. Any amount of added pressure on the pedals causes me to into aero or standup sprint - Other riders arounf me never seem to do this when they coming past I been riding in ERG mode with data smoothing set to None / Instant - Could this be the reason ? What have you guys got your trainer settings on as far as Workout resistance mode, I normally have it in Erg mode but thinking of changing it to Terrain mode specifically for pacing

I went from TR -> ZWIFT -> MyWhoosh -> Indievelo Fort me Indievelo works best - Really enjoying it

Don't forget to pack in your climbing legs 🦵

I'm not happy !! - Where the hell am i supposed to find the money to buy a V4rs WC limited edition. First they make these things so damn expensives and then they go out and win the WC - What were they thinking 🤑

Eurosport 1 & 2 has i live if you can get it

So I now done a few more rides and messed around in the settings a bit. I ride in Erg on the free rides but i like the slope settings where you can set say at 50% which makes a 10% hill feel like 5% and same with the wind factor. When comparing to the ride feel - IV is far closer to outside rides than Z or MW, the climbing just feels more realistic on the pedals. Also if you stop pedaling on 0% slope you tend to coast for a lot longer, so if you riding along a flat section you can freewheel similar like you would do on an outside ride. The other cool feature is the Auto Release of ERG mode which will work lekka if you in a training session - I will always remember the spiral of doom on TrainerRoad sessions when they got to difficult Another nice feature is you can colour code your own kit. Havnt figured out the virtual gearing yet, but fo rmy use i probably dont need it. One thing i note is my windows laptop gets fairly warm and the fan kicks in virtually as soon as IV is booted - My laptop is a fairly serious gaming spec. Nevertheless it seems to stop after riding for 15 or 20 min. Up to now my money would be on IV if I was to choose between Z - MW - TR(All be it a different concept)

Fired up Indievelo tonight after using MyWhoosh - I'm impressed - I reeally laaaaik it better than mywhoosh Runs flawless on windows laptop and graphics are great, think i'll hang around a bit in this app

I been here 16 years so joined sometime back in 2008 as #9436 Those were the wild days when you could say what you wanted with some serious online fights happening. I still remember the oom with the tandem used to be a padmaker up in Angola or the DRC somewhere - Can't remember his nic but he was a cool guy to argue with. The arguments about Shitmano & Campy we had were epic. I think I held the record for the most amount of "F" bombs thrown into discussions - I suppose I shouldnt brag about it but i've chilled a lot since those days. One thing i really miss and they should be brought back was our abilty to have a signitures, still think i had one of the coolest signitures here. Its been a blast and well done to the originators and admins - Still one of the coolest forums to be on

Most of the buck and zebra were rounded up some years back and relocated to Groenkloof (I think) for their own welfare. There are still some elusive Antelope roaming around that they couldnt catch at the time, see their droppings all the time. Still signs of Jackal as you will come acros the remnants of bird kills on the trails - Night rides you could be fortunate to come across a Grass owl or 2 on the trails. The angry bird (Sparrow Hawk) is only there during breeding season for a few months. But you are right - with the urbanisation of the area we reduce their natural habitat and they (Especially the birds of pray) move off.

Yes - disc is perfectly acceptable on any brand, but on a NAGO it would be like kissing your sister - Taste the same but just doesnt feel right

Ye - seen it first hand with all my travels to Europe - God forbid you behind one at passport control or security check - you will end up missing your flight

Why not ? - Rim brakes have worked for years and years and years before they decided to bring out disc brakes just to get you to buy another bike.