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These are lekka trainers - I had the exact same one before all this smart stuff came out - spent many hours on it - It was perfect to do power based training - and when i joined Traineroad it worked well with virtual power. sold it for 2K during COVID lockdown when you couldn't even get a mag trainer for love or money. A word of warning - Never lose that cable from the head mount to the brake unit - its useless without that cable and you cannot get replacements

Thats crazy ! - I also question why 32Gi don't sell refills in the sliver plastic bags you get inside the tub - every time you buy it you get a new tub.

Mine is 110 which i can get to with a moderate walk 👴

Signing up as an endurance rider should be a no brainer - doing a 2 hour ride for 300 points when you can do the same for 600 points. Yes your weekly goal increases to 1200 but to get the additional 300 points is a 1 hour IDT session. Also ways of doing a 1 hr session and record a 1.5 hr session for 450 points - But lets no go into all the point hacks, as i'm sure Disco follows these threads 👀

I also flew to Germany with empty softshell bag folded as small as i could get it tied it up with suitcase straps and checked it in - no problem on Lufthansa

Reading this thread brings back many fond memories of the Argus - I'm the biggest whinger when it comes to entrance fees, but lets face it, the ARGUS is special. I did it on a MTB; a road bike; in the wind; in the rain & in the heat of 2002, managed to just get past the stoppage point on ou kaapse weg and finish. Did the normal route and the de-tour routes. One year i broke my hand 3 weeks before the start and asked the Doc to modify the plastic brace so i could hold my handle bar - He refused so i went home and did it myself - No way a broken hand was keeping me away from the Argus. Did my 10th in 2010 & got the special medal - Done 11 in total. first one i did was in 1999 when we had to post in our paper entries in from JHB. Sitting at the PC with my dial up modem waiting for the online entry portal to open. the system would crash like 20 times before it accepted your entry. Entries were full & closed within 2 hours. All the after parties at Camps Bay Glen country club. My best memory was doing it with my son, was his first cycle race at 14. The characters along the route - Remember getting boobs flashed at me my some hottie when i was coughing up a lung trying to get over Suikerbossie - And we cannot forget the Grim Reaper costume guy as you started up suikerbossie. Interesting read on Wikki here about the event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town_Cycle_Tour I see they Robbie Hunter as the record holder for the fastest time in 2008 on the 110km Chapmans peak route - For me this will always be the proper Argus route. I stopped doing it because the excitement got lost somewhere, I got bored fat and sassy and organizing the whole weekend logistics just became an expensive schlep when you living in JHB - Chasing that sub 3 (The holy grail of the Argus) & Club 21 membership became distant & forgotten dreams the older i got. A Pro cyclist once told me - winning the Argus has more prestige than winning the SA National Champs. I think this is one race where the entry fee is worth all the memories created

Looks like a plumber tried to fix it - I would have a serious conversation with LBS

Depends on how desperate the seller is - I think the low end of the market is very busy I just sold a 26er for 3K on market place - had 5 people fighting over it Have another full carbon TREK 26er hardtail XO equipped i was thinking of flipping for 6K, but then i rode it again and thought mmmm naaaa its a fun bike to still ride. On the high end people don't have spare money laying around so its very quiet - I have 4 road bikes - Collectors models - i been trying to flip and even with 2 price drops they just not moving. I may do another price drop or just keep them.

Be careful removing old sealant from inside your tires - You will open every puncture hole it ever got and struggle to get them closed again. I did this on 2 MTB tires, when i remounted and pumped them they looked like a STANS shower and refused to seal. I ended up binning them for new tires.

You can use any 10 spd quicklink - I use the SRAM ones, many will tell you a quicklink is also single use, which is BS i reuse mine over and over when i remove the chain to clean it properly on all my bikes. I use SRAM QL never had an issue

ENVE in the 2nd pic - Deep sections nadda look nice on a COLNAGO. BTW - If i was Admin i'd ban you for posting such porn here on The Hub - Have you no morals dude !!

Also factor in the roadies who moved over to MTBing and then again lately to gravel kind of diluted the entry levels over the years - When i started MTBing i did a 50/50 mix but road has just become so dangerous that its now almost 100 MTBing - and doing road events just doesn't interest me anymore. New entrants into the sport also mostly start with MTBing and very few transition over to road. I think the future of road events does not bode well it will get overtaken by gravel events. Multi day MTB events is also on its way out, with organizers struggling to find anchor sponsors and the cost involved to host the event. More and more MTB groups are organizing their own unofficial long rides and weekends away

I lived in Mossel Bay - Some time back though 1990 - 1995 I wanted to move back beginning of the year and would certainly choose George over Mossel bay. Mossel Bay, is a great place for holiday and has seen huge groweth over the years since i lived there. However it still remains a holiday town and is absolute chaos during holiday season, making it rather unpleasant if your a local - or great if you have a business that services the holiday makers. When i looked at property i found George offers better value for money than Mossel Bay Also be warned - if you intend opening your own business in both Mossel Bay or George - things are still controlled by a few old stadsvader families, who throw around a lot of influence and can make it rather difficult if they view your business as a threat to any of their business interests. Also be ready to adjust to a small town mentality, where everyone knows everyones business - Fart in the bath and it will make the weekly paper by Friday. But its a great place to move to - Good Luck

Does your Snap not have Ant+ connection - far more reliable than BT - Also make sure nothing else like phones or tablets are connected to BT this also causes connection issues

Cool outcome - Just shows to post your stolen bike on Bikehub sometimes pays off - Hope they arrested this oke

Reading this thread just reminded me why i stopped doing these overpriced, overrated, races - The organization has turned into a commercialized fiasco, they don't care about your experience as long as they have your money. Even the hospitality after the event is more about your money. Oh how I looooong for the good old days - Maybe i'm just old and grumpy now - So i'll take my money and have a lekka ride with some mates and a good brekkie afterwards & maybe even smash a few beers after the bacon and eggs. Good luck to all those racing or riding - remember to ride it like you stole it

So you be riding at night with a handle bar light - I'd get a small 10 000 mah power bank and slip it into the bag with the light battery with a short charging cable - plug it into the Garmin while riding and when the battery is needs charging - The Garmin screen stays on while charging so its an added bonus when riding at night - on normal battery if you had it on all the time you would certainly not get 26 hours

Well that depends on how long you rides are and have you ever had to charge your Garmin on a ride before. If you doing normal 3 - 4 hour rides the then solar isn't a must have - I have only ever had to charge on a ride when doing the TB where a small power bank in my backpack worked better than the sun at 1:00 am in the morning.

Been gone these last 3 months - Only there during breeding season, which i think is sometime during May

Been doing some short rides these last few months - Trails are really looking good, lots of maintenance and upgrades happening.

I have 4 listed for over 6 months now, here and on FB Market Place - done a few price drops, no takers. Got to a point that i'd rather keep them than drop any further. I think its a bit of both - People don't have money now and collecting older or vintage bikes is not cool anymore - I plan to immigrate in the next 10 - 12 months so i'll take them with, the European market is very active with good prices being achieved

If he is doing an oil service on the lowers - No need to remove these large nuts on the top

Extreme Lights have great products but at extreme prices Back when night riding became a thing I got 2 of these for about 400 ronds each - they obv a lot more expensive now https://www.takealot.com/solsave-waterproof-rechargeable-bicycle-headlight-dy-h001/PLID91438077 One on the handle bar and one on my helmet. 1000 lumens each - My mates say i look like a 747 coming into land I jerry rigged both to mount using GoPro fittings as the standard mounts they come are not the greatest for MTBing - There is a Youtube video on how to do it Had them for 5 or 6 years now and batteries still work fine. They lay in my cupboard unused for over 3 years and recently i did TB with them both ran for 8 hrs on low beam. CL also have 1800 Lumen https://www.cyclelab.com/product/4001498-light-marvel-knight-rider-1800-lumen?https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyclelab.com%3Futm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=standard_shopping&utm_campaign=18563292205&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=627419215405&utm_term=&adgroupid=143053788860&gclid=CjwKCAjwvfmoBhAwEiwAG2tqzJe6ky-hlgrX_If54DuAENM9x_Yi5Pq_nWvvPftlBwIeXdNK5n2_UBoCfzsQAvD_BwE No need to unload 2.5 - 3.0 K on lights

A big mine field - Thats why its probably the only thing i buy from the brand agent TREK in may case. If its wrong i can take it back. Also have a few where the LBS swore it was the right bearing only to find it was wrong - normally the OD & ID are correct but the height is not