Dexter-morgan

That is exactly what I have and I love it, tops out at around 48-49km/h at around 100 cadence.

here is a separate thread about monster cross bikes, apart from the lefty shock, I think it's a good start to get your fitness up, you could change the fork out with a rigid carbon fork from Kean-bikes. here is mine.

Cool, if you have strava post your profile link so we could follow you, if you want to.

Look out for test days at some of the trail parks in your area and test ride something decent and feel the difference, then be prepared to part with you hard earned cash or sell a kidney. Trek and Scott have them on a regular basis.

Firstly, look at second had stems here on Bikhub, search for a forum called "I need something you might throw away" most people will swap or even gift you one. Then if you dive deepen into these bikes and look at the bearings used on the hubs and bottom brackets you will notice why they are cheap and the next big thing is the wheels, these "cheap" bikes come with really bad wheels, if you want to go tubeless, these cheap wheels will give you headaches and if you hit some off-road trails you need something you can trust. Look at some secondhand bikes here on bikehub and again ask for advice, Bikehub is very helpful. Great to see someone enjoy Cycling.

I am sure you can find a place but this might be considered an add on the forum.

Don't have any advice but please report back and let us know how it's going, I have had 2 knee ops and the recovery was long, second was a Tibia plateau fracture.

There is an app to do it, just can't remember the name, I think its Dashware or something like that

Have a look at this, very good, user friendly watch at a good price. Garmin Vivoactive 4 | Watches & Wearables | Bike Hub

There was an app you could download to your watch that connected power, it worked on my Vivoactive 4, but I am not sure if the FR45 can take all of those apps.

if you use mywhoosh for indoor training, you can download the fit file it already show you have used a Garmin 1030, then upload via a Garmin connect account.

Look for a cheap Garmin FR55 and all will be well, they do come up for sale around this time when people grab the Black friday specials.

Yip, that was him.

I helped a Tandem that was really struggling before Kyalami, stopped to take some pictures along the way, helped another man that was cramping after kyalami, then pushed him back to the medic and then enjoyed a beer at around 70km, helped another guy with a mechanical but sadly I could not fix his derailer that was completely stuffed.

My aim as well, when can you ride your bike on the streets of Jozi with no cars, let's hope there is some bear and tequila on offer.