[[Event] King Price Race to the Sun]

45 minutes ago, Jbr said:

Do you know where exactly ? Corrugation scares me as my bike is stiff AF, the sand not so much

There are lots of short sections parts with corrugation.

[[Event] King Price Race to the Sun]

4 minutes ago, Jbr said:

oh yeah ? why ?

I'm looking for info about the course, mostly for tyre choice

last time I got sick and was basically pushed home for the last 20km.

Here is the GPX file from last year, there is quite a bit of corrugation and loose sand.

COURSE_252272338.gpx

[The Bike Fit Guy]

https://www.gpm-sports.co.za/ These guys also come highly rated.

[The Bike Fit Guy]

Ther is Re-tule fitment from Specialized/Complete cyclist.

[Highest carbs / 100 gram or serving products that don’t cost the earth]

What about making some rice-cakes, recently watched some nice youtube clips on it.

[Bike Lights - To be Seen]

52 minutes ago, wattnow said:

Refective tape is a great edition but by no means can be used in isolation.

I am hell bent on day time running lights and lights on bicycles in general. So much so that if by some way my light is not charged I will not leave the house.. routine and habit is key to making sure all devices are charged and ready to go.

Seeing the amount SOME people spend on their bikes but then think the coast of a Garmin Varia is far to high truely amazes me. 5K gets you a top end front and rear light that will last you years and make you safer. 5K could be the difference between getting home or not... thats my view at least.

I feel the same, just the other morning, I taped an external battery pack to my bike to power my uncharged Ryder light.

[Bike Lights - To be Seen]

I think something like a Varia will be my next cycling related purchase or some derivative.

[Trek CarBack Radar Rear Bike Light]

Garmin's latest Varia also records video.

[Shimano designing a fully wireless groupset]

A bit late to the party for Shimano.

[Kmc 11 speed chain]

Yip, Too long, Google Park tool's Video on how to size a chain.

[Discovery Health - Vitality & Team Vitality plus everything else you need to know]

33 minutes ago, Andymann said:

I know right.  I did a 40min run yesterday which included a 5km TT to get power figures for the run.

2km Warm up.

5km TT

2km Cool down.

Logged the 5km as a separate exercise because I needed accurate power.

Zero points

Go to fitfiletools and "stich" the files together and upload to Garmin again then you will get the point.

[Casette upgrade]

1 hour ago, Richard7735 said:

Hi Craig. Your chain is the wrong way around. 

or a very cheap chain without any writing on it.

[Have a brother in France. How do I get him to send me bike parts?]

Open an account with thecourierguy and get them to collect, it will be much cheaper.

[Passing time on a turbo]

15 minutes ago, mecheng89 said:

Personally, I either watch GCN workout videos, or old bike races, especially ones where MVDP or Sagan takes the win. 

There are some nice clips on wahoo systm. that I enjoyed.

[Passing time on a turbo]

5 minutes ago, Mamil said:

I simply cannot spend longer than about an hour on the trainer - so it's intervals or a zwift race of 30 to 60 minutes. I find the latter very entertaining. Zone 2 on the trainer is a working definition of hell for me.

I could not agree more but there is value in these sessions, can't see how people can do 100km on a zwift ride.

[Passing time on a turbo]

I normally watch youtube or I use Mywhoosh(free) and some nice music or find nice podcasts

[Temu for cycling goods]

I also bought some stuff from them, spoke tension meter and some cheap lights, arrived via courier as promised, spoke tension meter seems to be good quality, I will be testing the light very soon.

I bought, small pliers to do and undo the quick link for R18, seems like a bargain, will keep it in my spares bag.

VAT was payable via a link they have sent; all went quite smooth.

[Bike Lights/Lamps]

On 3/25/2024 at 5:14 PM, guidodg said:

https://www.extremelights.co.za/collections/bicycle-lights/products/trail-rechargeable-bicycle-light

nothing comes close at this price

This might be my next light, I have a Bontrager light (expensive but quality) and a Ryder 900 Lumen light (getting a bit old now, my handlebar mounting broke)

[Reasonable budget for someone re-entering the sport?]

Personally, I would look at second hand ask advice here, post some links and the experts will comment but it is nice to pull in that NICE new steed - Enjoy your journey.

[Why should I keep Vitality?]

The travel/car hire is a fair benefit but also not that great, we recently booked flights for two to cape town from JHB and 7 days car hire for R6420, I think that was good, but the flights alone wasn't that great.

I got more benefit from Multiply with their online shop.

[Kyalami & Zwartkops raceway]

Kyalami would be good, it has good elevation gain over one lap - we can only wish

[Emperors Road Classic 2024 - GPX Files]

I will have the short of a few years ago, let me check: Sorry I only have one of 2013, I am sure it changed since then. found the 2022 route

 

emperors 2022.gpx

[The New Skyrim - Titan Racing’s biggest, meanest, and raddest bike reborn]

4 hours ago, Baracuda said:

Looks great but how much does that puppy weigh?

Good Question, my wife has a Previous gen Small 27.5 version and it is heavy.

[The New Skyrim - Titan Racing’s biggest, meanest, and raddest bike reborn]

I am very tempted, is there a Carbon option?

[Heart rate monitors]

Here is what I did to fix my Garmin "soft" strap after it was giving erratic readings, I let it soak in boiling water for roughly 20minutes and repeated then rinsed in cold soapy water, Still going strong.