[Oakley parts]

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

I thought Oculux was the importer, as they supply product via Takealot.
Melissa - customercare at oculux dot co dot za

 

Nope.  
Either Oculux buys from Luxottica or they import "grey"
Not sure.

[Finish Time]

59 minutes ago, mecheng89 said:

They quite clearly say it must be close to the ground/mat for there to be a result. Else share your Strava file with them.

I have the Velcro ankle strap. It's worked 100%, 100% of the time. Yeah, it looks dorky, but I wear aero socks to offset the lost watts LOL

You are confusing Racetec chip (Which is obsolete) with the new seatpost mounted Finishtime/ractech chip.  
No more ankle mounting even if you want to

[Finish Time]

41 minutes ago, TIB said:

Slightly off topic.

From what I have gathered from this thread is that CTCT timing will move from Racetec to Finish Time.

What is going to happen with Racetec? It has been my 'record' of all my CTCT Tours and Karoo to Coast races.

Can someone please help an explain how to download my personal Ractec results in order to preserve a copy? Export to Excel? But I have no idea how.

Please explain very, very slowly 😅. All I know of SQL is that it is a three letter acronym!

Finishtime = Racetec.
Racetec = Finishtime.

How they interact or where the database is, no one knows.  
Someone bought over someone or so I've heard.
If you "download certificate" on the Finishtime website, your certificate has a Racetec logo on.

The seeding system in SA is fukutitteded

[Finish Time]

But imagine how cool it would be to receive a PERMANENT board that one can securely fix on your bike every time you go race??!??!?!?!
No more sitting in traffic to fetch shitty numbers that tear your expensive MAAP shirt with bobbypins.  Just a board that gets scanned at the starting blocks o see if you have legally entered. 

In some ways MTBing in SA is MILES and MILES ahead of road bike events.  Cause they already have that with the SAS numbers.

 

[Finish Time]

Easy.

Cut a second hole in the board.
Cut a second hole in the rubber holder.

Now two cable ties securely goes around post and through the board.

Problem sorted (on my end)

[Oakley parts]

52 minutes ago, PregoRoll said:

Maybe try Luxottica, they were the last Distributor for Oakley in the country. 

They still are the official Importer and Distributor.

Any cycleshop dealing with them will be able to get if they have stock
 

[Monte Classico - Route Safety Concerns]

2 hours ago, eugenenyawo said:

🔴📹 : Some footage from AL Bunch

 

Very cool footage.  Thanks.  

[Monte Classico - Route Safety Concerns]

36 minutes ago, the_roadie said:

Don't even have my results on the page. Not sure why we still need to use a company that has a results page from the 1990's. I hate to say it, but even Racetec seem better.

Finishtime = Racetec  (They bought racetec?  As far as I know)

 

[Monte Classico - Route Safety Concerns]

38 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

re: FinishTime

They seem to be a problem every race they do the timing for.

So how do we, as the end user, vote for change ? Ordinarily you'd vote with your wallet, but if we want to do the races thats not really an option.

Mass emails to the event organisers ?

Mass emails to FinishTime ?

I got a "your concern has been noted" from a mail last week.

So basically "kiss my ass" but just nicer.
I like them.

😆

[Monte Classico - Route Safety Concerns]

Safety was no issue.  Good hard race and I really enjoyed it.

I have decided to not do this race again for the following reasons.

• Race number pickup bull ****.  I sat 4 hour in traffic on Thursday just to pick up a piece of useless paper.
  When are these organisers going to be held accountable for wasting peoples time and money???  And VERY important, where is the environmental responsibility......???? I would love to know how much EXSTRA fossil fuels were burnt just to pick up a number that I can print at home???  Give me a QR code that I can scan at the starting block to gain entry to the event.  I can print my number for 50c in color.  I spent R200 fuel plus half day leave at work just to get a number.  Boils my blood.
• Seeding was CRAP.  South Africa cycling does not have a seeding system anymore.  We are forced to pay CSA (racing license) to get a better start time.  
• Timing system can improve.  The chip is horrible.  The mounting system is cheap and can be improved a lot. Give me a permanent chip and number (while you are at it) like 94.7 that I can use every year for your series of races. 
  The results were not correct for the A batch and I can only imagine for the rest of the groups.  
   

[Favero Assioma (uno vs duo) recommendation]

Single sided on the MTB.
Double sided on the road bike.

I cannot really tell the difference.
1min avg and 5min avg are pretty much aligned for what I need it.

[Zwartkop Rondo - Centurion]

4 years after the event?
Must have had a *** lawnmower.

[Dopers suck]

21 hours ago, Danger Dassie said:

Total of seven people attended, while it might seem to be a lekker joke, there are real world consequences towards people’s livelihoods.

In other words the whole of the SA pro peleton?  😁

  

[Cannondale Road Bike]

24 minutes ago, Pure Savage said:

Do you ever ride in Cape Town?

 

Dont want to be twinning the whole time....

I have last ridden road bike in CT in 2017.  So I would assume you are fairly save.  😁

[Cannondale Road Bike]

LOVE my bike.  
Bike is a little more stiff than the previous Evo ed3.  
Integration works just fine.

I know the local importers do have stock of limited sizes in this color at the moment.  You should ask your LBS to find out what is available.

WRT powermeter, I have opted for the Power2Max.  

 

[Boast about your latest purchases here...]

9 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said:

Dis p03s mooi! 

Vang nou eers.
Bhahhahaha.

Ja pieman...........
Is this one pink on the inside also?

[Buffelsdrift closing down]

I have a friend that lives there.
They do ride there often but the tracks are no longer maintained.  Almost overgrown at the moment after the summer rains.

I think the locals still has a "club" there going but not open to the public as far as I know.

Closest now is "Die Bosveld"

[Is this power meter faulty?]

28 minutes ago, ianct said:

Yeah saw that, but it's within reason. Without smoothing it was just gibberish and completely useless.

 

31 minutes ago, Rudi Pollard said:

You'll be very surprised how difficult it is to hold a consistent number even on a 3sec averaging number. Power numbers fluctuate a lot with very small increases or decreases in the gradient you are riding. It get's easier to hold a number the more used to training with it you get.

Happy power intervals!!!

Trick is.
Set up a "lap avg power" field on the device.  Start a lap and work towards your goal avg watt by working with just that field.
 

[The Salvage Thread]

9 hours ago, Joshua C said:

Hi guys. 

I saw this thread and I dont want to beg or anything. 

My brother is 16 and does road cycling. He trains really hard. He rides +-200km every weekend and intervals during the week.  The soles on his road shoes holding the cleats broke off, the shoes was already 7 years old or something when he got them. 

If anyone has old size 8 road shoes lying around for him, I would appreciate it a lot. 

Size 11 with some tissues to stuff in the front?  
Eish

[..don’t bother us, we closed.]

9 minutes ago, 440MTB said:

Don't be jelly man... here in Cape Town we get money for barely working, beautiful beaches, scenery, mountains to plow down on our MTBs... also, you can grow dagga year-round... so what if the supplier is closed for a few hours a day bro?

It's okay.  No harm.  No foul.

For whatever reason they are not available, in the time they have not responded, I have done my order online and will get the shipment later next week.

No worries.  
Keep on taking it easy.  
😉

[..don’t bother us, we closed.]

1 minute ago, 440MTB said:

Apologies if your response was meant "tongue-in-cheek" or in jest... but I see this as a prime example of how the anonymity of sitting behind your keyboard, makes you respond with unwarranted malice/aggression/in a brash manner, towards people you don't know... do you speak to everyone this way my guy?

A little respect can go a long way in life. 😄

🤣
Now the Capie wakes fully and encage.........
 

[..don’t bother us, we closed.]

33 minutes ago, MORNE said:

Firstly, we don't know the demographics at CCS. There might be more than a few guys that have religious obligations during that time. 

Secondly, i also dont answer my phone during lunchtime for anyone or anything work related. Try it, its great!

Thirdly, given the state of the rest of SA compared to the WC, call us what you like, you dont know what we do 😅

If you have been ANYWHERE near cycling in the past 25 years, your path would have crossed Cape Cycle Systems.
And if you tell me you have had a good experience, you would be the first guy I heard off.

I hope I did not bother your mid afternoon mid January midlife nap..........

[..don’t bother us, we closed.]

11 minutes ago, betaboy said:

Tried calling SRAM local distributor, I get an automated message that they closed between 1 and 2? Is this a Slap Stad thingy?

CCS at their best.  🤣

[Montecassino Classico route]

Monte_2023.gpx

[Gravel Bike - 1 x or 2 x Groupset]

2 hours ago, Underachiever said:

Swartberg northern side (which includes the little downhill) would be an interesting number, certainly more difficult vs  south

Maybe a perception?  Or just a function of which part you choose to use for the stat:
Having a quick look, I would use this section as the "north side" of Swartberg.
https://www.strava.com/segments/10601836

If true, then South side is easier.