Paul Ruinaard

Hmm so maybe i am missing something here but if you on average ride a 2.5 hour ride max for your Saturday ride but now go out and do a 4,5 hour to 5 hour race over much more bumpy roads you are saying that shoulders and neck shouldn't hurt. I normally am very sore after CTCT as the roads are very bumpy and quite fast along misty cliffs etc. I was always of the opinion that if you aren't trained for 5 hours you aren't going to do well when you get there. Like the man says 55+ is vastly different as well so this is something that is also age and fitness related. Your body hasn't got the experience? So are you saying a good setup will be able to address this? Can you give me more details as to how? I am riding a Specialized Roubaix already so i haven't got a flat seating position like when i was a kid? I am just interested as it would appear i am missing something around setup. Which setup framework would you recommend as maybe i am sorely mistaken.

Seems like there is a culture of Devops/Agile at Zwift where they roll out updates really quickly and let you test them to find the faults. So you turn your users in to beta testers and then monitor the feedback for things that are broken, which si a much quicker way to find faults than lengthy testing schedules.

aah you were ahead of me on this. Agreed wholeheartedly

FYI so for those that watched the World Championships and saw the crowds without masks screaming their lungs out like normal at an event, the reason was because Flanders has a 95% adoption of vaccines, so they could do this. Get the Vax FFS. The numbers don't lie. then we are back to mass starts, Hooplah, crowds cheering you and great events. Until then...... PPS did see some strange HR numbers post Vax but it was all positive.

How experienced are you at riding those distances and how hard are you holding the bars. Reason is if you havent ridden that distance and are nervous and gripped the bars a little harder over rough or bumpy roads it's no surprise that you are stiff. Setup wont solve that problem. I would suggest you consciously focus on relaxing your upper body and then monitoring your progress. For example after every CTCT with the bumpy roads and high speeds my upper body i.e. neck and shoulders, takes a pounding. I don't get these issues doing the same distances and types of rides in the cradle. Just FYI my fork broke and i did an MTB ride with an almost rigid fork. Nearly killed my back and shoulders. the difference when it was replaced was huge.

I use OLBAS oil on a handkerchief to clear up a stuffy nose and open up the lungs - works great.

This. If you have ridden one over copious quantities of stutter bumps which are prevalent on our roads, then you shake your fillings out.

doesnt change the fact the bike is neither fish nor fowl TBH.

Grease i would stay clear of. Silicon spray or something light maybe....

I don't mind a small sticker saying serviced by on x date and the dates it should be done again. However it drives me nuts if you think i am your advertising hoarding.

Use the Zwift companion to control the BT connections. Make sure Zwift is connected first prior to connected anything else i.e. phone is on and connected and Zwift companion up and running with manage BT connections enabled. then connect HR, trainer etc.

Hi All, sorry i am not a woodworker but i have a pile of Rhodesian teak wood planks from my deck that i took out which i would like to sell to a good home. Used, but it makes great furniture etc. I am semigrating to paarl so cant take it with but i have 160 square metres of deck planking which i want to sell. Would be open to offers or if people want to take some of it. I see very high prices for the stuff new but logically this is used and has some Patina. Anyone want it or know of someone who would be able to use it.

Morning all - anyone seen any people advertising for bike transfer services for CTN Cycle tour yet? Used to use Eliott but haven't seen any ads.

What this man says. Its amazing the amount of admin a good broker can remove and the peace of mind you have wrt being covered. You get what you pay for in life and their job is to ensure you never run in to average clauses. With all my mates they try and get the lowest insurance rates and then bitch when they find out why its cheaper.

Its a Harley, we understand. More noise than motion.

IMO gravel bikes are like double cab bakkies in reverse. People drive them because they aspire to a lifestyle and want to go offroad over weekends and the like - camping etc with all sorts of accessories. But as cars they are not really comfortable. However they spend 90% of their life on tar and commuting. If you put the right tyres on them you can go in to remote areas and if you bush kit them then they become very impractical for day to day use. Gravel bikes are the same - they are really limited if the terrain gets rough when you need some suspension and an MTB does better, and limited on road. You will always be swapping tires and rims which is admin. You will always be under geared for serious road riding and have high rolling resistance. Off road your mates on an MTB will be much less limited than you when it gets slightly rough. BUT: gravel is a new trendy thing, like fatbikes. More marketing and hype than technical merit in them but hey they are catching on. I have built and ridden a CX bike on and off road and sold that for the above reason. Great fun but other than that no real benefits, and then again two years ago built and entry level gravel bike with spares i had lying around. I still have it. The thing is it is neither fish not fowl and eventually you will find an MTB does stutter bumps better and a road bike does road racing better. IMO gravel will go the way of fatbikes when people work out they aren't really much more than a mental image of adventuring down a dirt road, so there is never going to be one bike to rule them all - more like another reason to build a bike and have another one on the wall. Mine sits on my Wahoo.

The only thing i get from this is a lot of cycle lab ranting and bashing. TBH the viewpoints dont add any value and this aint news, rather IMO and you used a lot of energy venting your spleen against Cyclelab. FWIW there are tons of cars following everyone in the cradle in the yellow line which I agree causes a safety problem. I think the better post would be to highlight this habit of the follow cars that causes issues especially when you need to pass them wide. Agreed groups are too big for many clubs and very difficult to manage, but there is safety in numbers as they say. But then again road runners using the cradle running abreast cause the same problems as follow cars i.e. they force you wide and if there is a car then you are exposed. Here is the news though - you dont have to ride there - you can ride elsewhere. Nobody is forcing you to choose that venue. If you deliberately go there and ride there then you manage the conditions you find there like everyone else does if they choose to.

Sad to see these go - I learned a lot in side threads and found it the real community rather than just the cycling related topics.

The thing is that in terms of cycling here are a lot of high net worth individuals who are in to this sport as it appeals to the segment and who who are by their nature wealthy and being execs are also busy and time depleted so they dont have a great return on doing the research and solve the problem by using their wealth rather than their time. This is the market segment the people like the Specialized and Cannondale concept shops appeal to - they are selling the lifestyle and the vision, not the technical merits of a bike. Dont knock the lifestyle shops for executing an advanced marketing strategy where they are selling value above the features of the bike.You buy in to a brand and the lifestyle that brand image espouses. You may say a fool and his money are easily parted but every luxury brand in the world exploits this aspirational quality in humans

agreed - i think the OP would have a valid premise if he said even the second hand market is skyrocketing and demand outstripping supply so the accessibility is being compromised.

Have a look at the prices of new Specialized and Treks and then you will see why there is demand in the second hand market. Couple that with an increase in interest in the sport and then you have an amped up demand, and also a massive shortage of components owing to a global spike in interest for many reasons = demand above supply. Prices go up as more money chases less stock. Simple demand and supply. Values of bikes are unrelated to input costs in any way.

ICE ID is part of my regimen but this scares me as I do ride alone a lot. If you bash your head then be careful and make sure you get checked out. I spent a week on a ventilator after flaking out 7 days later, aspirated a lung, stopped breathing, missed a wedding which happened to be my own and then had some fancy wave forms on an EEG. But thats a story for another day.:-)

depends on the trade from what to what and how much you give. If its like istore locally then there is no ppoint.

I think i left my Garmin 1030 Plus on the roof of my car at Valverde on Saturday and drove off after all the chaos when the rain came. If anyone found it please contact me. Paul - 082 9287955.

Sounds like they stripped it and then just re-assembled it for the painting. IMO flush the system, bleed properly and then see where you land. If you are getting lever travel how new and thick are your brake pads? Maybe. anew set as well? It will crisp up your brakes.