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  1. 16 minutes ago, Trackz said:

    Two Kickr Cores, two in the bin, both lasted 3 years, often used, then popped, unrepairable. Both times it was the motherboard. Replaced with a Tacx, outlasting the Core's so far. This is my objective reality, nothing emotional. Love Wahoo products, HR belt lasting much longer than any of my previous Garmin belts.

    What’s your life span on the HR belts. I’m about due for another again.

    interesting I find my HR is suddenly abnormal low for effort then I know it’s call to Chris time.

    G

  2. 15 minutes ago, NickGM said:

    Your answer reminded me of something I forgot to ask. In all likelihood, my wife will want to use the kickr as well. Our bikes are both 11s shimano with quick release, so I will buy a new shimano 11s cassette for the trainer. I know it's better to let one chain and cassette wear down together, but putting that aside, swapping bikes out from time to time should be too much of a hassle right?

    Easy peasy. Did it for 4 yrs before I got my wife her own unit.

    G

  3. 29 minutes ago, NickGM said:

    I am thinking of getting of buying the wahoo kickr core and have a couple of questions. Skimming through this thread it seems there are some reliability issues (belt and bearing failure seem common) but provided you are within warranty period then it's replaced (or less likely, fixed). The unhappy customers mostly seem like people who are outside of warranty and have no choice but get rid of their unit because, say, the belt has failed. Which is fair enough,I'd be annoyed. But I'm just trying to work out my own worst case scenario: which is that I pay R12K for a new one and have 2 good years, after which the warranty expires and I may be up a creek if something goes wrong. This is risk I'm prepared to take; I would have paid that to have a nice indoor trainer given the winter we've had in the cape.

    I'm just trying to work out if there are any other pitfalls I should be aware of, particularly if buying the kickr core. They seem to be discounted at most stores. It might just be one of those falsely inflated prices tricks that nobody falls for (Was R10 Million, now only R12K) but it may be because they are becoming obsolete for some reason I'm not aware of, or a known fault, etc.

    So I just wanted feedback: are most people generally happy with their Kickr cores? Would you buy something different if you had the chance? I see myself wanting to subscribe to one of the bigger apps (Zwift, Rouvy) - I take it plays nicely with all of these? Is local wahoo support good?

    I've had my original unit (my unit) ... hmm 7+yrs now... not a single second of problems, 2nd unit is going on 5 yrs (wives unit), this was a refurbished unit, bought 2nd hand from Dion Guy at the time, same, no no problems, ever.

     
    will confess when I bought my original, it's a Gen one, the original reed based units, I had a unexplained problem, Wahoo SA swopped it out, no questions, what so ever, 
    and will add had nothing but amazing service from @Christian van Zyl.
    I've probably bought/help sell/got friends to buy another 10, if I count quick, and none of them as had no problems either.

    As for price, they've actually been pretty stable through the years, if I was to think about my original price and the current prices, 

    these units are bullet proof.
    I've always used mine with TrainerRoad. My wife tried Swift for a month and did not like it, have a couple of other friends on TR, Ruvy and Zwift, etc, .

    As I've told many people, my Kickr was the absolute best investment I've ever made in my riding.

    8yrs ltr, still sticking to it.

    this is one purchase you can make, will not regret it and don't need to be scared.


    G

  4. On 6/11/2023 at 5:01 PM, Hairy said:

    So when will RBTV get the rights back again, asking for a friend.

    ... ye... this the Mens UCI Mtb was only broadcasted on Monday sucks.. if they say it's on Euro  then it's on Euro  at the time of the race, Not the next day :( 

    G

  5. ... so i ended up buying a google stream box and subscribed to StealthStream which gives me access to everything i want and more, liking it...

    need to find a good consolidated calendar for all road/MTB races so that i know what to go look for/plan wknd around, together with F1 ;) kids are hating mommy and daddy on Sundays as we take the TV over.

    G

  6. rather love Pyga...

    And get the right one for your riding, you will find allot of Pat's design over lap at the ends... allowing you to choose between 2 riding styles.

    Example was the Stage and Stage Max, same frame, different shock and fork setup gave the bike 2 very different capabilities.

    G

  7. Ye, realise that for VPN, i need to look at country where my VPN would terminate,
    but realising that GCN is not stream TdF to SA region. 
    GCN only seem to be a good option for us if we combine it with VPN, otherwise we still under the SABC/MC thumb.
    G

  8. 5 minutes ago, Frosty said:

    https://nordvpn.com/blog/setup-vpn-apple-tv/

    I have it setup on my router (secondary one), as well as on my iPhone. 

    thanks, i use pfSense... which should allow me to route traffic from my AppleTV via the vpn tunnel and all other traffic out the native non vpn route.

    ... just checking, did I miss something, does not look like GCN+ will be allowing us to watch TdF (don't see it on our schedule listing)

    G

  9. ok found 24/25 March and 1/2 April races above, It'ss shown as the on Demand only races in Tasmania.. still trying to figure this bloody subscription thing out, app on apple tv says monthly, profile via web says nothing.
     

    Let me ask, how do I get VPN configured for my Apple TV only? is there a VPN app for the apple tv, to get around this region blocking or am I going to have to go bigger and do it on my network, router level...
    G

  10. On 4/3/2023 at 2:18 PM, Frosty said:

    You need a VPN to watch some of the events on GCN+

    would it not that then say that.

    then i'm back to my original question around UCI MTB series, this Oceania was one of their races. if it is blocked due to VPN then where are we re the series.

    G

  11. ok, stuck...

    trying to watch some UCI MTB (Oceania) that was early March,

     

    I've got a monthly subscription, but when I click on the to watch it tells me I need a subscription, when I check on app it says I have a monthly subscription, what figures ?

     

    G

  12. ok, so we know Tdf and now UCI MTB on GCN+.

    We know GCN+ have a AppleTV app at least.

    Any other news about UCI MTB plans... I at one point heard Discovery+ (which carries ESPN also).

    G

  13. strange how late the year it is now starting, could swear it was earlier last year, especially with the new schedule where they are suppose to have allot more events/races this year.

    G

  14. can I extend request, in addition to which VPN, through whom are you streaming your sport...

    what sport/cycling are you streaming.

    still trying to figure out what to do about UCI MTB... after the Redbull dump,

    anyone have information, how are we going to watch this.

    G

  15. 4 minutes ago, Frosty said:

    Create a rant page called Supersport/StupidSport, or search for the DStv thread.

    That’s why I would do.

    sure there are many already...

     

    I know the Software that SS uses for their EPG, nothing wrong there, this is Garbage in Garbage out...

    G

  16. 2 minutes ago, slickjay007 said:

    i don't want to bad mouth Wahoo but i had an issue with my Core (second-hand) and the support i received was not great at all. My thread is on the Hub about the issue i was experiencing. In the end i landed up tossing my Core in the bin. 

    Not arguing with the services you received.... But will counter that and say I've had nothing but amazing service from @Christian van Zyl and his team, to the point that I've probably had more that 20 friends buy units from him.

    G

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