The_Break

Oh man! Don't get me started on that. One at a time.

Surely it does not take a lot to apply your brain to think you should buckle them up. I think it takes more brains to lock your front door and cook your child a meal than it does to realize they should sit in the back with a restraint. And if you didn't feed your kid or protect his home then I would say you don't love him. Same applies for seatbelts to me. You cannot tell me parents do not know this.

I bought my bike because I did 4 months of research on each and every component on it until I was happy it was the best I could get to improve my performance. Personally I only buy what I see the real Pros riding and for which I have considered the design intent if available from the manufacturer, i.e. TDF or which there is actual test data for. Also, a long warranty, parts availability and customer service are important.

Kids should not drive on the front seat of a vehicle. Seats belts will not stop their bodies properly during a collision. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8458944.stm

they do not buckle their kids up and: let them sit in the back seats unrestrained. let them stand between the frotn seats. let them sit of the front seat without a seat belt. let them stand on the front seat without a seatbelt. sit with their youg babies in their arms in either back or front seats. For your interest, an airbag deploys at over 300km/h and if you are not stopped by the seat belt you move forward enough during a frontal collision for your head to be in the way of the deploying bag. In other words, you get hit in the face at 300km/h plus what you are travelling forward.

I don't think the past should be used in this discussion as the father has already made a move on getting professional advice and is doing something. To me that is responsible parenting as he has identified a possible problem and is now dong something about it. Whilst I do agree that the distances posted last year are too much for yong children, I doubt we will see him doing those distances as posted before. That would be irresponsible parenting. I am glad to see though that he is open to opinion. A good rait in a parent. I always give parents who don't buckel their kids up and hard time and most of them tell me to pluck off and drive on without doing anything. That is irresponsible parenting.

Hi Guys and Girls This thread has been created so you can give input on what you feel coaches should and shouldn't do with regards to all aspects of cycling, running, swimming and all multidiscipline realated sports. It will be interesting to hear from your personal experiences. Please no names or bad mouthig of coaches as there are many different methods to coaching and best results are always found when the coach and athlete are suited to one another in many different ways.

Hi Guys and Girls I am currently doing research on what other coaches are charing around the country and the services they offer. I do not want names, company names, etc, but ask that if you are currently being coached in any of these disciplines that you could answer the following questin: Your age? Your sex? You discipline/sport? Province and City? Monthly fee? What you get? Did you sign a contract? How often your program gets sent to you, monthly, weekly. How many days a week you spend with your coach? How often your bike setup and techniques are checked? How often you perform testing? Do you receive technical advice regarding equipment and do you feel it is accurate? Do you receive mental training? Please don't let this get into any argument about what is right and wrong. I have started another thread where we can do this so that this is strictly for research purposes. https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/94233-what-coaches-should-and-shouldnt-do/ Please also remember to leave names and companies out of this so their is no offense taken by anyone. Thanks in advance for your input. Regards, The Break

Don't be so rude man! Even though the young guy is doing too much the parents have taken it in a serious light in order to get advice on whether it is good or bad. To the point where they have requested me to put them in toch with an Olympic level coach. I think this alone means the parents are concerned about their boys health and future and I suspect if you list all the races he does this year you will not see him do more than flat 25km races of over 90min or so. You should read the thread Big H suggested. You will see it is a different story to what you assumed.

Either the Sports Science Insitutue or Stellenbosch University Biokinetics Laboratory at the GYM. I would suggest the 2nd optin simply because I have been there myself and the way they allow for a setup and the tests performed are all of a very good and accurate standard. They perform a test which includes: Max Heart Rate Heart rate at Lactate threshold Max power Power at lactate threshold VO2max VO2 at lactate threshold From all these values they will work out zones for you (although you should always work them out for yourself just to confirm). You will also be able to see what your lactate to max heart rate and power ratios are and these are imprtant to your training as they will indicate what kind of training you wi be able to beneft from. I do suggest 2-3 test from just after base to mid season. About R500/test, but well worth the money if you consider how much you pay for components to improve your cycling. Getting accurate training is much more benficial.

Why not just get the fork that was designed with the bike. Whilst reducers are an "option", if you do not know the exact tolerance required you are looking to possibly have a bit of pay in your headset with obvious effects. I think a reducer is a bad idea as in order to seat the bearing you will need to have a reducer with the exact tolerances required. I have built fork prototypes before by taking simple measurements with a vernier and it is not as simple as it seems. I would check the bearing FIT and then ensure the machinist is capable at running at these tolerances. It is not as easy as it sounds.

I think the solution is simple really. Keep buying from places like CWC and CRC. Learn to build and service your own bike and pool your resources and purchases with friends. I think that more and more online shops are fiding their way into SA and whilst LBSs will remain pricy, even as they have in Europe (will all the online sjops there too) due to an ever present need for non-techies to have their bikes built and serviced. Bottom line is, SA is a very expensive place to live when it comes to cars, bikes and any luxury product as importers will always be making a fat mark-up due to one simple fact. They want to make money and there are not enough bikes going out of their warehouses for them to be happy with the profit if they sell them cheaper.

You cannot use that argument in this case. Whilst true that vibration characteristics are system dependent the question here is whether a carbon or alu seat post will deliver a harder ride (obviously in this case on the same bike). So purely changing the seat post to carbon (assuming the same geometry as the alu) will allow less vibration transfer through to the seat and thus rider.

Same thing. Clearly bent. I bet your little screw that touches your hanger bracket on your newly fitted derailler is either shorter or longer than on the LX derailler by a good few turns.

This is what the frame, hanger and derailler should look like. Note the hanger is parallel to the gears. You only need ask your bike shop to bend it straight using a dropout alignment tool.

Carbon is a better vibration damper than alu so I believe that a seatpost of the exact same geometry will produce less vibration from road surfaces, etc.

It not your derailler that is bent it is your hanger bracket!!!!!! Either that or your frame is skew.

Not to mention the fact that you would not be able to enter any races with it or ride it down hill at speed at any sane level of confidence. I think it is great for technological advancement, but otherwise I have no idea why guys spend money to get there bikes under 6.8kg. It is just a waste and cheating if you do use it. May as well dope.

I think you are talking BS, actually a nice big LBS. LOL and then ROFL.

A frame in a cardboard box should be about R150 with a courier, but I would suggest you add insurance which will be about 2% of the value of the frame. SAPO have a max insurance cap of R5000 so if you want it insured go with a courier. I do however find SAPO to be fairly efficient when it comes to parcels.

Who is BOB? Wasn't he that guy who went by the name of Brian Branaghan. I heard his wife made him tattoo his initials on his butt.

That is a big bearing??? Are you on something?

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