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The new modern Eddie Merckx! This is history! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Come on Mads…. It’s now or never!

I see no one’s wanting to go yet.. we are running out of road… but the Danes going to shake this up.

Will the Pog machine destroy the field today? …. Dropped Tom already 😬

All good, I just landed up ion the site and saw the ZAR prices and was wondering if it’s local, as I’ve never come across it before. But shot for the response. Great products, my boys running your Ozzy pedals and nothing comes close to those for clearance etc. 😃

Thanks bud for the heads up!

So you are considered in the “pool” of folks that drive that insurance policy up 12% every year? 😂😂😂 Half a bar, I hope you had room service.. on us! 🤭

Any fellow Hubbers dealt with Karmanow.co.ZA? Is this a legitimate online store based on CTN?

Anybody in Jozi that can lightly braze or make a small modification? Any recommendations gents?

100%… the game has changed, I remember the days when Specialized was the new kid on the block and Mike was all for serving the average rider. Many earlier interviews had him pinned as a market disrupter with his value targeted products. There was nothing like it is today. Specialised quickly swooped hats and became a premier brand and out rolled the yuppie wanker concept stores across the globe! Folks riding a bike has became a more complex affair, Our obsession with weight and all its glory has become insane. We used to use our equipment till it broke, we never got new bikes every year. We’ve created this monster… , and it won’t stop till someone figures out how to throw this thing off the mountain. The amount of waste we produce for the environment with our carbon bikes is another reason cycling will change… with every country going green, all industries will have to confirm.

I think the best tire manufacturer that is making huge development in this arena is Michelin, they got a unit that’s used for racing and it helps drivers actually know when to lay off the brakes etc or when to save… it’s incredible because now you have the engineer in your tire verses in your ear! 😅 If this comes to the Pro Peleton, I can see various situation play out. team on radio…. : push push , you must cross to break. You can do it! It’s just 45 seconds… Rider: … hang on, my tire just send a notification… it says… Team on radio: I said push…? Rider: it saying rear tire… is “tired” Team: okay stop with the jokes and cross over before Cobble sector 8. 👀🙃😜

Yeah overseas the tires are cheaper only due to price wars and market share among the brands, there is far more choice, I mean lots of good brands like terravail , IRC etc. Here we generally have a handful so they kind of Cornering market and of course low volumes and middleman rent to pay, we help the whole chain. It’s called capitalism, man’s own self destruction tool. 😬

I wonder if they will experiment in the real test bed of PB next month. I think this works via blue tooth?… very interesting developments, sounds like we in for more than just cutting edge tire sealant.🤭

..,did anybody say banana?

When you patch you effectively put a weight out of turn so to speak, so the whole tire will now behave differently with various pressure points within the casing, so by default you running an unbalanced tire. For a get me out of jail card it’s fine short term to fix but needs replacing IMHO, and rubber is not cheap, we are just discussing this over on the other thread.🙃

Ouch… I would replace, once rubber has been exposed to that kind of heat, it’s possible the tire bead membrane will have warped somewhat, so your tire might experience a hoop or wall failure under pressure, that’s why some people get an unexpected blowouts, they fail to realise that the wheels are taking heat from the exhaust for your two hour drive or more. Good Luck.

Exactly.. unless you happy like “Nick Cannon”! 😂😂😂

To manufacture rubber there is a huge cost factor and that cost Ladies and Gentleman is Oil. Have anybody seen the price of a pack of Durex? Scale economics goes out the window there… 😂😂😂 its got the thinnest walls but best protection!

This can all be settled… let’s drop the keyboard stuff and have a bike race! Winner keeps BH account, and loser has to climb in the broom wagon. 🤪

There are exceptions too, some are high level athletes who want that extra edge, hence why many neo pros died from heart attacks. But how can we expect things to be level when the UCI is always chasing but never ahead of the athletes with testing? Sometimes teams can get clever, case in point Delgado, in 88’ he basically doled but the substance was not on the UCI list. Top guys today are finding different roads thanks to Lances ground work! Who ever thought taking your gardener to the Tour would be the difference between winning and losing, but the Texan culture has always embraced cheap labour. 😂😂😂

His thoughts…. That was EF’ing nuts man. 😜

Wow… are we talking about coping mechanisms that might enhance any fruit, say a few bananas? * *advanced reading between the lines is required. 🤭

Proper Belguim conditions… a win there is never easy. Some hard hitters today.

Steel is real.. we forget the true benefits of carbon is for the elite athlete, we all should be focused on comfort, but no the industry continues to sell us this lie that we need to “be” like the pros! 😂😂😂 Have you seen how much a proper custom ride from Howler would set you back? 2000 pounds! Some still see huge value in steel but look past the weight folks… and smile.

No water 🫣 Eish, some rough events boet