NotSoBigBen

A reminder that if the only people who entered a race were serious contenders to win it there would hardly be anyone doing them. Now that was like those early 'Fast One' mountain bike races .... I know many don't like races like that but man I had an absolute ball 😎

Good job!

Kan nie kla nie, moet net keer of dit gaan beter 😁

Slaan my dood met 'n nat snoek ... Hoop alles gaan goed ou!

This morning's musing while riding with some traffic interruptions ... It is relatively easy to become a strong and fast cyclist with some dedication BUT etiquette, mannerism, responsibility, & general logic is not a given! Some skills cannot be learnt indoors or in 'classes' ... Ek sê maar net 😜

Some super wheelsets @nick_the_wheelbuilder ... Maybe one day when I'm big I can have some custom wheels 😎 Just wondering how many other hubbers venture into 'amateur wheel building'? I have been doing it for a few years now ... ONLY for my own use that is! Often out of necessity because I know the 'real' wheel experts would scoff at some of the crazy stuff I've done ... Quite a few odd rim/hub hole count combinations and sometimes need something that I can 'codge' up out of bits and pieces in my garage saving me a few shekels. A single wheel build for me would take 2 or 3 days to get it close to true and round, often times I get it as close as dammit and then live with it.

Yoh brought back memories of a nightmare drive from Hector Norris Park to Netcare hospital Alberhoughton last of last Christmas time 🥴 - my wife had no sympathy Background was that I had had a crazy couple of months of bike falls:- Mid August - incident with a dog left me with a broken and cut nose and having lost a 5c coin size piece of skin off my upper lip (my son fetched me, sorted at the Emergency and sent home) Mid September - In a hit and run, ended up in ICU for a week with a concussion and bleed on the brain (ambulance ride, I have no recollection of) 20th December - a fall at the track left me with a broken collar bone, 3 broken ribs and a punctured lung (my wife fetched me, dik de moer in, that drive from there to the hospital was the most pain I have endured since my life my friends!)

Just waiting for the go ahead then I'll post the one's I saw

Saw some pics and it would appear there was a damn good turnout despite the hub naysayers 😜 Well done the lot of you! Any awareness created is certainly better than none

Challenging conditions on the Highveld today ... quite heavy rain during the night, another early morning downpour. Lots of the 'lying in today' excuse type messages on the groups I'm part of but don't ride with 😜 Just did my normal, look out the window ..... wait half an hour have another look then went out with a raincoat just in case. No rain, actually a pleasant ride! I find a gravel bike to be ideal for these type of rides, water puddles around and quite a lot of stuff washed down onto the road surface.

Legend has it that Willie Engelbrecht (MHDSRIP) when asked what he was training for would answer 'just in case' ... I like that!

Easy now guys ... 😜

No worries, thanks .... I was hopeful! As you say definitely think 1x is the way to go. I'm a big fan of 1x in fact so much so I now have a road bike with 1x and will set up my TT bike like that as well

As a matter of interest what 9sp wide range cassette (11-42) did you use? I have an LTWO one but it's pretty crappy and I gave up with it ... Never could get it to shift right ... Or even good enough to be comfortable to ride with.