NotSoBigBen

Are Trek and Giant ISP the same 🤔

I had an extension done, was a quite a few years ago, it was ok for a few months but then started 'seperating' It was repaired with a bit of an 'insert' so at least the whole seat thing wouldn't just fall off .... my son, shorter than me, now rides that frame Just my experience, others may have been luckier?

This ... I was taught by my cycling peers in the early 90's that in almost all cases, at least on road bike tubed wheels, no tyre levers are needed or in fact should be used to reseat a tyre after fixing a puncture or fitting new tyres of course. I have noticed over the years though that every so often a specific combination of tyre/rim can be a bugger though!

I remember being told by a long time cyclist some 35 years ago 'be careful because if you stick with it, you may even start to love cycling. How right he was, crucial was 'if you stick with it!' Seems to have had an impact on a lot I've done and achieved .... physical and mental 'limits' challenged many times. Always that lingering thought though ... could you have gone further?

I have been at the 'carnivore' thing since 2015 with just a few exceptions, one being when I was in hospital a few times over a couple of months in 2022 I also don't carbo load but .... I do take carb drinks, energy bars on the odd occasion that I do a long event Long training rides always water and bananas I'm by no means a 'competitive' cyclist but I do try give it my best shot when I'm out training or 'racing' My reasons were twofold, weight which I certainly lost and can maintain, then also my general health. I feel way better and have had fewer issues and at 64 that matters 😁 I have a yogurt in the morning but the rest of the day it's just meat, any meat!

Jeez man I've been in a few of those commuter races .... lost many a time 🫣

Coming back to this topic I sincerely hope the necessary evidence needed for a drink driving offence has been collected ... I mean according to reports all 5 occupants of the Polo were taken to hospital, surely a blood sample could have been taken at the same time? Let's see how the investigation/prosecution goes

I see that pretty often on my normal training routes, in my case they are all commuters .... they are generally pretty attentive and often give me ample space to pass. In a lot of cases, like with some runners as well, they will in fact give space so that I pass on the left away from the cars. I understand their reasoning, for them it's not a leisure activity ... it's their only option to get to and from work and they do it as safely as they feel possible... by seeing the oncoming traffic in this case All cyclists ride bikes .... everyone who rides a bike is not necessarily a cyclist!

That is the most enlightened and rational post I have seen on this subject, thank you!

Now that is a classy rider to my mind, her attitude and comments/concern for other riders and the fact that besides having a cracker season she is also the world champ! Chapeau bas Lucinda 🏆

'Sew-ups' another #IYKYK 😎 Most will never know how cool they really are! Lest anyone is even thinking about mentioning the P word .... don't bother I just call the team car 😜

Thank you for clarifying, so sorry to hear that 😥

Jeez that's brave mate! I've had a go, albeit on a road bike, didn't get very far 🫣 A bit further down towards Lido there's another infamous paved climb also viciously steep, I first had a go with my gravel bike and that was OK.... I got up with a road bike a while later but I nearly thought my hamstrings were gonna be torn from the bone! I'm told that access to it is no longer possible sadly 😢

So so mad 😠 To my understanding Gauteng road champs will be taking place next weekend and the route passes just 1 or 2k down that road ... In fact I saw quite a few riders preparing there this morning Chatted to one of the team managers I know well and he told me about the incident and that he was quite shaken, his comment was 'cycling here in the South is an extreme sport'! He stopped there just after it happened and he told me he saw the 2 murderers sitting visibly intoxicated on the side of the road ... the wrecked vehicle looked like quite some speed was involved 🤬 I better add 'allegedly' before I get in some trouble I suppose

Yoh .... July 11, 2005