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NotSoBigBen

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  1. https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pidcock-opts-out-of-worlds-in-australia-due-to-racing-and-training-fatigue/?utm_content=cyclingnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow
  2. LOL my boet says 'Time pedals and Trek wheels on a Look WTH!'
  3. I've had this bike for a while and since I'm lying around at home decided to give it a bit of an update .... Also red bikes are faster, and yes there is 'scientific proof' ðŸĪŠ 'Actually, it has to do with the length of the wave of light for red in the color spectrum, and that the speed of light is a constant. So because red light waves are shorter, they travel faster because they are not traveling as far. This makes red bikes go faster'
  4. I use an 820 and an older 810 to follow all sorts of routes ... Riding and following a route is a bit of a 'practiced' art IMHO, its not like in your car with well defined roads and stops and you can't hear 'Susie', as my grandson calls her, yelling instructions and info at you. Missed many a turn off and had to go back, it did say you're off course so you know to go back Once you get used to it though it's a great way to ride new routes!
  5. Good thinking Batman! I must be honest I would have no idea ....
  6. I also re-use quicklinks but I must say it's mostly 10 and 11sp ... I have also joined chains by just pressing out the pin most of the way and then pushing it back but again mostly 9 and 10sp They've all worked OK but anything can happen I guess .... just as an aside when a chain like that breaks how do you know, FOR SURE, it is exactly where you have joined it by this method? #EkVraMaarNet I have used a chain breaker , I carry a small one I got from RAV X a long long time ago, quite a few times over the years and it's got me home bar one time when it was just a crap chain on my SS This tool is one of those 'gift' type ideas I give my family come birthdays, fathers day, Christmas etc 😎
  7. Like with all world champs i suppose it seems to me that it is a bit of a lottery on the day, all the stars have to align AND you must be on the form of your life! The one person who seemed to have that sorted was PFP, I'm more impressed by that than Al Nino's 10th, maybe just me though. That taught those young whipper snappers a thing or 2 about how to win a WC 😎
  8. The same reason there are so many Man U fans?
  9. I give up bunch of useless twits ðŸĪŽ
  10. UCI MTB World Champs 2022 South African TV Schedule Saturday - SuperSport Channel 206 13:10 Women’s DH 15:10 Men’s DH Sunday - SuperSport Channel 206 08:55 U23 Women’s XCO 10:40 U23 Men’s XCO 12:50 Women’s XCO 15:05 Men’s XCO Thanks to Sean.Badenhorst and TreadMTB!
  11. I watched it here, in English no problem https://tiz-cycling-live.io/live.php
  12. Bad luck for the French in the team relay as their second last rider loses her saddle, they had a good lead going into the second last lap ... Hop Schweiz in the lead
  13. I just look at what has happened to the drop in form recently of the other 'neo legend' and hope it doesn't go the same way ...
  14. Strangely enough not so much pain as discomfort luckily, the wonders of modern medicine. Fortunately my dear wife has looked after me well. Had a follow up visit today and the doc is very happy with the way the wounds are healing. Changing and dressing them 4 times a day is doing the trick. To be reviewed next Thursday and the stitches will probably come out then. Then to the dentist ... Hopefully I can go out without scaring children and old ladies soon! Thanks for the concern mate 👍
  15. Was just gonna say 'apparently' .... tut tut tut There is 'scientific proof' BTW ðŸĪŠ
  16. Reminds me of a conversation i overhear between my wife and her mate a few weeks ago "Is Jason coming to the birthday party?" "No he's not he's doing some upset fit thing"
  17. To casualty on Saturday ... an altercation with a dog at some speed ðŸĨī Face looks a bit like from a Frankenstein movie at the moment, broken nose, 3 top teeth gone, missing piece of the top lip and other cuts and abrasions. Lots of stitches, getting TLC from my dear wife. Nou ja ... it'll heal in time So what to do while I wait, ag might as well paint a bike ðŸĪŠ ..... or maybe 2
  18. Legen ........ dairy! "Nietzsche famously said, 'Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.' What he failed to stress is that it ALMOST kills you"
  19. The cynic in me thinks that it is the same "formulation" just sold at a higher price with the e-bike branding to make more profits 😜 Don't mind me though I'm old and generally miserable
  20. Just a thought, at first e-bikes were needed so that those unfit or otherwise unable to keep up could ride with friends and/or family at least that is the premise from which most argue ... now even that's too slow so a performance chip upgrade is necessary. Any 'analogue' (that is just such a stupid description of a bike) bike riders ever think to slow down a bit to accommodated them? Or would that be too much to do to have them ride with you ... with or without a 'hot' e-bike? Every now and then I'm so happy that I'm a loner when it comes to riding a bike ðŸĪŠ
  21. I'm old enough not to be shocked by what people will do anymore ...
  22. At least they told me they are not tarring from the water place passed the blue barn back to the Eye tar road ....
  23. Progress is inevitable I guess, won't be gravel for much longer 😕
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