NotSoBigBen

I once wrapped bar tape over normal grips to get some relief at a 24hr race ... I raced solo and didn't sleep so it was flippin long! Like you say it didn't last ... last 2 hours or so I just took it off. In a strange way the change actually did my hands good anyway.

Won't happen says Pat! https://m.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230517_94865256?utm_campaign=twitterfeed&utm_medium=dlvr&utm_source=twitter

Strange weather here in Howteng at the moment ... @The Ouzo thought I'd just quote something I wrote back when I ran the social media site for a bike shop "So a bit of 'musing' about riding in cold weather ... This morning my hands were cold, as they always are riding in winter, and I wondered if perhaps I have missed something over the years about keeping them warm? Despite all the promises on the tags of various gloves my hands are definitely not warm, clearly they are still not as cold as if you wore no gloves or normal summer gloves though and that is for sure! I have tried all different kinds as well as the normal 'old timer' options of wearing thin runner type cotton gloves under as well as using surgical gloves. In all these cases I guess it does make it a bit LESS COLD bit definitely not WARMER 🤔 Anyone have any suggestions? NO, staying in bed under a warm duvet is not the right answer 😜 #TheOldGeezerInTheShop"

It would appear streaming on the App only ... info thanks to Tread - Mountain biking with soul @Sean Badenhorst

No downhill this weekend

Sadly loadshedding also has an impact .... for me anyway 😡 Between this and MotoGP, 'it is what it is' as the cool kids say

Quickly checks on Google what's 'arbitrage' 😜

@Jewbacca "from somebody who knows his own intellectual limits" now therein lies the crux my friend ... 'quite some few' as my mate would say over estimate theirs 😜

After 'only 250k' of riding I would tend to agree with @PhilipV that a slight adjustment should do the trick .... As someone once told me a very long time ago (granted in the days when there were only road or commuter bikes) "most gear shifting problems can be solved with half a turn of a barrel adjuster"

I had this long thing typed out then my phone went haywire so let's try again ... I have found its a bit of a lottery of whether it's better or not, depends on the route, the intentions of the organizer etc. In a race touted as a proper gravel route like the GT100 held here in Jozi south then it's certainly a better option. At Race 2 the Sun I was quicker on my gravel bike than those I regularly ride with on their MTB's At the Circus100 an all comers welcome but gravel race an MTB was better ... then there was a race held by the 'Pink Flamingos' or something like that from Troyeville that was for Gravel bikes only that was certainly, too my mind anyway, not ideal for gravel bikes On tar and good to fair gravel in my humble weekend 'worrier' experience a gravel bike whips any MTB's backside I ride it because I like to ride a variety of different bikes and try where possible to use the right weapon on the day ... no I don't always get it right

Just like that it's time on the Highveld ... looks lekker out but 🤔 Ja ja some of us get cold quicker than others before the thick skin okes wake up 😜

#MiekItHappen 🏆

The older we get the faster we were 😎

Some of us more than once, ek se maar net 🤪

I wonder how much if any expertise there is around to repair components at that level? Some years ago there were some around, my go to guy has sadly retired ... recently had to replace a complete garage door motor and make a DIY plan with the charger on our gate motor. Both of which I'm sure were pretty simple repairs .... but ja 'it is what it is' as the cool kids say 🙄

There's a reason why it's sometimes 'the road less traveled' ... gave it a shot but it went nowhere

Having been through this and done the 'out of warranty upgrades' a few times which I can't really afford anymore decided to 'DIY' my way around as much as possible. Just got my boet to order me 2 batteries in NZ (+- 800 ZA rondts for both) which his son in law will bring with him when he visits in just over a weeks time. For a Garmin Vivoactive3 and a Samsung S3 ... Google provides the how to 😎

Big 'numbers' are all good and well but personally I think that besides comfort (critical as you say) one also needs the mental aptitude and 'vasbyt' to use them! I could of course be totally wrong but it's what I've observed over the years 😜

Is it just me ... I've seen buses with nicer rear ends than that car #NotACarExpet

Some rides are just that ... a ride ... no destination, time, distance in mind Food for the soul

Google .... an amazing source of at times useful info https://www.bhbikes.com/en_GB/about-bh/100-years-of-bh

Bliksem dude, hope for the best!

"Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go."

But it's pretty much as bland and vanilla as the Toyota 🤪

Handlebars and dreams, two things worth hanging on to 😎 Getting more adventurous ... further every so often, my family slowly getting used to the idea again 😁