NotSoBigBen

The best coffee rides are the ones where you’re just riding to ride

He did say he wants to 'upgrade' to 1x so I doubt it's NX ... generally speaking you have to put a damn lot of pressure to BREAK a chain especially if it's new. Have the new chains all been fitted by the same mechanic? If so bad joins could be a remote possibility, that being said only if they are not using 'quick links' Doesn't help much but a picture of the chain where it broke and whether it has a quick link may help ... that's just my hacker thoughts though!

An afternoon amble to test this bike after the 'rebuild', lekker to be out for a rare no gadget, no lycra ride and just muck around for a change 😎

Not sure it can still be called 'monster'cross ... It needed a total strip down and rebuild after over 15000k's of riding, my mate just happened to be spraying a Maxda CX3 with this color this week. 'If you bring it now I'll spray it' he said on Tuesday ... there like a bear! Necessitated a few other 'style' changes of course as well as a new cassette, chain and chainrings. Had loads of pedal strikes because of the low BB height, fitted a 170 crank ... let's see if that's better 😎 Before After

Anton at Summit Cycles Midrand, one of the very best!

Very true, it drains pretty well there! I rode yesterday and just one muddy patch that wasn't even that bad. No rain since then so it'll be even better as you say if the predicted weather is correct on INaccuweather and we have a cracker few days ahead 😎

Slippin' and a slidin' Peepin' and a hidin' Thaba always big smiles!

This is an event I'd give just about anything to do but the cost and logistics, for me that is not in general. Almost got an entry but it was given away right under my nose sadly 😢

That was a pretty civilised way to do it ... it was in 2018 though and probably not as bad

Did a long ride(130) with an assortment of riders last weekend ... 2 e-bike riders as well. The interesting part was that they had a bit of a discussion before we set off regarding their 'strategy' as far as battery usage would be. I guess it is something that has been mentioned and will become normal for e-bike riders like nutrition and energy.

I occasionally hear people say no they not riding because they have issues or are under stress, that's the time I make even more sure I do ride! I find it helps ... Getting enough riding in to keep me happy despite the above and the rain 😎

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DM me an e-mail address let me see what I can do

Duration is insignificant. Consistency, however, is

I've revisited my 2022 goals (life goals even) I WANNA BE LIKE COPPERHEAD!

Just saw this on a local group ... Dear joberg2c rider We hope you and your families and friends have a had a good holiday. After 11 years of awesome adventures, joberg2c as you know it will come to an end after the 2022 event, 22 April to 30 April. There are numerous smaller reasons for this decision notwithstanding the impact that Covid has had on the event, but the main reason is the life changes amongst the organisers, Gary, Glen and Wappo. Farmer Glen will continue to farm, to do sani2c and most importantly he is about to become a grandad and he wants more time at home. Farmer Gary will continue his fine form as a grandad, farmer and he will continue to work with his family on Berg and Bush and Oxpecker. Wappo will be starting a new event in the Free State and Berg to support the villages that depend on the funds from joberg2c, and to keep the vibe alive. Thanks to your support, joberg2c became an iconic mountain biking ride showcasing the very best of communities from city to sea. We have put over R35 Million back into these communities and we are immensely proud of this, thanks to the great support from adventurous people like you who are prepared to go the extra mile to get the most out of life.

I had that yesterday, I logged out completely then logged in again and it was fine ... was logged in when I was in the main page and classifieds but the minute I went to forums I was logged out.

There more I read here and hear from others the more thankful I am that I came off so lightly ... strongs guys!

There is no audax at that time of the year anyway, I guess I was just saying that it would be possible to do it in one day ....

Pretty much the same but I'd have to think long and hard to put myself through that again ....

Despite the rain most of the night the gents were determined to go ahead with their planned ride Alberhoughton to Paris (FS) this morning. I joined them till 60k's then turned back on my own, had some other priorities today. Still turned out a cracker ride!

Very nice, you're finally one of the 'cool kids' 😎 Is that your wife's bike in the background?

Looking neat!

That is amazing, my late father in law could weld like that. Pity I never took any photos of the many welds he did on my motocross bikes in my racing days ... and for many of my mates at the time. He described my welding attempts as 'voeltjie ***' 🙄

I want to comment on the lengths that 'weekend worriers' go to in their training but it's best left unsaid