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1 hour ago, Michael Dewing said:I’ve never been able to get the garmin live tracking to work..🤷🏼♂️
As I said mine works most of the time ... I have found it does depend on the firmware on the phone and device being up to date as well as the Connect App
This might seem a bit 'nuts' but I always carried my phone in my middle cycling jersey pocket, the device is on my stem, I find it more reliable since I've moved it to the side pocket go figure
I do wear an ICE bracelet, 2 of my falls quite some time ago it was damn helpful!
So I'm not alone 😎
I do use Garmin Livetrack which goes to my wife, my son and daughter in law ... As mentioned it works most of the time but occasionally 'drops out', loadshedding I'm sure doesn't help!
We also have a white board in our kitchen and I always write a short ride plan and what time I expect to be home since she's mostly still in bed when I leave.
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If I had a dollar (no not a ZA rondt) for everytime I've heard 'you must be mad the amount of riding you do alone, it's not safe' .... My wife says I don't play well with others and that's why I prefer it 😝
I'm well aware of the risks and I do try to be as safe as possible knowing that's no guarantee.
I know I'm not the only one since here and there I do see other riders out on their own.
My question is are there other hubbers that ride alone most of the time despite the danger?
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@Barry @Alouette3 Grumpy from my LBS The Workshop gave me 2 options luckily! Thank you so much for the offers gents
Coincidently got 2 from my son's mate, a 'vaper', just this week. Need to just get finished with 2 other projects I'm busy with then that's the next thing 😎
Ka Dezemba 😎
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22 minutes ago, Graham W said:I might have one in the big red box
Thanks Grumps, see you in the morning!
Looking for a Rockshox fork thru axle (non boost)any condition as long as it screws in if that makes sense ... doesn't matter if the Allen key thingy is stripped or that 'quick release' tighten lever gadget is broken or doesn't work
Fanks
Ben
I been down that road recently, granted I'm also just printing with my home stuff ...
I printed spacers with PETG, fitted them and went for a ride or 2 .... uhhmmm no not for me can't have more teeth fixed after my other falls! When you ride on the bars and 'pull up' as you inevitably do I could hear funny noise from the spacers 👀
Got some off road motorbike handlebar spacers from the Grumpy one, not many know that he was a pretty accomplished dirt bike racer in his day! I did have to file them a bit to fit and print a 'filler' but they work a treat 😎
I also don't have experience with the newer fancier materials so can't comment on those
On 11/25/2023 at 9:20 AM, DJuice said:Of no help with the techical details, looking forward to the custom spray job!!!
PS some Klein retro style
According to my wife and grandsons that colour is too 'cool' to have any 'writing' on .... and then the style guru my 4yr old granddaughter 'hang it on the wall grandad'
Off to Grumpy @GrahamW ASAP cause I need lots of stuff
Frame
- those goodies they put in the frame with bottle cage bolts
- derailleur hanger
- brake calipers
Fork
Decide on the way forward to reduce the travel, apparently I'm told by that other tech guru @Pikey that 60mm of travel is still too much and that I should aim for 40 'just to take the edge off'
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9 hours ago, Toasted marshmallows said:You would be cutting travel going from a 26er to 29er lower. If it's 100 mm you would look at a 55-65mm travel. Did a swop on an old 26 sid to 27.5 lower and was down from 80mm to 60mm
Even upgrade the steerer with a NA tuned alu one to cut weight....
Suspension for the win on a gravel setup...
Interesting ... I'll measure and report back!
My 'eye' however doesn't seem to see that ... Difficult for me to explain but on the 26" fork the bottom bolts are visible whereas it would appear the bolts would be quite recessed on that 29" SID lower
If that makes sense?
Just makes this whole exercise more interesting, hoping to do a bit of work on it Monday
So ..... Got some bits and have an idea knocking around
A 'short travel' monstercross, the only thing that's holding me from my usual built in a day or 2 bike is reducing the travel in a RS Recon fork .... Some thoughts would just be interesting
- is there an 'easy' hack?
- is there only the air spacer option meaning strip down as I understand it?
- can I just run very little air i.e. lots of sag 😎
Will certainly visit my go-to guy, Grumpy, Monday for this and other questions but would be interesting if anyone has perhaps done it already
Can't give advice specific to this but over the years I've come to realise that recovery is very specific to every different human being ... a good example to me was I've just been through something relatively 'innocuous'
Our GP told me 2-3 days (as usual I only really heard 2) after starting medication I'd be good to go, he knows I want to ride!
It's quite a common thing i had, especially amongst women folk I'm told anyway, all and sundry gave their 2c and just 2 or 3 days I'd be fine
Well no bloody way 😕 .... 5 days sitting around moping and today was the first day I could go out 😁
Saw him yesterday as I popped in to his rooms to pay a bill .... he asked how it's going, i explained ... he said
'like I told you before Ben at your age you don't need a diet fad or plan or something to lose weight, you're old enough to know what and how much you should or shouldn't eat. Similarly after riding and training for as long as you have you know your own body better than I do so you will know when it's OK to ride. You also know not to do stupid stuff!'
TL:DR listen to what the experts and 'googlers' say but LISTEN TO YOUR BODY and don't do anything stupid .... simple nė?
1 minute ago, Michael Dewing said:Absolutely agreed..! 🤣🤣
people need it, and make me look like an alter boy.. those people fight for the ones that can’t/won’t..
okay I’m definitely out now.! 😉🤘🏻
Audie, that you 😝
7 hours ago, Jono said:The Specialized SWAT mounts are finished! These Garmin Varia mounts are CNC machined and anodised in Cape Town. They are supplied with a durable injection moulded insert. Feel free to DM me if you would like to order one.
That is super cool!
Like I've said before as much as I'm a fan of 3d printing I would not trust my expensive Garmin and other devices to 3d mounts .... Not without a secure tether as an additional safety to the bike!
Maybe just me though
4 minutes ago, TheoG said:Yup, the heat got to me good & proper. I stood just beyond the finish line with full on cramps in both quads for it felt like eternity to me.
Weird thing is I took all the hydration precautions but it was still not enough ....
Plan for next year: Loose a lot of weight and train harder & longer.
Edit: The heat also did a number on me the previous week at Steyn City ... 🙈
To quote my son
Less weight = Free speed
😝
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I think Steyn City got what they needed out of the event, just humouring us for a bit still letting the MTB riff-raff in 😜
Preparing yourself and managing your effort during hot rides is also something that you can 'train' .... Just saying
As far as 'help my traps' go I keep my thoughts to myself these days suffice to say there are many riders that genuinely need them, not as many as think they do, then there are those just getting an ego boost from it
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That's as good as the 'stance' will get with that Frankenfork .... even then I'm not happy with it, the travel it has is only about half of what you see there then it gets to the bump stop
Next up I have a similar Fox option to test ... 26" stantions etc and 29" lowers
Man I love tinkering 😎