Max Headroom

Thanks Guys ! Great suggestions, thank you. I think the Malmesbury, Hopefield, Vredenburg, Stompneusbaai - basically the R45 looks like an alternative to the busy coast R27 road. I like the suggestion of going via Malmesbury, Darling and West Coast Park - but I ...time/distance makes this a maybe.

Great thanks !

DM me too please. Thank

Going to road cycle to St Helena Bay. Looks like the R27 is the only sensible direct route. Did a ride out to Yzerfontein some years ago, and seamed to be ok. Any advice on safety or any other thoughts ? Thanks.

I agree with the comments re 3X front means you don't normally need a bigger cassette. If some steep hills are too much for you - and you have a 24 upfront, then a 36 at rear was popular. And , yes, a 36 cassette will fit because of your long derailleur cage. But you could also change to a 22 up front - Still cheaper that changing cassettes. Personally, the cassette in the pic still looks good to me.

.....Biggest problem is the Police. I am trying to get them to be pathetic, ....😂 They are already pathetic

Yes. Commentators doing their best - but, that doesn't mean it's any good, Gerald needs a speech therapist, listen to him - cannot concentrate, so he fills the simplest sentences with 'erm' every second word. Cycling needs to find someone better or get him therapist assistance. (And the; it's 'free' viewing comments, are nonsense. )

Hi, going up to Jo'Burg for a short visit; Any suggestions for good fun trails - (staying on kayalami side of town) :- I will be riding alone - so prefer : Very Safe area/trails Lots of single-track Minimum 40km (or more, but under 1000m ascent) (I'm from CT area/trails - so please not suggestions like Steyn-City - made that mistake once on the pre 94.7, mtb event)

Lourensford Classic April 2024- Wine Estate Class Distance Price (pp) Classic 59 km with 1600m climbing R 700.00 Maxi 40 km with 900m climbing R 600.00 Those prices - I assume it includes an e-bike rental !

Yup, Recently, Gerald hosted at the PE2Plett and listening to him at the nightly briefings, gave me hope again - I thought he sounded normal and capable of having a smooth discussion. But what a failure yesterday. The problem is, he can't concentrate - every simple sentence is mostly filled with 'erm' 'ah' 'eh'. He needs a speech therapist.

Sorry, if you don't believe in science; I can't help you. (If you are really interested, you don't need me to find research that comforts you: it's everywhere.)

Yeah, I know - it's the story of 'if the sun doesn't kill you, the washing machine will' My OP was not a crusade to convince anyone — but rather, that it occurred to me, that I need to also consider scientific proof re plastic dangers: in a cycling context. The point was that we try to avoid or eliminate the bad stuff (like your wife and doctor tells you):- do more exercise, eat less animal fat, use low fat dairy, eat more fibre etc etc. But, when it comes to continually drinking vast amounts of water etc out of Plastic bottles: we say ah, what the F*#k, I'm going to ignore science (that shows we vastly underestimate how seriously plastic affects our bodies) It's similar to smoking; if it doesn't kill you instantly, it can't be that bad ! Right ? Anyway, I think we are all tired of this topic now.

Oh, you are such a loafer - this is what HR average should look like : 😇

They look like a good option to me, of course nothing is as easy, cheap or convenient as plastic (for almost all daily-use items), but isn't this basically what guys cycled with before plastic? I do hate the idea that you cant sqeeze it !

Oh, there are many - just google 'is BPA Free - safe' Here, in no particular order, a couple :- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200218182202.htm https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/news-BPA-free-plastic-safety-chemicals-health https://www.livescience.com/63592-bpa-free-plastic-dangers.html https://www.greenmatters.com/p/bpa-free https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(16)61382-1/fulltext https://www.nature.com/articles/jes20168 https://academic.oup.com/jes/article/3/9/1715/5537531?login=false https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bpa-free-1.5404149 https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/many-bpa-free-plastics-are-toxic-some-are-worse-than-bpa https://www.tonyrobbins.com/health-vitality/plastic-water-bottles-safe/