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  1. madbradd
    The pedestrian crossing is pretty clearly visible there (on both sides of the "V" shaped building even). Not all pedestrian crossings are "zebra" style.
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    So as far as I know these offices are Home Affairs Offices in banks. They are not actually affiliated with the banks in any way - ie they won't deliver to your bank. It's not a service your bank offers you either. I did my passport at FNB Merchant Place, and nobody asked anything about whether I banked with FNB or not. I was in and out within 15 mins (the free parking limit) for the photos/biometrics appointment and again for the collection. Wish I did it when applying for my daughter's passport - that was 3 hours at Randburg and the systems went offline due to Telkom outage and then 4 hours at Sandton where both parents need to be present for the application.
  3. madbradd
    SRAM have 50T N/W chainrings in 5 bolt 110mm BCD and Wolftooth do a 54T Direct Mount option.
  4. madbradd
    https://www.onedayonly.co.za/truly-wireless-earbuds-266454.html look like they could be an option.... No idea what they're like though
  5. madbradd
    "Free Ride" as I'm referring to in Zwift means course controlled resistance based on gradient. There is a "rider's choice" which is constant gradient. Sufferfest Full Frontal was developed with Neal Henderson and has your 5s, 5m, 20m, and 1m power all tested in 1 protocol - so "different" to the "normal" FTP protocols which just test your 20m. But I think you're right - FTP was an Andy Coggan tool.
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    This. A "proper" 20 min test protocol for FTP is a constant resistance test - ie your best 20m power in a "free-ride" session doesn't count. I do think that the likes of Zwift automatically set the resistance such that it should put you within your gear range (so somewhere between 0% and 3% gradient equivalent). In terms of the Sufferfest "4DP Test: Full Frontal" .... VERY different to the Zwift FTP protocols (20m tests). I almost vomited after the 5m, the 20m, and the 1m tests. Also they do not multiply the 20m power by 95% as it already has you "fatigued" from the 5 min test. Definitely worth doing the Full Frontal test.
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    I did the FTP builder ages ago.... Also found it too easy. Try the Absa Cape epic one.... Significantly more challenging!
  8. madbradd
    https://www.outsideonline.com/2360451/make-driving-dangerous-again
  9. madbradd
    Jon's mix is a surprisingly tough workout. Interesting to hear that it was a workout developed for feature testing more than actual workout.
  10. madbradd
    Anyone know of the compatibility of SRAM and Shimano 12s cassettes? Ie could you use a SRAM cassette with the SLX (or XTR) shifter/derailleur due to the more readily available XD driver? I imagine yes since both (apparently) work with the sunrace 12s 11/50. You could then run SLX shifter+RD with the GX cassette (and XD freehub)
  11. madbradd
    I bought a few from BikeMarket. They might have some lying around.
  12. madbradd
    Ok, found a feature request for this. Apparently we need to upvote it, and spread the word so it get more requests. https://forums.zwift.com/t/increase-baseline-resistance/19109
  13. madbradd
    Some Feedback: Hey Brad! Thanks for reaching out to us! Thank you for the feedback; that's a great idea! While it's not something we currently offer, I've passed your feedback on to our dev team. I would also encourage you to share your ideas on our feature request forum​​ or vote up other ideas that interest you. Our community forums​​ are a great place to share your thoughts, as this will have the greatest impact, and is the best way to get more community support for an idea and attention from the dev team. Please let us know if there is anything else we can assist you with. So lets see what comes of it.
  14. madbradd
    I've logged another ticket with Zwift to see if they have something. I asked for this to be addressed during Beta but not sure they understood, and now I have a 50/34 on the trainer so it doesn't affect me any more. will report back.
  15. madbradd
    I don't understand how Zwift still hasn't sorted this issue out. To put an offset on the resistance algorithm in so that if you have small chainrings you can still put out decent watts can't be that hard can it???
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    Also went today. Thought it was gonna be quicker, so mistimed it a bit. Saw the winner of my group was 26:04 - managed to stick with the second big group for most of the way and then the slinky got too long..... 329W enough for 28:12 with my fat ass. Edit: Was a South African who won our group actually - Brad Gouveris.
  17. madbradd
    Everyone: "Arya! Arya! ARYA!" Writers: "Guess we need to kill her then. The Mountain should do it" Edit: Writer 2: "No.... Arya can kill The Mountain, but then Jamie should kill her defending Cersei"
  18. madbradd
    This is amazing!
  19. madbradd
    I work on a rotation. 3 weeks on 1 week off. Kickr is on site. I go home on Thursday Evening - so lose the Kickr for a week and a half (will have to catchup on Stage6 too)
  20. madbradd
    I did 55km TT on Sat, and the 23km yesterday. Had no power on saturday, but had a bit yesterday. Will do stage 5 tomorrow evening I think as I lost access to the kickr for 2 weeks on Thursday. Will be interesting to see how Stage 5 goes - I imagine VERY fast. The winner of my 55km held 5.2W/kg for a time of 1h06m. So I reckon guys are going to approach the 20m mark (maybe break it even) for S5.
  21. madbradd
    I might watch it again tonight. Great nuance in E4.
  22. madbradd
    Yeah it did. Apparently 3 months of shooting at night for that episode. Apparently CGI is also easier to do (or less critical) for dark scenes making production a bit easier.
  23. madbradd
    Sooooo.... back to GOT. Some VERY interesting developments in E4 which leave a few very angry people at the end! Setting up nicely for the last episodes - truly is The Game of Thrones!
  24. madbradd
    You don't. Zwift isn't a registered vitality device. So you still need to record on a Garmin device, and upload that. so you land up with 2 workouts in Garmin which I don't know how to combine.... And then you need to delete the extra activity in Strava.
  25. madbradd
    How is it on the flats though?
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