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I've done it on 2 Spez saddles. Once you get the knack of it it's not difficult. Stand the saddle in the sun, with the underside facing the sun for an hour or 2 (makes the shell more malleable). Grab the largest flat screwdriver you can find. Then kind of jam the screwdriver between the end of the rail and the socket, and gently push and coax the rail down the face of the screwdriver until it lines up with the socket. As you ease the screwdriver out the rail will pop into the socket. It may take a few attempts until you get it right. Also helps if you can secure the narrow part of the shell of the seat (not the rails) to a board or plank. As a side note, every time I've seen rails pop is when a bike has been standing in the sun for a while. Seems to make the shells go too soft. Might just be a coincidence though...

Or the merry band of thugs who looted Makro stores will...

You get Wels Catfish in most river systems in Spain. They get massive! Fishing that lake must be incredible.

Had the same issue in a previous house when I fitted them. Hair dryer to soften, then add some weight while it cools down. May take a few tries.

A question for the woodworkers: Where and how do you store your tools? I have a large collection of saws, planes, hammers, clamps, chisels, squares, etc. that I inherited from my grandfather. I want to build a usable storage solution in my workshop to keep them in. Any ideas?

I actually have pretty long legs and long arms. My last bike (Pyga) was an XL and that fitted me fine, but from chatting with a few Primer owners in the US I decided that I was a borderline L/XL. I way prefer a more compact fit for the type of riding I do, but the L fits me perfectly.

Very impressive and the value of your home must be improving massively. My only critique is to please take a hair dryer to those pendant cables to straighten them (I'm pedantic like that ????)

Wow! You are doing some pretty serious work to your house. Did you figure out the plastering, electrical, etc. as you went along, or did you have someone teach you?

Odd, I'm 1.9m and ride a L and fit just fine on it. Intense Primer SL

What's with that front /rear tyre combo? Did the previous owner supermoto it?

Have a look into getting the stator rewound. Might be an option.

The biggest bread knife you can locate was the best option I could come up with. Did the job myself once about 20 years ago. Never again!

GM just seems to be that kind of guy. I used to bump into him periodically at Holla, and my son (who is also a big fan) went to say hi on a few occasions. For someone who is essentially a superstar on the international stage, Greg is a heck of a down to earth guy.

I'd buy another Intense Primer SL

Like I tell so many of my mates who fork out big $ for someone else to turn a hex key (since most shops don't bother to use torque wrenches anyway...), it's a just bicycle!! Not exactly the most complex piece of mechanical equipment - you only need a really basic set of tools to fix almost anything on a bike (rear shock service and wheel building are the only things I don't do at home). Learn to fix it yourself (youtube has great instructional vids for this), take your time to do it properly, and it will pay dividends.

How did you get a 6m long board to your house???

One of my colleagues did this Bafang conversion to his old Giant to use as a commuter. I took it for a spin and it's very refined and has oodles of power. It has brake sensors and all the tech factory ebikes seem to come with and the power comes on so smoothly. Cost him around AU$1000 all done.

Tung oil or mineral oil/paraffin work well. But they could also use any polyurethane sealer you'd use on wood counters for a more hardy finish.

I'd second The Cavern. Lovely accommodation and so much good riding in that area. Really decent wine cellar too, which makes the post-ride recovery easier...

Longer lever makes more torque, shorter lever requires more torque to do the same work. The lever is a torque multiplier - the longer the lever the higher the multiple.

So the security aspect of staying on a remote farm in the Underberg area wouldn't worry you at all? Having spent a fair bit of time in that area and getting to know a few of the farmers, I know firsthand that they have significant security issues (to the degree where they engaged some ex-Executive Outcomes guys a few years ago to try and manage the stock theft situation... ).

Some people have a lot of time on their hands it seems... It's painted carbon, not some delicate orchid which requires you to wear soft fabric gloves when handling it and no soap is going to damage it, so use whatever you want. Most times I just use water to rinse my bike, sometimes I'll add car shampoo if I'm washing the car at the same time. For the drivetrain I'll use 1:50 Prepsol with warm water, but any basic degreaser will work. Anyone peddling their product as a 'carbon friendly soap' is selling snakeoil IMO

Booking a guide is not optional, and a guide is mandatory. Ndedema has been closed to the public since 1998 to protect the rock art and over security issues involving the poachers.

I'll take the safety over the wildlife every single time. I used to to a lot of hiking in the 'berg, but stopped after some security incidents with Basutho drug traffickers in Ndedema Gorge. Amazing part of the world, but if you can't use it safely it's wasted...

I own more than a few of the One+ tools and they are great for the price. It's a somewhat of an addiction actually...