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If buying a new crank and it is for your wife, also consider getting shorter crank arms, either 170 or 165mm, She will be able to spin easier on the hills

You have been here long enough to know that the original community is no longer, it left the building not long after the great bikehub crash and a lot of the long standing members hardly contribute to the community as the sole was ripped out when NCR topics etc were removed and it transitioned to classifieds, with a limited community involvement. Whilst I have not been here as long as some, I have been long enough to see the change, not only in the bikehub site, but the community as well as the "deteriorating classified culture", and many of the older hubbers have moved on and have limited or to no involvement in the community with the change. Many do not post as much as they use to, myself included. All I am pointing out, if someone has beef with dealers being here on a selling site which happens to have a community, they need to compare apples with apples and see that dealers are ALLOWED here and have to pay to for that privilege, whereas individuals don't. Likewise, I pop in now and again looking for something I need, or selling something, and occasionally talk *** 😉

Registered dealers have to pay to sell https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/dealer-and-retail-sales and private sellers do not https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/sell-on-bike-hub. Whether you like it or not, bikehub is now for classifieds that happens to have a community. You could argue that bikehub owners are using you, me and everyone else in the community to legitimize the classifieds as people see a community and feel more comfortable buying or selling here. Irrespective, dealers have the right to be here, they are registered and pay the bikehub owners accordingly to make a living!

GT retiring at the end of the season https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/its-not-been-a-bad-run-eh-geraint-thomas-announces-retirement-at-end-of-2025/

https://pinnaclemultisport.com/

I suspect the target market with Nic at Olympic Cycles is not the bikehub

Alan/JA also missed an opportunity when Stefan de Bod rode off the front of his group and solo TT to the front group, then finished 10th in the sprint. There was an opportunity for a small group to go with Stefan, but no one did. Maybe Alan wasn't feeling it on the day and why they tried for the sprint win.

Not used them, so cant give any feedback, but i see mellow velo in broadacres offer bike fit https://mellowvelo.co.za/pages/bike-fitting?srsltid=AfmBOorGxp4jXJvnQ10-qg4z-hBjzkNDfHZ_oR8H3x0Txowh2O-Sm16A

Patrick Lefevere stepping down https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/patrick-lefevere-steps-down-as-ceo-of-soudal-quickstep/

4 bigger race wins in 4 yrs, the other TP does that as pre TdF warmup without even trying. Pidcock is expecting a similar salary to TP, WvA, MvP and is not really in the same league on the road. Potential is there, but seems to be either hot or cold on how he wants to play it on the day and not how the leam wants the race ridden. On the road he has one good race/stage, does not work for the team like the others do, and they are even happy to forgo their status to achieve a team result. When MvP & WvA are racing hard in cyclocross, he may mix it up and get the occasional win, but 8 out of 10 times he is 3rd. His only real standout is MTB but only when he picks and chooses races that he believes will suit him. Q36.5 are probably looking to up their status and get more wild card entries to the GT's and will likely leave Pidcock to stage hunt on his own as there won't be a team to support him. Maybe his inclusion will pull in more sponsorship, so that they can build a team, but likely to be a long term thing.... and I doubt the relationship will last that long. Toys may well be thrown well before then. I suspect the palmares will stay heavily weighted to MTB rather than road

1. Have a budget 2. Know your bike size, get some advice on this either from a couple of bike shops or a get a professional bike fit. Depending where you are you can ask for recommendations for who to go to see for a bike fit. 3, Knowing the above 2, choose bikes you like the look of. If you like the way it looks, you will ride it more. 4. A bike won't improve your fitness, riding it and spending time in the saddle will, you can do that on any bike. If you choose a bike because of item 3, you will likely ride it more. 5. Once you have narrowed down to a couple of bikes of choice then look at components and do some online search of reviews of the bike. 6. Then you might want to ask here what peoples views are of 2 or 3 bikes, and not 14 or so. Then you will get better feedback. At the end of the day, any bike can be used for social rides and you can race on it.

UCI have requested it be stopped and requesting WADA to get involved https://www.idlprocycling.com/cycling/uci-concerned-about-carbon-monoxide-use-among-riders-wada-must-also-take-a-position

Shimano of the same speed is cross-compatible, so the guy is giving you bad advice! Dura-ace is lighter and better than 105. You could probably pick up DA front and rear derailleur fairly cheaply if you want to make it all the same. If after a service it does not work as should, then the guy's ability to service a bike is the same as his advice!

Look for a treadmill that has bluetooth connectivity for Zwift. You can also set up this app https://github.com/cagnulein/qdomyos-zwift as a bridge which will control the incline. Look on FB for the QZ group about set-up and intereaction with the developer As for second hand, look on FB marketplace, or maybe a few fitness machine suppliers will have good black Friday deals

Tough, hot and humid and unfortunately, I heard there was a fatality in the car park area after the run, cardiac. Another who almost had a cardiac crossing the line, but they managed to get him into an ambulance. Hopefully he will be ok.