Bike Mob

I was very close to ordering EPS...maybe I still will

The two go together... little body weight, little bike weight...increased energy, more body weight, then increased enjoyment and more bike weight goes... You cant simply say everytime someone want to drop a few grams off their bike they are too fat and need to shed weight... Whatever your Body Fat %, a light bike feels great.

It would be nice if they made a pressfit needle bearing that would fit - just from an ease of ownership point of view having one crank type - there would be no stiffness benefit though, although the BB30 cranks are a bit lighter and have narrower Q factors.

I disagree, If you are to change frames now, the effective loss on replacing it and selling the old one would have justified just buying a model up in the first place. If you ideally want a light bike but cant afford it and plan to upgrade slowly then make sure you buy a frame that is the ideal/best you can get or is the same on the Level 1 model as the level 3 you bought. Wheels are your first to upgrade, you can go with lighter tires at the same time (for mtb using non UST converted tires saves weight but adds hassle) While you're at it get some Ti Skewers - 100g lost there easy. I would then change out the bars, stem and seatpost and saddle. These are normally items of fit and preference and can be swapped while doing your setup, go for the lightest you can get while maintaining strength. Cranks on OEM specced low range bikes normally weigh a ton, I'd change those first before any other parts of the groupset where only minimal savings are found. Pedals - most people get Shimano SPD ones chucked into the deal, they are frikken heavy though - get Look Quartz pedals, light and good value. Cassettes - Once worn out go for a higher model, they drop quite a bit of weight from bottom range to the top, this will aid your light wheels too. For MTB, Brake rotors, savings are found here. Then change up groupset parts as yours wear out.

Sorry Urban. I misread and no you cannot fit a BB30 crank into a std frame. There is not enough space for the bearings.

I have ridden them in over 40kmph gusting winds around cape point...so the only thing blowing me away, is the lack of being blown away.

I considered going to Campy but I would have had to change ALL my bikes and all my wheels...all cassette bodies... just to stick to an old wives tale that they must go together wasn't going to fly.

@ Tiny K - I still have the Venge - it's just changed it's job description - Details to follow soon. @ camerons - 2012 Srem Red groupset on it's way, I will then have the new brakes - not black but darker. But Ultimately I have a friend working on a special set for me,in black. and the biger loop is better for cable resistance, makes shifting slicker, maybe when i get my teflon inners in there I'll nip it a bit. @tombeej - They are kept in cryogenic stasis until I need to ride them, no dust, no cleaner required.

What a debut...fantastic ride. congrats!

I'm going to have to stop naming myself after my bikes, I'm starting to get Schizophrenic

This has more of an Assos tingle in your chammy, than peppermint crisp...I like it a lot.

Another beaut, I have some Campy Shamal Ultra's to train on that will compliment my bikes look as well as heritage.

Perfectly

Apologies for the poor photo... it was late and I was excited. I've just ridden it testing for 5km so far. Proper road test coming up tomorrow

On a road TT that would be miniscule and never account for minutes... but yes still a factor, you could add aerodynamics to that if you really wanted to as frontal area would also change. You would also need to account for the extra drag the bag creates in turbulent airflow off his back.

On a flat route the weight would make almost no difference. Only the intertia of starting it. His fitness would only play a role, and his efficiency. the GREAT thing about this TT is that it's hilly. Forget that TT's are typically flat - for this research it was imperative that it included hills.

Absolutely classic.

That was the breakaway lap

Who do you think the rest of seeding companies learned from in the first place? Yip the PPA and racetec and David Bellairs himself who openly gave them the information

The PPA DO check on the organiser and have a long list of checkpoints and debrief post race on a monday and score the organiser. They then revert to the organiser and tell them where they can do better in future events.

http://www.pedalpower.org.za/about-ppa/where-does-the-money-go/ The reason why only PPA members receive times/results, is because PPA pays for electronic timing at events (Racetec) in order to assist the organisers to keep costs (and therefore entry fees) down. PPA members therefore get results as a direct benefit of being a member. At events where the organiser pays for the timing (like Die Burger), everyone gets a time. At this stage the option is not there for non-members to pay an additional levy to get a result. The discounts you get from participating in only a few events virtually pays for the membership cost. Plus you get seeded so you can race with people your own strength. and you also get discount at Cape Storm! I really don't know why Covie is so upset with them - the benefits FAR outweigh any failings, and most of the failings, like in another thread people complaining of marshalling IS NOT the PPA, but they take the brunt anyway.

Wrong.

As a member you are entitled to see the financial report available at the AGM - if the members ever actually went you would see. Of the 20 000 members I think there were less than 100 at the last one. The truth is the Argus makes a great deal of money that is used throughout the year on safety campaigns, charities or banked. It does not get shared amongst directors for donuts everyday like everyone thinks.

some truths and some misconceptions here ppl: Sascoc forced CSA to take on a 9 Provincial body structure, and decided this without consulting all bodies like the PPA, essentially forcing them out. SASCOC and CSA have 1 goal: Racing and the development of cyclists to attend the Olympics. The PPA has 1 main goal, the safety and awareness of safety for all riders, and they do NOT organise funrides except for their own tour De PPA. They Facilitate the organisation thereof and provide timing for their member via racetec. Marshalling and toilets or lack therof is done by the organiser (like Cycle lab for the Cobra) PPA provide signage and boards to use for the event and entry systems for members etc. PPA used to subsidise (yes pay a portion) of your CSA license fee, and charge you the member less. That R35 was a miniscule amount compared to what CSA wanted. By belonging to CSA and SASCOC the PPA was effectively being milked by them for 1mil per year. Now they can save this and use it for development of cycling and safe cycling campaigns like the one they just launched. Everyone knows that CSA is in deep **** and needed the PPA cash cow to come along for the ride so that they could keep their funding coming in, but the threat was that the government involvement could jeopardise the health and running of the PPA and effectively damage the principles they exist for and way they run things. The PPA organisation is probably the most liquid body in cycling and the model they run, has been offered by the PPA to all other bodies in jhb and up country, but they always knew better. The Argus/racetec collaboration is a monopoly, but a very valid one. is CSA got hold of it what would it look like? The proceeds from this help tons of charities and fund your saftey and awarness the PPA is constantly working on. The PPA had a choice to join the WPCA and effectively be overtaken by them or leave CSA and let them to do what it wants with racing and let the PPA do what it does best for it's members. Time will tell where this all goes, but the Feb deadline and new constitution is flawed and even so their deadline left no time for PPA to go to an AGM to vote. So there wasn't much choice, that is CSA and SASCOC's own fault. they lost their meal ticket.