capediver

Better half always telling me to grow up....I say "why?"....

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Glad I wasn't out at 4AM yesterday morning!!!

Upgraded bars wrapped in camel hide and now tubeless,

Image the cat's version of this!!!!!!

New Bike Day..... Pardus Uragano full carbon with GRX 2 x 11 running 45c tyres for much appreciated comfort!!! Bars to be changed soon...

"The logical solution would be to delineate lanes for walking, cycling etc etc. But this does not work"......but it does...

Plenty of space for all along the stretch, just takes a bit of lateral thinking....

Easy one this....slice of bread+heated element = toast.....sorry

Off Topic: Reminds me of the urban legend of the Seapoint Karen complaining about the nudity at a certain seaward spot along this stretch ....it was found later when asked to show the evidence that she needed to climb on top of a cupboard and balance precariously over the balcony to see the "action" over the wall there!🤣

You cycling in a circle, in Cape Town, in March....99% chance of the following: The wind will blow: 45% of that time will be 👉 🚴‍♂️ 45% of that time will be 🚴‍♂️👈 10% of that time will be from either 👈 or 👉 Don't care to do the stats on chances of rain.... Gonna miss it this year....😒

Looking for someone to assist with spoke tension...anyone?

Beaches for miles...

Sounds like a proper adventure!

Yip, that little push rod is gunged up...I tried using WD40 in there, and then coaxing the rod in and out and it worked a bit better but eventually seized up..Giant as well! shelved as they didn't have the correct cartridges in stock at the time...had some good life out of it though..a couple French trips and local bound bashing for a few years....

What's the problem?Sticky, slow, stuck, Usually these type of posts come alive again with a new cartridge....problem I have had is that the push rod of the cartridge gets wet down there where it screws into that bottom nut and then gets sticky in its sleeve and only actuates the drop but stays stuck so the seat doesn't rise...new cartridge, new dropper! Beware not all cartridges are the same...obviously length is one variable but some models don't have that thread at the top end....

FYI

That bottom cable actuator bit usually un-screws, remove the cartridge...may give you some clues...something like this...

Similar thing happened to me on 105's...shifter just stopped working after getting it to change up to biggest gear...flipped hood back, removed plastic cover from bottom, checked outside side and yip, the cable stopper was out of its stopper bracket and was jammed up in the top of the mechanism...went to the inside, used a fine rod to push the stopper back to the outside and re-seated stopper into its bracket...on further investigation, I found the cable was actually mangled at a corner en route to the rear derailleur so it was not moving smoothly inside the housing after selecting gears resulting in the cable stopper jumping out of its bracket...replaced with new cable....

Out front, garmin to gopro for garmin light

Speed is your only friend over sections like this! and a light grip on the bars to protect your teeth!

There are no good trails near Stellenbosch.... There are however the following types of trails near Stellenbosch: AWESOME EXCELLENT JAW-DROPPING WORLD-CLASS EYE-POPPING ASTOUNDING I think you get the idea!😎 Check a few out:

Since applied duct tape...over the ties.... still a bodge?😂

Crank spankers.....same I suppose, but this one got the nod, came from a Christmas Cracker a few hours earlier!

Hack and a bodge in one! Hack: bottel opener👌 Bodge: Carrying the beers in the frame!🤪