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Garmin rear light will flash according to the profile you set it at, but as soon as a car is detected, it will pulse brightly and rapidly for a few cycles then revert back to the set profile. (steady ON (HIGH Intensity, NONE Flash), NIGHT flash (HIGH, SLOW), DAY flash (MAX, OCCASIONAL), PELETON Flash (MODERATE, NONE)) One request that has not been addressed from the Garmin Beta community is the BRAKING function...ie irrespective of mode, the light will go HIGH MAX SOLID when breaking...not sure the unit has an accelerometer built in tho'......

Garmin FTW....nuff said...

Enjoying the empty streets before the madness begins...

Ahhh, never paid much attention to those gates...now imagine the chaos if you were on my handle bars and we were going down to check out the Hoek!!!!???🤣

Sorry, what....so if I come down Chappies from the viewpoint to Noordhoek and take one of those blind corners and collide with a runner coming up from Noordhoek running against the cliff and on the "wrong" side of the road...it's my fault?

CAPE TOWN Southern Suburbs, Greenbelt...Newlands, over Kirstenbosch Trail above dam, down to Rhodes Dr/Southern Cross Intersection, into Greenbelt trail near intersection, all the way down to Tokai, round Tokai Forest.... King's Block House... Newlands past Rhodes Memorial windy windy up to King's Blockhouse, then across to Table Mountain Cable Car station....Annnnddd back! All on: Trailforks - https://www.trailforks.com/region/constantia-greenbelt-17002/map/ Bicyclesouth - https://bicyclesouth.co.za/listings/constantia-greenbelt-trails/ Table Mountain Bikers: https://www.tablemountainbikers.co.za/routes-trails/ Plenty more depending on skills and gear.. Some of Jonkershoek's tamer trails and jeep tracks, Tokai Mast Climb. I'm out of town at the end of the week but maybe give East City Cycles a call, they often out for Gravel rides

Eye candy en route...

To a secret-hole-in-the-wall-coffee-container....

Heres a video showing the bladder and the hole...

If it is indeed a hydraulic shifter for hydraulic disc brake...here is one of the possible reasons as it took me a long time to figure out.. When changing worn pads, new pads are thicker and may require that the space between the pads needs widening....so with a plastic tyre lever one can push open the pads/brake pots, however, it is also recommended to open the hydraulic filling cap on the hoods so fluid can overflow so to speak...if you don't open the cap to reset levels...there's a small bladder in the hood that is used to compensate for pressure changes exerted by the hydraulic piston when you pull on the brakes....there is a small pinhole on the inside of the housing of the bladder to allow the bladder to rupture if over pressurised...a tiny amount of oil will seep out there every time you apply brakes after the rupture...cursed me for ages and was always topping up until I found the pinhole.... And bladders are not sold separately unless on ebay or Amazon or the like so it could cost you a new brake unit entirely if you are able to find a single side only! Be careful of adjusting piston gaps!!!!

Doha corniche 1 month before WC 2022......

Respect, to all the participants...hardcore stuff!

Is this a good place to mention the new Spez Diverge SWorks SRT Red eTap AXS 2023 Gravel Bike complete with suspension in the "cross bar"?.....gives ever-changing seat angles that will really liven up your ride.... .yours for a mere 250K!!!!..

Went for a ride..here's the worst parts....

Went for a ride..here's the best part...

Hi, any news on this?

That feeling after a good ride...

Followed by a ride down the nek.....

Meadow meander....

Last I was there a few months back, cards still accepted

Ahaha, the favourite biking engineer everyone loves to hate has a few things to say about this new model...

This is without doubt the most important factor....of all the similarities and differences between road, gravel, cyclo-cross, etc etc, this one element will influence the enjoyment you'll get out of the bike...go wide or stay on the tar... 🤣

Round the hill...

Round about day today....