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this is the only proper tyre lever for the bastard...

and if the tyre lever isnt flying over the room, then I pinch the rim tape... MADNESS

DUDE! I find it easier to fit new rubber on my ADV bike than on my MTB or road bike... ban these hellish things called bicycle tyre levers! 🤣

oh dear...

Chris just updated so my post is no longer applicable.

From the whatsapp group: ”Hi everyone, Gert had a calm night. He is very alert and frustrated because the trachy means he can’t communicate easily. I’ll take frustrated any day- that’s Gert 🤣 They’re putting a filter in his groin tomorrow because there are more blood clots in his leg where he fractured the knee, to prevent the clots from travelling when they do the knee on Friday 🤞🏻 They are also taking the drains out of his lungs tomorrow. 🙏🏼”

I’m not ashamed to admit I walked up Swaarmoed…

I got a similar feeling following the many updates from the course. I reckon the wind in the Tankwa was brutal on Saturday. That 70km stretch from Da Doer to Ceres can be a real beach with a block headwind going straight up towards Calvinia, up a gradual incline (2-3%) on terrible corrugations and with the small matter of about 900km in the legs. That hail storm outside of Fraserburg reminded me of a similar hail storm I encountered in 2022 just outside of Britstown. Nowhere to hide with lightning flashing all around and hail coming in sideways. I was prepared to meet my Maker that day. Man… memories…

2023. He finished in good time that year if i recall correctly.

Munga entry R28000 - ive never heard a Munga participant complain about the facilities, the conditions, the lack of water, the quality or availability of the food, the wind in the Tankwa, etc etc etc Absa Cape Epic entry - who can keep up? Every year multiple threads/pages of complaints about conditions, lack of water, food, the sun, the wind, mattress being too soft, mattress being too hard, etc etc… I pay 28k with a smile. See you okes at the start line next year.

I agree with Luxxotica/Sunglass Hut not living up to the standard of the earlier years. I wonder if Oakley HQ is aware because I just get a feeling that this level of service will not be acceptable in Yanky Doodle Country - I have no point of reference to make that statement, its just a hunch.

I cant speak on their behalf. I try and keep it in good condition, and if its not on my face, its either on my cycling helmet or in its sakkie. NEVER on my kop. And wash with very mild hand soap if/when needed.

I got 12 yrs out of my original Racing Jacket lenses. Radar EVs still too new to draw a comparison. The photochromic lens I am replacing was a 2nd hand purchase which was destroyed when I got it - sadly, the seller could have been more accurate as to the condition of the lens, but it was still good enough to last me about 4yrs. If things get used, they dont last. Thats just the way I see it. For years I refused to buy Oakleys because of the price, but once I got over myself, I cant see myself going to something else. BUT, as always, each to his/her own.

EyewearSA. I have bought from them before and will do so again (Radar EV and Racing Jacket lenses). Legit Oakley lenses are not cheap, but if its what we want, then thats the price we have to pay. I have bought non OEM replacement lenses before, Revant if I'm not mistaken, won't do it again. The fit is crap and the lenses are less durable than OEM Oakley lenses and don't even ask about the so-called polarized lenses the sell! Oakleys for the win! Just a pity some of their new designs look like someon was on an epic mushroom trip when it was conceived... I am ordering replacement Photochromic lenses for my Radar EV's next. I pay the R2000 with a smile.

I agree. Unless Strava start making their own head units/watches, they need Garmin more than Garmin needs them. Lord knows what wacky backy the Strava legal department have been puffing.