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"CHANGE GEARS!! CHANGE GEARS" The collective shouting of all parents for the sub-nippers when the gradient changes!

I see so many kids on bikes too big for them, but unless kiddo is small for his age he might already be better suited for 24" Weird take. There are resellers on the hub, but they're mostly adding value. The private sellers most ride themselves so you have higher chance of a well maintained bike too. FB will be filled with scammers and poorly maintained bikes.

It hasn't been sold new in over a decade. My gut says you can get better value with something more modern, but it all depends on what you are looking for really.

This is not legal. Insist on it. If they refuse, escalate to station commander. Insist on signed statement why they are refusing you.

I'll wait for @DieselnDust to answer on VO2max, as he's left quite a few comments now and I also don't understand where the number would become relevant in training. 4 x 4min hard-starts has a power target range. The first rep is done mid range, if it feels good the next two are upper range, and if possible the last one sets a power PR and we acknowledge a break through. If you up the power for two reps then just manage in the last rep to repeat the power of the first rep then the session and power range was spot on. Not sure how things would change from knowing your lab tested VO2max number. I'll answer for LT numbers that actually made me tweak my training after testing. LT2 takes some of the noise out of threshold work where field testing with PM can have you muddy the waters with anaerobic contributions. For most people this number is a bit humbling and it lowers the ceiling of your power range for these workouts. It takes a long time for LT2 to feel hard and most folks want threshold workouts to feel hard and end up riding quite a bit above LT2. LT1 calibrates your zone 2 work. 55% - 75% of a poorly tested poorly defined number that is itself a number meant to approximate something else is an attempt to give broad guidance and it's just too many layers of stacked errors to be specific to you.

Thanks @DJuice for all the info. I've made plans for my own set of Rocket Ron 20x2.25 from the UK. 😀 Excited for it, and don't think anything else would have come close. If anyone comes across this thread after exhausting all local options I might be able to help out with bringing stuff over...

Two flicks of both elbows is a general warning similar to flashing your hazards when slowing down on the highway. It's used for speed bumps, rail roads, before getting out the saddle, or any warning where you cannot safely take hands of the bars to point or where there isn't a specific direction that you want the guys behind you to avoid (like a parked car). It started in the pro bunches about 5 years ago and was quickly adopted locally.

Yeah, I'm scratching the Crown Gem 20x2.6 (that's available locally) off the list. Can't get myself to install a 620g tyre! 😭

Pop them on a kitchen scale before installing!

Is the SA shipping restriction new?

At the Herald we at least got a fruit bar, granola bar, nuts, and some Eucerin sunscreen with makeup in it that made for hilarious moments when okes started wiping sweat off their brows...

@Titan Racing Bikes do you guys still do Crown Gem on your bikes?

Track rules. Race finishes on the same lap but you're racing for different spots depending on lapped or not. Can be tricky to keep track for sure.

It's bad hub design. When the spokes are not under full tension they simply unclip from the hub. So one spoke fails and then you have a catastrophic failure!

Not a great spot on the calendar, but also no marketing really. Spoke to club mates about it and from all of them got "what crit race?" as reply... 🙁