NeoOne

I’m looking for advice re gravel bike or rather repurposed road bikes that can handle jeep track and not-so-rough terrain. I can’t seem to search the Hub (see attached pic). Which brand of road bike can be modified with a gravel fork and some 750b wheels/ frame that can accommodate the gravel tyres required for a Race to the Sun type of event. I like Cannondale’s as a manufacturer own a two Evo’s, a CAAD 8 ( dedicated Zwift bike and candidate for modification BUT rear clearance can’t even do 28” tyres) and a 2016 Scalpel HM. At 2023 Race to the Sun I was dropped by everyone on a gravel bike as soon as we hit the tar and want to find a brand of bike that I can use as my gravel bike for 2024. I heard murmurs of an older model Specialized Roubaix circa 2012/3 will be fit for purpose. Which light <11kg road frame will get 32-34” (maybe 36”) rear tyre in? Which gravel fork can work well with such a hybrid? I will be fine with v brakes and not necessarily discs and am not fussed with Road or gravel components. We’ll just pray it doesn’t rain this year at 2024 Race to the Sun. I have lots of pretty smooth gravel roads where I live and does not need to be a gravel weapon. My budget is <R15 000.

I rode this race for the first time last year and the ladies are NOT allowed to take a wheel at all. I offered one up to a lady that was being dropped from the front group and she looked around like there were cameras around. She did say thanks but no thanks. We’re strictly enforced by race Marshall’s and like clockwork some motorcycles with marshalls came through

Is there reliable shuttle service from Sun City back to the start all day?

I handed in a 520 where the rubber buttons have perished from age, but fully functional and holds power for over 4-5 hours. Garmin wanted R2500 for rubber buttons or R4700 for a new 530. They take my old unit and promise to refund me R650 for the old unit. I emailed a young lady Alice R. at Garmin at least 10 times and each time we have problems with her forwarding docs for me to fill out( either wrong format or they want credit card slip or credit card receipt (all which I provided). When I finally get tired of waiting for my refund I told them either refund me or send me my old unit they were holding since 94.7 Nov 2022 or I’ll take it to social media. A few weeks ago I get a package with the old unit. No explanation. No apologies. Really poor customer service

How do you pick your le Tour Fantasy team? Stack it with sprinters and TT specialists for first few days and then transfer and take a loss with GC choices in second part of first team week?

No sir. Acc to Fox it’s a sticker with 4 character letter and numbers

as supplied by the bike shop. When installed it hits the frame

I checked and there is nothing on the outside

Which 4 digits will tell us what the correct stroke and length? Thanks

Will check in my way past bike shop. Thanks for reply

How does one resolve an item e.g. a rear shock is advertised as 190 mm and 45 stroke and the build takes several months to accumulate all the parts. Now on the last part of the build you realize the part supplied is let’s say 200mm and stroke 55mm? Do you have recourse to say. Your part was advertised wrong or do you take the hit and sell it on?

G’day Hubbers What is this Garmin sensor on the Lefty front wheel? What does it do? I see what looks like a battery access at the rear. Anyone?

Q. Will an XL PBR 2.0 fork be able to work on a 2018 Large frame? Will it affect the geometry drastically or make the steering sticky? Will a few spacers and bearing cup do the trick or should I just show some patience and wait for an Ocho or the correct size/ year model?

Thank you kindly

Can anyone tell me if a 2020 Carbon Lefty 2.0 PBR off an XL frame fit on a 2018 Large frame?