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Disagree....that's kind of what he's done and look where it got them....

A few years ago I rode a (shortened) day 2 in W2W in some rain. Including a sliding face plant over the edge of a berm when I lost the front, it's the most fun I've ever had on a bike ...guys were submerging their bikes in one of the Oak Valley dams to try to clear the mud. Was such a blast!

Watching the guys with pressure washers- I've opened a kiosk adjacent selling pivot bearings....

That's what I was thinking. There was not even a bolt left in the cage but lower pulley was still in.

I'm not sure it was wire into SCR's RD. I think he lost a pulley? Chris Blevins said he was behind Lukas when his derailleur pully hit the ground ..

Hoping that Andri has a better day tomorrow - he owes us one. Gerald announced Nino's team mate as "Tomas" Frischknicht....that might be part of the problem ...I hope Andri shows up tomorrow

Thanks. Couldn't have stated it better! Wonder if Nino will stay on Aspens?

She's making sure Neil Gardiner understands what she's saying.....😁

I'm sitting here enjoying the rain in Joburg ...BUT now I can't ride cos it's pissing down! 🤣

He's won the Epic with Lars ..

Yip, as I said I've tried Mr Min and leather seat cream, and first wiped with a damp cloth ..

It usually IS my bike 😄

I was thinking about Dubbin . Might give that a try thanks. Definitely the topsides.

And a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ guy 😁

I agree the commentary is boring. Safricans don't generally make good commentators. I'd love to have Bart and Claudio (when Bart eventually hangs up his hydration pack - anyone get that? Harkens back to Neil Gardiner droning on about those a few years back)😁. I reckon Bart n Claudio would tire us all out with their enthusiasm. I wish all commentators (F1 and Noto GP) were as unbiased .. I also hate the fact that all the action today happened before live commentary....maybe the weather but to cross so far in sucks ...

I've got a nice pair of Lake carbon soled road shoes but the uppers tend to "creak", especially when cold - any ideas what I can use? It's especially around the tongue area but it's most of that part of the upper. I've been told it's Kangaroo leather .....and the fasteners are Boa and a Velcro strap .. I have in the past tried a car seat leather product and a bit of Mr Min which has Silicone in...

I'm pi$$ed that the live stream only starts at around 08:30.... Got to wait till then

I will say this, I think that Rush has priced their bearings more competitively as a few years ago the disparity between them and a reasonable "non-junk" quality bearing was significant. Good on you guys

They'll be open. There should be a guard at the gate 247 being a hotel.

I'm not 100% convinced of that. SCR ran out of matches and lost out big a few days ago when they went out hard and ran out of steam. They burned a lot of matches yesterday & today and so have Matt and Chris both fighting back so well and especially today....it's going to be one helluva Queen stage.

I've always believed it's in the water? I'm hoping Nino n Andri managed themselves today. From what I saw Andri wasn't getting dropped today and at a point they were holding the gap - almost. Looking very fwd to the 👑 stage tomorrow.

I use BMG for non-critical bearings and Enduro for BB and pivot (Max) bearings. I've seen scientific studies that show that ceramic aren't all they're "cracked" up to be in cycling....

Probably overseen by Neil Gardiner...... As an aside -Gosh watching Annika do pre-start interviews, she's so chilled and such a natural she should be on CNN.

Burning matches as they say....I wonder how long they've been in SA? Nino and likely JFR have been here for a good while as has Beers and have done some local races. AFAIK Georg & Lukas have been racing in Europe.

Georg said he ran out of talent in a sandy section and Lukas dragged him home in fuel saver mode ...from Instagram.