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Gave away my Delonghi bean-to-cup. I drive home now to have coffee after a ride instead of stopping on the way!

On top of the world

I found a really nice pen knife on the Cork Tree trail near the giant blue gums in Cecilia Forest this morning. If it's yours, DM me and I can get it back to you.

You might be able to get them off Temu / Aliexpress. I seem to recall there being a Chinese knock off of the Time espresso pedals floating around that takes the same cleats.

Yeah. I do it solo from time to time. Green belts to Tokai from Constantia is also fine. I avoid the front of table mountain on my own particularly the area near the blockhouse. Others ride it all the time Like anywhere, riding alone or with someone else is a risk. But so is riding on the road in traffic or riding in the wilderness. When your number’s up it’s up.

Greyton gravel

@love2fly for clarity are you referring to the monitor and strap or just a replacement strap? Seems like a lot of people here are suggesting either. If it’s the monitor and strap, I’ve been using a Polar H9 for the last couple of years and it’s been great. If I had to buy a new monitor I think I’d go with a Coospo or Magene unit. The strap however was replaced under warranty (no questions asked) by the local agents 6 months ago when one of the press studs came loose. Shipped to me overnight. I am however, using an Aliexpress strap that’s been faultless so far.

Wildekrans Wine Estate

I mix shimano and magura oils all the time without issue.

Beautiful ride north of Manly, Sydney. The sound from the cicadas is mental this time of year. IMG_8635.mov

The podcast interview with Kevin Vermaak on escape collective is quite interesting. He goes into quite a lot of detail how the epic started and what it was like at the time. One thing that stood out that is related to this is that for every mountain bike that was sold in 2003, 25 road bikes were sold and that large organised road events were way more common than mtb events. Things have changed dramatically since then with fewer and fewer road events and a ton of mtb stage and single day events. Gravel could go this route too, who knows but if the growth of sales in gravel bikes is a lagging indicator of where SA is headed then there would definitely be a lot more gravel focused stuff.

Two weeks and I am there!

Bought from them many times. They can be a bit annoying sometimes as they don’t always have stock and then you need to wait until the item “reaches the warehouse” but they’re pretty good if they have stock. You can also cancel orders after payment which is great if you get buyers remorse or they are simply taking too long.