Wyatt Earp

A Longines kinda day.

I didn't dare look anywhere but straight being on a rigid fork.

Heck of a tough ride, but at the same time super rewarding.

These are very nice. That dial is mesmerizing, sold mine a while back. Used to wear it on a nato.

Though race this that always attracts the hard men of the sport, and sometimes the not so hard. I'm rooting for Yolande all the way, one of the most consistent and hardest working ladies in the sport locally.

My little Oris Chronoris Speedtimer with inner rotating bezel for timing.

Wow Was going though the chit chat after a long absence. Surprised to see this thread still going.

I have been a bike mechanic for almost 35 years now. Have quite a number of certificates I got from doing courses internationally, with an actual physical hands on approach. Never got a certificate locally, and never will. It means nothing, it’s a piece of paper that you chuck in a box never to look at again. I f you have real world experience, you can walk in to any shop where they may test you, and if you are capable they will take you over anyone with a piece of paper, but has no real skill.

Agreed Best way is to get in to a shop and get hands on experience from an experienced bike mechanic. And as you point out, to be trainable. Becoming a good bike mechanic takes years, and even the YouTube home experts who rate themselves by working on their own bikes, need to realize, only time and guidance makes for a good bike mechanic/technician. I’ve personally, and very nicely asked a few guys to leave in the past who had the certificate but zero technical ability.

Don’t stress BigBen I will guarantee you that the BB shell only has one recess where the clip sits and the bearing presses against. The rest of the bearing preload will be done with other spacers.

OP Take my word for it, just don’t mix then. The actuation and indexing is different. You can make anything work with a plan, but you will never know how it could actually feel if you do the right thing. I spend my days fixing internet misinformation and advice.

I think they are a little crazy. Sram uses a 1:1 actuation and Shimano a 2:1 The indexing is all over the place.

Cinturato 40 c R 850.00. per tyre.

Cool Will keep them aside in any case.

If this is what you are after. I have 2 for you mahala.

Far from being a fanboy. Haven’t ridden a Specialized in years and have been badly done over by them, so no love lost. I can assure you that Sinyard has nowhere near a net worth of almost a billion dollars. Whoever wrote that article grabbed at stompies and applied it to the individual as opposed to the company. And no I’m not defending him, but if he was worth almost a billion dollars as an individual, we would have seen nothing but Specialized all around us. FWIW it was determined that Raleigh Bicycles has the biggest net worth. Which is estimated at $ 1.8 billion.

Yet one would never think it. The man lives humble, with a humble home. But then again, Specialized is an empire. I wonder if that net worth is the business or Mike the individual? But I digress, no doubt (and no one in particular here) some distributors are maximizing their profits

The general belief is that if a bike costs R 100 k the shop is making R 50 k. Then a lot of guys take their pension and start a bike shop, only to realize it’s not a quick money making racket.

They are great. Can’t live without them, and pretty much most of the Park Took catalogue. They do have incredible tools.

Luckily I have both.

I’ve decided to take my workshop a little beyond the home workstand and YouTube centre.

Please wake me up when all the chest beating here in this fred is done. Have a lekker burn Bennie 👍🏼

Learning is very much part and parcel of what I’ve done being a bike mechanic for the past 33 years. Learning never stops, except for the Bornman clan that graduated from the Dunning Kruger UNI with distinction.

Indeed I read, observe and smile, sometimes even chuckle