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Also these products are perfect when one is young and healthy. Then later they are not, but then it too late so consider your options wisely. Seems like I am stuck with Discovery for life now.

Disco have also changed a lot over the past two years, especially if you have an over 18 addition on the account. Everyone has to be on Vitality even if they don't want to be. We gave up trying 2021 (my wife and I have an issue or two so we are up a river without a paddle) and now down to silver, we could ave made gold, but the costs and effort were not worth it. There are many more competitive products out there than Disco and Momentum; if you look past the sale pitch from these two. Expensive lesson for me as I have integrated products that are no longer competitive in the market.

The charger on the Avalanch Mte is only a 84W, so a long time it will take. Damn what I would not give to have a 300W charger.

My wife (about 60kg) as done about 650km to date on a mix of Tar, fire-road and one single track (neverender at Jonkers) Impressions so far: 1. Saddle is too soft and apparently not good for the soft bits. We replaced this and tings are now much better. 2. Charging seems to take way longer than indicated, but overnight is good for 70 to 85 km based on assist level. 3. Fork spring is to heavy duty for light weight so not much good on single track (we never expected it to be very good) 4. The max speed seems to stop on a flat road at about 35 kph even when set to 50. I suspect the motor might be out of puff above 35 ish (350W Motor) 5. Think we may need to retention the rear spokes as the seem to ping under max load on a smooth road. All in all it does what it says on the tin as long as the expectation levels are correct. I feel it may bee priced too dear, but it is the cheapest we could find. All said and done, my wife can now ride with me and she enjoys it so a win. Now just to get another battery for longer rides as 85 to 110 km are what we typically do. But they seem to be stupid expensive. Expecting to be between R 6,700 and R 8,500 if you can get.

Try be more gentle with your toys. That thing look quite battered.

Howzit, My wife got one of the above and for what it costs and says on the box it is super value. I will just upgrade the fork to an air fork some time. The issue is where does one get a spare battery at a reasonable cost? It gives a range of between 75 and 85 km but we need to go further so I would like to get a second battery. Where to find? PS so nice to see it does what it says on the box, and having a hub driven motor reduces the group-set ware so win win.

Happy birthday Eldron.

You can ride anything on a gravel bike, just depends on your skill level. On a roadbike

Is this seriously considered as an obstetrical?

Now this bike seems to be enjoyed.

How do you guys keep your bikes so pristine and chip free? all my bikes have chips, dings and nicks in the first month and they just keep getting more and more. Stone chips from riding where MTB's should be ridden. Do these bikes ever go proper offroad?

Some freaks of nature also almost podium in masters and are high up in GC on 9 to 12 hrs. Quality over quantity. After all they are short stages these days. Needing more skill intensity than grinding out long hrs. Sometimes I think going longer more often in training makes you slower, but what do I know.

Woner what other routes they are going to use now that Lebanon is off limits due to land invasion. https://www.facebook.com/LebanonMtbTrails/

As said in a previous post, pace baby pace. Slow start give faster times.

Too true, the main culprit is going out too strong with all the hype etc. I have done it many times, but these days my body says slow down way before it becomes an issue. The hype is real and the rush id great. At CTCT, Smits is where it all goes wrong. Then you feel it at Soetwater a bit and small Chappies does the final bit of damage. Got the T-shirt more than once. But yes if correctly paced (slower start, give it horns the last 40km) you are golden. No cramps and 3:30 to 3:50 guaranteed. It is the slower start that is the issue.

Dude do you want to upset the weight weenies? Those extra grams, ho my hat.

No I know why the times a exponentially slower in the later groups. No one seems to understand that riding in a bunch is the optimal way to go.

But on the CTCT you are never really on your own no matter where you start. There are always some heroes that come blasting past no matter where you find yourself. so technically you can surf wheels all the way if you keep looking for them.

Ask the Audax guys https://audaxsa.co.za/ Or look at something like this. https://www.takealot.com/mini-gps-tracker-pendant-with-sos-2-way-voice-calling-red/PLID69523694

All jokes aside this is a safe and accommodating route, the only thing to consider is that some parts do not have mobile coverage so if you get into trouble you are a bit in the k@k. But if you have an SOS GPS type thing you would be fine.

Nike it!

Agreed, it is just a shame. I don't know if you were part of the "community" as it was in the past but that was quite a thing in the heyday. Not a community any more, but I may be wrong.

No, I lost interest BECAUSE of the changes, please don't put words in my mouth. I was a member for the start of Le Hub and lived through the great Crash etc. But unfortunately I need to accept that this is now purely a cycling gumtree. Fine I will use it as such, which is why I returned to look for a bike and started browsing around to see what was going on and saw that it had just become more draconian in its moderation. I was just commenting on how sad this is.

Unfortunately, this is probably what I am lamenting with my opening post. We went from what I believed was a social gathering place for cyclists, that allowed members/users to sell stuff to an online classified advertisement website. period! This is such a shame as it was a place I came to to shoot the cycling/non cycling breeze with like minded individuals. Which is such a shame as I believe that was also what brought Bike Hub to what it is today; but so be it, I was just raising a comment, which may or may not be closed down soon, proving the point.

Having lost interest in the Hub, i only returned to look for a 2nd hand bike then also browsed around again. Honestly it seems that all threads that are not sales related should be prevented form being started. Just to save time you know, seeing as they get locked so quickly. Anyway, now I know it is a sale forum for sure.