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I see they're R10k now. Any idea what a special price would be? (Don't think I've ever seen them cheaper) The Gaggia Classic Pro looks super legit too though. I get the feeling that's more of "hardcore" machine though, where the barista express is a quality home machine. In terms of the tampers... I have resources, but not necessarily time at the moment. When things quieten down, I'll pop you a message.

If ever there was a place to share that know how, this would be it ???? Do you maybe also have some "know how" in making the thing grind without the collection hopper in place?

Gonna just leave this here for all the "1 cage is enough" fanboys..... https://www.onedayonly.co.za/products/2020-repack-lr-4-1-5l-cycling-belt-20210802

https://cyclingtips.com/2021/08/denmarks-pursuit-team-shin-tape-uci-rule-loophole-or-team-wide-shin-injury/ In other news, the Danish team went to a bmx park just before the track races and all caught pedals in the shins. Video footage was deleted for being too graphic and traumatic towards cyclists, forcing them to relive their painful memories of pedal to shin strikes. Thankfully, the entire team was able to make speedy recoveries with the help of kinesio tape....

Not sure about rapide, but I'm fairly certain Lyne uses Chosen hubs. Also looks like is says "cho" and "sen" on the freehub. @travisza If it's a chosen freehub, email the dudes at Lyne. Their customer service is on point, so they should be able to help you out

Is this a proper tamper?

Now this is interesting.... https://capecoffeebeans.co.za/products/gaggia-classic-home-espresso-machine?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product+display&utm_campaign=Shopping+Feeder&variant=39388885778566&sfdr_ptcid=123_617_673065178&sfdr_hash=253fe11e5ac2f29a000a1d2abe9fe8a4&gclid=CjwKCAjw0qOIBhBhEiwAyvVcf7392aSqse8ibErNLgiJwS5kB1-RRf7CAnZ7VTCk_cJFsLHsM7Z_4xoClNUQAvD_BwE I have a krups grinder (the "standard" one)... is that sufficient for this kind of machine? Grinding straight into the portafilter is such a win though. Proper tamper..... What constitutes a proper tamper? A colleague of mine bought a piece of stainless steel and made some on the CNC at work... Seems pretty proper to me and cost like R120 in material. Are bottomless portafilters where it's at for making good coffee? Or are they just for making good instagram photos? (Looking at you @Mudsimus????)

Seems this is the "standard option" I was looking for

Saw it yestrerday somewhere in here: (Aussies start their run around 2:20 into the video) https://tiz-cycling.io/videos/olympic-games-tokyo-2020-track-cycling-day-1/

Sounds like around the same time as I saw them presenting at a conference. And here I thought they'd been progressing over the last 3 years... ????‍♂️

Not really sure how to understand what you're saying seen as literally all coffees are based on espresso shots with a combination of steamed milk/foamed milk/cream/etc (see below). If you mean "push a button and a latte falls out", in my experience, that feature isn't super useful cos the milk vrots in the container. So I'd probably end up basically just making americanos and adding hot milk in daily usage. A lot of cheaper bean to cup machines seem to also make watery under extracted "espresso" shots though, so I'd want to avoid that. So I guess what I want is a machine that makes good espresso shots every time for the least effort. So consistent and repeatable extraction, which probably translates into sufficient and consistent pressure build up, consistent water temp, and adjustable brew time, and adjustable grind settings? Was hoping someone would have a machine they can recommend. Personally, I like the taste of good coffee, not coffee flavored milk, so I'm a flat white/americano with milk kind of guy. Not sure if thats a factor when choosing a machine? I'm not a coffee snob though... I just know what good coffee tastes like and choose to drink that.

I think the titanium 3D printing technology is sufficiently advanced already to produce reliable parts. I know they have one at the CSIR here in Pretoria and I remember going to a talk about 3 years ago where they seemed to be getting good results. If I remember correctly, they were trying to print aircraft parts at the time, and seemed happy with the output they were getting. And that's at a state owned company in South Africa... I would expect that a specialist commercial company overseas could potentially be far ahead of us, and also would have proper quality control of printed items to ensure that wall thicknesses are correct and that layers have fused correctly etc. The over tightened bolt sounds plausible to me though. I mean even on carbon fibre, which is something we all trust without thinking, overtightening a bolt can cause catastrophic failure. Also, if there was an inherent problem with the bars, you'd expect that there would be more problems with them failing seen as the entire team has been training on them for months. 1 failure in a race points more towards an isolated problem rather than a problem with the component design or manufacturing itself.

I realize this has probably been discussed many times, but this fred is 430 pages long, and time is not refundable, so please show some grace..... What do the experts here recommend for the best sub R10k machine? I've always considered the Breville Barista Express (https://bit.ly/3yfx6AS) to be the default option, but then I discovered this Kenwood machine which looks pretty decent too: https://bit.ly/3iieb2P. Anyone have any other comments or suggestions? I'm torn between a bean-to-cup or a manual machine though. What's the expert opinion here? A mate of mine has the theory that a bean-to-cup machine is 80% as good as manual machine, for 5% of the effort.... It's tough to argue with that, but I've often found that some bean-to-cup machines make exceptionally average coffee that people assume to be good because they spent R20k on the machine. Is there a go-to bean to cup machine?

Maybe a better question than "can I make a DH bike be less crap at pedaling", is "can I make an XC bike shred downhill?" I guess there's few things you can do to make your XC bike more shreddable - short stem, wide bars, dropper post, riser bars, longer travel fork, rad full face downhill helmet with stickers on it, knee pads, saying stuff like "gnarly", and "full send" when riding... Proper technique will probably also get your further than the perfect bike in terms of kief shredding though, but no technique will make a DH good at pedaling. But the best thing you do to a XC bike would be to fit a downhill fork to it, and then fiddle with the rebound until the travel changes and the lowers don't hit the crown.

This will really help Movistar know who to randomly mark

You appear to have over inflated your tyres... Always stick to the max pressure rating specified by the manufacturer..... Having never ridden a fat bike though, how much suspension do you get out of those tyres? You're obviously paying a big penalty in terms of rolling resistance, but do you at least get some decent squisshyness on the bumpy stuff (considering that you've gone full rigid)?

Shucks man, that's pretty intense. Hope you're doing okay? Here we're talking about the usefulness of features if you're a weekend warrior and your goal is to do a PB on a random strava segment that no one else in the world cares about, while you actually have a real use for the feautures. The F6 on takealot for R6500 is an amazing deal, and has everything you need I think. Good luck with the chemo bud

It's all a conspiracy to get us to buy more bikes. There's no difference between dual-suspension bikes, and all this talk of head angles and suspension travel and weight is just marketing hype to make us believe that our bikes aren't good enough and we need the new fancy one.

It would be easier to sift the salt out of the ocean with a fork than get sarcasm off the internet. Is that irony? Or sarcasm? Or litotes? Or hyperbole? I have no idea. But sarcasm on the internet is here to stay. Gotta either deal with that, or get used to being offended, or stay off the internet. I'm not advocating for sarcasm. I'm advocating for not being easily offended, not being super sensitive to what people say (especially on the internet), and remembering that not everyone is like you and doesn't see things the way you do, and that it's not your job to fix everyone to make them see things your way. I think if the general message in society was "some people are tools, ignore them, and carry on with your own life", rather than "some people are tools, and they shouldn't be, so you're entitled to feel offended", our society would be far more mentally healthy. If your perspective on life is that people must be nice to you, and only do and say things you agree with, I think life is gonna be really hard. Again... Not advocating for sarcasm or rudeness or any other way of speaking to people that devalues someone for whatever reason. Personally, I've seen how harmful sarcasm can be in relationships, so I try and avoid it. But at the same time, if you want to be sarcastic with me, I'm not gonna get offended with you. And if you want to be a tool towards me on an internet forum, I'm not gonna report you or get hurt or mad. I'll just think to myself "wow that guy is a box", and then carry on with my life.

If you have a 530, 90% of the features on a fenix are redundant and unnecessary. Unless you run or do triathlon or something. Like I said, since getting a 530, I'm basically only using my F6 to tell me the time and let me know when I can ignore a message or call. I saw though that you want the body battery feature... I think some of the cheaper forerunners have it too? No idea what you want that feature for though? It's not super useful to me. On the battery - yes you won't exceed the battery life in an activity. But if the OP has a 530, he's probably not even gonna be tracking rides on the watch. I charge my F6 every 7 to 10 days. For me, this really matters. I can't imagine having to charge another thing every second day. I'm not sure how much it's worth in rands and cents, but I'd pay extra to for less charging. In terms of the size, yes smaller is better, but at the same time, after wearing a F3 (which was even chunkier) for a week, I forgot I was wearing it. And I'm not a huge guy with huge wrists. A small watch with a 2 week battery would be the best of everything though.

Could you please post this on the "Daily deals" fred so that everyone can be aware and get in on this bargain

On a more serious note (because cutting you sponge in half is only medium serious) - Can someone help me pick the right panniers? What should I look out for? How big should they be? Which ones are crap? Are the ones that claim to be waterproof actually remotely waterproof? Do you need a handlebar bag too? I have a super old hardtail, and a nice dual sus.... Do you get panniers that will work on the dual sus (spez epic)? Or would turning the old hardtail into a monstercross-bike-packing machine be a better bet?

From my zero bikepacking expeience, but extensive hiking experience, a spork isn't as useful as it seems imho. They're flimsy at times, melt, fall into pots and the fork is useless. I got a long handle titanium spoon... a million times better for cooking, eating, everything. https://seatosummitusa.com/products/alpha-light-utensil-long-spoon If you're proper lazy, and want to get away quickly in the morning, you can make cereal/future life or whatever in a ziplock bag, eat it out of the bag (long handle spoon helps with this), and then chuck the bag and get on your way with almost zero dishes (apart from the spoon which can be licked clean). My hiking partner used to say he feels like his soul is dying when he eats out of a ziplock though, so he rather uses his pot and then has to wash it. ???? Also.... Why a bowl and a pot? You realize they do the same job? Also.... Do you ever use the lid of your pot as a pan? What for? If not, buy a big woolies pie, keep the pie tin, and cut a lid for your pot out of it. It'll literally be a few grams vs your super heavy pot pan lid. Also... Cut your dishtowel and sponge in half #grams Also... Your knife is overkill. I have one of these: https://www.outdoorwarehouse.co.za/product/victorinox-bantam/?gclid=CjwKCAjwxo6IBhBKEiwAXSYBsy36CtZ8f_1Ae4nY9Q8B2ArYYBB5bWM88m0zjIZRzc8H7RQcDlLZnBoC2UYQAvD_BwE . Literally only the stuff you actually need with nothing extra. Boom! Just saved you 300g, which is the same as upgrading your handlebar to a fancy carbon one. You're welcome. ????