WrightJnr

As @shaper showed for SA. I’m in Dubai, they $99 / 365 AED over here. Which is R1650. So with a bit of shipping and what not, R1999 seems fair. Not cheap but not bad IMO. Considering I spend almost 6 months of the year indoor riding (summer oven) over here I would have spent that on mid-ride coffee’s anyway :-)

My latest addition to the Zwift Ecosystem. Must say, it keeps you focused and allows some cheeky moves. This is the smart one with Bluetooth steering integration.

Steering indoors on Zwift. I tell you one more gadget and I might as well ride outside!! Quite cool that I can move out the draft, gutter style and hit a breakaway.

This is knows as Zad’s. Because the building on the right is a spaza type shop with that name. Officially this is called Last Exit Al-Qudra and is the base for the cycling track here in Dubai. There’s a Trek Concept store here, coffee shop, plenty parking, a Tesla Super Charger and being the Middle East, a Mosque. Mosque’s for all cyclists here are great because they all have cold fresh water dispensers for drinking outside, best way to fill up those bidons! We have just over 160km of cycle track linked from this central point. Open and free 24 hours a day. Emergency phones every 5-10km on the track. 6 months of the year, in the summer months most people only ride indoors but the rest ride after sunset or before sunrise. Very common to start a ride at 10pm and ride thru to 2am. This was last night, around 9pm about to start a 2 hour ride. Weather now great as summer is behind us. My Garmin registered 21 degrees toward the end of the ride. Just awesome! By December you’ll be needing a windbreaker at night to ride. Riding at night, getting back to Zad’s at 2am and still the shop being open for chips and a cappuccino, people always around who’ve either been riding or been in the desert for a braai, is a different experience. The calmness of the night mixed with high intensity workouts is unique.

Well done Cameron Petersen!!

I had no time for interviews. Had to get onto Eurosport to see the end of the cycling. :-) I’m just excited to see what tattoo Ricardo now plants on his Renault boss. Should be a laugh.

LH now equals the great MS on 91 GP victories!! Say what you want about the dominant Mercedes. But that’s 91st time he’s beaten a teammate in an equal car. Well done sir. #respect

Great race that! I’m happy for Alex #73 as well.

Agree. Found it quite interesting the VR created a real life state for the driver with regard to sensory response etc. Suggesting the brain interprets the risk as real and not a game.

Looks like many had same strategy. Must have run through the events from last week.

Only agree that one needs the financial means to allow the purchase. For me, the desire for a Ferrari or Mclaren or Ducati or .... stems from my deep love and passion in Motorsport and I’d love to share in it’s heritage. I couldn’t give a rats arse what my neighbor thinks of me or what he might think my wealth/status might “appear” to be. But yes, I know for a lot of people the purchase is all about status. Just not for everyone.

I watched on Redbull TV here in Dubai. Don’t worry you did not miss much. Ladies race was boring except for sprint finish 2nd/3rd place and the men’s, well I’ve never heard of half the top 5 and was just as boring. Maybe the downhill today will be worth watching though!

That was a good silver/bronze finish. Wind has picked up a lot, getting darker too. Looks like the men’s could be rain!!

He’s just had a field day. One of the riders seatpost WITH a dropper post broke!!

Looks steep and gnarly !! Pauline has shot out the front like a cannon.

I do the same except up the Ven-Top

There’s a few YouTube videos showing how easy bikes are removed from Thule roof racks. Free the wheels and use the bike itself as leverage to twist out. If you know what you doing I recon the guy loading up parked next to you wouldn’t even notice! So sorry for your loss OP.

It’s called Expat Tax

Anyone following this MSI scalping their own 3080/90 cards?

Ok, well done in VR. Not same same. :-)

I live in Dubai. Trust me, people here think S-Works and DuraAce are entry level commuters. They walkout the store with some custom bling on top of that spec. My point? There is a market, and Specialized do a great job in executing in it!

I think OP’s final post explains exactly why he did and should have started this thread. Had a bad experience, shared it, got a reaction, raised attention to the right person which lead to what appears to be a good conversation and parties left amicably. One could say a Hub success.

I saw that. Was good to watch. But then derestricting one car to race another still restricted is well pointless. Remove all the silly F1 regulations and let’s see just how fast that Merc really is!

He nearly buggered that up again! VDP could have had that. Oops, wrong thread!