Bub Marley

When are the routes gonna be made available? I don’t need a gpx file or anything that exact. Just a rough idea so I can decide which event to enter.

I think people are sleeping on Roglic. His style is not suited to these punchy stages and let’s not forget he also suffered injuries on that crash. I think he will come into his own on the big mountain stages with that high cadence style. He probably won’t challenge the big 2 but I do feel he’s the best out of the rest and i think his experience will show over someone like Remco in the high mountains.

Remco has yet to show he can mix it with the big boys on high mountains. I expect him to fall way off behind Roglic. I disagree. There’s only been 1 proper stage where big time gaps could have happened and that was the Galibuer. And in fairness Pog did gain some time. Generally speaking, the tour has been relatively flat or hilly. Big mountain stages are still coming.

I think he overshot a turn or something. Didn’t really get dropped besides the last effort of Pogi. All in all though, I think he looked quite strong. I do think though, he will get lose big time in the high mountains. I think Roglic will overtake him as well. Jonas is such an intelligent rider and is very cool and calm. I think his support structure is the same. Yesterday, despite Remco and Pogi enticing him, he just completely refused. He knows come the mountains, he will do damage. I think Pogi would have hoped for a bit more time before the big mountains come. For Pogi though, it’s all about overcoming this mental block. The last 2 years, once hes cracked he has cracked big time. He needs to overcome this if he’s gonna beat Jonas. Everyone has a bad day but he needs to be able to limit his losses better. His team is gonna be key for this as well to protect him. Ayuso, Almeida and Yates are gonna have to protect him somehow and I think it helps that Kuss isn’t there for Jonas because I dont think Jorgensen is gonna be able to protect him as much as Kuss did. I/m really curious to see how UAE play this in the mountains. To they go aggressive and try to isolate Jonas and risk burning Pogi as well. Or do they go defensive and rather let Pogi follow Jonas.

Interesting topic this. Some of my experiences: So many items are way too highly priced. If you going to overprice your stuff then be prepared for offers less than what you advertised for. Also people tend to not understand what brand new means. You can’t say something has been used twice and then call it brand new. If you use it it’s not brand new. Lastly, you can’t advertise something at almost the exact same price I can buy it in a bike shop for. Why would I buy something on the hub for the same price as I can buy it in a bike shop? When the price is fair, I find the transaction goes smoothly. There should always be some room for negotiation in a marketplace but generally, when the price is right it goes swiftly. It’s when the price is poor and you offer what you feel is a fair price, you just get ignored. It doesn’t really bother me tbh. At the end of the day, I will offer what I feel is fair. If you wanna ignore that then fair enough. I’ve seen some items still on the market after 6 months with no price reduction.

I think if the terrain is similar to the Knysna route then I’d agree with taking the hardtail for my skill level. I think the gravel bike will be faster for some but you really need to know how to handle your bike to benefit from it.

I’d categorise the route as technical gravel / easy mtb. The average speed I would say was higher than a typical mtb race hence why I say it’s more a gravel race. I do agree though in that it was quite bumpy so it would’ve been a challenge on a gravel bike. Probably the perfect bike for this would be one of those drop bar hardtails.

Really enjoyed both events and I hope they stick to this format going forward. Was really surprised by how well attended both days were. Carnival area was full activity well. In terms of the routes, the mtb race was essentially a gravel race to me which I don’t really have any issue with. Was really fast and and I put in a lot which attached my Sundays race. The 2km of singletrack right at the end though, not really sure what was the point of that? It was horrible, non flowing and roots everywhere. And then I also had the same issue with slower riders not giving way which was a bit frustrating. If there was one suggestion I would just make away with that last single track completely. The road route was freaking hard though. I gave it my all for the first half but the moment we hit the serpentine climb I just didn’t have any legs left. But what an awesome route though. The whole garden route area is beautiful scenery so I will definitely come back to ride more. Didn’t really get to appreciate it as much as i would have liked given the racing.

I wish there was somewhere we could just consolidate every race with all different companies. We have racetec, FinishTime, bouttime, winningtime and probably loads more.

Anyone know who times the event ? Im assuming no need to bring my permant board and chip?

Battery life down from 35% to 20%. The new screen while looking fantastic clearly drains so much more battery. I see they selling the 1040 alongside as well so for some that might be a better buy depending on how much you value battery life.

That’s because it was like 8 degrees this morning🤣. Anyways, to each his own. If you’re happy with it, stick with it.

You can enjoy a chilled drink with a non insulated bottle as well.

Insulation is way overrated. Hardly makes any difference and the downside is you get less capacity.

Elite bottles work perfectly with Elite cages. Im also using Elite bottles with Supcaz cage now and its just as secure. Camelbak bottles are high quality and last forever. However cleaning them are just an annoyance. But the one thing I hate the most is their nozzle system. When i squeeze I want to be able to drink as much as i can and I cant do that with camelbak as so little comes out. Compare that to Elite where the quality is absolutely trash, will get completely scuffed almost immediately. However the cleaning system is the best in the business. Just pop off the nozzle and bobs your uncle. And I can essentially squeeze and drink almost half a bottle in one go. So just for that I always use Elite.

How much points did you get for comrades?

Cool. I normally do the road event. However, this year I’m thinking of switching to the one of the off road events. Will wait till the routes drop before making final decision. At the moment I’m leaning towards the mtb event but if it’s mainly tygerberg trails then I’d rather do the gravel as I think it’ll be more of the paths we dont ride on.

Or just merge all events into one topic. Will generate better discussion this way.

I think they just say this because they want people to load the route in case of someone tampering with signage etc.

Yeah was looking at doing it for suspension lockout. Already have a remote for the dropper so thought it might look cleaner this way. Guess ill have to play around and see if it can work.

Is it possible to use the Sram gripshift left shifter as a remote lockout for a fox suspension fork or/and shock? Anyone done this before?

Season 2 was great. Way better than season 1. Great insight into the different teams mentality, Groupama vs Jumbo vs UAE etc. They really focused on Ben O’Connor though. He’s almost like the lead actor here but i really enjoyed his transformation. From all the hype, to not living up to expectations and then to see the elation on his face when he helped Felix win that stage. I thought that was really great to see. Pidcock came off a right asshole but he’s clearly a winner. Was great to see Rodriguez win that stage with everything going on but he looks a bit soft to be a pure GC leader. But having Pogi on really made a huge difference. The emotions at the end of the time trial and then completely dropping on the queen stage. He literally smashed WVA and then in turn got smashed by Jonas. So much talk about doping etc which im not gonna comment but can I just say how fantastic Jonas actually rode that day. His bike handling skills through those corners on a tt bike was just out of this world. He was on another level that day and for me, one of the best TT performances ever.

Are you drinking assos kool-aid as well?

Based on this, he has a warranty of 3 years. That bull**** about 3 months is them taking a chance.

If you buy a brand new Toyota with warranty available and then service it yourself, you will void your warranty. I know car vs bike is completely different but they are within their rights to do this. How are you going to prove that you actually did service the bike if there is no invoice? You need to actually check the warranty yourself and confirm that what they are saying is true. I would start there.