Bub Marley

Is it possible to run a different cassette on your trainer? I currently have a 1X11-36 on my road bike. Looking to purchase a direct drive trainer and will need to purchase a cassette as well. Is it possible to use an 11-32 cassette? Any ramifications on doing this and will my existing chain be fine? Only reason to do this is if I can’t find an 11-36 cassette.

This is why I tend to enter as late as possible. There are pro’s and con’s to this though. I do find that if you enter and pay for a race you tend to take it more seriously and actually train for it. Whereas if you dont enter and put it off till the race, then you kinda just pull out closer to the time mainly because you haven’t trained properly or you juts dont have the motivation. Ideally it would be great if there was some sort of refund available.

I recently had an Oakley replaced under crash replacement policy. They contributed 50% of the retail value at the time of purchase. Just got myself a Giro now and according to salesman, they also come with a crash replacement policy.

Bicycle insurance doesn’t work on a 66% value written-off like a car. Nor does under insurance apply. In other words, your bicycle is probably under-insured but you will get paid out the value of the shifters regardless of it being 66% of the value.

I think if Pog wants to win he will need to gap the rest up the Cipressa already. I don’t think the Poggio is steep enough or long enough for him to do any damage there but I’ll be interested to see how he does. Will be interesting to see how it plays out. MSR is probably the hardest monument to win for Pog in terms of the course and the fact that it’s so flat and the 2 bumps at the end are so small. I personally don’t see it happening but you can never write Pogacar off. He’s shown he can ride any course.

If you can try and stretch the budget for a pair of Assos. I recently made the comment in another thread that I wasn’t sure about whether Assos are worth the money as I’ve ridden so many different brands and for me, there wasn’t really much between them (Assos excluded from this list). Anyways I managed to find a pair discounted last year and while I still think pain will always be there the more time you spend on the saddle, regardless of what chamois you use, you can improve comfort. And when I talk about comfort, I’m specifically referring to chafing. The technology Assos uses with their chamois independent of the shorts is definitely in a league of its own. It is worth the price 100%. And honestly, I see so many specials appearing all the time so you can pick up a Mille bibs for essentially the same price as a Ciovita. I picked one up from Solomons for R2k which is insane value. So essentially, what Im saying is save a bit more and get the assos.

Mate, give us more details. Post some pics. Give us the specs. Cmon, its not that difficult.

Just to respond to this. I dont expect the organisers nor do i want them to move the race forward by 2 weeks or longer to accommodate one group of people. I agree with everything you’re saying that you can’t cater for everyone. I thought if it was 1 week earlier, it seemed a bit more reasonable and has been done previously but as has been stated earlier, it won’t be necessary as Ramadan will still begin after the Argus next year so there’s no issue there. As for 2025 onwards, the Muslim guys will have to just sit it out unfortunately for 2-3 years. That’s just how it goes.

I was referring more to 2024 but it seems we’ll be fine still for next year. 2025 onwards, we dont stand a chance because the race would need to move 2 weeks earlier and dont think that will be possible. So essentially looks like we’ll miss 2025 and 2026. And then 2027 we should be fine but most guys will have essentially done no training or light training.

Is this the one that went over Boyd’s drive, Black Hill, Red Hill & the longer side of Ou Kaapse? There was another race that also went over the steeper side of Ou Kaapse Weg right at the start. Pity all these races have just fallen away and everything moved to Durbanville, wellington side.

This was a pretty cool event as well. Would be great if they revived it.

The Knysna race although not technically gone, its changed. I miss the old event style with the road bike on one day and mtb the other day. Made it a bit unique. Now its just another mtb stage race.

Okay fantastic then. No need to worry about it this year then.

Righto. Moving onto 2024. Anybody have an idea of who to actually speak to wrt moving the race a week earlier to accommodate the Muslim riders?

That’s the e-bike penalty. 9 mins.

I agree. I didn’t actually feel much tailwind tbh. There was a stretch after Smit’s through Misty Cliffs where there was tail wind but I was pretty spent already so didnt use it to my advantage. Didn’t help also that there wasn’t a proper bunch pulling you along. I tried my best to keep with the front of my bunch to wynberg hill but we caught so many slower riders before that it was so difficult to keep track of who’s who. Either way i dropped off before the top, then ended up doing lotsa work on the M3. A bit gutted tbh, that I couldn’t keep with the fastest in my bunch but at least i know where i need to better going forward. The start is critical and you have to be with the front group at wynberg hill otherwise it’s just a mess. Also need to do more races to get better seeding. I only did the 99er and i felt I wasn’t race sharp/

Last year was an anomaly with the rain so I would exclude it. But only 3 sub 3’s in 1B probably points to the wind playing a much bigger part. I was in 1F and i felt everything was just disaorganised. No real big bunch or anything. Everything just felt scattered.

You might get a Bianchi Aria in that price range if you can find some stock.

I can confirm no chips in my goodie bag. Would have preferred the chips over the peas and rice tbh.

I have pins.

Can i swop your ice tea for a mango juice? I’ll throw in some rice and split peas also to sweeten the deal.

Was there this morning earlier. My thoughts? I try not to be negative but it seems like the expo is getting smaller every year. Not really much happening tbh. I remember at the Goodhope centre all the big bike brands were there showcasing their stuff and all the local bike shops had a stand as well. In terms of what’s available, Oakley had a sweet deal there. Buy 2 frames and get an Aro3 helmet for free. That was tempting but I decided against it at the end. Just unnecessary. There was a Chinese clothing brand, Moncton there. Was quite impressed with the quality tbh but was a bit pricier than expected especially for a Chinese brand. Dischem had the same promos they always have. Not really much else tbh.

My first thought was bikehub gonna have a field day 🤣

So basically wind will be calm initially and pumping heavily around simonstown. And then work in our favour after Smit’s and then die down as we get closer to camps bay.