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Simple answer. The supplier has to carry the costs of the shop. His part, his pride, his sale, his risk. Strange that there is an argument?

Similar answer as to the post above. If the cassette accepts a new chain better keep on using new chains. No need to rotate yet.

This is a very expensive strategy. The chain will not start slipping this way until it is too late. The cassette will wear with the chain, just a bit slower. First shifting quality will drop, the chain will do funny things with the jockey wheels, and it will also wear your chainring. Once this chain slips you will need to replace chain, cassette and chainring. Don't do that. Replace your chains when they reach 0.5%.The XX1 chains last >5000km if you clean them regularly and lube them well. Keep those 0.5% chains. Only when the cassette makes a new chain slip, then start rotating the old chains. This will multiply the mileage you get out of cassette and chainring. Much much cheaper running costs.

Update on X01 Eagle cassette: 12,389km. On my third XX1 chain now. This chain has about 1,500km now and no sign of wear. The cassette accepted the new chain without issues. I did a few >800W efforts on all gears to test it and all good. So, I'll carry on

Updated stats: Mileage 11900km XO1 Eagle Cassette Just put on the third XX1 chain. The first was running 5500km before reaching 0.5% The second started to ghost shifting at 6400km, but also just dropping in the 0.5% tool The cassette accepted the new chain with a smile. No noise, buttery shifting and no slippage under load (only tested up to 450W for now, no sprints yet...). No more ghost shifting. Riding is mix of 50% approach on tar and the rest Tygerberg and TM trails. I keep on being amazed by this cassette and chains. At this rate it will go through 20,000km on new chains....

Another interesting balls-up that could happen with cheap composites. We did windsurfing parts and repairs with prepreg carbon mats that we cured at about 80C. While rockhard when cooled down they were not really hard when still at temperature. So if you put two carbon parts together and then one is a low quality part and maybe not fully cooked, then a rest in the sun could heat it up enough to activate the remaining resin and complete the cure, and welding the seat post into the frame for good

If all lubing tricks fail make thermal expansion work for you. With regards to the earlier report: I doubt that this can crack your frame. It is expanding the frame, against restraint, so no stresses should be created. Make an ice bucket and stick the seat post in, saddle attached. Immerse just to the clamp. Leave for 60min until it is proper cold and had time to cool down inside the frame as well. Now soak a towel in boiling water and wrap over the 100mm of frame at the clamp (Use hand protection if you don't want to lose your skin!). Let heat up for 1-2min. Now with the frame help by an assistant us the saddle to torque the post loose and work it out. Good luck

That is quite unexciting....

Did W2W already announce the winners of the Strava prices? Not sure if I missed it somehow?

Aha, I didn't know that. Makes a lot of sense. Thanks.

I know all powermeters are slightly different. But not to this extent.

Hi, I am curious if you tested power accuracy against your powermeter? I tried a Snap and Kv4, and both of them under-reported power to the extend of 30-60W, which turned (test) Zwift racing into a frustrating slog. I first thought it is just me being slower than I thought (;-)) before I rigged my XC bike with my Quarq onto the trainer (with training wheel onto the Snap) for comparison. No spin downs or advanced spin-downs offered a notable improvement. When I was ready to doubt my Quarq I realized that my mate had the same issue with his KCore. We did some test rides together and could calibrate our personal power against each other (almost the same, he is a bit stronger, at same weight). If I am zwifting with my Quarq power he has no chance. So there is something wrong. There should be maybe a 5% drive train loss and not more. Then I got my hand onto an Elite Direto et voila, this thing is trailing my power meter by 3-6%. So it can work. At the end it doesn't matter to much to me since I am not really racing in Zwift. But it is noteworthy for somebody who does. Just out of curiosity: How do the pro Zwift racers make sure their trainers are neither over- nor under-reporting? That must be a hot topic in the Zwift racing scene?

Yep! My brother lives in Copenhagen. Cars there are luxury items and taxed over 100% so they (family of 3 1/2) don't own one. Both Phds in well paying research positions mind that. Anyway, they just looked into buying a cargoEbike like this one so they get better reach going for outings to the beach 20km North, with toddler, cooler box and umbrella all packed... This is how it is done there. Very very different life style...tons more humble than here...

Everybody I know who has an eBike got it chipped. Apparently this is what you do back home (Germany). Where is the fun in going 25ks? Anyways. We are both guessing here. One the one side there does not seem to be evidence. On the other hand it needs a proper impact to kill a person. Be it as it may there are three things that must be remembered for this. A person lost her life which is very sad. Another person will have to life with his conscience. No really nice either. And going forward things like this can become really really expensive should any irregularities be involved.

IMHO this judgment left the man off very lightly. His fast cruising speed comes paired with nearly complete silence. The un-informed pedestrian may well assume the biker is much slower and as such it is safe to cross the road. An assumption that may well have cost her life. I don't mind if people play and have fun. But man up and stand for the consequences of your actions if things go wrong. Sad story, in so many aspects.

eBike Flats shoes - what a wonderful idea. No expensive materials needed since the weight is not really so important. But fashionable as anything 'e' and can sold for a premium! Double the margin: done! Added benefit: the target market would buy the same shoe in a different color 6 months later if the fashion laws dictated so...aha, ideas!

Tacx shut down the servers needed to activate the software. There is nothing a distributor will be able to do about it... unfortunately.

Hi, I did this already. Detailed photos, even with the serial numbers. They were not interested. I made peace with it. They don't want to help me make a decision whether I want to spend my money with them so I will just carry on like I am now. Quarq powermeter on a dead trainer does an ok job at the end... In 3 months time the 2nd hand trainers will be cheap and plenty

Hi, I know it has been a while but did you come right? I am in a similar situation. Garmin/Tacx offered me that I can ship the trainer to them, they would assess it and then give me a quote for a rebate on a new trainer. Unfortunately they refuse to give an indication on the magnitude of the rebate so I am not convinced if I can afford their offer, and then I will just sit on the expense of the shipping cost. A bit of a pity ... with a preliminary quote they would make the decision so much easier. I cannot understand why they behave so customer un-friendly in this current terrible market.

Used X01 Eagle chains for many thousand km and never say this. But my sprint power is not much over 1000W ... If you are a heavy and strong person your sprint power could be very high even if your perceived performance during races is only midfield... Btw, which chain is this? XX1, X01, GX, NX?

I am not convinced yet there will be a 2021 event. Think about it. 1. Before there isn't a vaccine Covit-19 will not be over. This won't happen in 12 months. 2. Businesses go down, people retrenched. It will be tough. Very tough. Who will have the money to ride Epic? 3. After the financial knock of all events cancelled Wanda may be in trouble. They may push out assets or close them down. This is what Corporates do. So ACE may be no more altogether. Maybe this offers an opportunity for a restart. Downscale. Normal fees that people can afford. Performance entry criteria for the race. A short version for the corporate sponsors. Many possibilities.

Read this. It is worth your time and will help to understand. With only a handful of virus positive visitors this event could have been a super-spreader and caused a catastrophe for Western Cape. The risk is real. Tough decision, I truly feel for the riders. A f#$%up of 'epic' proportions (excuse the pun). But this is not about the riders' health alone but about everybody in the province and beyond. https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

eBikes... man, let them start looong time after the last group. Ideally on the next day. As an eBiking buddy of mine said: "It is a different sport". That is great, and I respect that. So stay true to it. Don't mix it up...it doesn't mix well, really...

Kudus to Imbuko. Great route, well organized! Sour legs included

I usually respect when companies built the development cost into the price of their product. But the bike industry unfortunately has lost the plot. If entry level gear of a sport requires the user to belong to the top 1% of a society then the sport has left grass roots level people to watch on... and I am not even talking about the prices of those eBikes anymore. These are elite toys for the elite. Sitting in the garage next to a Porsche. And this is just not the an image that I associate with mountain biking. Kind of sad.