davidtinker

Thanks for remembering that! I am hard at work adding all kinds of neat weather stuff for people who ride outdoors! https://forum.intervals.icu/t/historical-weather-on-activities-in-progress/76622

No such luck. My wife just called them and they do not have an open date yet. Tx.

Hi all. Anyone know if these are open? Going away for the weekend in the area. Tx. https://www.vanloveren.co.za/post/famous-bike-trails-in-robertson

Thanks very much. We went to visit Avron and luckily he had a nice bike in her size. Cost more than what we will get from the insurance but it's a decent upgrade.

If I can buy one when I am there and sell my Argon 18 I will do so .. but there is never any stock:

Fantastic to me but my old bike is an Argon 18 Gallium rim brake. So not aero and a bit old. The Van Rysel is noticeably stiffer and much longer (for same "size"). I could have one hand in a drop and the other fishing sweets out of my back pocket, no problem. Not a good idea with the Argon 18. Aero wise it is drastically faster. Z2 200w got me 35km/h easy in the drops. And it climbs really well. Approx same weight as the Argon 18 (7.4kg) but just feels faster uphill. Maybe because it is so stiff?

I am insured but I can't buy the Van Rysel here. Bought it online in the UK and my sister brought it over for me. We will have to try find a bike for my wife in the next week. She is 164cm and 50kg so it's not that easy. I still have my old bike so will have to use that.

Thanks. Vredehoek (City Bowl), Cape Town. I have updated the post.

Tx. Ground anchor sounds like a plan for future. I still have my old bike for the trip. Risk is that my wife is tiny (164cm, 50kg) so not so easy to find a bike and then is the setup ok etc.? Might have to do that if we can't find one here in time.

The trip to France and Italy in a week isn't going well. My bike (with cracked wheel) and my wife's Orbea just stolen out of our garage. No idea how they managed to get it open.

People broke into my garage in Vredehoek (City Bowl), Cape Town, approx 22h30 Thursday May 30 and stole these bikes. The Van Rysel has a cracked front wheel. My wife and I are supposed to by going to France and Italy next Sunday for a cycling holiday so this isn't helpful If anyone sees these anywhere please let me know. 0827745306. Thanks. I am offering a reward of R20k for the Van Rysel and R10k for the Orbea. There can't be many Van Rysel's in South Africa. The Van Rysel has Ultegra Di2 12spd (52/36, 11-30 cassette) dual Favero Assioma power meter pedals and a Stages left arm power meter. The thief does not have the Di2 charging cable or the magnetic chargers for the pedals. There was also a Wahoo ROAM V1 cycle computer on the bike. Shimano C36 wheelset. Front and rear lights. The Orbea has Ultegra mechanical 11spd with compact crank and 11-34 cassette. The rear wheel is carbon with brand new conti GP5000. Front wheel is American Classic aluminium. Garmin Edge 130+ cycle computer. The Orbea: Another Van Rysel pic:

Tx all. The wheel is Shimano Ultegra C36. Came on my bike. I have sent the photo to BMC to see if they can fix it. Otherwise hopefully I can get a replacement rim. Also buying another wheelset I found here. Need a spare set of wheels anyway.

I have no idea how this happened. Don't recall any big impacts and tire doesn't show any damage. Maybe in transport in back of my car with my wife's bike on top (blankets in between etc.)? Can it be fixed? Tx.

Do you mind posting a link to that activity and I can have a look. Tx.

Selling a product with almost the same name as another product but much smaller sizing is good service? Thats almost guaranteed to trigger returns at R220 cost to customer each. I didn't keep the bag because it didn't occur to me that the bib would be much smaller.