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Coffee first, then bikehub
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New watch day!
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I didn’t see the incident if I could find out how to upload photos I can show you the damage to the vehicle from kicking and bashing the side of the car - no excuse to behave like an animal. If you can’t behave yourself on the road then get a mountainbike - personally I would have maced they guy in the face and then laid a charge of assault with the police.
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Thanks! Are you guys referring to the PnP at William Nicol?
Yep
So where is Meintjes going next year?
His contract with TDD/NTT ends 2020, so my guess is he's going nowhere.
Friend of mine have Ohlins fork and shock on her Spaz Enduro.
Pig in sh*t is an understatement.
And that gold on black is sexy AF 
So yesterday I accidentally tripped and booked flights for next year. My better half and I are flying KLM to Toulouse via Amsterdam.
We're spending 9 nights in Argelès-Gazost. The plan is to tick off a few of the big TDF cols. For me the big 3 is Hautacam, Luz Ardiden and of course Tourmalet. I've always been a huge fan of the tour and riding on that hallowed ground holds a special place for me.
Well be renting bikes. For roadies it makes sense. We'll take our saddles and pedals and mail the shops our measurements. Maybe. Just maybe we'll slip across the border into Andorra and ride Arcalis.
On the way back we'll spend 2 nights in Amsterdam. Quick in and out before the novelty wears off.
Lekker!
Who do you use for rentals?
I used www.bcyclet.com while visiting Grenoble in June - excellent service and decent bikes...
You're going to throw it away, and the alloy is usually pretty soft, so getting it out is easy. the hard part is not doing any damage to the frame along the way. Watch out for a spinning rivnuts if you're drilling or Dremel-ing it out - can cause the tool to bite and slip off onto the frame.
Other than the Dremel method (and I might try that next time), you can try
1. Use an old waterbottle bolt to tap the rivnut deeper in, to straighten out the rivnut in the frame. then just wiggle it out (or use this to get a bit more frame clearance around the head for step 2)
2. If the head is loose/proud of the frame you can sometimes just cut it off with a side cutter - Pinarello in particular uses a rivnut with 4 'legs' between the head and the nut, rather than a full collar. and you can sometimes just cut each leg in turn to separate the head from the nut.
it's out... bit of dremeling, bit of knocking and now it's rattling inside the frame 
Should get it out through the headtube easily enough.
Off to Temsik in the morning for a new riv nut!
I have the tool and nuts. In Lonehill/Kyalami. 072 222 7185
Thanks! Looking at some of the replies above, installation looks to be fairly simple - it's the removal of the old one that I wasn't sure about, but have seen now that you need to cut the flanged head with a Dremel.
I'll definitely give you a shout if I don't come right.
If you can drill it out, then you can replace. You can make a rivet gun using a front hub and skewer, the skewer has the same thread as the rivnut (usually).
Best to pop the old one off. Use a dremel or something to pop off the head and then pop the rest into the frame. You can get it out via the BB. Rivnut replacement will cost you R10 max and a simple nut and bolt will do to put the new one on. Or use a skewer like Martin PJ suggested.
cool! I'm just not going to try and do that myself.
I'd rather take it to a shop that's done it before than a shop "giving it a bash".
Or is this a simple thing bike shops do all the time and I'm overthinking it?
Anyone ever had a rivnut replaced? And where (in Jhb)?
I fear I've screwed one up beyond repair (bottle cage mount) and probably best to replace.
It's still well connected to the frame but the internal bit is fubar with the sheared off bottle cage screw still in there after trying to remove it with an easy-out. MF'er just wont come out.
Haven't tried to run a tap through it yet and not sure it will work. Would rather replace the thing if possible.
Any guidance form someone whose done this before, and where, greatly appreciated!
So at what time does the shortened stage start today?
Think I saw 14h30 CET somewhere in a tweet this morning but can't find it now.
MAC is the climb on the Baviaans: Mother of all climbs - it's a 8km climb with around 300m of elevation.
https://www.strava.com/segments/3242058
I actually think the Never Ender is worse but maybe that's just fatigue talking at that point
https://www.strava.com/segments/718892
I've never done Breedts so I'm not 100% sure what to expect
Shack to top of Breedts is 5.2km and 354m up.
6.7% average gradient, so not too bad, but the terrain is what makes it really challenging. Haven't done it in the last 6 months so not sure what it looks like now...
Can’t edit my team or add riders.... anybody else have the same problem - cancel that found the edit button
yup... same issue here.
Admin please help!
Couldn't update on my phone but pc seems too work ....busy contemplating at tbis very moment
Fixed now. Update picks button appeared a short while ago.
Can’t edit my team or add riders.... anybody else have the same problem
yup... same issue here.
Admin please help!
cant get Strava to load my Garmin ride of this morning .... Ride IS on the Garmin site though.
It did upload my commutes this week ...
Apparently there is some issue between Strava and Garmin - saw this on their twitter (Strava) timeline after also not being able to sync. They said it's resolved and should update at some stage...
https://twitter.com/StravaSupport/status/1145486359232040960
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From me to me:
Apparently you need to upgrade your trainer to Eagle as well
(The flowers for the Mrs are part of the groupset
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Hahahahaha! Lovit! 
Hope she goes for the bunch of flowers when looking for a moering tool when you show her what you bought! Those cassettes can cause some serious damage when thrown.
That is how it should be..................you cannot expect to be a citizen of a country and not be able to speak their language !
A good system to keep the refugees out also................
Funny thing is that it's only a requirement for the spouse.
My wife is 5th gen Italian and started lessons as she figured we can't be getting citizenship if we can't speak the language. Stickers all over the house, especially in "la cucina" and against "il frigo"....
I haven't started lessons yet and only recently found out that as a spouse I need to pass a basic Italian test... "merda". It does help that when I walk through "la porta della cucina" I see Italian post-it notes all over.
Cant compare them really as the rides are totally different.
Trek is 7.1kg with the cosmics and this one is 7.5kg so its really a light bike for a steel frame.
The Ritchey is a racing frame and is very responsive but forgiving and soaks up little bumps or uneven roads.The Trek is super stiff and you can feel it. even though its an endurance frame.
You won't regret buying a Ritchey frame.Build quality is great.[emoji106]
Hoe rooier, hoe vinniger!
Held up at gunpoint on the Spruit this morning - 7/11/2019
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on Strava the segment is called "McKenzie grass" - park section next to John Mackenzie drive. The area is Emmarentia. Park next to the Roosevelt Park mashie course.
I went through there yesterday around 9h30