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Stolen: Specialized Camber Comp Carbon 2015 When: 28 May 2016 Where: Pretoria, Gauteng 4 young Black men on Klapperkop trails Assulat with rocks and knife Took bike, Garmon 510, Shoes, socks, glasses, remote Get further details about the incident in the Stolen Bikes section

Have a look at this support site. http://specialized.desk.com/customer/portal/questions/7633435-2-13-roval-control-sl-29-spoke-lenghts http://specialized.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/search?q=2013+ROVAL+SL+SPOKE FDS: 289 FNDS: 302 RDS: 299 RNDS: 302

I'm looking for somebody to respray a bike in Pretoria. Any suggestions? A quick internet search turned up nothing,

Prices as quoted by the store and wheel builder...

The 8k Rovals are not carbon. The Roval carbons start at 18k and the SL 26k.

Hi, I need some thoughts on this decision: 1. Buy Roval Control wheel-set for 8k. Weight: 1550 grams according to store and website. Roval hub, probably with DT Swiss 240 internals (can't verify this). I ride a Specialized Epic so it would be easy to pick these up at my local specialised dealer and its much cheaper than the other two options. Or custom build either of the following. 2. Stan’s Crest 29er rims front and rear · DT Swiss comp race spokes · Aluminium DT Swiss nipples · DT Swiss 350 hubs front and rear · Estimated weight should be around 1650gr for the set. Price around 11,000 3. Same as above but with White Industries CLD titanium centre lock hubs front and rear · Estimated weight should be around 1500gr for the set. Price around 13,500 I'm leaning towards the second option but perhaps going for a 240 hub instead of the 350. What else do I need to consider? The competition race spokes are probably Ok. I think the Revolutions have a higher spec? Are these build R3 - R6 k better than the Roval controls spec wise? The crest also seems to be very popular with wheel builders....anybody know why? Regards,

It is irritating! You say "slightly different". A 1.1 km difference over 38km sounds like a lot to me. At my level of fitness every KM counts . But maybe in the bigger scheme of things it doesn't really matter.

Thanks. Rode again today. Polar measurements: 27.2km @ 25.7km/h. S5 and Strava 26.6km @ 24.9km/h. The difference today was a different route (except for first 10km) and the sun was out. On the previous ride it was overcast....

Hi, My Samsung S5 Strava app recorded a ride as 38 km at an average speed of 24.1 km/h and my Polar S625X recorded the distance as 39.1 km and an average speed of 24.9 km/h. I have my wheel diameter set a 2290 (29x2.0 MTB tyre) on the Polar. Any ideas as to why the difference, which would be more accurate? Regards

New trailer and 6 bike carrier so all the bikes can go with on holiday....

Just saw this article. 11 hours of riding on average per week to prepare for the Cape Epic. I often wonder how a Joel Stransky, Stefan Terblanche, John Smit etc get the time to train for this... http://www.bicycling.co.za/news-people/tough-epic/ he Absa Cape Epic 2015 route is made up of 739km in total and 16 000 meters of climbing. Riders have five months to get the recommended 20 hours per week of training in to be fit enough and there are sure to be some reality checks, wake up calls and, no doubt, a few texts between rider pairs to get their act together. While riders nervously contemplate what is to come, event organisers took a look at some interesting numbers from this year’s race. Starting with training. Last year riders trained for 5.6 months on average, for a maximum of 18-hours per week and on average 11-hours per week (16 hours per week is optimal in peak times, according to training technology specialist, Peter Figg, from Polar). Looking at performance numbers, the average speed of the fastest rider was 23.9km/h and the slowest, a dogged 12.3km/h. The fastest time was 30 hours 31 minutes and 59.2 seconds. The slowest time clocked a 59 hour, 23 minute and 29.1 second trial of endurance. No names mentioned. Interestingly, 90.5% of all riders finished the race, with the highest percentage (87%) of finishers coming from the Grand Masters and Women’s categories. The oldest finisher was an inspiring 68-years-old; the youngest an enviable 18 years. There were 2174 Mediclinic consultations and the average heart rate through the race ranged from 57bpm to 184bpm. As tough as this race is on bodies, the bikes also have to hold their own. This year, 79% chose full suspension bikes, 90% rode on 29inch wheels and 62% of riders bought a brand new bike for the race. Next year promises to be an even tougher challenge. The 2015 course will ask some serious questions of the 1200 riders, with day 5 involving a monster 117 kilometer stage and 2500 meters of climbing. Riders will need every bit of the 950kg of pasta consumed in the 2014 race to get through.

Hi All, Thanks for your thoughts.Looks like I have a ways to go yet. Will need to squeeze out another 2 or 3 hours of riding...

Hi, I'm fairly new to riding - about 3 or 4 months. Was wondering what kind of weekly mileage the average guy would need to put in to be able to ride an 80km race. Most of my riding is off road on a MTB at this stage. I try and do two 30 km rides during the week @ about 25/26 km/h and 2 slower and shorter ones over the weekends - 20 km @ about 23 kmh, as I do half the ride with my young son and wife sometimes. These rides are usually half trail and half road. I ride in the Waterkloof Ridge area. I find the area quite hilly So we also tend to do the Klapperkop trails. Would like to hear opinions on how many km a week the average person does and how much is required to ride a decent 80 km race. Regards Grant

Hi, Spend R1000 on having a general service, replaced cables, bar tape, new tube, BB repaired. Haven't had time to ride it yet - prefer my MTB . Regards Grant

Wow. Very nice work. I picked up the CFR1 from my brothers and dropped it off at the bike shop for a basic service. Will take it from there....