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Ja I'd like understand that one too. The other thing I don't get is why he's taking flack for not completing the Everest. The OP has been very clear about his goal from the beginning: to do the fastest Everest in the world. If, by half way, he is starting to drift off the required pace, then it makes complete sense to stop. Everything after that is a sunken cost. Look up the sunken cost fallacy - it makes for interesting reading and you will probably see many every day examples that we fall into. He's not trying to do an everest in any old time, and crossing the line once all hope of the record has gone out the window just to win the respect of a few hubbers would get him absolutely no closer to his goal. In fact it would just make him more tired. This is clearly his approach. If you are annoyed by it, why are you here, reading this?

What if one rides an ebike but it identifies as a regular bike?

Lol - the bikehub velominatis' love for you is directly proportional to the amount you talk about bikes and coffee and inversely proportional to militant veganism. So for better or for worse, you might just be winning them over with posts like this.

Opc_danny, on 23 Apr 2019 - 1:49 PM, said: "I'm sorry for you. I'm sorry you can't dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles."

I didn't realise this guy came from such good stock. OK I'd heard of his dad, but didn't realise his maternal grandfather was Raymond Poulidor. Poulidor probably would have been one of the most decorated french cyclists ever, had his career not overlapped with Anquetil and then Merckx. Unfortunately he is instead remembered as the "Eternal second". Glad to see the family curse is being lifted.

Yeah I'm guessing you didn't spend much time at welsh and scottish trail centres then. Good luck trying to ride the black trails at those centres on a hardtail. It would be possible, but it would be a very lousy day out and you'd and much more fun with 140mm travel. As for all the kit...well I think choosing to put on knee pads is a lot more sensible than voluntarily dressing up in lycra. Besides, the riders I met over there trended to be a lot more technically competent (but less fit) so would hit technical stuff at speed. The knee pads and elbow pads made sense. The scene is just different here. It's much more XC oriented. IN the UK the trail centres were funded by the EU (not for much longer) so a professional team of trail builders would go out each week and make sure the berms were all in mint condition. It was a bit artificial, but a day at Coed Y Brenin or Glentress trumps Jonkerhoek every time - And I like jonkershoek.

Coming through Capri on the Kommetjie road there is a point on the left where the kerb suddenly turns 90 degrees and sticks out by about 1m, before turning back 90 degrees and running parallel to the road again. I was in 1E and we were all a little worn out from slogging into the wind; the rider about 10m in front of me didn't see it coming I think. Either that or he was boxed in. The results were spectacular - he got about 180 degrees through an unplanned somersault. As I rode past he looked OK actually, far more pissed off than hurt. This was my first CTCT but I'm pretty sure that sneaky little puffadder has claimed many cyclists in the past. Anyway, I hope that rider is OK.

Ya man you guys must pull hard up front for us light riders...

What was the reason?

Chose to not do the shortened one. It clashed with something else and then once it got shortened that made my decision easier.

This is my third time entering and I still haven't ridden one. So if it gets cancelled... sorry everyone, I think it's me.

It shouldn't be the full cost again (not even close), but there does need to be an extra cost associated with riding twice. As a trivial example, people doing an extra lap will need more refreshments.

I tend to agree. The plantronics are GREAT value for money. I bought them and found them to be pretty good. I do a fair amount of programming so noise cancelling is handy for this. In fact I enjoyed them so much that it made me realise I wanted the best I could find, at which point I gave them to my other half and (after a bit of research) went with the Sonys. The Sonys (and Bose) are on another level to the plantronics. They just make the rest of my office disappear basically. But using the same logic as you, at 1/3rd of the price they are much better than 1/3rd of the quality of the sonys.

I tried the latest incarnation of the quiet comfort and the latest Sony WH-1000xm and found the sonys to be better. A lot of reviews agree with this. https://www.wired.com/review/review-sony-wh1000xm3-headphones/ https://www.techradar.com/news/audio/portable-audio/best-noise-cancelling-headphones-1280490 There are also lots of reviews that will go in favour of the Bose and I know people who love them. My point is, the bose is definitely not the runaway winner here.

So long as it is 100% accurate about the snow and ice I'm happy.

Same as me. Last year a friend rode a 2:57 from 1F, although conditions were perfect.

Ah right, thanks. I was under the impression there was not vat on shipping costs (a post I read a few pages back) but if this is what you went through then I'll take your word for it.

Hi All, So I'm thinking of buying a Canyon Neuron and have a couple of questions. Firstly, my understanding is that the overall price I'd pay is: Bike plus vat and duties: (bike price) x 1.33975 (thanks Myles and co) Shipping: $299 (on canyon website) Packaging: $16.90 (on canyon website) Are there any other costs I'm missing? In short, will the above total result in a shiny new bicycle arriving at my door, or are there further costs involved? And then from anyone who's been through the process, assuming there is availability of the bike you are after, is the whole process fairly smooth/quick, or do you end up waiting months for the bike to get through customs? Thanks in advance.

Are you referring to $ group? If so, I'm pretty sure that most of them are not full time pros. On sunday there would have been a handful of pros, but the large majority were 9-5 guys (and ladies) who train a lot and have some talent.

Ja I was going to say, every time I do a ride/race I log on to the Hub to see if others enjoyed it as much as me but it always seems like a long stream of negativity. Yes there were teething issues with the new venue, but you couldn't have asked for a nicer day in the winelands and the vibe was great. Personally I feel like Val de vie had a "race village" vibe that was much more conducive to sticking around than the previous venue.

Honestly, I see snakes here pretty rarely. I live at the base of eden forest (paradyskloof) and over the last 4 years have ridden or run there about 3-4 times per week on average; generally around the forest, mont marie and g-spot. As the crow flies, this is only a few kms from where you ride. I'd say I see about 4 snakes per year, and only once has it been anything other than a mole snake. On that one occasion it was a puff adder. They (puff adders) tend to be pretty lazy (but bad tempered) snakes. So unless you stand on it or aggravate it within striking range, it wont do anything. I used to see snakes far more frequently living in Swazliand and suburban KZN. It's not something I think about when I'm out. I suspect the brief section of the R44 I have to ride on on my way to work is far more dangerous. As far as the right course of action goes, I can't help. But I would be interested to know.

Lol, you should still pray even if you aren't sure there is a Dog.

My take on the whole ebike thing: Using fossil fuels to power transport will, inevitably, come to an end. The supply is finite. Since electricity has the potential (pun intended) to be entirely renewable and largely pollution free, people should embrace electrically powered forms of transport in general. Since bikes are light (and therefore need far less charge than a car, say) they represent a viable option. They also take up less space than a car so it would mean less congestion. So, IMO (of course): 1. Resistance (pun also intended) to this new trend of eBikes is environmentally irresponsible. 2. It's also futile, because they are coming whether you like it or not. There's a market for them. Do they belong on the mountain? There are cons, for sure. Single track could get clogged up by wealthy newbies who have not had to sweat, fall, get up (repeat) like so many of us. But in the context of what I've said already, the more people buy into it, the cheaper it could become and the faster this fairly important technology will progress. Don't get me wrong; when a large, unfit person eDrops me on a hill, I swear under my breath. But eBikes are coming and for the most part, I think its a very good thing.

Is Escartin next? edit (don't know my alphabet)

Classic. Thought you were living in Colorado these days though?