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Sure, will hang on to them.

I've had these 3 bike touring pannier bags sitting around at home and wont use them again. They were my partners pannier bags on a long bike tour and during heavy rain some of her kit inside did get a bit wet. That aside, they worked well and clipped onto tubus racks without trouble. Someone can have them for free if they collect them from me in stellenbosch. Otherwise they're going to the charity shop.

Everyone from 5th to 37th place is on the same time. Position is arbitrary.

This is how I feel about it too. The order also matters. If a buyer exhibits behavior I disapprove of after I've given them my word, then I'd be OK with going back on it. It's new information. But if I gave them my word in spite of this/after the fact, then it's on me to honor that. And if a 3rd party contacts me in the mean time saying "I can be at your house in 20 minutes with the cash" then I would give the original buyer a deadline, just to be sure he keeps his word too.

It was this post that prompted me to do the same. I was gifted a garmin 800 with a cracked screen from a family member who doesn't ride anymore. I emailed garmin and eventually got a badly worded email back that essentially said "We can't replace individual screens but feel free to hand-deliver the device and one of our technicians will book it in and then given you a quote on a replacement unit" or something along those lines. So I picked up a replacement one from AliExpress and, like you, 2 mins and it was replaced. It's working well so far. The only pain in the whole process is AliExpress' delivery company, imile, who just come across a dodgy.

Ah right! Well I hope you enjoy it. I recently read a book called "The best, the emperor and the milkman: a bone-shaking tour through cyclings flemish heartlands" - basically an englishman touring flanders watching as many classics as he can, fueled on beer and fries/frites. Sounded like fun, at least for a day or two.

This is getting silly. We all know the only plausible option is Adrien Boichis. Beers and Boichis. It might be the greatest south african team name ever.

I lived in the UK for 8 years before coming back. While the winters were pretty miserable one of my big regrets was not popping over to belgium to watch cyclocross (on TV it looks like a great vibe) and some of the cobbled races. So if you manage to do that, you will be making at least one person from big sky country a little bit jealous.

I just want to manage my expectations here... is that a "no" on florian lipowitz?

Thanks.

I recently bought a replacement garmin screen off Ali Express and received a whatsapp from iMile (their couriers i believe) asking for my ID number as it's required to clear customs. The message looks legit but at the same time, I generally don't click on links in Whatsapp, especially not ones asking for my ID number. Has anyone come across this in orders from AliExpress?

Well the amateur rider did upload this photo to his ride on strava: So I'd imagine if jonas had just slowed down he would have done the same to get some better photos. That's speculation of course. But to assume Jonas could have just pulled the brakes to let him go past might be a bit like assuming a famous actor could just slow down and let the paparazzi drive away. Then he posts a self-righteous rant, most likely because he actually feels bad about it and is being defensive, or because he wants people to know he handled a descent better than a TDF winner. I'd find it annoying if i was out training. In fact its the main reason I didn't go pro.

While not specific to deer park, all you have to do is read the first paragraph of this to see one of the many reasons that there is an incentive to remove the exotic trees from table mountain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose's_ghost_frog Note, this frog exists nowhere else on earth. Unlike the invasive Grey Squirrel which has a healthy population in its native US and several countries in europe where it was introduced to devastating effect. Large stands of Eucalyptus and Pine are known Stream Flow Reduction Activities. A world famous study on this was actually carried out in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch. I'll happily read any evidence to the contrary. The people in the 1700s who thought the vegetation was dull and boring probably didn't realize they were looking at the smallest (by land area), yet most genetically diverse floral kingdom on earth.

Also wondering this. He used to be the default/go-to guy, along with Jared.