dave303e

few things: 1: as Robyn said, cheap old bike on the trainer. That way you are doing your training on cheap components that will last forever on a trainer. It saves your fun bike for just that, fun... 2: As thebob said, any HG will work. You can get from shimano or sunrace easily, weight is not an issue on the trainer. I would always go for the smallest hub possible. For reference I run a road 11 speed cassette on my XT 11 speed drivetrain on my trainer bike(ht mtb). All virtual training is mostly road based(zwift, mywoosh, rouvy etc.) so road gearing is a bonus.

So i gave Mywhoosh a go last week... I have got atleast 3 years on zwift and another 3 on Rouvy so it was refreshing trying something new. The big download was a bit of a kill joy. If you want to try it out, download and setup up the day before. I just did a free ride but I was super impressed, function and feel was good. I have a solid laptop(i9, 64gb ram and an RTX graphics card) so it was smooth and fluid even streaming youtube on 1 screen and mywhoosh on the other. Pairing and setup was quick and painless. Will give it a few months and see how it goes.

I have an AR friend who just leaves his tow rope attached to his bike. Tows the laaitie up all the hills, lets them enjoy the flow sections and down hills, just means he gets a better workout and the kid enjoys more while still doing some good work.

Following....

Look I have seen wilder things in my life, hence I am off the mindset of expect the unexpected. I once watched a drilling assistant snap 10 bolts in a row using a 1" socket power bar with adaptors down to a 1/4" drive 10mm socket. We sat watching wondering how long he would take to realise he was being a dumba...s but he never did... I hope for OP's sake Droo's explanation is correct.

impact wrench/driver/gun and a steel bolt into an aluminium crank. Probably not as hard to do as we would hope to believe. Torque'd down to 15 ugga duggas...

Lets be real, society in general is deteriorating. Not just in SA. Common logic, common sense, common courtesy and common respect are getting less and less common. So just deal with it, take it with a pinch of salt and don't ruin your blood pressure.

I would go see a doctor to rule out other things that may be more serious. From my own experience, Exercise Associated Postural Hypotension could be the issue. Mild dehydration causes low blood volume. When the legs stop working that are not forcing blood back up to kop and the low blood volume causes dizziness. Lie down with legs up and drink a bunch more if that is the case. I have stumbled away from a few finish lines

these things are lost farts in the breeze... They too fast and irritate the mtb riders. They just not quite up to the demands of riding offroad/enduro/mx with the MX riders. The Stark's are on MX bike level(if not better than), but these 'hybrid' jobs are just great for irritating neighbors and riding where they are not really welcome.

Just on this. There are a lot of things in that that take a long time to digest. For an ultra it is not bad to have the fibre and to know your stomach is always working at digesting and always has a little available. If you need to burn energy quick, like a big long hill or needing to push for a cutoff or something like that. You will not be able to digest that fast and the bioavailability is not high. So this with a combo of a carb drink for topping up as and when you need or if you hit a wall/bonk and then this for the base. These would work well for proper ultras. For real ultras a warm meal is always a big one. My guideline is that the longer you go the more real food you need, but your intensity is lower so you have more capacity to digest. But ya every event, every weather pattern and every person is different so you need to just test yourself over and over again. If you know how many times I have thrown up or k....ed on the run due to disease or nutrition mistakes you would probably shake your head in disgust.

experience... you can't buy it...

Stomach is also a muscle, you need to train it. Build up your ability to process carbs slowly over time. Much like the opposite of fat adaption. This is what I was told by the dietician at least. it is worth seeing a sports focused dietitian if you can.

Jack was a big part of Karkloof 100 in the early days. I see he had a good finish in 21:32

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17062768/ It was not aimed at Wiggo, there was a comment about younger generations not being equipped to deal with mental challenges in life and that was a response to that comment. They are not mentally equipped and a lot are lacking in a very hormone that could also impact it

There is a generational decline in testosterone that everyone seems to be ignoring. We are not the men that once were and we need to pull finger out rectum to get stuff done. From what I have read low testosterone can mimic depression. It is not just tools, it is literally the hormone levels in their bodies failing them. Some say they just literally don't have the balls for it. There are also ex sportsman who take that their capital from sports and hit the ball out the park back in normal life. Swings and roundabouts...

if we going that way then maybe some ralgrow from the co-op as well

There are a fewf sugar free electrolytes available. Revive High5 does a 0 sugar fizzy tablets Dischem will definitely have options for you

if they can stomach raw bovine colostrum they deserve to win TDF... Speaking as someone living on a dairy farm with a freezer full of it.

It is a tricky one. I am well down the teal path with battery tools. but the other day I saw a special for a yellow impact wrench with charger and it was such a good deal I nearly ended up with that. Often the package deals that come with batteries and a charger are just too good to resist. I can see how you can end up with multiple chargers and batteries very quickly even if it does defy the logic. The below deal for example. I can't get a teal impact and drill for that price, so if I needed then I would be tempted if I needed to replace them. https://topdogtoolshop.co.za/product/dewalt-18v-impact-drill-impact-driver-combo-dwcombo22/

My team mate's husband went that route. His is a masterpiece and part of my inspiration. But to find the time is a big one. I just barely had time to build the base nevermind the oven itself. i got a ready made unit. Came as a base and a top. Insulation under the base and then some grouting and glue to assemble it. But it is a nice easy install and a good unit from what I have seen. We will start to cure/temper it today. They are costly, but I would not have finished one as well anyway. I did the slab using a bunch on lintels and then threw a reinforced slab on top of that. It is properly strong. The oven is just under 100kg. I will still smooth out the one corner where my lack of plastering skills got away with me. I will then weld a door for the front and then we will tile the counter and put a wooden screen up behind to hide the bathroom plumbing. It is part of a bigger project. I built a 36sqm patio, roof, concrete slab, tiling, new security gate. Still need to finish lighting and ceiling but it is totally transforming the little old farm house. Too many teal toys on my to buy list haha. But living off grid and on a farm means I absolutely hate corded tools. I just wish I had a petrol mig welder, the petrol stick welder is so useful and practical but the mig is just so much nicer to weld with.

If you are happy to leave from the Eastern Part of jhb or even Pretoria it is easy enough to get to the dragon's back route. There is a mtb race that covers cullinan to dullstroom that would only require a few small adjustments to be all on public roads. There are plenty of safe routes to cullinan from pta East. Dullstroom to the Dragon's back has a few options as well. I would go past the highest point in Mpumalanga and then through to steelpoort onto the dragons spine. From there I say good luck. Limpopo is the wild west with traffic and drivers. I would be more worried about that than crime.

That concrete paver looks really good actually... Thanks for the tip on the blower. I do have a stable of turquoise tools, but that one is missing so I guess I "need" one now... #hewhodieswithmosttoyswins I grew up about 2km from the ocean as well, we used to buy cases castrol DWF. Everything got a spray down. But is works really well. Braai's, braai grids, outsdie lights, tools, toolboxes, trailer hitches and wheels. If it was metal it got coated. Living in the platteland now is different, I hate the stuff, dust just sticks to it. But near the ocean it is a necessity. I am very much looking forward to the pizza oven. Need to tile the floor and tile the counter. Held off installing the oven this weekend. Just to give the concrete counter top some time to set up a bit. Pizza oven is close on 100kg

It is quite funny. I am in the process of installing a wood fired pizza oven. I have thrown a slab, built some walls and a concrete counter. We will install the oven part this weekend. On the tool list is not much more than a few screws, a spade, spirit level and some trowels. nothing fancy, but man i am happy with results so far. Will post pics when complete. Sometimes jobs need less tools and more hard work. The whole stoep has been a big labour, but a labour of love. It is going to be ready for summer.

The other major one is bike racks. Buses and trains with bike racks make a huge difference.

If you look at the Gautrain in JHB. I would say it is a relative success. It is fairly full, clean, safe and on time most of the time. The few times I went to my previous work's offices. It was a delight. It is highway except for 2km to hatfield station. Jump on the train and walk 300m from other station to the office. Usually via Seattle coffee. Felt very non South African. The issue that it was designed around demand. Not around seamless supply. A successful supply would mean when you are in a city you would need to walk no more than a km or 2 to a bus station. A bus would travel no longer than 5mins to a train station and the trains could get you anywhere in the city. That way you know that you can reach anywhere in the city with no more than a km or 2 walk and maybe a short bus ride. All of our trains are not set up like that. They supply the "greatest demand routes". Like gautrain. If you are in fourways it is can be a 10min uber tot he bus, then a 25min bus trip just to reach the train. If you were going to hatfield you would already be halfway there in a car before you get on a train even. So it doesn't always make it faster and you actually can't reach everywhere you want to go without getting in a taxi of sorts. So while it does alleviate N1 Traffic. it does not make it better in general and does not give a seamless reach. London you are never more than a few km from a train station. Most of JHB or PTA is more than a few km from a station. Until you can seamlessly trust the train system's supply/ reach, you will own a car.