lechatnoir

I wish I was as fat as the first time I thought I was fat

mmm. body AND age shaming... #FML

Certainly doable... Pick a nice SE-er day, and you'll be doing world tour speeds. A small challenge you'll face will be long uphill drags and a few long rollers. The bigger challenge and danger will be vehicles driving in the emergency lane to allow faster vehicles to pass. This one gives me the heebie jeebies. If you feel the risk is worth taking, it'll be a great ride If you do plan on hitting the road for St Helena, your best option would be to take R27 up to the R45, then cut across to Vredenburg, pass through there (mind the wonky pedestrians) and head up to Stompneusbaai. The other route past Laingville is tight, under repairs and filled with drivers that bought their license on a 'buy one, get one free' special

55yo feeling like age is a creeping creeper, creeping up on my body with little finesse 1.79cm - getting any clothes and shoes on clearance sale is an impossibility 88kg up from 82 at the beginning of lockdown - lack of accountability for what I put in my body large full sus mtb large hardtail mtb medium plastic road bike medium gravel bike all pretty much boringly average. I wish I was an average rider though

"If there is no activity on your Garmin account across all our sites and services over a long period of time, your account will be deleted per our privacy policies" can it get any more nebulous?

^^^^ this. I'm in a similar predicament, injury-wise at least. it's hard to stay on top of those demons and keep going as normal. baby steps and do what brings joy and what serves you best.

roolz izz roolz my bru... of course, your argument makes perfect sense. sadly, their system does not accommodate common sense. round peg into a square hole. are you having fun yet?

precisely this... for step #8, you can also just buy them Amazon UK stuff if that's the agreement. Or get them concert tickets. Luckily, my mates still maintain an SA bank account for some reason.

nice steed. and based on that price, twice as nice as mine...🤪

best we can do is this...

mmm win the Epic or win 2 monuments...? hair shampoo and window companies will get more mileage out of one than the other...

I've been on a Titan Carbon Comp since Nov last year and have been happy for every metre I've ridden. It's way better than I need it to be

ITT seems like such a specialised event that needs so much preparation and fine tuning, I wonder where VDP would get the time to dial it in That said, his Giro ITT was pretty decent, but possibly against the favourites taking it a bit easy? hard to say?n He also did decently in the 2019 Tour of Britain ITT

sure... a pumping tailwind can make this happen easily

thanks Dale... Truly remarkable. We are blessed to be witnessing such legacies being built as we watch these races week after week. How can any laaitie not be inspired to be like <insert yesterday's winner> as they go about their business? As for MVDP, he's won 2 monuments in a season 2 years running. Will there be more to come with Liege beckoning? So far in '24, 5 racing days, 3 wins including 2 monuments... Who watched 2019 Amstel live and was stunned by what went on? As amazing as it was, things have only skyrocketed from there.

are you sure it's not just an OD2 stem you need? Check with Giant - that's their thing. Machining a stem or steerer will remove material that might actually be needed for strength.

Contact a Spez store. Don't expect it to be an in-stock item. FWIW, N+1-itis bit me just before Covid and I paid 10K for a frame, so strap in....

I'm afraid to ask the obvious.

yeah, the concept of finding your helmet in a darkened room by smell alone is a bad one....

never nice to see. awful for everyone involved.

Not yet. I'm waiting for a gap in work and studies to take the gap. I'll be sure to report back.

cup and cone bearings have advantages over sealed bearings. And some disadvantages, too of course. One big plus is the ability to DIY service with minimal tools on a long weekend ahead of a long ride. Properly set up, they are a delight and remember, Shimano only recently stopped using them on Dura-Ace. Granted, the TR bearings you note probably aren't Dura-Ace quality, but still, not terrible. Well maintained, they can be flawless. FWIW, my 25 year old XTR SPDs are cup and cone, and they've never been serviced and are still smooth.

or fall off like he did last week (c'mon, we were all thinking that)

I'm not sure it's a coffee ride hey...

Typically, the comment here would be 'friends don't let friends use Ryobi', but for tubeless, this will be fine. If you ever need to use it for more than seating the occasional tyre, this may become frustrating.