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5 hours ago, Headshot said:Jeez, you okes are old and 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?
6 minutes ago, _David_ said:Listen to your body take a break from riding but don't stop exercising. Go to the gym or start running just don't get lazy sitting at home, otherwise it will be very difficult to come back to riding.
^^^^ 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.
23 minutes ago, Andymann said:I'm on a 211 week exercise goal streak and doing a 70.3 in the Philippines on the 21st. I plan to recover for a week after in the Philippines, so dropped a mail to Discovery to see if I could pause training for that week while I recover.
No chance said the Lady. Who then tried to get me to join Discovery Bank, where, if I did, I would be able to take a rest week.
I did in passing, ask the question that as a Medical Aid company, didn't they think is was risky expecting someone who has done an extreme event, like the Comrades, or Iron-man to not take a rest week to recover if they would like to keep their streak going, and offer no alternative, other than to exercise on a smashed immune system and risk getting sick?
Silence of course is also an answer.....
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?
1 hour ago, pedal menace said:Just for info - use it don't use it.
1. Subscribed to NordVPN . Just got charged $93 for 28 months. About 60 bucks a month. Very very easy.
2. Created a "dummy" gmail account and entered all details UK based. Very very easy
3. On my Android TV Box simply signed in with this UK gmail user. Very very easy
4. On my Android box installed NordVPN App and logged onto UK server. Very very easy
5. Android TV Box immediately assumed I am UK based and viola the Discovery+ App was available to download from Google App store. Very very easy
6. Subscribed to Discovery+ via the web. Very very easy.
7. Arranged with a friend in the UK to log in using my Discovery+ credentials and subscribed to Discovery+ with her UK Credit Card. About 7 Pounds/month. Not so easy - as one need a friend with a UK Card willing to do this.
8. Use whatever means there is to transfer 7 Pounds from your account to friend's UK account. Very very easy but be clever about it as international SWIFT fees could be expensive. Pay your friend a year in advance and only pay one SWIFT transfer fee.
9. On Android Box where Discovery+ is installed, you are signed in with your Google UK Account and your NordVPN is logged onto a UK server - it works perfectly. Eurosport Sport and many other channels and all in HD. Yes I have a fairly good fibre line but this Sunday watched Paris-Roubaix buffer free with the usual GCN gang doing commentary - before, during and after the race. Loved it!!
All in all a fairly easy process. Dare I say: Very very easy? 🤣
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.
1 hour ago, wolver said:
nice steed. and based on that price, twice as nice as mine...🤪
1 hour ago, mecheng89 said:I'm not in the world of advertising and marketing, but 8 days of exposure versus 2? The audience size yeah is a big factor, but I don't know the viewership numbers for these events.
He isn't doing much MTB-ing for someone who wants to go for gold at Paris tbf. But then again, this is MVDP.
best we can do is this...
20 minutes ago, mecheng89 said:With his current form, I think he would crush it. Beers would have to tread very carefully and pick a partner as strong as he is.
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
2 hours ago, nathrix said:Will we ever see a 50 km/h avg for Paris-Roubaix in our lifetime?
sure... a pumping tailwind can make this happen easily
10 hours ago, 'Dale said:Alpecin-Deceunick continues to thrive with its star racer and the current Rainbow Jersey, punching way above its weight in terms of team budget. What a team performance culminating into sheer dominance in the final - dropping the sharp end of the field at will with the velodrome still 60 kms away.
1-2 for the consecutive year for a team that is not a WorldTour team. 3rd Monument this year. Another green jersey in July? Morale must be sky high in this team, adding 15 watts per pedal stroke to every team member.
The Roodhooft brothers created this team and built it around MVDP in the cyclocross space before branching it to road racing. A similar pathway is currently in place, seemingly for the young talent in Puck Pieterse.
47.85 km/h average speed. The fastest time ever, roughly 1 km/h faster than the previous fastest finishing time.
📸 Russ Ellis
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.
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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....
34 minutes ago, Robbie Stewart said:that, and your gloves . . . when you realise you are breeding e-coli on your fingers
I'm afraid to ask the obvious.
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23 minutes ago, PhilipV said:I rinse my helmets in the shower after every ride. Haven’t replaced pads in 4 years. No soap, nothing. Just rinsing out the sweat.
yeah, the concept of finding your helmet in a darkened room by smell alone is a bad one....
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On 3/5/2024 at 4:40 PM, Crazy Cyclist said:Why would you put ball bearing hubs on a trail hardtail bike?(Paying R33 000 for the top spec)
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.
3 minutes ago, Vetplant said:I wasn't necessarily asking the riders to give it to him, but rather appealing to the forefathers/cycling gods/Murphy that his luck is clean on the day and he doesn't puncture at the worst point like last year...
or fall off like he did last week (c'mon, we were all thinking that)
32 minutes ago, Vetplant said:Literally all I want to see from this Classics season is WvA taking Paris Roubaix... It is time.
MvdP and Pogacar can share the balance of races between them, but let Wout take this one please. It is similar to those years where Sagan in his prime kept missing out, until he properly smashed them.
I'm not sure it's a coffee ride hey...
Motorists vs Cyclists.... again
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