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I'm on a second hand Elite Direto - no hassles at all after a year or so using it. By reputation the Wahoo's have the best support locally if/when something does go wrong - although the only issue I've seen on the Wahoo is when the belt wears out - the non-Wahoo automotive replacement is about R350.

It is likely that your 8sp free hub will not accept a 10sp cassette. so you would need to change the rear hub/rear wheel to fit something in the 10sp range. If you did that then a 1x10 would be possible. You'd also need a 10sp shifter and compatible deraileur at that point.

it is likely that the wheel will touch the frame at its maximum travel. but you might get lucky and it could bottom out before that.. Good news is that's the only issue I can come up with. The wheels aren't all that different in size and I've had success in getting 650B wheels into a 26er frame, so it might be worth trying if your clearances look good.

There is quite a lot of scar tissue that separates Doug from the UAE group (so I've been told). this one won't happen.

Personally a proper pair of cycling baggies with pockets (plus liner) are just the bomb. lycra pockets with your cellphone jammed in are uncomfortable for your whole peleton ????

Had a lovely Sunday ride last week, 99.9% of motorists very considerate and peaceful. Well behaved taxis and trucks. Except for some Krugersdorp tannie in a tiny white i10 who took a close run at us inside the yellow line and then flipped us the bird through the back window. I'm not even upset about it - just trying to make sense of why she felt the need to strike out.

I get okes who won't let me know they're no longer interested even for free stuff.. some people are just like that ????

Cradle is remarkably much better for cycling since the cyclists got involved, so thats good. Self-regulation of cyclists by cyclists should continue.

1000 micron. sounds much nicer.

Getting around the CBD is probably best through Fordsburg (Milpark hospital-Atlas bakery-gas works-fordsburg). Follow the route above to the circus cafe at around 50km, after that there are more gravel options - depends on your final destination

To Deneysville to see the Dam | 116.2 km Road Cycling Route on Strava

somewhere in a toolbox I have those. let me know if you want them shipped?

From my previous problem solving on the topic: 1. Typically you have to choose between changing the crank (or chainrings) on the 10s solution vs. changing the RD+cluster+shifters+wheelset to make an 11s solution work. A wide range 10s cluster isn't the best solution. 2. ..because - you want to retain reasonably closely spaced gearing on your cluster - if you go to 11-32 or more you may find the gears a little too long between shifts. 11-28 is nice. 3. best up front is to go compact. 50/34 or 50/36. If you're struggling on the low end, you're not going to miss the high end gears from a 52 front ring much.

I have ordered from them twice and things did not go well. The first parcel was lost by the courier (contents fell out of bag). Probably the couriers fault, but I had to phone the courier guy supervisors a few times before they found my stuff. Almost no support from Evobikes to locate the parcel, and when I eventually received the parcel 3 weeks later it was me updating them that they could now stop looking. Didn't even get a thank you. Second time around I had the out of stock issue on an in stock item - Janos offered to ship as soon as stock arrived but given my previous experience I decided to rather take the refund. Some relationships are just not meant to be.

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Yah I know the difference - we just read different versions of the news. What took Facebook down | ZDNet Why Facebook went down, and what's BGP routing | CyberNews More details about the October 4 outage - Facebook Engineering (fb.com)

Northcliff had a lathe for this purpose not long ago. They'd probably do it for you. But as above the MTB 11s cluster spec will fit a 10s hub - and if that doesn't land up in your spokes then there's a good chance the machined road one won't either. Note however that you can't downsize a road cluster if it is one that has a solid inside sprocket, or if the cluster body is connected directly to the sprocket. Shimano uses an aluminium sprocket carrier that is shaped in such a way that you can take some material off without interfering with the sprockets. I have a road cluster on one bike that was dremeled to fit. Also works fine, but at your own risk obviously.

strava says Hekpoort to Bird Cafe is 31.6km. 550m climbing, 484m descent.

From last night obviously. still funny. Apparently Facebook is on the same BGP as the system that runs employee access cards for Facebook. lol. As a rough translation of the above, the security guard is locked inside the datacentre. The sysadmin is right outside but his keycard doesn't work, and the engineer lives in Mexico..

other ideas (this is not an exact science..) try a large platform pedal. your new shoes may be creating cleat pressure where there was non before thinner socks (shoe may be tighter) move cleats backwards incrementally

you'll also need a boost spacer and longer bolts to move the disk out a bit. consider buying the boost hub and rebuilding?

not technical, but long and slow. I'm struggling to follow the exact route, but some of those roads can be quite corrugated. The website suggests that it is a hard route - it's not the same as 50k's of tarmac. I did 100 in that area last weekend and suffered through it. On further inspection the maps on their website are upside down - this is the route on Strava. 51.2 km Road Cycling Route on Strava you've got about 3km of softer sand and corrugation to start early on, then smoother roads all the way to Magaliesberg at the 25km mark. 6km of railway after that is ok, then down a rocky dip (watch this part - the rock ledges sticking out of the road surface can be a bit jarring), and on to a segment known as slow poison which climbs steadily for the next 7km. Then 6km of sand and corrugations gets you back to the tar. last 5km are flat and should be relatively smooth.

There's a lot to be said for a vegetarian diet and I'm generally very supportive, but - 1. AFAIK there have been no vegan cultures (Have There Been Any Vegan Cultures or Civilizations? – I Am Going Vegan) 2. medical consensus seems to be that the biggest nutritional challenges for vegans are pregnancy and young childhood development. At 64 you'll likely be just fine, but the generalisation to apply that to society at large doesn't hold.

I run Shimano road levers with Magura calipers. Works better than the original - also not recommended. I've also mixed MTB XT calipers and 105 road hydraulic levers quite successfully. ???? Go for it. On the lesser models (other than XTR) I suspect that a lot of the calipers are identical with different paint jobs. It will work just fine. Mixing and matching brake levers and calipers - all Shimano | Mountain Bike Reviews Forum (mtbr.com)