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Looking like another great day for it weather wise 🌦️

Interesting that SJ talks fondly about his positive interactions with JOC, i feel like the crew at JOC are the most friendliest, helpful in cape town at the moment. In the end, bike shop owner reputation's are only as good as the crew they employ running sales and the workshop. I feel like staff turnover in sales and workshop at Revolution has been a huge driver behind some of the -ve commentary they have rec'd on this platform.

The most exciting feature of the new FSR 3.2 is the lockout - ok - lets skip to the good part 🤣 My crux has easily convinced me that the FSR can be deleted.

Its a cheapie from AliExpress (Like R350 landed). Postage took 5 weeks, but surprisingly it arrived at the post office.

Playing with a future shock "delete" accessory this weekend, at first glance the weight saving is eye watering.

Huge relief - nice one ☝️

Realising now you're aiming at something gravel related, but do wish there were more MTB events back in the mix.

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Gotta love it when seeding sees this happen https://results.finishtime.co.za/results.aspx?CId=35&RId=4976&EId=1&dt=0&PageNo=2 At least 20 riders from D that ranked directly after $

Looking good for Sunday

The increase in gravel bike classifieds is great news, but seems to be new activity rather than the decline of other bike types i.e dual sus MTB only down 7%, not sure you can count hardtail MTB as its a lower LSM completely.

Going to add my experience to this thread of mixing SRAM Eagle Gen 1 components with a new SRAM Gen 2 T-Type AXS Rear derailleur. My aim was to just change to an AXS T-Type (Transmission) rear derailleur from my gen 1 GX AXS rear derailleur, still of the hanger fitted type. The TL:DR is that it works perfectly! The journey: 1-Removing the hanger and fitting the T-TYPE RD can be weird, it doesnt lock in until you actually fit the rear wheel and thread the thru axle into the mount, otherwise the hanger seems quite sloppy. 2-You need to lookup the key setting for installing the RD, SRAM have a web page for this configuration which advises on the key (A/B), Chain Length and which cog on the cassette to tighten the RD up on for removing slack. 3-my first hack-i used the AXS thumb shifter from my Gen 1 RD, pairs perfectly, works per normal 4-my second hack-ive kept my OG Eagle 10-50t cassette, 12-speed chain and 32t chainring, but this doesnt actually work-the new T-Type cassettes now have a 2.5mm offset - but with some invention, a 2.5mm shim does adjust the older cassette to index perfectly. Thats it! Some Notes: - the shim behind the cassette compromises the total purchase of the mount, SRAM would say this could lead to failure (so far its working fine for me, have inspected after a couple of rides with no visible wear) - the firmware on the t-type RD is meant to synchronise with specific pickup points on the new t-type cassettes which allow for smoother shifting. in my experience the way ive installed it is seemless, if not better than my previous AXS RD. - rapid fire shifting on the t-type RD is no where near as fast as my previous RD, it does this weird laggy change if you fire too many shifts.

There were a couple of SRAM deals yesterday for black friday that i somehow got shipped (avoiding ZA geo block). hope y'all be on imported cheap AXS soon for ZA mechanical prices!

ive never tried them, but the mechanics make sense, there is literally no lag on the line, so its an immediate hydraulic actuation. You never have to bleed lines etc There is a minor weight penalty, but vs the price of replacing the entire groupset, a decent solution.

i still rate their deal on the Carbon Comp as an excellent one Id then wait for a couple of these to come up - and presto you have a semi decent bike to gravel with. The tire clearance on the Switch is really good, mountain bike tyre good.