DrRichard

Hi I am busy with the same issue - converting an old Specialised rear hub to Qr - and have been reading and investigating - the more upmarket ones - will have their own converters - such a Lyne and stand etc. it depends on what the "endocarps" look like - if they can be removed and replaced with a QR version or you need to use a converter - the challenge with he converter is that they add width to the axle - 2mm flange each side to end cap so might not fit if not proprietary or you have to machine down the axle end caps to make it fit. am busy with my own conversion - have machined the new converter - but now need to take off the 2mm of each of the end caps - so a bit of a mission - but doable. basically you need 155mm rod with a 5mm hole down the middle that comes in two bits - one for each side - or one long one to go all the way thru (most drill bits are not that long so not that easy to machine

I gave up buying pro kit - when my choice of team (Motorola,Deutch Telekom, Discovery channel) all ended up having doping issue so my willingness to wear it, period, evaporated!

sorry to hear - god you are safe

My blood pressure is fine and still enjoyed my ride It just made me think ( and laugh about the Pitstop guy not being able to break in time) about if I would ride differently if I was not in branded kit- or if wearing a shirt that identified me to something would change what I do - but I guess from the comments it generally does not. I think we forget sometimes that we don't live in a bubble - how many pro /sponsored athletes have been sanctioned for stupid / insensitive comments and the sponsor is left with a PR mess to try and clean up.

I had two interesting incidents on my Saturday ride - both with riders wearing team/club shirts, and it caused me to think about how we behave either incognito, but also when "branded". We should all behave on the trails - but I wonder what recourse clubs have with riders who bring their clubs into disrepute, or shops who sell branded clothing and have riders behaving badly... The first was a group of two riders who I overheard saying: "there is a shortcut down to the green belt" and promptly headed down a clearly marked - 'SANBI - do not ride' path below Top Gate Kirstenbosch. The front rider - non branded jersey, the second a pure Savage rider... No complaint about pure Savage - but just thought that it was not a good image for the club to be portraying - or even if the rider was a member/ borrowed the top or if the club has riding rules and standards? the second was more ironic than of disrepute - but nearly got run over by a guy in a Pitstop jersey, screaming down a blind gravel corner above Kistenbosch and skidding to a near halt just missing me! Not good advertising/marketing for the actual company/ but also not good for the club. If cyclist wear manufacturer branded tops and ride badly - we often just dismiss them like we do with BMW drivers who cut you off, as a sign of the brand... but when it comes to clubs/teams or corporate wear, I wonder if these organisations have any control over their rider's behaviours. I often ride in a university affiliated jersey, and would get hauled over the coals by Management if I was involved in an incident that they were made aware of, bringing the university into disrepute, not that a short cut would get their attention - but illegal riding maybe?

thought you might need some inspiration (I am not doing DC but have been reading the thread) - a little ride from Buffelsjagrivier to Barydale this morning - enjoy the pass!

Is our previous E-Bike world Champ Alan Hatherly riding? or stuck in SA?

Rode on Rhodes drive single track (Rhodes Rollers and Sweepers- left hand side below the road) up to Southern Cross. Somebody built two bridges over the two very muddy "rivers", 10000 points to the people who built it! thanks to whoever you are!

Roeland Schoeman - banned for a year? south-africas-2004-olympic-champion-roland-schoeman-gets-one-year-doping-ban-42230168 not sure how you explain how GW501516 gets into your system when it was an experimental drug now no longer being developed? If he did indeed take it intentionally - a lousy way to end your career.

DD now NTT... hope they start off the new year with a few wins - otherwise we will be continuing this thread for another year! New recruits look promising (but then so did they last year) Hopefully less illness and good race choices - would be nice to see a few of the boys on the front - especially LM - Giro?TDF?Vuelta?

Surely we have moved beyond the: "I was test X million times and that proves I am innocent?" I for one, do not know the details and the circumstances of the races/tests etc, but using the: "tested negative = clean" argument is not a good starting point in disputing doping charges IMO. I forget how many tests LA passed and also used this as "proof that he did not dope". Remember a negative pregnancy test - does not 100% mean you are not pregnant! It just might not be detectable... (Yet)

Thanks will try them out - the box is the issue I guess - frame may weight nothing but when in a big box the price is calculated by dimension not actual weight.

Hi fellow hubbers - no recent updates on this thread but am looking at a frame on the hub but need to get it to Cape Town and then add that cost onto the purchase price? Any suggestions to secure, cost effective and reasonably speedy courier service to use?