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https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/12/11/n1-highway-into-cape-town-cbd-fast-becoming-a-smash-and-grab-hotspot i particularly like how vague it is🤣. Guess the clowns at Woodstock police station don't want to look bad.

Anything and everything between Marine drive bridge, Lower church bridge and a few 100m past lower church. Basically the whole stretch of road next to PRASA land on the “N1”/FW de Klerk Blvd

They’ve been asking…but cant until national gov/prasa agrees. Remember how long it took to clean the castle grounds? Wel i suspect this will take even longer, and get way worse before it gets better. National gov couldn't be bothered by a smelly dustbin in WC’s kitchen…some would say they prefer it that way. Once those fences go down proper, theres scope for a whole new suburb on that land.

Can people just circulate on these same groups that its not safe to ride there currently? Is it stubbornness or Ignorance? There is a ‘viable’ alternative as someone already mentioned (via Berkley and Amazon) yes its a detour and likely has its own issues yet to be unearthed. But still. I see people riding in/out from lower church at least 2-3 times a week while sitting there for that short bit. I always wonder to myself if they are oblivious, just blind to their surroundings or perhaps think they are Chuck Norris? Why even risk it? None of the guys/gals I see look like commuters either. Not worth the risk.

It stops being a highway at one of the earlier bridges. I think at the marine drive bridge and the speedlimit is 80kph.

Yes you cant mix 10/11 speed shifters/mechs etc. Chains are a different story. I wouldnt use a 10spd chain on 11 purely because the cog spacing will be an issue, but 11speed chains being a ballhair thinner means putting 11 spd on 10spd - they run so much more quiet on the rear. They almost dont touch the next cog while turning…but are still wide enough to shift perfectly fine. We are talking fractions of mm’s. i personally used 11speed KMC chains on my 10spd stuff. I now use 12spd XX1 chains on my 11 speed stuff. Gravel and Mtb. I promise you…at R2k+ for XX1 chain…i wouldnt be hacking it just to see if it works. I know it works

I shamelessly do the same😅. Although CWC, which is now a CL are wise to this…they begrudgingly do it though. They full well know bike addict never carries stock, and the price match policy states the other store must have the item in stock. so here in CT shops frown at you when you say BA. Also check and use Obike for CL pricematch; https://www.obike.co.za/?srsltid=AfmBOorqRU-c4biyrotlpBspd05RY-xo24EWyp6AWNMgdprCZrSWgD4X omnico’s non B2B online store basically. CL then has no leg to stand on because most their stuff comes from there anyway lol i used this to get R600!!!! (R1800 vs R1300) off my new fav floorpump in the universe - the Ryder Airtank 2.0. Using it is what it must have felt like to discover fire…seating a tubeless mtb tyre has never been so easy. after i asked for pricematch, I also waited to the last second to deal the final blow…adding my R400 ‘mycyclelife’ voucher👀 that then meant i also got to choose a free R100 item from the sales table to to total amount spend haha. ‘Cleaned’ them out that day for no real money - #notsorry

11 speed chains work great on 10speed. Similarly 12 spd chains on 11 spd. Ive been doing it since 10spd. Hell, i even have and 8spd chain on a vintage 6spd bike. Ultegra/XT are the same thing. XTR/Dura Ace too. Its right there on the packaging. As an anecdote…shimano Saint 10speed DH groupo is mostly used with 10spd road cassettes with last 3 cogs removed to make it a 7 speed (with 10spd spacing. Road cassette ratios are closer).

Agree, thanks @Wannabe @Nick @Matt our esteemed overlords…is there a way to pin,sticky whatever Wannabe’s post calling for people to come forward with info? Seems his efforts yielded some fruit and this is gaining traction. Cant help but feel that now is the time to do what we can to help the situation - for all of us. It has to gain enough steam before the end of the year, otherwise people will just conveniently forget over the holidays. Cant we muster 10000 signatures on a petition too?

So i dont want to sound too inhumane, but i sit in that traffic everyday and ive notice that part of the reason that settlement is growing and being sustained is because there is a freely available, what looks like a fresh water source. There seems to be a pipe/valve/tap or something where they line up to collect water every morning. By the fence. Dont know if its something that feeds the my-city station that got intersected/appropriated - but dort that out and it will sure halt the speed at which people are moving there?

Oops, missed that. Is that why you are ignoring my Whatsapp’s Guy!?😅.

Edit: see you next year Guy💪

Yes, all this bib talk…i rode bikes for 25y before i got my first one. They help for longer rides, but good fit/saddle is more important and it’s not a must. A bib wont do anything if the saddle is wrong. I ride without one often. OP, if you are relatively new to riding bikes for longer periods of time…it WILL hurt the first few weeks, even in a bib. There is no replacement for time in the saddle.

5ten freeride pro + deity Tmac is the closest thing you’ll get to feeling clipped in on flat pedals imo. I actually don't always like how solid the connection is, once you put your foor down you literally have to lift to move. If you arent used to it you find yourself fidgeting for the first few meters to get your foot in the right spot. At least on clipless you have float. The Adidas rubber deffo feels softer in hand than the 2FO - but my 2FO’s are clipless so cant comment on how they feel compared to 5ten on platform pedals. I’d buy whatever is available, and that means 2FO for most of us. just dont even bother with those Etnies shoes that you can find locally, those with the Michelin soles. Those things are Semenuk etc signatures for a reason….they are made to not be totally locked in for tricks and stuff imo. If thats what you want…then great. I hate mine…use them in the garden now since they are waterproof. They were the reason for the 12 stitches on my left shin lol

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Really enjoyd the riding at muratie when i was there a while ago, they are proper enjoyable even though mostly XC orientated. The climbing wasn't too bad either. You dont realise how fast you gain altitude there.

‘Closed’ trail networks i said - behind a paywall, inside a fence preferably😅. Not a gravel road easily accessible by anyone off a main road. I know spez paarl trails are pretty meh…but think Jonkershoek, just hikers, baboons, sone snakes and the actual trails out to kill you there😁

Again guys, come ride all the closed mtb trail networks. We are truly lucky with the amount and variety available. You’ll never get bored. Puffies dont carry knives (outside their mouth at least) and are slow as hell…they cant get you on the opposite side of the road. The cobras are faster, but they tend to ‘run’ in the opposite direction anyway…and you usually hear them. The mole snakes loiter around like vagrant squaters, sometimes IN the trail, which requires some quick thinking, but they are generally way too lazy to even care about what you are doing. But most important, none of them want your bike or your phone! 😊

Thats what i did….and i still got bike jacked, but on the other side of the road😝😒… Best thing is to not be in a known hotspot, alone, in the first place. Thats the only reason why i follow this thread. To know where NOT to ride anymore. I’m over it. I ride bikes because i want to relax. There is no relaxing when riding on the road anymore. if they decide they want to get you, those few meter extra probably don't mean much. Especially when travelling up hill. Thats a tried and tested M.O. thats how they got me even after i went to the other side of the road. Thinking about my bike incident again….the skollie doing his best Pythagoran theory while now sprinting full speed with a knife overhead to intercept you….is way scarier than a guy casually walking into your path, showing you he has a knife and telling you to give them your crap. This has also happened to me before while on foot, and although it also sucked….it was all pretty ‘civil’ compared to being flanked and chased down by an idiot wielding a knife, fully intent on using it as a means to get me on the floor.

Better steer clear of these guys, clearly trying to mug you trailside of your bike accessories @ChrisF. Considering his food of choice, a headlamp will come in handy while out looking for dinner. such snakes these guys…

He has a nicer ‘bmx’ too though. @Jewbacca, show them Mint-sauce!

Poor Mol slang is not even on that list. And most likely to be mistaken for another thing on that list. They are plentiful around bloemendal. They like sunbathing too. You are most likely to see mr cape cobra around hoogies and conties in my experience. Well thats where ive encountered them anyway. Puffies more to stellies side i think. If only seen them at jonkers and boschensal. But i guess you will likely find any one of those anywhere in the cape so dont bushdive too much!

Mol slang. ps: not venomous. Although the black colour and their size makes you think it’s something way worse so it’s scary nonetheless. They are constrictors…and you guessed it, eat moles etc.