Pah Bear

Best news I've heard today. Been looking forward to her form producing. Proudly South African

Use the same and enjoy the Vittorio combo for toughness, durability, and grip.

Believe me I've crashed plenty times and apart from not being able to select all gears, you invariably have enough to get home and then sort out the problem. So ... buy a spare but it's fine to keep it in the garage.

Hanger on ALL bikes are deigned to be "fragile". When you fall and hit the RD, the weakest point will be the hanger, which is much cheaper to repair (replace; straighten) then repairing or replacing the RD would be. Sooo ... be thankful for that design. Glad you sorted. Lessons learnt. Keep that in mind. Most of us have adjusted cable tension till we blue in the face ... before we go ... Hanger maybe?

Pity you so far away. Welcome to use mine if you haven't got one which I assume you don't otherwise from what you describe you would now this to be the solution..

I think your Derailleur Hanger is probably skew. This cannot be done by eye. You need a Hanger Adjustment Tool. I made one myself following the guidelines on You Tube. Since then, if after a fall the gears don't engage properly and any barrel adjustment don't solve the problem, it's out with the hanger tool and some minor adjustment generally solve the problem. Best of luck to you. Hope this helps.

Was riding a HT with a 2x set-up and had no real issues with it. Then bought a second hand DS which came with a 1x setup. Although the 2x had bigger ratios to choose from, what Engel-a contributed is true. I find it easier to cope with sudden surprises round bends. I did change the 11-42 though. Now have a 32 x 11-46. Went with the Sunrace iso Shimano as I find the Sunrace have a better ratio spread.

Must say I've learn't quite a bit from this OP's experience. Still hope to place trust in Hubbers first, BUT, I always check the sellers ratings. I make a note of giving feedback ratings and asking people for feedback whether I buy or sell. Once asked a "first time" seller, with no comments if he would agree to send clothing to me for inspection and confirmation to buy will follow (based on the fact that I have a track record). I was willing to pay all postage. The seller declined and I cancelled all comms. He kept his goods but I kept my money.

Upgraded from the 500 to the 520 few years back. Great unit. Does everything I expect from it. Had no issues with the 500, except having to plug in after every training session became a schlep.

We did the Wild Coast hike from PSJ to Coffee Bay last December and organised it making use of local facilities, i.e sleeping in the villages every night. We organised all this via a local tourist office who allocated us a guide to made sure we got to the right accommodation, as well as organised a local boat to cross all the required rivers. Think a similar process could work, even if you don't use the local guide. Worth exploring.

Have a Fenix 3 and very happy with mine. Does everything and more. Run and cycle. Comment I heard about maps I think relevant is the question "Do you really need maps?" If you do most of your riding in areas known to you, maps just a distraction. I've never had maps and never once missed not having it.

Gonna suggest havin that hanger checked too.

Had similar issues getting tires on too, so learnt this lesson and now make sure I pry them on at the valve so the rest of the tire can slot into the middle of the rim to provide more slack. Works.

Don't fret. Some only see what they want to see no matter the facts facing them.

Thanx for sharing. Always find RT's comments of interest.

It's the Russians.

If you not using them on Road and MTB you just spending unnecessary time during services having to break the chain. Unless ... you don't do your own services. Even just for chain cleaning, the master link is a must have. Buy them when they on sale and keep new ones handy. Ride with a spare Road and MTB all the time.

Oops, just noticed the OP in from Tshwane

Go out of my way to shop there because they go out of their way to make sure I get great service. They don't really have an online service but call them or even better visit and you will be happy.

Just heard Tucker on 567 Cape Talk and he was decided perplexed by this whole affair. Said he doesn't know what to believe anymore and think this was probably the weakest outcome for UCI based on the statement released.

Can't agree with you more. Hubbers look after Hubbers.

Absolutely agree. The team road a brilliant ride to set him up on Stage 19. He still had to do the hard yards, and boy did he deliver. Unbelievable. Glued to the TV the last 2 days. Stage 20 was a worry, remembering his poor form after the Zoncolan so was holding my breath all the way that the 40secs would be enough. And then Poels came back and lowered my BP a bit. Wow, what a show. Admit I've always been a Le Tour man and never got this Gen thing about the Giro, but the drama during this one made me think again. Awesome entertainment.

Also use a 520 for cycling just because I had it and like the setup on the bike so will stay using that for cycling. Always been an avid runner and my Polar RS8 had the HR and Foot pod units. After Polar stopped supporting IR technology on Windows 10, I sold the unit because I could not download any info to PC any more and got the F3HR. Beautiful unit and not having to bother with a Foot pod was just great AND all the run/stride/cadence info it gives you is just phenomenal. No need for anything better.

Suunto Sport just popped up on the HUb. https://www.bikehub.co.za/classifieds/308861-suunto-spartan-sport/

I bought a second hand Fenix 3 a few years back. Last year I did the Wild-coast Hike and used the watch to track Distance and Time and still got 11hrs+ every day running in GPS mode. Had to charge the watch every eve but that is to be expected. Never lost power throughout.