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Jip, that is me out too. Its like with the 5150. I just can not justify paying that.

I read in a local mag that Morewood will be a releasing 650B DS (or maybe they have already). If it is anything like the Zula it will be brilliant.

Rule #9

yes Please!

http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/

Seriously cool!

Where is the best place to shop for a front clamp-on brake to fit to my fixie? I found a couple on the web ranging from $60 to $198, but I am hoping for a bit cheaper local if possible. Thanks

that is great. Thank you dracs!

OK, got my seeding and as it is my first big road race I just have a quick question on how it works. My race number is D 3482. So I presume I am in batch D? So my wife is in CC. How does it work if I want to ride with her? My start time is 6:47 and her 8:23. Can I just go with her and start with her? I am not concerned with my time at all. I just want to enjoy this ride with my wife. Do I need to make arrangements with the race office or will it not matter if I start anytime later than my seeding?

I have had nothing but good service from them. I dont take my bike anywhere else. I also had a problem with a Silverback frame and had a delay but once they received the new frame I got the bike back the same day. I would suggest chatting to Anton and I am sure he will get it sorted chop-chop

Like I said, I cannot find a lot of info on the bike so I thought that it might have been resprayed as something else (previously a Bassano), but I have found two more images on the web that show it actually is a Pista. Now I just need to find out what the correct pedals should be and I think it gonna be a huge mission to find tubbies from the correct period. Do you agree that it probably is from the 80’s?

More research shows that it probably is a Pista.

Here is my fixie: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/118638-pinarello-treviso/?do=findComment&comment=1722638 Please see the link to where I first posted it. I am hoping some of you can maybe give me a bit more info on the bike as my searches on the web have proved fruitless. From what I can see on the web it might be a Bassano but nowhere on the bike can I find the word “Bassano”. So I really don’t know. What I am trying to find out is what the original pedals were that the bike came with. The currently have clipless pedal on. And then I would like to get the original tyres as well. The tyres currently on obviously are not the original ones as you cannot inflate them over 3.5bar (then they start to rub against the fork). Can anyone please help with a bit of info? I think it is late 80’s from what I have seen but some links on the web suggest that it might be from the early 70’s. I am sure most of you are more knowledgeable than me with these bikes.

Interesting topic this Riding buddies and I discussed this the other day as well. When is enough, enough? I was planning on building a PYGA up with XT, Fox, ZTR etc, and it all amounted to about 40K (from CRC). That was until I sat back and thought about the amount. 40K!! That is a lot of money in anyone’s books (even for those in a midlife crisis). I think the most I can ever see myself pay for a bike is 30K. I love cycling. I eat, sleep, breath, talk, think…. cycling and am totally addicted to it, but you still have to sit back and see what the opportunity cost of such a purchase is. Not only with bikes, but the gear as well. What is your max amount (not based on current income, just realistically)?

I think you are probably right wrt to recovery The best advice I have ever received was to work through the book “Triathletes training bible”. It really is a great investment in your training. It explains how recovery has to fit into your schedule. It’s a long read and you have to “Work” through the book, but the results are worth it.

So how was your race? I really enjoyed it. I just don’t know why they changed the schedule so that all the men started the swim together. I wasn’t even in the water yet and the race started. It was really difficult to get through ‘the walkers’. Anyway, I still enjoyed the swim and looking at my swim time it didn’t really make a difference with everyone starting together. I found the bike leg pretty hard with the wind. I also see that the run times were very quick. Does anyone know if it was really 5km?

I am 1.81 as well and ride a 56 Felt F4. Its a lekker fit with a top tube lenght of 55cm

Free beer and shots at a waterpoint! How cool is that?! What an excellent way of spending a Thursday evening

I once did vredendal to piketberg. Its gravel all the way with awsome landscape. Not to hilly as well. Its further than what you would like to do but keep it in mind for the future.

So where can one see his/her seeding now?

This is really really sad. Just the other day my riding buddies and I said that it is only a matter of time before the jacking’s start in PTA east. There are so many cool tracks to ride but sadly it is also close to exit roads. Seems like we cannot ride those roads alone anymore. It’s a very sad day!

If there is a race, I dont think it will be a good idea. Fountains on a public holiday can get a bit messy.

A buddy of mine has a strange issue where his chain keeps dropping off in front. He has an X7 in front and X9 at the back. He has taken his bike to 3 different stores but it keeps on persisting. What happens is that as soon as he put power on the crank, the chain drops off completely in the front when he is in the middle and small blade. It sometimes happens on the big blade as well but no always. He doesn’t even shift gears, then it just pops of I thought that it might be a worn chain, but wouldn’t that then cause the chain to jump on the cassette rather? I think he is due for a chain replacement anyway, but will this cause the issue in front?

I was in that group as well. I read on thehub that wheelsucker are the devil so I tried to do my part in the front, but when we hit the hans strydom climb I got dropped. My legs took too much of a beating. It was my first road race but I guess that is how you learn. I was on the Felt F4 andhad the red capestorm shirt on.

I have to agee with the comments. On one of the previous pages I said that this race would be a logistical nightmare and I am sure it was. But the way the orginisers did this race was astounding! The route was great and most of the intersection were taken care of by marshalls or metro cops. All the waterpoints was stacked with coke and water and alot of the spectators cheered everyone on. I have to congratulate everyone involved. I really think this can become the big race in PTA. Good job!