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I was holding off posting anything until it was announced He was from Europe not S.A. I wont mention names as its not my place, my thoughts are with his family

I have heard a crazy story It's from a reliable source but time will tell if it's true ....I hope it's not Clearly they are in damage limitation mode, and they are not being fully transparent so the rumours are rampant. An Austrian website has removed the news article, so they are clearly monitoring and engaging. lets hope its not because the truth is a problem. I wish the guys in ICU a speedy recovery

From a rider who has a partner is in hosptial: Confirmed: (Paarl Mediclinic) - 3x patients on ventilators in ICU, 1 with heart damage. From other sources that I cannot 100% validate yet. UNCONFIRMED: -------------------- rumours of 3 dead and 100+ required hospital treatment. Temperatures were 50C+ --------------------

Pretty sure it's an international brand with international support .... Might be a bit harder, but worth the punt https://gizmodo.com/the-garmin-epix-gen-2-is-almost-500-off-a-premium-smartwatch-without-the-premium-price-on-amazon-2000573825

Amazon UK have the Epix premium Gen2 for £360 at present....crazy deal I just got one and love it ....If you can find a tourist coming

1 event .....then do it for charity Raise money from friends and family Make it clear part of it is for entry and remainder is for charity Set a target you need to get to as a minimum Make the charity something personal that pulls heart strings and is local .....and one you believe in Go large on exposure, chatGPT it to get ideas Good luck

I bought a set of Isla Bike wheels (Stans Crest) the hubs were 28H, but not smooth and heavy, so i replaced them, I have unused set of hubs with HG FreeHub, but they are super heavy and super rough, so if you dont find anything suitable them these are a good fall back, I'm in Somerset West

When reading your post I was reminded of a similar story that puzzled my brother who owns a large bike shop in Austria The owner of the bike said it took around 50km to start noticing the sound It turned out to be the welding inside the frame just heating up and rubbing and causing the creaking It was solved by using deep penetrating grease on the inside of frame weld points The problem was immediately solved. The bike manufacturer rep was the person who told him about the fix, and it was not an isolated incident Might not be your issue but thought I would mention

I recently bought the momsen 24 JSL orange colour bike from olympic cycles I thought it would be light but was still 13kg+ So far I've replaced shocks, upgraded to carbon bars, switched to custom wheels on stans crest rims and DT swiss hubs It's still way heavier than I want, so need to get it down to 9kg to feel nibble Crankset, BB, seat and post are next, I wish I'd bought a 2nd hand donor bike with light frame set as it would have worked out cheaper Good luck in your quest, 24 inch wheel bikes are a minefield.

We did a race here with schools League Amazing place, wine is lovely and great value The non riders in our family enjoyed the restaurant and wine tasting with the beautiful views Highly recommended, we'll be back

Looks like Isla bikes have a decent crankset for sale on their parts list https://www.islabikes.co.uk/shop/creig/creig-24/creig-24-2019-2023/cranks-bb30-sram-pattern-direct-mount-140mm-creig-24-luath-24 Not sure of the weight of these though, but they will have a narrow Q Factor as isla bikes were considered high end kids bikes, We've had 2 Isla bikes, and for 24" and below they are amazing (woom also great)

thanks Seems the link is for 29", cant find 24" on their site

I bought this wheelset https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256543360845 Here is their shop https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=256543360845&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197&_ssn=valentina8484

Where did you get the kenda tyres from and how much are they ? I'll save a bit of weight on these lighter ones

Good effort guys I just returned from the UK and Isla bikes are going under so selling off a bunch of stock on eBay under various sellers I picked up a 24" 24H wheelset with stans crest rims The hubs are horrid, but 2 full wheels were cheaper than 2 rims locally so will order some super light Ali express hubs for peanuts and switch them over The weight savings after this point are getting expensive for minimal returns so will have to stop