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Colin Pym

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  1. This☝🏻! Garmin transponder works like a charm, the strap on the other hand needs some rework for longevity. Breaks on the join where the stretchy straps and sensor pads meet🥺!
  2. @Dale….not nice to read, ever! Heal up soon. Looking forward to seeing your awesome photographs being posted again.
  3. This is good news….thanks for the effort guys. Thought this petition would fall on deaf ears like many other petitions involving SOE’s and parastatals…🫢
  4. Great feedback on this thread, making me even more bleak that I had to turn my entry over to substitution, picked up “something” on Tuesday that I could not put down in time for the event…..🤢
  5. Been through this procedure 3 bloody times (1994, 2008 & 2013), fortunately life can be back to normal after 6-8 weeks……. just do the recovery rehab exercise sessions!
  6. Entered on Tuesday, no email, but an sms with seeding was received.
  7. The old Breville Barista returned a non repairable quote, has been retired and made way for its replacement…..☕️
  8. Fortunately not speaking for myself….🚴‍♂️😀
  9. Obsess and enjoy it, before girlfriend, wife and or child come along, who may have a different perspective on priorities….🫣
  10. Time to experience the world of Gravel, so added the appropriate “tool to the shed”…..N+1
  11. 55 guys, all the best! I struggle buying for just one….myself. Different brands means many variances in cuts, shapes and sizes🤦‍♂️!
  12. My take on this is the required commitment to a change in lifestyle, changing something to lose the weight and once the weight is lost reverting back to doing what you did will take your weight back to where you started. I lost 16kgs over a 6 week period from 25 Nov 2019 (102kg's) to 3 Jan 2020 (86kg's) participating in a carb cycling diet (controlled portions of healthy whole foods) and boot camp style exercise (5 x 40min sessions a week). No sugar, alcohol, fruits or "colorful" veggies. Every 4th day carbs could be consumed in controlled portions. Eating like this took some planning for meal prep (it is not sustainable, not for me at least), but it did what I wanted it to do, which is kick start the healthier lifestyle. Now 2 years down the line, I way 81kg's (plus or minus a 1kg), watching what I eat - not anal about it - combined with a mix of walking, running, cycling and gym exercises. In general, life is much better, feeling healthy and strong, no colds or flu over the past 2 years including Covid!
  13. I stand under correction, but do not believe it has to be a OneUp stem, I have the edc tool fitted into an Industry 9 stem.
  14. I have a Spez Epic (XC), Evil Offering (Trail) and Bianchi Oltre Xr3 (Roadie), and funny enough most comfy on the the roadie, probably because it is compliant offering no give in the frame to vary the height of the saddle to BB…??
  15. I endured the pain for 6 months, along with money wasted on physio and a chiropractor before going under the knife or eating more painkillers to upset some other body part. Had a good surgeon, pain relief after surgery was immediate, aside the new cut from the surgery. Started cycling MTB late in 2013 after the 3rd op, since this pandemic started I have mainly been on the road bike. Keeping your core strong and weight off the belly goes along way to ease the burden carried by your lower back! Get the correct size bike and a fit too, all to help with posture.
  16. I have had three procedures all being the laminectomy and discectomy - no spinal fusions. First one on 1994 between L5 and S1, second in 2008 between L4 and L5 (right side) and the third in 2013 also between L4 and L5 but on the left side. All three instances resulting in excruciation referred leg pain owing to the sciatic nerve being pinched. All three procedures where successful....I just have a generic disc degeneration, which extends up into my neck. Critical to follow the recovery procedure and exercises spelled out by the physio and pretty much do nothing strenuous for the first 6 weeks, limit the amount of sitting, so I would basically stand or lie down. To date, I cannot complain about life afterwards, but I do take general caution.
  17. I just cannot bring myself to inverting my bike to fix a puncture….my saddle my shifter hoodies????
  18. @splat….Shift Espresso, Waterway House.
  19. Just to get a Cappuccino & Banana Bread….????
  20. I suspect you may need to revisit your eating habits, it is a lifestyle change, which is rewarding once into the "flow" but does present its challenges, especially under the current up & down of lock down levels and its concomitant stresses..!
  21. On the very first post there is a excel spreadsheet where you enter your "start" data, goal weight and a spot to enter results on the 1st day of each month.
  22. Easy roll to Oudekraal on just another superb winters day….????
  23. To Chapman’s Peak - Don’t think one can one get tired of going to Chappies????! And, a Cappuccino & Banana bread stop en route home????
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