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Wayne pudding Mol

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  1. Hi, it’s not technical and you’ll be fine - practice going uphill though as there are some decent climbs - if you feel out of your depth here and there, just push but it’s mostly smooth and fun
  2. @Benkydo you think criticism that you are soft for riding a teenie 36 chainring with a massive 52 is warranted? I mean over 3000km I could understand but not for these short rides. Just what I heard on the street/gravel Also I have heard bling chainrings with matching shiny bolts and stuff is what the big dogs are using these days
  3. give him a season with Doug and his career will need resuscitation
  4. If you’re looking for a nice closed road race, The herald in PE just before the argus is when I usually dust off a roadbike and realise how woefully unprepared I am for the CTCT 2 weeks later but at least I’ve done a training ride
  5. are there more or less people cycling on roadbikes? Seems like cyclists have safer options and if cycling is a lifestyle more than a race, you can stretch your loot a bit further and include the family. For us most places we like aren't down a smooth tar road But as we are here flogging dead horses I would just like to say I really miss the fax machine
  6. Fresh on a Saturday morning after 8 hours sleep I do 50km at a similar average speed
  7. Apart from being a machine and all round gentleman, Benky loves riding so much he’ll ride around the block with your grandma at her pace and be having a blast
  8. This is textbook racing, call a truce until the last 800km sprint
  9. Ciovita has brought one out, maybe the best “gravel” shirt I’ve seen - was at my lbs and I’ll say the same thing I said to them, bloody nice but I can get 9 flannel shirts (and have done) at picknpay pay for the same price summer is coming so I might hack off the sleeves
  10. I love gravel bikes, ugly ones, confused ones, racy ones even spez ones the niner made me send them an enquiry to which they never responded thankfully I have yet to see one I prefer to my curve and this one definitely ain’t it - I should see a few around soon as I live in S country. Good luck to them, creating a need where there isn’t or maybe is one
  11. If you have a massive head and 99 bucks for the courier guy I’ll send you one - dm me
  12. Great that you have a bike and hope you drop that weight and have fun and ride in your wife beater and crocs but please wear a helmet. Just one serious suggestion now though, your photo has to be taken on a couch or you’ll get a puncture everyday and your gonads will permanently rashes
  13. Spare a thought for this dude, Aussie Steve Macgraw who is amongst the lunatics having a fun ride from Plett to Namibia He hurt his back on day way and then got harassed by me with a million questions along the 7 passes this morning
  14. like putting in decking screws in my case and having my gloves pulled off - I am well pretty well aware of when one shouldn't wear safety gloves and they can actually be dangerous, much like long beards. My comment was tongue in cheek
  15. nowadays it is usually on my hands..... sounds like you need preventative measures, perhaps gloves?
  16. Cycling - the social distance podcast when I want to be clever Lex Fridman movie fan so - smartless
  17. I thought ebikes weren’t allowed at K2C there were a few and the negative comments were many but probably difficult to hear over the engine I have no problem with ebikes and my semi regular riding partner has one - he’s a large unit and rides hard but he didn’t ride K2C as he told me it didn’t have an ebike cat
  18. But it was unfair that he didn’t give them a chance to all finish first with him
  19. Porcupine quill and I actually but with difficulty repaired it with my snug plug
  20. Ride it for them and of course you’ll ride and if you feel lonely chat to one of the 25 000 around you, fix punctures, push people up hills all with be well in your world if you ride DJR
  21. Not sure I own a tyre without a plug and that includes our cars and my pride and joy husky ride on mower
  22. That Geo is all the rage now except we call them gravel bikes and spend a fortune on them looks lovely and maybe to the right guy, 4K but probably a lot less. If it’s in the way sell it but otherwise keep it good luck
  23. As with life it’s a bit more nuanced than the clickbait moral outrage headlines France are taking all categories and everyone including team management is going economy. In fact the president of French cycling isn’t going to save money. Team manager Tommy tongue Voeckler is in economy The 2 time defending world champion mens team is flying business class in the hope it helps in what they believe is a realistic title defense. No story really but in this day an age of moral outrage I’m sure we’ll hear more
  24. My experience with a fellow hubber deserves to be highlighted given the amount of stories of rogue traders and scammers recently. A guy posted some pictures and requested a valuation of his Colnago C40 recently. There were some responses and I sent him a DM wherein I told him what I thought the bike was worth and offered him a bit less but a fair deal which he accepted. Over the last year I have sold off my bikes, shrunk my bike room and the last one to go of the vintage bikes was my C40 - I regretted that decision so when this one popped up I grabbed it despite not really riding on the road apart from the 2 pre CTCT rides and then the actual lap around the peninsula. Anyway this hubber went out of his way to pack up the bike despite no rush. I probably unwisely paid by EFT. Said hubber let me know I could collect and I sent The Courier Guy to collect and deliver to my LBS. Having started a new business I'm keeping things lean and didn't want the bike delivered home. I can't be directing the family to be financially responsible and then be buying vintage bikes now can I ? I'm working away during the week and my LBS called to say the bike was spectacular but the 9 speed Campy groupset wasn't working properly. I was a bit miffed because I thought I'd bought ten speed and a working bike. I do know that it was on a wall and too big for the seller so I sent him a whatsapp politely expressing my dismay. What has followed during the week is a reminder to us all that there are good people out there who place reputation and doing the right thing above money. In fact @Barry was insanely generous in his offer to ensure my new bike was what I wanted. I say insane because when I realised what kind of guy I was dealing with I said don't worry we'll hunt the parts and sort it out no rush. Nope Barry wanted things right and as we couldn't find a record 10 groupset instantly he went and bought and packed up a gorgeous complete bike with the Campy record I wanted. Bike is being collected and I'll end up with 2 bikes and Barry has lost money on this deal so far. I'm obviously not going to keep the other bike and will swap the parts, get the new one perfect, sell it and get Barry as much back as I can. But @Barry you are a gentleman and have incredible ethics. You are slightly mad as this was beyond what needed to be done but much appreciated. I will post pics of the bike/bikes when done
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