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I agree. The massage gun is a great tool that I used a lot.

Have you tired compression boots for recovery? Normatec is the main brand but there are others as well.

You just misunderstood the message. “All” refers to ability or level and not financial means.

That may have been too cryptic. One is full of bluster and hot air. The other is a master of his craft.

You are like Bike fit James. John is like Neill Stanbury. IYKYK

It really depends on the bike. Many modern geo gravel bikes come with 70 or 80mm stems. The bike bike radar voted as best road bike a year or two ago comes with an 80mm stem in a size large. Head tube angle, reach, fork off set all play a role.

3 weeks to go till the start in Bloem. Is this still happening?

I’d never buy a roof mounted bike rack again after driving into the garage with bikes up top. It looks like one could make the same mistake with this rack. Or would the wheels be lower than a standard garage door?

All sports drinks are essentially water, sugars, salt. The shitty ones add other crap like artificial colors, artificial flavors and preservatives. Energade is one of those. Plus it’s a low carb sports drink by modern standards so it fails on multiple fronts. If you’re mid ride and desperate and there is nothing else then it will do the job but its far from a good product.

That Energade is a good product?

Any recommendations for couriers to send a bike (boxed) from Cape Town up to somewhere on the garden route?

The “spirit of gravel” is already dead so he may as well build something he can sell to the Ironman group for big bucks in a few years (insert joke emoji)

No TT bars allowed. Benky used them before the rule was put in place the following year.

Fantastic event. Interesting route with good amount of variety. I loved it! Doesn’t that local coffee shop have a mobile coffee trailer? Seems like a missed opportunity to make 100+ coffees on race morning. Or perhaps Seattle would send a crew up for the day.

Most enthusiastic amateurs will be able to maintain 30 km/h for a long time, and the difference provided at this speed is still significant. Upgrading from the Trek Emonda ALR to the fastest bike in the test, you can save 7.03 to 13.62 watt It’s an interesting test. But change the wheels on the 2015 rim brake bike and the difference to every other bike in the test would be pretty small at 30kmhr. Let’s face it most amateurs don’t even average that riding solo.