mtb_Josh

Aftershokz are great! Sound quality isn't amazing but they let you hear what is going on around you.

Thanks, that was my first thought as well. Replaced the battery and still the same thing. I'm convinced the problem is in the strap itself as the module works fine when I use a borrowed strap. Well that sucks... Where did you send it back to? I think I might need to go through agents as I bought mine from amazon..

Has anyone had issues with the garmin premium heart rate strap? My heart rate is ridiculously low and often it drops the signal. I tried with my fathers strap with my hrm module and it worked fine, so it seems its just the actual strap?

Are you sure you own a wetsuit and not a life vest? surely its not THAT buoyant? I did my first triathlon on sunday with not much swimming training and no wetsuit. It took me a while but I got out of the water alive. If you watched the kids race you would have been embarrassed for not even trying. There was a small girl who could hardly swim but still stuck it out and finished!

If it gets infected use merthiolate Its like 90% alcohol and 10% peri-peri sauce It burns like hell (you will scream like a little girl) but it will dry the wound up very quickly and you wont get infection again. I used it in my hockey days when I had astro-burn all the time. Works like a bomb But I will say it again - It friggin HURTS It works well for blisters too, I use a small insulin needle and draw the fluid out of the blister then inject a bit of merthiolate back in.

Just take a teaspoon of cement and harden the #*$& up Just kidding. I want to do the iron man one day when I'm big. Respect for doing 100km run a few weeks before tho!

Have you had any luck yet? I couldn't gather from your explanation, but did you try using soap suds at the garage? That usually works for me - i put a bit of sunlight soap and water in a energade bottle (with a pop-up cap) and shake it. Then open the cap and squeeze the foam out onto the bead. Mind you, I'm not the best one to take advice from...I blew out my tyre twice this week trying to get it seated (there is latex EVERYWHERE!)

swim faster!

I did this to my fork yesterday (took the spring out) but now the lockout doesnt work? I'm sure it worked before I took the spring out... any ideas JB?

I ride with one on my hardtail with a fair amount of seatpost sticking out (more leverage to break I assume?) and so far no problems. Done about 3000km with it... Only trouble I have is a clicking noise when the torque isnt right.

Heres a map from one of my shorter rides, its not very clear but it gives you some idea of some of the areas you can ride in.

I usually go down Lynnwood and left onto boschkop and left onto mooiplaats rd, then there's loads of places to go from there. Or I go past the zwavelpoort area that the guys above are talking about. There's a monster of a climb there, but dont stop when you get to the end of the dirt climb, carry on straight on the tar and theres some nice single track thru a farm at the top. I'll see if I can find some maps on my sports tracker on my phone.

Theres loads of trails out east, its pretty much all I ride. As far as safety, I've never had any problems and I usually ride by myself.

Well I reckon you would blend in quite well with all the lycra clad and clean shaven guys. And yes, I shave my legs and own a lumo pink shirt

eish, you have a long way to go! I'll vote with my parent's accounts also when I get a chance.

I'm running crossmark/larsen TT. No problems at all.

The hub is the best place to buy shoes! I got a *brand new* pair of SIDIs for R600. I could see and smell that they had been used, at most, for one short ride. Bib shorts I will only buy if they still have the tags on, and even then I will wash them about 8 times before I use them.

Does anyone know of some free software that I can use on my apple mac to upload my Sports Traker files onto? (from my nokia)

Are you done with your little rant? If you were a pro receiving a bike to do your job, how would you respond to some random dude telling you that you must now buy your own bike? Good luck with your mission to single-handedly bring down bike prices and stop sponsorships. btw- I do agree with you that bike prices are high, but that is all I agree with.

you lucky bugger! If you really want to upgrade I would first do pedals and brakes...

Put some deep heat in them before you give them back - that will teach him to strip his shorts off in the parking lot!

Thanks a million. Will try it out tomorrow when I'm in the mood to get my hands dirty.

JB, if you wouldn't mind answering another related question I would be grateful; How do you know when its time to replace the bearings? The BB in my road bike is rather stiff - if the chain is off and I spin the cranks they only turn about 1 revolution before they stop. Does this mean the bearings are new or old? (2nd hand bike so no idea of mileage)

This one time I fell off my bike. It hurt.

I train with a friggin heavy wheelset - probably about 1.5kg heavier than my race wheels, and when I use the race wheels it feels like I'm flying