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I struggled up the new climb! Will have to give it another go. Agreed, these are the most beautiful conditions. Everything in full bloom, plus some late season rain to keep the dust in check. Just remember to spray yourself with lots of insect repellent before your ride

Yes, Quarq is effectively a dual-sided power meter, in that it measures the total power from both legs accurately. The L-R balance is basically unusable. Only pedals report L-R balance accurately. I ride a five bolt S-Works Dual powercrank. It is meant to be very accurate on L-R as five bolt is not plagued by the coupling issues that crank dual power meters suffer on Shimano four bolt cranksets. However, the reading is clearly stupid. It reads a 40-60 L-R vs the 51-49 L-R I usually get on my Favero Assioma Duo pedals. On total power they are near identical. Back to the OP's question, among his three power sources the Quarq is by far the most credible. I'd get the bike on a Tacx Neo and check those two power sources against each other. If the Quarq reads lower than a Neo I'd send it to Quarq for verification.

Guessing if anything they'll ditch the mechanical flywheel and go for an electronic one like they have in the Kickr Bike. Seems that implementation has gone well. Makes sense in terms of time frame, this is the time of year they release the new model every year.

+1 here, it seriously improved my confidence on my Rovals. Frankly the same applied to my alu training rims. Pads can make a world of difference.

Go watch "The Least Expected Day". It is Spanish with English subtitles, but so entertaining.

I'm curious to know who the first two shops were? I'd go to Knipe Racing in Durbanville.

No, 130 doesn't have an accelerometer

I need only the photochromic lens for a Jawbreaker, already have the Jawbreaker but would like this lens for winter. https://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/oakley-jawbreaker-photochromic-9290-14

I see Amashova clarified: We will introduce a Refund Policy for the Amashova scheduled for 18 October 2020. We encourage cyclists to enter now and benefit from the early bird discounts. Should the 2020 Amashova be cancelled for COVID 19 we will offer an option to either get a 60% refund or transfer the entry fee to the 2021 event. We will communicate with cyclists once the Government has indicated their decision on cancelling events later in the year. This is cool. All races inviting early entry should be this transparent.

Point well made! I'm 100% for them inviting early bird entries if they are 100% transparent on their policy should COVID-19 force a cancellation. Even if that policy is "no refunds or deferrals", just disclose it upfront. Informed buyers making informed choices.

Kickr Core https://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/wahoo-kickr-core-trainer Shimano 105 5800 cassette https://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/shimano-105-5800-11spd-cassette in 11-25 please. Or 11-28 if you have one, but that's not listed. Ant+ USB Dongle, which I think you sell but don't see it listed.

Beta only adjusts the seeding, the formula still outputs a seeding. It will most definitely be used.

Ironman (same organization) are giving athletes deferrals to next year's events for all cancelled races.

Similar experience with 830, however the last two GPS software updates (latest one pushed to me on Sunday morning, was literally installing on the starting line of CTCT) have sharpened up GPS sufficiently. I buy into the new Sony GPS chipset 100%. Accuracy is still a tiny bit down vs my 820, however the increased battery life is simply amazing. The GPS accuracy only ever bothers me when I'm navigating a route while riding really fast, like in a road race. I like knowing a turn is coming up before we see it. Anecdotal experience on my Karooburn ride: 10am-8pm Power meter connected, speed sensor connected, backlight off, Bluetooth off 8pm-3am Power meter connected, speed sensor connected, backlight on permanently, Bluetooth off I kept recording throughout and never paused. Smart GPS recording was on throughout. I imagine 1 second recording would have significantly decreased battery life. 17 hours total time, 13.5 hours moving time. Remaining battery life when I finished: 49%

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I missed them this year! Any idea why they didn't exhibit?

If you want a model for how this should be done, just go to any running event on a Saturday morning in Pretoria. All categories recognized and special situations like older runners doing excellent times are announced (both at the finish and at the prize giving). The prize giving is usually efficient, but thorough. You'll find there's a mens/ladies overall complete podium; then for smaller age categories the top three will be announced but only the winner stands on the podium for a quick photo, a nicer medal and R50 in an envelope. Master, Grand Master and Great Grand Master age categories are always recognized. Similar to what I've seen at mtb stage races, but nowhere else in cycling, this process adds to the atmosphere and camaraderie of the races. People hang around to cheer and chat to the age category legends. 70+ runners usually get free or reduced entries as well.

The race starts on Monday, yet I have no idea about registration? Since spamming me with "entries closing soon" for weeks, they've gone completely quiet.

We use a hospital tray stand, works a treat and comes in 85% cheaper than the Kickr Desk

Where did you withdraw?

Another bump

The final departure at 9:30 has more or less killed the double lap for all except the $/@/& groups, unless they allow us to start a little after the last group. Starting in 1A at 6:33. Even if I ride a 2:55 I won't make the second lap.

There are three approaches and they've done all three in the Tour, but the most legendary climb is this one: https://www.strava.com/segments/1590076 The Bédoin climb is the most challenging. It is via this approach that Tom Simpson famously perished, Armstrong and Pantani had one of the most legendary mountain top finishes of all time and Chris Froome took up running after his bike was damaged in a crash.

Should be fun on TOGH legs...

A stone will also do just fine. If you have any humour left in you by the time you pass the memorial you must be a fun guy! We did a five day bike trip that started in Avignon, toured the most beautiful villages of the Luberon, summited Mt Ventoux and ended up in Avignon again. Self supported with rented bikes. Those five days ended being significantly cheaper than the rest of our holiday; more significantly it was the best European holiday experience I've ever had. Cycling tourism in that region is out of this world. There are exclusive bike routes that often cut through amazing pieces of the countryside and hills that you can only see on these bike routes.