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In the Joburg winter I find using the cheap Mr Price second skin knock-off mentioned earlier plus a thin Salomon windbreaker I can stuff in my pocket when I warm up totally adequate... I do however struggle a lot to keep my feet warm! After an hour or so I can't feel them. Thick socks don't seem to help much
Yeah.... cheaper to ride your mtbike with a 20kg backpack!
20kg backpack doesn't give you variable resistance.... unless you add and remove rocks from it!
I prefer something that brakes your front wheel. That way if you have a power meter on your crank or pedals you'll still be able to see how much power you're pushing even though you are slower.
Wait, there's an app for this! Or perhaps an app combined with yet another piece of incredibly expensive cycling kit....
http://www.ridemedia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1-DSC06201.jpg
Airhub. This is practically made for riding with your partner. Goes in your front fork and adds resistance, up to 100 watt extra. You could add resistance until you and your wife are climbing at a similar rate, while you'd be getting a hell of a lot more exercise than you would otherwise. All controlled with your smartphone, it has all sorts of fancy programs. Can keep you in a specific HR zone or link with your power meter to keep you in a power zone, no matter the route you are on.
Seems like an excellent idea for extracting more pain from any ride, imagine doing all your training with +80W and then taking it off for a race.
You've mentioned she wants to be faster, so slowing yourself down for her sake is perhaps not your ideal solution. But for those with SO's that can't or don't want to improve this is a great gadget.
Unfortunately the price is totally insane at around R20k. So it's an unaffordable cool idea.
http://terraindynamics.com.au/airhub
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/01/airhub-cycling-resistance.html
Edit: Added Ray Maker review link
Guys this thread is adorable but helpless if you don't tell me the name of the LBS that you love!
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Interesting look at a new virtal cycling app being developed in China called One Lap. Basically a ripoff of Zwift
No subcription fees required as of yet, just a bit clunky for those not versed in Chinese.
It's very new so it might be a bit janky but its good to see some competition in this market, it can only end well for the consumer
LINK: http://www.onelap.cn/
Edit: added link
Have you tried it out? Are there lots of (real) participants?
OK so I've found and went to look at a great older aluminium frame bike with all Ultegra 6600. All-round great condition. I realise 6600 is hard to service as they don't make them any longer but I figure I'll replace components with 6700 as they give in (Shimano 10 speed components are interchangeable, right?).
My latest question... I ride 172.5mm crank arms and this bike has 170mm. Is it a major issue that I'll be training on 170 through the week and riding on 172.5 over weekends and at races? Less ideal? Or negligible effect?
Thanks again to the Hub's collective wisdom!
Great thanks guys, think I'll look for a bargain with an older groupset
Rollers add a lot of noise... I live in a small place and the trainer sits on top of my neighbour's bedroom. In addition I love having power, Zwift, ANT-FEC and ERG workouts. The direct trainer certainly has additional costs, but I'm happy to live with that
He basically suggested using a frame I'm not that sorry for... The sweat issue is something I haven't even considered.
The other upshot is convenience. It is a direct drive trainer and I don't enjoy adjusting the rear derailleur to perfection every time I pop the wheel on or off. To this end I've added a spacer to make the distances on trainer and wheels identical, but now I have chain rub on the smallest gear! It's a known issue with the Neo, I'm sure the Kicker would have been better.
With a second bike I can have both working perfectly without fiddling every time or imagining the shifts should somehow be smoother
Hi all
As I only ride outside on weekends I bought a Tacx Neo on a black Friday sale late last year and have used it a lot since. I have my beloved Tarmac mounted on it - this is my only road bike.
Recently a bike mechanic told me horror stories about carbon frames wearing and eventually downright breaking because of indoor trainer use. He advised me to buy a dedicated aluminium frame bike for the trainer. He was talking specifically about the Wahoo Kickr which doesn't sway from side to side like the Tacx Neo does, but I get the feeling that having a pricey carbon frame taking additional wear like this is totally unnecessary in any case.
Now here is my dilemma.... Do I want to ensure that my indoor training experience replicates my outdoor/racing experience as much as possible or is this unimportant? Sitting in the same position using the same equipment is one of the selling points for indoor trainers over spinning bikes.
Should I ensure the geometry of the frame I use is similar? That seems obvious. Less so the components…. My roadie has Ultegra 6800 with a 50-34 compact crank and 11-28 cassette. Is it important to replicate? I could buy an older metal frame used and add the components, but finding them used is tricky as 11 speed is still fairly new and buying them outright will cost in the region of R5300 through CRC (basically an entire 105 5800 groupset excluding brakes).
Is the trouble and cost worth it or necessary? Should I simply buy a cheap used bike and throw that on there?
I am willing to spend more if it is justified, but I’m not so sure.
Thanks for the help!
That's after we received this earlier in the morning:
Urgent route update! The #cycletour2017 will be diverted over Glencairn express way due to protest action on the route.Distance now approx 78km
I'm very much interested to hear more about the protest action and why it was decided to target the Cycle Tour. Protests don't magically spring up at 6am on a Sunday morning, there must be a story.
The honest truth is you can't go wrong with either, they are both excellent trainers.
I went with the Neo, as I live in a simplex and my training room is on top of my neighbor's little boy's bedroom. It is ridiculously quiet. You literally hear your chainset's sound (which can be made quieter through having it in perfect tune and cleaning/oiling the chain often). It's only when you ride really fast that the noise becomes such that you can't watch TV, but that can be overcome by switching to a larger cog at the back while riding in ERG mode. The beauty of ERG mode is it will set the power to the required level whatever gear you are in. You can be spinning at a cadence of 120 and pushing 1000 Watts; while in real life this would mean you were on your big chainring and smallest gear at the back ERG mode will simulate this precise effort for you on a large gear to make it much quieter. Both trainers have ERG mode.
I must say that when I made my purchase the New Kicker (Kicker II, 2016 Kicker, they haven't really given it a new name. It's the one with the convenient handle for carry) wasn't available in SA yet. That is significantly quieter than the original kicker and I may just have gone for that at the right price.
Really comes down to three things
1. Neo is still a bit quieter than Kicker II. Not by much. You could watch TV with the Neo, probably need headphones for the Kickr.
2. Neo simulates "real world" peddling better by swinging from side to side slightly. It also simulates different road surfaces like cobbles or gravel very well. Kicker remains perfectly flat. You might not like the flex you see on your expensive carbon frame chainstay with the Kickr. I actually don't like the swinging on the Neo. It's great when sitting down, but when you get out of the saddle it just swings way too much compared to real life and I struggle to put the power down.
3. Price.
Unless noise and the swinging make or break the decision for you, I'd say go with the best deal you can find on either. If both cost the same, go for the Neo. It offers slightly more.
I am not trustworthy - even known to ride without a helmet!
Bikehub classified deals are about TRUST within a "community" - The buyer trusts that the goods is as they are advertised, and the seller trust the money in the bank to be good.
And what supports this trust is that the transaction happens between two parties who share the same passion and frequents the same "place".
If you advertised an article for sale and it is not what it is, then you broke that trust and it is your moral duty to sort it out - period.
The lesson the seller should have learned is:
1) Describe the goods for exactly what they are - the fact that someone somewhere managed a n 11 speed cassette on a 10speed hub does not make it an 11 speed.
2) DONT SELL ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE, unless you are prepared to shoulder any backwash from the deal...
Creeping back under my rock....
stef
Pretty straightforward truth, I still feel there should be some recourse against the seller. Not against his mate, he's the one who advertised so he should take full responsibility
Did it send your emergency contacts your location as well? Would be useful if you were knocked unconscious
Try to get a FR 610/620 used, maybe place a wanted add in the classifieds section. I would probably have let my old 620 go for R1500 if the SO hadn't gotten into cycling and nicked it this year. She currently has it wrapped around a rubber handlebar mount on her roadie, synced with HR and speed/cadence sensor. The touch screen actually works a lot better on the bike than it does while running
To the 8 other hubbers in group G:
I'll be the one furiously clinging to your back wheel. Let's be friends? 
I'm way too late to the discussion, but here's a nice heat map. You'll notice that the Cradle is probably the most frequented road route in or near Joburg. The heat map neatly shows where most cyclists choose to ride. Click "Toggle Labels" to get your bearings
http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#12/27.81961/-25.97271/blue/bike
Seeding was done by Racetec. (PPA seeding also done by Racetec.) seeding.cyclechallenge.co.za and results.pedalpower.org.za dns records both point at the same racetec server.
% nslookup seeding.cyclechallenge.co.za 8.8.8.8 Server: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Non-authoritative answer: seeding.cyclechallenge.co.za canonical name = results.racetec.co.za. Name: results.racetec.co.za Address: 197.96.19.17 % nslookup results.pedalpower.org.za 8.8.8.8 Server: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Non-authoritative answer: results.pedalpower.org.za canonical name = results.racetec.co.za. Name: results.racetec.co.za Address: 197.96.19.17So for a bit of fun, you can see your cycle challenge seeding on the ppa site: results.pedalpower.org.za/findme.aspx?ss=5
and you can see your ppa seeding on the cycle challenge site: seeding.cyclechallenge.co.za/findme.aspx?ss=1
Important to note however that while the data comes from the same database, they use different selection of results (PPA uses all racetec results, while cycle challenge is only a few of my racetec results) and different penalties for old results (e.g. for last years cycle challenge, PPA's penalty is 7, and for cycle challenge it is 0.)
Also to be noted: as per their about page, Cycle Events is a division of Racetec.
PPA owns everything now (Racetec, Cycle Events, SA Seeding), been that way for a while
Does anybody know the procedure for riding twice? I assume it's ok as long as you start your second loop before the last batch starts? Will Racetec use your first or second time? Do you need some kind of permission, as you do with Argus?
I can't find anything on the website...
PPA 46.87
Sneak peek 947 seeding is G
I note that PPA and Cycle Events differ, PPA has done an updated seeding run that isn't on Cycle Events site yet. I can see this by the +1 penalty added to all my earlier results
[Event] Emperors Palace Classic
in Events
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I know the conversation has kind of drifted to reasons for wearing a race number and also doing the race as a "bandit", but I still think (as others do) that it all comes down to the profit motive....
They "force" us to collect a physical race number at the expo where ASG themselves and a few sponsors can get some airtime from participants. It is frankly irksome and somewhat cocky for a smaller race to do something like this (the expo is pretty crappy anyway), but the principle remains the same. 947, CTCT, Two Oceans and Comrades all make a song and dance about the expo, but honestly the sponsors pay a major chunk of race costs and they do it for eyeballs.
Just a few short years ago Comrades had a mail in option. Good luck getting them to mail you anything now, the sponsors need to see feet moving through that expo.
ASG are a 100% for-profit organisation, despite what happens to the proceeds of this race. Even though I mostly detest goody bags their position here also pisses me off - some corporate deciding on my behalf to donate to a cause I haven't selected.
Edit: spelling