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  1. Not sure if in right section but Saw this on auction. Size 56. But has a crack somewhere Cannondale Carbon Fibre Racing Bicycle, https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-road-bikes/strand/cannondale-carbon-fibre-racing-bicycle/1005761324820910003998609?utm_source=com.google.android.apps.docs&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android
  2. First time Bike Builder: Got a 19 year old Cannondale R600 from: https://www.bikehub.co.za/user/113597-jacoo/
  3. Hello guys, I am looking at buying my first road bicycle. I have been riding Giant mountain bikes which I am happy with. I am looking at this Giant road bike: https://www.giant-bicycles.com/za/bikes-defy-advanced My height is 175cm and inseam 82cm. Looking on the Giant site I see the small is for 165cm - 175cm The medium is 171cm to 181cm Should I go for the small or the medium frame. Thanks for recommendations!
  4. Omaga roadbike with Sora parts, Changing it to a Single Speed: - Pinarello in black and gold. - With a Gravel twist.
  5. Hi guys, I would love to know what your thoughts are on a 5km gravel section in a road race. You rate only for the pro's with support vehicles? Also, if you fall out of the bunch and get stuck behind a queue of Team Vehicles, it will get mega dusty. I do not have experience with this, but seriously considering adding it to one of the events. Will people bring different bikes for the specific Let a brother know.
  6. We are keen to hear what you guys think of Titanium frames and this option through the various disciplines in the SA cycling. We will soon offer Titanium frames and complete bikes from Skyde, a French manufacturer http://www.skydecomp.fr. Your input will help us determine our approach to this market. For your most valued input , we will choose one lucky poster for a prize/product of their choice valued at R500 from www.performancebikes.co.za Winner will be decided at our discretion on 1 March 2015. The prize is not cash redeemable. Below are pictures of a couple of Skyde bikes as well as an interesting chart on the different frame materials and their properties. Please feel free to also post pictures of your own Titanium bikes and the reason Titanium is your choice of frame material. Cheers from the Performance Bikes team!
  7. Hi all, I just moved to Joburg from Pietermaritzburg and I'm looking for a group to cycle with in Randburg. Distance: 30-50km's Average speed: 30km/h I'm locate in Olivedale and can travel a short distance to meet up with a group. Hope to get a response soon Bull
  8. I know it is late in the day, but it doesn’t hurt to try! My husband and I are looking to rent a Cannondale Road Tandem s/m road bike to use for the Argus (Cape Town Cycle Tour). We train at home (Namibia) on a 29’er Cannondale MTB but want to avoid traveling with the bike. Any leads would be appreciated. Thanks
  9. Hi hubbers, going down to Ballito this holiday and need to spend some time on the bike. following a training program where the workouts require a certain amount of hours on the bike. my question is: which bike would offer the best riding in terms of safety and route choices: road bike or mtb? I have both and can put in the time on both but can only take one down. i don't have a smart trainer and only local (pta east) gym membership. any other ideas of how to get time in the saddle while on holiday? TIA
  10. Hello hi, TL/DR version - skip the first 2 paragraphs I am travelling to Piet Retief in Mpumalanga for a few days this December. I'm planning on cycling through the border and doing a loop as indicated on the map attached. I should mention I'll be cycling alone (don't have a choice about this, or I should stay home). I'll have a family member with a passport on standby in Piet Retief, but I don't know if I'll have no reception inside Swaziland (MTN SA prepaid user). I've cycled around 20km down the R543 before with the mtb about 2-3 years ago but was told afterwards it was a huge risk. I knew going onto the plantation jeep tracks was looking for death, but didn't know I should expect to be attacked just as likely on the road, or in fact any of the roads in the attached maps. I've crossed this border before with a car, so had no unusual troubles. I was warned to stick to tar roads in Swaziland when cycling, but at this point I'm thinking of taking the road bike (for more range during daylight!) so would have to anyways. I'm unfamiliar with the border outposts outside of Mahamba. I've attached 3 maps labelled route 1, 2 & 3. I'm expecting to do route 1 which is 187km (unless the white roads are dirt roads!), but route 3 seems the most scenic and fun! (at 300km though, so a day outing requiring more nutrition prepping). Route 2 is the shortest at 110km, but I think the road to the border to the North may be much more dodgy and busy. First question is if anyone has done a similar route around the same area or same roads? Any experiences or suggestions regarding the R543, the border and a bike+camelback? Has anyone stayed overnight somewhere near the routes indicated and cycled a longer distance? I'd appreciate any insight regarding the concerns mentioned above please. Ideally I'd want to cycling the inner perimeter of Swaziland on the road, but I haven't had time to plan accordingly. This is a plan for 2019.
  11. If you want the TL:DR version, skip to the specs list. So, since 1000 posts on bikehub is such a hot topic, I've decided to make more of a fuss for reaching this credibility milestone (yay me, but we have the rating system for building credibility too). I thought I'd make a post showing pictures of the final product of my first bike build (not rebuild) and my first road bike (I love it, but lost all my mtb credibility and grew a weird sock obsession). Why is this relevant? Well, I sourced every single part from members on Bikehub! With that said, I'd like to sincerely thank those members that sold parts to mr student budget over here by accommodating my budget and those that gave me advice! You guys know who you are - thank you I was hoping to have more recent pictures, one including me sporting fancy new bikehub socks, but Slowbee is too busy mastering the unicycle (it is a good cause, so not complaining, although bikehub socks might save your shins from that pedal slapping action good sir). I almost sold myself out to a cheap dirty reply-post yesterday, so had to lay off of the hub for a few hours. Then came a fresh trickle of indifference and lack of understanding on the thread regarding the transgender woman world champ, then I watched the video seeing how she won through tactics and not sheer strength (whatever was in their pants at that time had no effect on the tactical decisions made upstairs) and wondered how some people can still defend their stances with pogo sticks for legs, but I digress. First I had to get the ploy out of the way - if I made anyone look after saying "more on that tomorrow" 2 days ago, bazinga! Otherwise, in light of seemingly tradition on the hub and entertainment threads on Fridays, I'll do my best to entertain. I don't expect to compete with the pleasant read that is "Munga musings from a novice", especially since I won't be employing highly amusing yet profane descriptions of the chemical reaction between pants and stools (not the pants on top kind, but stools on top kind). If you finish reading with a grin, it means you're happy, then I'm happy and Bikehub is happy* and now you gotta go make your bike happy *wink**requires confirmation Time for the good stuff - the specs: ☺ 54cm Edge TT aluminium frame, matching carbon fork, very light, fairly stiff as far as I can tell. Partially internal cable routing. (slightly too small, but it fit my budget and doesn't hurt me while riding with the combination of components, so I'm super happy) ☺ Full Ultegra 10 speed groupset & components (6700 IIRC) ☺ Carbon headset spacers, 35mm total ☺ Syntace Cube aluminium handlebar and stem (super light) ☺ Generic white foam grip tape (cheapest I could find) ☺ Bontrager Race Light alloy seatpost ☺ Saddle: Prologo Naga Evo PAS TiroX, 141mm (didn't skimp here, I care about my bumhole and friends) ☺ Pedals: Look Keo Classic☺ Wheelset: Mavic Aksium front, Fuji CGC Aero 30 rear (got them at an amazing price. They run true, I am happy with zero complaints) ☺ Tyres: Continental GP4000S2 ☺ Rubbish "Massload" bottlecage. Replaced with a generic alu Merida cage, works perfectly. (I've since chucked it out because it spat out my bottle on the first ride ever (thanks germiston rough tar) and seeing as the frame only fits 1 bottle, that was not fun)☺ Skewers bought from Rapide, but pretty sure they are generic chinese skewers. As is, the bike weights 8.8kg, which is more than light enough to make me happy. I intended on weighing each component prior to assembly, but at the R150 price for a scale, I felt it is money wasted that could be spent on the bike instead (which I did, backup tubes and a tyre!). The road going forward with this bike isn't entirely clear yet. I want to upgrade to a nicer set of wheels eventually, but since I'm hopefully immigrating early next year, I may have to sell this amazing ride due to shipping costs. Without further rambling, here are the photos:
  12. The 2018 race calendar for the Cyclosportif is available 28 Jan #1 Windmeul Winery 91 km, 38 km 22 Apr #2 Simonsvlei Wine 97 km; 38 km 03 Jun #3 Perdeberg Winery 109 km; 39 km 01 Jul #4 Windmeul Winery 91 km; 38 km (postponed) 16 Sep #5 Simonsvlei Wine 97 km; 38 km 14 Oct #6 Perdeberg Winery 109 km; 39 km 02 Dec #4 Windmeul Winery 91 km; 38 km (rescheduled) I am sure it will be added later formally in the Events page
  13. I recently bought a Colnago V1-R frame but it came with the Di2 lugs does anyone have the Mechanical lugs as well as the open cable exit part. I can’t build a thing into this bike without those and the agent doesn’t have any either. I’m happy to buy them. Thanks Bryan
  14. At the start line of Emperors the MC mentioned that the Tshwane Classic would be taking place on the weekend of 4/5 November this year. Unconfirmed at this stage I guess because I can't find a single mention of it anywhere on the interwebs... I am really hoping for a big event being hosted in my "dorp", feels like all the cycling events are always a bit of a drive to get to.
  15. I have noticed that SA bike shops seem to only stock regular tubes. It seems like there are a lot more options available from international online vendors. Within the Continental range there are a few different specs. Some reviews have stated that the Continental Race 28 Supersonic is the cheapest and easiest way to reduce the total weight of a bike by 100g and, considering this weight is on the extremity of the wheels, it should make for a significant improvement in acceleration too. What are the pros and cons of lightweight tubes?
  16. Hi fellow Hubbers. Next week Im travelling to Barrydale on Route 62 and was want to ride out to Montegue. Just checking if anyone is out that side and keen to join as I'm a bit nervous doing that on my ace on the open highway! I have only don this route for the DC and was keen to do it as a training ride. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Have a lekker Friday all. !
  17. I'm looking to get rid of some road wheels a friend gave me a while back before immigrating. Anybody know roughly what these are worth on the hub? I ride mtb so don't have much of a clue re road stuff. Including Gatorskin tyres. Ritchey aero road OCR rims? Ritchey ZER system rear hub and Ritchey front hub. Thanks!
  18. News from the Flying Dodo Airfield Having raced competitively from the mid 1950's and thereafter as a long time "collector" of the sort of steel racing cycles I rode back then,I have accumulated/assembled some 300 such machines many which landed here in a sorry state. The concept of the name "Phoenix" for the rescued, restored, refurbished, repainted, machines came from the legend of the bird that resurrected itself in fire. The Dodo was a flightless Mauritian bird now extinct. The passion for preservation of these thoroughbred cycles discarded for the latest bling led to the rescuing, restoring and riding of these machines otherwise destined to follow destiny of the now disappeared Dodo into extinction. The machines landed up here as derelict Dodos and rose again Phoenix- ike resplendent in fine colours and a new identity. To go back to a time before bicycle riding (and thus the production of the machine) went into decline. Raleigh Industries mass-produced 400000 cycles pa in Springs whilst individual frame builders like Hans Huth, Gotti Hansen, Francois Du Toit, Bill Lange, Duncan Macintyre and a handful of others hand built bespoke frames for the discerning, sporting few and those dedicated bicyclists determined to have the very best that could be produced here. That bright, steel frame era ended decades ago. There has been a resurgence in interest in Retro steel Racing machines-and in Rescuing Relics... in saving and revitalising discarded Dodos... in Resurrecting these Relics. There is also now a man who is at present reviving the craft of steel bike frame building.His name is David Mercer. So I thought it fitting that he build me a new frame using a set of old Reynold's 531 tubing and the fancy lugs last in fashion when I raced in the 60's. The frame will be badged as a Mercer/Phoenixin recognition of the resurgence of steel, the resurrection of the skill of the artisan frame builder and the revival of bespoke hand crafting. The organisation I had a hand in creating was on a different path... Mobility for the Majority via the Bicycle. Qhubeka now has a team racing in Europe.They are also now involved in building a Bicycle Plant in the Eastern Cape. Sport has always been a part of the word Tran-sport So things have finally come full circle. The bicycle was invented 200 years ago and though pedals were first fitted to this two wheel machine some 50 years later, the bicycle has only recently risen- Phoenix like-to challenge the polluting pervasiveness of the fossil-fuelled, motorised monopoly. May Pedals long continue to make Progress.
  19. Hi I'll be in Johannesburg for about a month and it seems that the emirates charges for transporting a bike are ridiculous (approx €1k!) Looking at other options so considering rentalfor the month - if anyone has any ideas where to go for this I would really appreciate it. Looking for a road bike, preferably carbon. Cheers
  20. Any info on Gauteng champs for next year?
  21. Hi my name is Rob. I am a cyclist based in Fish Hoek, Cape Town. I am looking for riding/training partners for either road or mountain or both in and around the Southern peninsula/Southern suburbs. The only catch is due to a busy workday I ride early mornings leaving 5 back by 7 or so. I am more than happy to leave earlier if need be and meet up with you somewhere more convenient. I guess I average about 25-26km/h on road bike with climbs included. Can easily handle a bit more and am super relaxed about riding with slower people but faster or equal is ideal. Weekends we can ride at a more sensible hour! I enjoy riding road, love riding mountain, climbing is awesome, I am a bit slow on single track as I am rather new to the sport. Hoping to do rides of about 50-60km during week or hill sprints and repeats. Weekend longer rides are awesome! If anyone knows of groups or people who ride those kinds of times I would love to hear of them. Thanks for taking the time to read my post! Cheers Rob
  22. PSA! For anyone that doesn't know, on DSTV catch-up there is a 2 episode special on 100 years of Le tour de France. Each episode is about an hour long. It's brilliant so far (only watched the first episode) and starts of all the way back to the start of the century! For someone who is new to the sport and/or Tour de France, it gives you an great history lesson! Just thought I would share.
  23. So I have been wondering and looking on the hub, but did not find a place where the conversation was around the enjoyment of the different cycling disciplines. There is lots of comments and jokes between the disciplines, but I am more curious on what the attraction is of the different one. For example road cycling, what is it about it that appeals so much to all the roadies, is it the speed, the reliance of the group / pelaton, the distance covered, the constant smashing it on the road with few "easy" km. But I realised there are a number of disciplines and each must have their own unique selling points (and would hope the conversations stays with the positives of each and not why the one is better than the other (for that I can watch the rap battle again ) Track (Sprint / Endurance) Road (Single-day bicycle race / Time trial / Stage races / Ultramarathon) Cyclo-cross MTB (XC / All-mountain/Enduro / Downhill / Dirt Jumping / Trail riding / Marathon / etc.)
  24. So the name says enough! I'm Still building my Lux CF and will post as soon as the Shimano XT 2 x 11 is fitted Here is my frame
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