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[splat]

16 hours ago, Patchelicious said:

And updated. Mudguards will come when it’s wetter.

 

 

Loving that green, yellow and tan combo.

What size tyres did you put on there ?

How will that leather saddle hold up over time in the wet weather ?
I am looking around a Cambium saddle, which is supposedly All Weather (and tougher than I am)

[Patchelicious]

4 hours ago, splat said:

Loving that green, yellow and tan combo.

What size tyres did you put on there ?

How will that leather saddle hold up over time in the wet weather ?
I am looking around a Cambium saddle, which is supposedly All Weather (and tougher than I am)

Had to drop from 28s to 25s to get mudguards on. It’s a shame, and it feels like I have teleported back to 1972 on them. (Been on 30c on my Factor for a while now).

 

As to the leather saddle in this weather, Brooks seems to be very popular here, it’s always wet here in winter, so based on that quaggaesque logic, I am 100% sure it will be fine. To be fair, I wanted the Cambian but they didn’t have a one in tan in the shop…. 

[The Ouzo]

On 10/4/2021 at 7:45 AM, ouzo said:

cyclelab.

havent used it yet. the idea was that its small enough to tuck into my carry on luggage to take it to cape town. Yes I cleaned and lubed my chain before the bike was sent down, but it wont hurt to add a bit more lube when I collect the bike on saturday.

initial thoughts.

I'd have preferred a flat base on the  bottle, that way it could stand on its own.

It has a pin in the cap that inserts into the little opening so it is supposed to seal it so lube doesnt drop out. I like that.

The two "guides" on the side are also meant to take off excess gunk from the sides of the chain. that might mean things get a little messy.

2 extra "guides" are supplied.

still have not used it.

It went with me to cape town and back. Going down it did not seem to leak, coming back it leaked.

fortunately I had it in a plastic bag, not sure if it go squashed in the luggage or it was the air pressure or what, but most of the lube has leaked out into the bag.

['Dale]

After 1,356,654,875,296 of heart beats, my old strappie said farewell 

[ewep]

On 10/12/2021 at 4:56 PM, 'Dale said:

After 1,356,654,875,296 of heart beats, my old strappie said farewell 

Where oh WHERE did you get a new strap?

 

['Dale]

3 minutes ago, ewep said:

Where oh WHERE did you get a new strap?

 

My LBS Geco Cycles

 

[ewep]

4 minutes ago, 'Dale said:

My LBS Geco Cycles

 

2 straps have died on me (only the straps though).  Was looking at the Pro, but the price.

['Dale]

16 minutes ago, ewep said:

2 straps have died on me (only the straps though).  Was looking at the Pro, but the price.

The Pro better make me a pre-ride coffee for that price. I would rather buy two. The straps take a beating no doubt.

 

[Spinnekop]

21 minutes ago, ewep said:

2 straps have died on me (only the straps though).  Was looking at the Pro, but the price.

Get a Polar strap, cut the rubber thingies and plug the garmin thingy in

[ewep]

Just now, Spinnekop said:

Get a Polar strap, cut the rubber thingies and plug the garmin thingy in

Dear sir, your post is USELESS without pics.

[Spinnekop]

4 minutes ago, ewep said:

Dear sir, your post is USELESS without pics.

Not allowed to show nipples on the Hub anymore. ????

[ewep]

Just now, Spinnekop said:

Not allowed to show nipples on the Hub anymore. ????

Thanks goodness!!!

 

[Cat2forLife]

After 5 years of faithful service, I have replaced my Specialized Tarmac with this:

 

 

[117]

Bought the superfly frame off the hub, built it up with XT all round, slapped some vittoria's on it. 

Finishing touches done by the Bicycle Workshop, thanks Richard and Cecil ????????????????

 

['Dale]

Some new parts for Simone after 4 years of dirty roadie training

[MajG]

On 10/1/2021 at 5:02 PM, Chadvdw67 said:

I did another bad thing ????????

And I made sure that you don't dwell on your mistakes for too long, which became my gain????????

Thanks for an immaculate condition bike @Chadvdw67