Absa Cape Epic 2022

[OVERDRIVE]

S-works ladies also had a dead dropper post battery...

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, OVERDRIVE said:

S-works ladies also had a dead dropper post battery...

forgot to charge or just one of those things?

[OVERDRIVE]

17 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

forgot to charge or just one of those things?

Hayley said it just jammed, one of those things. And they just fixed it and kept going, no panic lol 

[MORNE]

7 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

forgot to charge or just one of those things?

 

6 hours ago, OVERDRIVE said:

Hayley said it just jammed, one of those things. And they just fixed it and kept going, no panic lol 

Would you ever really admit you forgot to charge though?
‘Nah it’s jammed, i swear’😊

[TheoG]

Nice to see the ladies race is shaping up to be a 4 way fight for the podium spots and not a dominated one horse race like 2021.

[Spafsack]

How is Tristan, toyota back up team doing ?

[openmind]

11 hours ago, OVERDRIVE said:

I'm cursed by the marketing scam, help 😭

Not sure what you mean. I paid full retail for the tyres and they work well. Happy customer. All I meant to say with my post was that the Aspens are not a bad choice for the Epic. Nino either just had really bad luck or he has some custom version of the tyre that is less durable than the stock version, which obviously then was a bad choice. 

[Michael S]

What happened to Schurter & Forster today?

[Milosh]

Go Beers and Blevin , gritting it out 

 

[DieselnDust]

18 minutes ago, Michael S said:

What happened to Schurter & Forster today?

Forster looked to be struggling

could be more punctures of the tyres or the lungs

[JJDT]

I think that they could focus more also on the ladies race instead of showing the highlights of the men's race. Highlights should be at the end and race discussions.

[Fred van Vlaanderen]

9 minutes ago, JJDT said:

I think that they could focus more also on the ladies race instead of showing the highlights of the men's race. Highlights should be at the end and race discussions.

Absolutely agree. So silly to show HL while there is still live racing. 

[Headshot]

What kind of pathetic thin chains are these pros using? I mean who breaks a chain these days of you're using the right one? 🙂 

(Actually there is some truth to this bit of attempted humour - I suspect those lightweight hollow pin and cut away side plate chains are not the strongest)

[wolver]

Anyone know if the pro's have bonuses written into their contracts for stage wins/podiums?

Just watching the women's finish now there wasn't much of a fight/sprint and it got me wondering if it's just for pride.

[lechatnoir]

29 minutes ago, Headshot said:

What kind of pathetic thin chains are these pros using? I mean who breaks a chain these days of you're using the right one? 🙂 

(Actually there is some truth to this bit of attempted humour - I suspect those lightweight hollow pin and cut away side plate chains are not the strongest)

it's the flimsy tyre debate all over again... go for the marginal gains, hoping they don't cause unbearable pains... you makes your pick, you pays your price...

[Headshot]

1 minute ago, lechatnoir said:

it's the flimsy tyre debate all over again... go for the marginal gains, hoping they don't cause unbearable pains... you makes your pick, you pays your price...

I recall fitting an XTR chain to a bike a few years ago - it was the worst chain I've ever had on a bike - broke a few times and I simply got rid of it well before it was worn out