splat Posted June 24, 2023 Share All that negative talk would get you roasted on the thread dedicated to him. babse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballingCyclist Posted June 24, 2023 Share For Africa we will have Maincheese and Biniam Girmay (Confirmed). And both on the same team aswell. Am I missing anyone else? De Bod - EF Team not named yet, Not insure he will be in the TdF squad (Doubt it) Gibbons - UAE Team not named yet, Not insure he will be in the TdF squad (Highly Doubt it) Impey - Not in the ISN squad. Edited June 24, 2023 by FootballingCyclist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted June 24, 2023 Share 14 hours ago, betaboy said: Personally… I think he should quit, his body just isn’t the same. Riders generally never comeback to the same form. We have many riders who have tried, the list is endless and I could throw in a whole host of names. Froome was good in his time and I’d prefer to remember him for that, than watch him miss training sessions when his got injures that flair up.(again). We all wish for better days, but sometimes you gotta ego check and look to the future. It's not him. its the equipment again... https://road.cc/content/news/froome-blames-equipment-after-being-left-tour-de-france-302085 Jewbacca and babse 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballingCyclist Posted June 24, 2023 Share 11 minutes ago, splat said: It's not him. its the equipment again... https://road.cc/content/news/froome-blames-equipment-after-being-left-tour-de-france-302085 Being 1 of the directors of Factor Bikes, Why doesn't he just get them to make him his own rim brake bike then. babse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babse Posted June 24, 2023 Share 4 hours ago, splat said: It's not him. its the equipment again... https://road.cc/content/news/froome-blames-equipment-after-being-left-tour-de-france-302085 Came here to post this. Remember him whining of disk brakes saying it won't last... #awks splat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babse Posted June 24, 2023 Share 4 hours ago, FootballingCyclist said: Being 1 of the directors of Factor Bikes, Why doesn't he just get them to make him his own rim brake bike then. Then what's he going to blame? DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted June 24, 2023 Share He is absolutely correct about the overheating, disc rub being a negative. A friend of mine cooked his disc brakes on a decent not too long back. He ended up not being able to slow down efficiently. A solution is to use bigger discs, but how is that gonna look on a road bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted June 24, 2023 Share A brave man, a real fighter is not measured by how many times he falls, but by how many times he stands up - Rickson Gracie You go Vroomie, Be Lekker and best of luck for 2024 Edited June 24, 2023 by SwissVan mikkelz, Akon and Johan A Marais 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted June 24, 2023 Share One of those ‘you either like it or you don’t‘ kind of team jerseys. A very creative design. And acknowledging a new sponsor partner on board. I laaik. Edited June 24, 2023 by 'Dale gerriemtb, devvydoesdonuts, TheoG and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted June 25, 2023 Share 19 hours ago, Eddy Gordo said: He is absolutely correct about the overheating, disc rub being a negative. A friend of mine cooked his disc brakes on a decent not too long back. He ended up not being able to slow down efficiently. A solution is to use bigger discs, but how is that gonna look on a road bike. @Eddy Gordo let your friend check the disc width. I had a nasty tumble in March due to a disc that overheated and I lost brakes on a steep decent ..... Turns out the disc was worn well below the 1,5mm thickness, as applicable to discs on MTB bikes. With the new discs on I have done some serious downhills, and absolutely no issues. The danger here is that you cant spot that fraction of a mm with your eye .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted June 25, 2023 Share 41 minutes ago, ChrisF said: @Eddy Gordo let your friend check the disc width. I had a nasty tumble in March due to a disc that overheated and I lost brakes on a steep decent ..... Turns out the disc was worn well below the 1,5mm thickness, as applicable to discs on MTB bikes. With the new discs on I have done some serious downhills, and absolutely no issues. The danger here is that you cant spot that fraction of a mm with your eye .... Its a brand new bike. ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babse Posted June 25, 2023 Share He needs to get off the brakes and send it 😝 Eddy Gordo and Gnarly 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 25, 2023 Share National Champs weekend, some already completed: https://www.procyclingstats.com/calendar/championships/national-championships-schedule When are the national championships for each country? Here you can find an overview sorted by date. Use the filter for each category. Category ME - Men EliteWE - Women EliteMU - Men U23MJ - Men JuniorsWJ - Women JuniorsWU - Women U23 TT RoadTime trial Date Country Winner 2023-01-08 Australia PLAPP Luke 2023-01-10 India PATIL Pratik 2023-01-28 Lesotho MAKATILE Kabelo 2023-01-29 Namibia DE LANGE Tristan 2023-01-29 Thailand KLAHAN Noppachai 2023-02-05 Colombia CHAVES Esteban 2023-02-12 New Zealand ORAM James 2023-02-12 South Africa STEDMAN Travis 2023-02-12 Ecuador CARAPAZ Richard 2023-02-12 Uruguay RODRIGUEZ Diego Leonel 2023-02-19 Pakistan MOHSIN Khan 2023-03-04 United Arab Emirates AL MANSOORI Ahmed 2023-03-26 Chile LIRA Manuel 2023-04-22 Zimbabwe SHUMBA Rodrick 2023-05-14 Cyprus MATSANGOS Alexandros 2023-05-14 El Salvador JOYA José Dagoberto 2023-05-14 Bolivia GONZÁLEZ Freddy 2023-05-21 Nigeria ABAKA Kurotimi 2023-05-28 Panama LORENZO Randish Abdul 2023-06-04 Trinidad & Tobago BURNETTE Maurice 2023-06-18 Finland JUNTUNEN Antti-Jussi 2023-06-18 Ukraine BILYI Maksym 2023-06-18 Rwanda BYUKUSENGE Patrick 2023-06-18 Guatemala VASQUEZ Adolfo 2023-06-18 Mauritius ROUGIER-LAGANE Christopher 2023-06-18 North Macedonia MILOSHEVSKI Aleksandar 2023-06-18 Bermuda HOPKINS Kaden 2023-06-18 Honduras DIAZ Christopher Jahir 2023-06-18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines BAILEY Zefal Trevor 2023-06-18 Grenada WALTERS Red 2023-06-18 Montenegro RADUNOVIĆ Aleksandar 2023-06-18 Antigua and Barbuda BRIDGES Jyme 2023-06-18 Albania KLOPPENBORG Lukas Sulaj 2023-06-18 Nicaragua VANEGAS Argenis 2023-06-19 China MA Binyan 2023-06-21 Dominican Republic GARCIA SANCHEZ Erlin Antonio 2023-06-22 Mongolia SAINBAYAR Jambaljamts 2023-06-23 Turkey ABAY Burak 2023-06-24 Croatia POTOČKI Viktor 2023-06-24 Italy VELASCO Simone 2023-06-24 Israel EINHORN Itamar 2023-06-25 United States SIMMONS Quinn 2023-06-25 Netherlands VAN BAARLE Dylan 2023-06-25 Estonia LAUK Karl Patrick 2023-06-25 Brazil ORMENESE Caio Godoy 2023-06-25 Brazil FIGUEIREDO LEME Pedro 2023-06-25 Spain LAZKANO Oier 2023-06-25 France MADOUAS Valentin 2023-06-25 Great Britain WRIGHT Fred 2023-06-25 Denmark SKJELMOSE Mattias 2023-06-25 Slovenia POGAČAR Tadej 2023-06-25 Slovakia ŠTOČEK Matúš 2023-06-25 Belgium EVENEPOEL Remco 2023-06-25 Ireland HEALY Ben 2023-06-25 Switzerland HIRSCHI Marc 2023-06-25 Portugal OLIVEIRA Ivo 2023-06-25 Czech Republic VACEK Mathias 2023-06-25 Canada ZUKOWSKY Nickolas 2023-06-25 Kazakhstan LUTSENKO Alexey 2023-06-25 Latvia LIEPIŅŠ Emīls 2023-06-25 Eritrea AMAN Awet 2023-06-25 Japan YAMAMOTO Masaki 2023-06-25 Romania ȚVETCOV Serghei 2023-06-25 Romania HARASIM Mihnea-Alexandru 2023-06-25 Costa Rica HUERTAS Jason 2023-06-25 Algeria BENGAYOU Abdelraouf 2023-06-25 Lithuania ADOMAITIS Rokas 2023-06-25 Sweden ERIKSSON Lucas 2023-06-25 Morocco 2023-06-25 Azerbaijan GURBIANOV Ali 2023-06-25 Hungary VALTER Attila 2023-06-25 Iceland 2023-06-25 Paraguay 2023-06-25 Puerto Rico 2023-06-25 Belize WILLIAMS Cory 2023-06-25 Poland BANASZEK Alan 2023-06-25 Norway DVERSNES Fredrik 2023-06-25 Germany BUCHMANN Emanuel 2023-06-25 Benin 2023-06-25 Laos PHOUNSAVATH Ariya 2023-06-25 Austria MÜHLBERGER Gregor 2023-06-25 Luxembourg KIRSCH Alex 2023-06-25 Serbia RAJOVIĆ Dušan 2023-06-25 Ethiopia REDAE Bizay Tesfu 2023-06-25 Ethiopia REDAE Bizay Tesfu 2023-06-25 Eswatini JELE Kwanele 2023-06-25 Burkina Faso DAUMONT Paul 2023-06-25 Bulgaria ANDREEV Yordan 2023-06-25 Dominican Republic 2023-06-30 Iran 2023-06-30 Philippines 2023-07-02 Greece 2023-07-02 Singapore 2023-07-07 South Korea 2023-07-16 Venezuela 2023-07-23 Malaysia Edited June 26, 2023 by Frosty Updated with latest results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted June 25, 2023 Share 2 hours ago, Eddy Gordo said: Its a brand new bike. OUCH !!! Were the brakes bedded in properly ? On my Giant I had lots of issues with the brakes during the first two months ... took it back 3 or 4 times ..... Eventually got tired of the useless service in Durbanville, and took it to an independant bike workshop and asked them to properly check out the brakes and get to the bottom of it .... Proper bleed, think they replaced the pads (or just cleaned it, cant remember now), then properly bedded in the brakes. Next 3 000 km the brakes worked PERFECTLY. Disc brakes do work nicely, but it needs to be set up properly. (like most things) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinmug Posted June 25, 2023 Share Any way to watch TdF without Supersport? GCN+ doesn't seem to list it (for SA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted June 25, 2023 Share On 6/24/2023 at 5:53 PM, Eddy Gordo said: He is absolutely correct about the overheating, disc rub being a negative. A friend of mine cooked his disc brakes on a decent not too long back. He ended up not being able to slow down efficiently. A solution is to use bigger discs, but how is that gonna look on a road bike. The thing is, rim brakes failed/had issues too. These guys push their bikes to the limits and hundreds of them are/have descended thousands and thousands of big mountain passes successfully. Sometimes unsuccessfully. Speeds are getting faster, times are getting quicker and pretty much the whole pro peleton is riding disc brakes successfully. I'll go back to it over and over, if they sucked, people who only care about winning wouldn't use them ChrisF and babse 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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