Where has your bike taken you today?

[DJR]

5 minutes ago, Me rida my bicycle said:

Looking at these pictures I just see money 💵 🔥 

They say about ocean sailing that it is a little like standing under a cold shower tearing up R200 notes as fast as you can. Bit like that with riding in the mud.

[TyronLab]

3 hours ago, Me rida my bicycle said:

Looking at these pictures I just see money 💵 🔥 

I keep seeing comments like these and not understanding what people are so on about. I've ridden a bunch of multiple-hour slog fests in sloppy/sticky/grassy/sandy/wet/dry-ish/pooling mud and I've genuinely never had an issue a good clean hasn't remedied, even with my drivetrain sounding like a rock crusher during the ride at some points.

What I see a lot of though is people having their bikes pressure washed for R50 by some rando at a trailhead, or dropping their dirty bikes off at their LBS and just saying "fix" with an open cheque book. 

Even after the Transbaviaans' 18 hour mud fest the only additional work I needed to do outside my normal washing routine was remove the crank and clean out the spindle / bearing interface as there was some trapped dirt.

With some mechanical sympathy during washing and very limited wrenching skill I don't see how every time your bike gets muddy it has to equal thousands of $$$ of repairs.

Then again, I ride rigid bikes with "cheap" components for the very reason that I can do things like ride in mud without worrying too much.

Edited September 12, 2022 by TyronLab

[NotSoBigBen]

I always thought that the foam was caused by too much 'Omo' being used upstream but recently learnt that it is formed by 'dissolved organic matter' and is quite normal. 

Cracker morning on the Highveld!

[Eugene Oppelt]

Just before brekkies

[Johan A Marais]

King's Blockhouse before sunrise...

[Johan A Marais]

[NotSoBigBen]

Yip its as bleak as it looks ... guess we won't be 'gravelling' through there for too much longer 😒

[The Ouzo]

[Frosty]

Some tech problems before my training ride. Eventually just did the workout the good old way... manually.

I believe he had might have had something to do with it.
Nute Gunray: "We must move quickly to disrupt all communications down there".
https://y.yarn.co/9395ea5b-c33f-480b-8af9-059571618fc8.mp4

How many years/weeks/days/hours left to download?

Did the whole ride, but the moto-cam failed to get off the line  

Edited September 15, 2022 by Frosty

[NGM]

Through slovenia, all the way to the coast...

[Johan A Marais]

[Frosty]

17 hours ago, Frosty said:

Some tech problems before my training ride. Eventually just did the workout the good old way... manually.

turns out it was my (VPN) router; gave it a reboot and voila… the hyperdrive was fixed and I have light speed connectivity. Next time I need to check I’m connected to the Vodacom-supplied router.

[ChrisF]

Spring is in the air ...

 

[SwissVan]

Winter is coming....

 

Had the day off today and went for a quick spin on the roadie before the rain came

 

 

[SwissVan]

On 9/8/2022 at 9:30 AM, NotSoBigBen said:

And just like that it's back to 'normal' ... wounds healed, teeth fixed 😎

Been stressing about a few things but as always a ride helps not only to relieve the stress but also came up with a plan how to go about sorting it out 😉

Really like that frame colour

[NotSoBigBen]

1 minute ago, SwissVan said:

Really like that frame colour