Where has your bike taken you today?

[Me rida my bicycle]

From a misty morning to a great day back to miserable weather all in a couple of hours welkom to Cape Town 🤣some new lessons learned, don't watch me watch the trail 🤣

Edited September 10, 2022 by Me rida my bicycle

['Dale]

Sexy bout 😶

[Vetseun]

Vrystaat energy drink!

Until Fanie vb comes across your path.  Has 6 beers with his breakfast. Bloody animal  that  Dude!

[TheoG]

14 hours ago, ouzo said:

Lekker test of the super glued and patched tyres. 
setting moon in one direction and rising sun in the other. 
 

was hoping to catch a plane landing to compliment the sunrise over the runway but my timing was not on. 

 

 

"Boundary Silk Bazaar", now there's a proper blast from the past, grew up in Pomona/Kempton, most of my school uniforms was bought at that place ...  .

[The Ouzo]

15 minutes ago, TheoG said:

"Boundary Silk Bazaar", now there's a proper blast from the past, grew up in Pomona/Kempton, most of my school uniforms was bought at that place ...  .

It is no more unfortunately. Burnt down about a month or so back. 

[The Ouzo]

Just a short one today because of time constraints. 
 

Solo race pace test

 

[Frosty]

Did 90-mins inside; when it looks like another lekker day outside 😊

 

[guidodg]

[ChrisF]

41 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Did 90-mins inside; when it looks like another lekker day outside 😊

 

 

Looking at this pic I am glad I did not ride this morning  ....

 

[Trashy]

2 hours ago, ChrisF said:

 

Looking at this pic I am glad I did not ride this morning  ....

 

These are after I washed everything down a bit...😭

[daveno7]

the cycling bug has been engaged....very good weekend of cycling...

[Stoffel76]

 

Quick spin up Tokai... 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Stoffel76

[Me rida my bicycle]

15 hours ago, Trashy said:

These are after I washed everything down a bit...😭

Looking at these pictures I just see money 💵 🔥 

[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!