Where has your bike taken you today?

[The Ouzo]

Lucky to be alive

 

[splat]

3 hours ago, 'Dale said:

Wow, @splat - was it a night ride? What a beautiful picture.

That was Six Ay Emm

['Dale]

Moody morning canvas

Edited April 12, 2023 by 'Dale

[Frosty]

The sun is setting earlier, much earlier than I like. A little chilly for an afternoon roll through the ‘burbs.

[Lynskey]

Knysna trails. So much to explore here.

[Stoffel76]

On 4/8/2023 at 9:29 PM, Me rida my bicycle said:

Great morning on the trails! Just grins all round even one small oops was just laughed off. Note to self bolt check bike 😂 we just could not get enough even after 3 rounds of everything we still wanted more but decided while we are still in one piece not to push our luck 😂

Looks awesome! Where is this? 

[Me rida my bicycle]

14 minutes ago, Stoffel76 said:

Looks awesome! Where is this? 

Banhoek trails

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/hai2LZrxXyb

Fast flowing trails with quick climbs luckily because you will want to do it again and again 😁

Edited April 13, 2023 by Me rida my bicycle

[Maknash]

The new coffee stop on the commute

 

[Stoffel76]

6 hours ago, Me rida my bicycle said:

Banhoek trails

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/hai2LZrxXyb

Fast flowing trails with quick climbs luckily because you will want to do it again and again 😁

Thanks, I thought it looked familiar.  Did some of those trails last year when we went to watch the Epic.  Must go back!! 

[Me rida my bicycle]

20 minutes ago, Stoffel76 said:

Thanks, I thought it looked familiar.  Did some of those trails last year when we went to watch the Epic.  Must go back!! 

It's one of my favorites the faster you go the better it gets. 

Talking about ultimate races does anyone know or have a route on how to get to the Cliffhanger trail in Wellington that was part of the Big five race?

 

[NotSoBigBen]

Got 99 problems but my bike ain’t one 😉

[Lynskey]

More of Knysna. Cool spot.

['Dale]

Sitting in the wheels, Wellington Rd

[capediver]

Flying visit....

 

[ChrisF]

On 3/13/2023 at 11:33 AM, ChrisF said:

 

Those same questions are milling about in my head ....

 

Will have a nice chat with my LBS.

 

203 discs

4-pod calipers, think it is XT

resin pads

did go through ONE mud spot a few km earlier.  I stopped and washed the mud out of the brakes with water.

 

The trail was clearly marked as "dangerous" with the four red arrows .....  I simply have never before seen anything that LONG.  After each turn in the road it just got longer and steeper !!  Walking down (after the fall) is was difficult to keep from slipping ....

 

I regularly do the steep decent from the mast to Contermanskloof, thus comfortable in these conditions .... but this one carried on forever and then some .....

 

Bit of feedback ...

 

Visually everything checks out fine.

 

The rear brake pads show a lot of wear the distance done (previous set lasted twice as long, also Shimano resin pads).

 

Testing:

1. Around the block ... perfect

2. Couple of trail rides .... good.  Tests included a number of steep downhills, nothing nearly the lenth of those in Ashton.  I tried long slow braking ....  I tried fast, then hard braking ....  all working perfectly.

3.  And then I tested it down Odendaal ..... deliberately picked up more speed at the top, then hard braking in the top half .... started fine, then a horible sound from the rear brakes ... grinding sound.  Normal braking fine .... gain speed, then hard braking, again the grinding sound ....

 

 

Need to take out the brake pads and check the surfaces ....

 

 

PS - I will replace the pads, and probably the disc.

 

Just trying to understand the symptoms .... just wear and tear ??   

 

Did that mud at the start of the climb, and washing it off with water, contribute to this ?  (Though this was just one bad mud patch, not a long muddy ride)

[Pikey]

2 weeks off the bike with bronchitis and a brand new gravel bike waiting to be ridden . Oh my word , it’s was soooo worth the wait . @Benky thank you for the perfect bike 🤟😍😍

 

The ride is so buttery is bloody amazing. And nothing beats a quiet bike .