waveduke

I recurrently ask myself the same question - why don't I get a hardtail instead of full suss? Save some on maintenance and weight. But every time I hit the three hour mark on a ride / race I'm glad to have suspension 🙂 My solution is now to have a cheap aluminium road bike for early morning road rides and CTCT and a full suss for weekends and marathons.

Over the years I had HRMs from Bryton, Sunto, Sigmasports and all of them failed for no reason after different periods of time. Besides factory reset and new batteries I don't think there is any other way to resolve.

@Eddie Stafford That's a beauty! What is the overall weight now?

And link for the 59km Strava profile: https://www.strava.com/activities/8728882416?share_sig=[C%404256b961679590255&utm_medium=social&utm_source=android_share Taken from here: https://www.entryninja.com/events/78559-lourensford-classic

@cadenceblur Route profile from Strava from the 40km last year:

Normally I would "Like" your post but if my wife sees that...

A lot of people are complaining about FinishTime but seeing the splits for each segment is highly interesting I think. Never noticed that on Racetec.

Is that flimsy front number board important now? I broke it on the first try...

Don't buy - it's a hairdryer 😲 https://www.ehanddryers.com/solis-magma-black

I really like r2-bike because they are making the effort to weigh the components in-house and present their findings next to the manufacturer's number. It's essential for you weight-weenies out there 🙂 They also stock a lot of small parts for tuning like coloured titan screws etc.. More bling for your bike...

Vittoria combo for years now - Barzo 2.2 front and Mezcal back. Cape Cobra blend if available but I don't notice a difference if the sticker is not on...

"Over trained" - I'm going to use that from now on...

Morning ride alarm went off at 5am today here. My dogs refused to get out. So did I....

The CTCT is the one race where I'm actually uncomfortable with a higher seeding than my capabilities on the day. 🙂 You basically go all out (uphill and downhill) trying not get a heart attack and ignoring all the beeping from your HRM to stay in the bunch until you drop into Constantia...

I did the 99er and my start group is now published on racetec.