WIPEOUT 1000

John Apparently, you can e-mail TeamHOTSHOT for the more information on their scientific claims, but I am sure that you know a lot more about cramps than I do. The only point I really wanted to make, and I do appreciate that my personal experience is anecdotal, is that for me (and a couple of my friends) doing long distance events (e.g. 600km Radonnee's, PBP, etc.), pickle juice and specifically pickled onions has provided relief from exercise induced cramping. Furthermore, if anyone wants to give it a try, it’s cheap and easy to try out.

A couple of years ago a couple of scientist (Dr. Rod MacKinnon & Dr. Bruce Bean), discovered that muscle cramping is triggered by hyperactive nerves that can get over-excited with exercise and repetitively fire into the muscle. In short they developed a product "HOTSHOT" that is the only scientifically proven product to prevent and treat muscle cramps. They claim that it basically resets the over-exited nerve. From my experience it's more a case of that if you suddenly experience a greater discomfort, you're body kind of forgets about the the lesser one. In this case if you eat a really hot chilly and your mouth's on fire, the cramps tend to go away. HOTSHOT, is also the product Tadej Pogačar used when he started cramping in the last couple of km's of the 2023 Giro di Lombardia. I've used it and it's basically a variation of pickle juice and it taste like pickle juice blended with apple juice. I have found that as a alternative, hot pickled onions work really well for me, I buy them then I add some extra chilly powder. The nice thing is that you put a couple in a zip lock bag and eat them either before or as you start cramping. I find that chewing gives a longer burning sensation.

Cycle it often on weekends. If you’re concerned about Helshoogte, try finding a riding partner/s. Winelands cycling club often do escorted group rides on weekends starting from Waterstone.

Really depends on what product you use or intend using. Most are primarily a combination of latex and glycol plus some form of filler to assist in blocking the hole. Rule of thumb, the higher the latex % the quicker it will seal, but also the quicker the sealant will dry out. E.g. a "race" sealant will seal quicker but also dry out quicker. Josh Poertner from Silca suggest you do a basic shake test, if you can hear it sloshing inside it is probably still fine, if you cannot you need to add/replace.

I did it with my cousin in 2015, amazing experience, so many emotions, so many awesome memories, so blessed that I could finish it.

Just got the e-mail message that that GCN+ will soon be closing. Not sure how I feel about it, I only really used it to watch events.

Go tubeless 🙂, but should not be problem at all.

You're not alone, well known problem. Peak Torque made a video 3 years ago.

Pinion gearboxes have the same drag penalty as Rohloff hubs but I agree that if I was riding a Pyga ebike, I would also not be that concerned about drivetrain efficiency

Owned a Rohloff hub and as great as they are for reliability and maintenance, they're always a couple of percent less efficient than a 2x set-up even if you completely cross chain. The same applies for the classified powershift system. When you're in the climbing gear, you basically get the worst of both worlds, i.e. the additional drag of the planetary gears combined with the additional drag of extreme cross chaining.

I really like the ability to change gears quickly and this probably the primary reason why I ride Campagnolo on my road and gravel bikes. Being able to drop 5 or go up 3 with a single shift is really convenient. Other than the efficiency thing, it is also one of the main reasons I still ride 2x on my mountain bike, by dropping from the big ring to the small ring you can instantaneously increase your mechanical advantage by 30+%.

Exactly, I just need some carbon fiber waste to chop up

For the most, with great difficulty. However, SILCA chops it up, bakes off the resin and then adds the chopped strands to their sealant (SILCA Ultimate Sealant w/FiberFoam). Apparently it works really well, just can't buy it locally . I would not mind trying to do something similar with the aforementioned rim.

Because of the gearing, the unit to use should be power i.e. Torque x Angular Motion. I do not know how efficient the the planetary gear system in a Classified hub is, e.g. if it was 97% efficient and if you could ignore the losses in the chain (impossible, but only to illustrate), it would mean that if you applied 300W on the crankset, you would loose an additional 9W on the rear wheel. Try improving your FTP by 9W.

Yes and when he used it, he used a modified front derailleur as a chain catcher https://bikerumor.com/campenaerts-races-classifieds-internally-geared-hub-w-62-tooth-chainring/