Thermophage

Don't forget the root masses on the sneaky RH line of the Glen...I mean the sign says to ride in groups, so must be a go

No.

Also...what's lightweight?

I was a mountain biker once, but then i took a fork to my Zeb...

That's great to know. Found a new way to refer to them

Don't forget the multitude of trails on Devils side, front of TM and Signal Hill too bra

Not if all you use it for is watching the odd Netflix show surely?

Can't say I would worry about China knowing what I want to watch on Netflix

Just install Opera Browser on your PC. Its built in VPN works with Netflix 100%

looool maybe, but long travel (>130mm) HT's with slacker than XCO/M geometry...otherwise you get so many more of the incidents happening with ppl riding highly specialised race bikes because they think it's a smart idea...The okes who race those CAN rally them...your average noob is gonna ***

No exactly an untrue statement he made. Short travel bikes however are NOT for beginners

https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/Vital-MTB-Test-Sessions-Five-Slack-Short-Travel-29er-Mountain-Bikes-Reviewed,2835

Trance is great, but personal pref for me says it is ugly and has no soul compared to a Banshee

Did you see the recent Vital MTB comparative review of the Phantom along with a bunch of other shorter travel bikes? It came out tops Not particularly surprised though.

That they are and they ride like dreams! Pity Saffas are so braindead they don't want to try them out. Contact Stoke Suspension NOW and get a new one. You will not be disappointed. That Spitfire is amazing, the revamped Run is the bike I want (but can't justify after upgrading not too long ago)!

Waahahaha ... somewhere between that old Ezel and now I have managed to loose one of those elbow guards

Don't see why I should admit something that ain't true

A smooth criminal?

Some EWS guys. Most are running closer to 30PSI and inserts often.

4k...I run 26PSI in a Spez Elim GRID on the front and 27 PSI in the Butcher Black Diamond rear...and I weigh 73kg with a sock on. If I run lower pressure than that, the probability of pinches (esp on the rear) is too high. Hell...DHR2 EXO+ at 30PSI and dead...that EXO+ is poo poo for a rear tyre if you trying to haul assssss.

Yes, yes it damn well is So underrated in RSA

Exactly. It is something that has been happening for decades and will continue. I guess in the 90's we had no "established" trail centres, so perhaps it was a total necessity then. However, now we do, and they are clearly not catering for many types of riding that people want/need I mean some slow tech, off camber, fewer berms, etc, etc. Nobody want's or needs a WC level DH track (although in actuality we kind of do as we don't have one at all), but just something ... different I guess to the monotony. More like Switchbacks at Tokai as a basic example. Anyway, I don't see it happening anytime soon unfortunately.

Ever think about why ppl feel the need to build trails in places like that? May it be that they feel the general trails built by our official means are inadequate, monotonous and uninteresting? I mean take Status Quo at jonkers for example...amazing trail. Was not built legally initially...we all know it, we all love riding it (even though it makes me poo myself). I mean i am not saying it's OK to do it illegally, but that if ppl feel they are not getting what they ask for they are going to find a way to get it. The TMNP Activity Permit is another story...if we could see some of those funds going back into the trails I think people would be far happier to pay the price. It is not expensive, as you say. As for Tokai MTB...well yes, also not expensive. So worthwhile as well. But as long as MTB has been around ppl have been building trail, ad they will continue to for as long as it is around. That's how you get the real progression in the sport IMO. P.S. I has (as yet) not built illegal trail, unless you count fixing some stuff up in Majik forest that had been neglected for ages

Yep, any level permit you buy counts as having any other lower level permit.

Well that makes it even worse then