Thermophage

You're not unfit eough to struggle tooo much

Not very muchj Pretty chilled one dist adn elev this year

The trails from the dam are very much meh...As for GRTP...If you have loads of time, liek OP, then yes worth it. If you just have 3 days...Don't bother leaving Witfontein, you won't rride it all and you will want to ride most of it twice OP, be sure to check Trailforks.

Yeah dude, seriously under valued, but the locals put up a moerse stink when there was talk of increasing fees I hear R350 is peanuts for a year for those trails. They are unbelievably good.

Technically you dont need a permit to ride any of the George/Witfontein trails. GZ pump track you do pay a minimal fee. However, if you really enjoy the trails, I'd look into just buyuing a George Hillbillies annual permit..they're cheap and, IMO, underfunded big time.

He's good just not riding at the mo much ,if at all

poor Myles. He did a good thing with that writeup IMO

If a full face was compulsory then half the field wouldnt be able to race FF on EWS AFIK, but not local stuff.

Sampies is 😍

After 3000km...I beg to differ

Have realistic expectations....3000km ia a wholly unreasonable one. If you want you can use vulcanising compound or contacts adhesive n glue em back on.

I REALLY hope you mean 300km...T7 I would expect to get about 1500km using a Butcher up front and about 900km out back before it's worn out well beyond my preference. As for knobs tearing off that has not happened to me in the ~3 years I have been running a Butcher out back. Granted I am picky with straight line braking traction so I swap rear tyres generally after about 450km (MaxGrip, T9) or 900km (MaxTerra, T7 (Gripton etc)). I mean your tyre pressures can contribute to excessive side knob wear if it's too low causing the sidewall (Grid Trail is not a particularly strong/stiff casing and I assume you are running that and not Grid Gravity - which MOST ppl shoudl be running out back - inserts are a bandaid for a problem that shouldn't exist). i.e. excessive casing squirm with load up your side knobs even more etc. Anyway, Butcher is by far my fav rear tyre tread pattern around at the momemt and the Black Diamons (well Grid Gravity) now casing is plenty strong enough to run insertless at a pretty low 25PSI over the rockiest stuff CT and surrounds have to offer.

Yooowee 5 stages is gonna be tough AND aweomse Prices are just right as well.

Shuttup! No more people need to know about the best trails in the country.

Agreed. Bring it back...This forums is here to serve US, the users. There seems to have been massive interest in ensuring the community is self regulating after the comments section on classifieds was removed. Clearly something is up, but mods don't appear to care.

Fo sho, but okes sometimes overstate the "negatives" without explaining why and then similarly understate the "positives". Like the progressivity. One can overcome that to a large degree if the shock has a LSC and/or HSC circuit you can close off etc. 300grams roughly for the mass of the coil itself yes is the penalty. They are also not necessarily as simple either to setup, but oh man...The sensitivity...Good luck getting that with any air shock IMO. Maybe the Float X...and even that is a maybe. One other thing to consider if the servicing of the coil shock is cheaper as well

My Super Deluxe Ultimate coil shock body is the same mass as my Float DXP2 Air. So the mass difference is the coil itself. So less than most people assume. In addition, even if your bike leverage ratio is more linear or rather, less progressive, there are multiple manners in which to overcome this with modern coil sprung shocks, progressive springs most notable, but also SprinDex etc. Sprindex also overcomes some of the "limitations" of finding the correct spring rate (which in and of itself is personal preference in addition to "going for a sag %"). If you enjoy tuning your bike...a modern coil offers a load of adjustments on the LSC, HSC and rebound circuits as well. Sure, no volume spacers (See Sprindex). This misnomer of a coil robbing your bike of playfulness needs to ride a Evil Wreckoning with a coil sprung shock and speak again. It's simply too large a generalisation adn is dependent on bike suspension platform as well as compression, rebound and spring rate setting on your shock as well - i.e. the rear will almost certainly not feel "dead" with any modern coil shock. I.e. Get the coil. You very likely will never look back

Not gonna beat this for price AND performance in RSA unless you find a deal second hand

Shipping is up front displayed by them. Try use the most "expensive" option, which is seldom expensive unless you're buying heavier or bulkier items. As for duties. Parts are duty free, but you pay VAT...Whole bikes and other items (especially anything even resembling clothing) carry a duty and then VAT on top of the total cost. Plenty threads here with more detail, but suffice to say, if you know what you are looking for, CRC can be a great resource. If you don't you could have your butthole stretched because you didn't do the research You can also check the SARS website to look for the tariff code of the item you're looking for to see whether it carries a duty or JUST VAT.

Just get the Mezzer 12k Landed - https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/za/en/manitou-mezzer-pro-boost-mountain-bike-fork/rp-prod188906

Done More slow tech and steep less dangerous to fall trails 😍

nope. Reverb is hydraulically actuated. This is for cable actuated (like most posts) posts.

I know the one ya talking about. It's probably in the 8m region though. Not much longer than the ones on the George DH track IMO. But more intimidating as less setup time etc so feels worse

In fact...the branding is TINY...I mean where else could one even put it on a lever?

You joke...we wanted to picnic there after a ride and they wanted to charge us R50 per person after riding to do this...even though we all had Craptivity Permits and/or had paid day permits 😐