Thermophage

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 😐

I was trying hard not to write here..>As Robbie has noted...The trail builders/clubs, Tokai and Tygerberg MTB do NOT like being asked for more technical trails, mostly IMOP because they won't stop to listen to what it is people are actually asking for...but that's for another time...maybe. And here you see the HUGE problem because so many *** trail builders say the same...This is 100% a recipe for significantly worse injuries than having a trail that is more technical but slower and steeper. Think a lower gradient Status Quo for example. It's not speed that kills...it's acceleration....So the more difference you have to slow down to 0m/s in a crash the worse off you'll be. Slow people down...i.e. less berms, more off camber, less removing rocks from trails and you will likely have less severe injuries, more capable riders and most importantly less freaking monotonous trails where. FYI...Iron Monkey does not have a 20m gap jump Jewwie...I see distance inflation here goin on the same as when climbers say a route is 18m long when it's closer to 12 And the Hoogies skills park ... It's OK, but I can see why a lot of people just bypass it. It's mostly about jumping, some ppl don't like jumping and I for one don't consider jumps a "technical" MTB feature. They are kind of totally separate in that a pure flow-jump line (like what appears to be being built at Hoogies?) takes a hugely different skill set to riding a trail where line choice, braking points etc are paramount. At present...the only real places in CT we have where one is challenged from that perspective are all off-grid. Tokai is BTW, running amazingly at the moment, with Switchbacks (I must remember to bring a saw for one particular tree trunk) being seriously good. Cobra has had a little "too much" work on the first section and corner but is also in good running amazingly well and DH0 needs more people down it. Plenty additional scope there for trails, but TMNP will just dig their heels in on that one. So Jonkers it is and Witfontein...Most of the "best" trails are rider built in these to spots by more "old school" should we say peeps and are the ones people always bring up when referring to prime examples of excellent tech trails..>Status for example or the DH line in George (which is rideable on a 100mm travel HT in trail shoes on plastic pedals circa 2008) to mention but a few. We certainly could do with more trails like that as well as proper grading of our trails such that ye olde average rider doesn't think they're riding a black trail (cough cough Cobra Hoogies or DH1 and 2 at Tokai) so has something to "look forward to" progressing towards Anyway...I'm just glad I no longer live on Majik Forest and aren't reliant on having to ride Tygerberm every day anymore. OK Byeeee....see some of you on the mountain