Robbie Stewart

Sorry to hear. Are you okay at least?

You can do with it whatever you like, but for the sake of better human understanding, please just ensure your tyre brand logos are aligned with your rim logos and valves. Looking at some pics on this thread is making my eyes go into spasms.

That gravel road/sand pit behind Riverside though. I drive there now and then when I want to avoid the parking lot beside Dunoon in the mornings, and each time I think maybe I could ride through there to Hoogekraal. I dunno, my spidey senses keep telling me not to.

I'm curious how you found yourself on that side of the N7 in this morning's fog.

Old Mamre ?

saw a chap do a hard otb on the advanced line at the Leatt Skills Park a couple weekends ago. He had carbon bars that looked like they got attacked by a cheese grater. I am going to assume those bars are toast.

Finally, the Western Cape has a proper technical trail that can qualify as a double black diamond. Witfontein Enduro has a new line option. 🤣

I rode down to the top of Rhino 1 from the Mast at Contermans weekend before last, and before I even managed to enter the Rhino I heard a loud ping and a hiss. Stopped, and looked back to watch my tyre deflate on the bead where I struck a rock. I hiked down to the bottom of Rhino 1 thinking the rim was poked, but then mates saw my foolishness and advised me to inflate the tyre again. I was thinking it was dead, but saw it wasn't. There is a buckle on that spot, but it still holds fine, and I rode down that line on Saturday past again. Here's to hoping the upcoming enduro won't be too harsh on the wheels.

the logo alignment on those wheels is murdering my OCD . . . to the point that the missing dropper post and suspension fork and drop bars don't annoy me half as much as they normally would.

Yesterday I was behind another rider about 100m ahead of me. All I could see was his rear light which was in a static mode, just there, telling me a fellow rider was just riding too fast for me to reel them in at the pace I was maintaining. Then a car came from behind, passed me and then the fellow rider. It was at this point when that rear light started going full disco mode until the car was past, when it returned to giving me the stink eye for not catching them. I watched that dastardly light and it's owner disappear into the fog, never to be seen again. I am calling it a ghost sighting, and I am sticking to my story.

This is also super annoying. I generally don't use mine. I did today for the first time in years and only activated the strobe feature as I was crossing a busy arterial road in thick fog to warn the morons who take it upon themselves to turn right across my path despite the light being green for me.

I used to get wildly angry at any observed stupid that crosses my path. I even got into arguments once or twice and let my anger lead me to a place of equal stupid, if not even more so. These days I just shake my head and carry on without reacting. My blood pressure has also benefited from that decision.

I'm being lazy in all honesty to look if this is the right thread, but here goes. The last couple of mornings I have been out for my regular cycle along the West Coast cycle path to Melkbos. The first hour at least is in absolute darkness. That hour before the sun breaks through the black shroud of night. The last two mornings though was even darker thanks to the pea-soup fog that has been hanging around. Imagine my utter bewilderment while I am riding on that path, with only my own light shining on the path and thinking I'm alone with not even a car to illuminate things, only to see a bicycle or a jogger emerge from the blackness at the absolute last moment in time. Much too late to even react let alone greet them. How does someone decide to run / cycle in the pitch blackness of night with not even one light? I am dumbfounded.

praying for a favourable outcome @ChrisF

I'm 47 - I haven't had any of this done before . . .

I identify as an attack helicopter I ride S5 - MTB only I wear 10.5 / 11 I break the scale - although I've dropped two pant sizes since Jan when I started riding in the morning before work again. I'm going on 48 I drink beer and red wine, the odd gin a good single malt I eat red meat. Chicken and fish is salad Old school rock - Floyd, Bob, Simon, Stones - you get the idea Coffee - black, no sugar . . . what are we doing exactly?

Trying my hand on monochrome

I'm with the learn to do it yourself camp. You save a ton in the long run. Suspension is something you should probably only do yourself if you have the right tools and skill. It costs much more to repair / replace a fork or shock of you've done something wrong and damaged it. Also, not every service is a major service. Just don't NOT service your suspension. Ask me how I know...

Majik has such potential as a proper trail, especially the upper parts above Bloemendal, but it being Public Open Space and all I guess that remains a pipe dream. That canvas is just begging for some real artist to come paint on it with a digger loader.

Don't leave it there. You might pull in there to get a bill for storage, or it was sold to defray expenses. T&C;s and small print is a thing.

There are going to be tons of people there tomorrow, guaranteed. You won't be "alone" even if you go alone. Also, if you spot a Red Isuzu in the parking lot with a grey Stumpy hanging over the tailgate, that'd be me. You're welcome to join in. more the merrier.

Grabbed a Full entry while they are still hot out the oven. I guess tomorrow sees all of Cape Town up and down that hill

Entered. Thanks.

Nice. Lets Go! It's going to be such an epic day out. @Matt would you mind renaming the Thread to WC Enduro Round 2 please? Thanks.

I'm keen on riding one again. I missed Hoogies much to my dismay so I'm just amped to participate again. I'm also strongly considering Witfontein. It's a reason to go "home" again.