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dirtrider

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  1. Always solo . It took me Well over an hour , once you hit SAndton the going gets very slow and I did it on the SS which also slowed me down .
  2. I use to cycle from Centurion using that same route all the way to Sandton . If you stay of the road (next to it) it will be fine although there are a lot of pedestrians between Olifantfontein and Samrand . And then you have to contend with all the intersection crossings ! Loads of them and a few you need to be a skilled bunny hopper to clear the pavement .
  3. Even if it is just a single speed , if you going to build one it is worth doing it well .
  4. Look at the fork that Rapide offers . Very nice .
  5. We know you can do it but it is just wrong !!!
  6. Again if you want to do it properly you will look at a rigid fork . Suspension forks on a SS just seems wrong .
  7. The you put gears on it and hang it somewhere in a corner where nobody can see it .
  8. SS and DS does not fit in the same box . Does not matter how you start it will be cheap , but if you really wanna be bling and do the weight weenie thing then spend a bit of money on Cranks etc There will be more noise with a tensioner (chain slab ) but the ride will feel the same . But for the purist it will have to be a SS specific frame , but to start of with any hardtail frame will work . If you really want to start of really cheap just to see if that's what you want , use old 9 speed clusters and chains and off you go .
  9. After I discovered my Brookes saddle I stopped waiting money on expensive bibs . Now Fox baggies works even better than Assos .
  10. Looks like it will all be over tomorrow . All riders in before big dinner . Think that would be a first .
  11. Looks like we will have another stampede in the kloof tomorrow .
  12. Think he is still busy nursing a bottle of Diemersfontein Pinotage
  13. Would it be possible to go up there at night . Did not see anything that looked like a path going up there .
  14. They will stick together to the end . shared 2nd place
  15. And lets not forget that after all this excitement there are still a lot of riders out there .
  16. Tony those Proteas grows 24/7 . As for cutting across , Nooo big dam wall just up the road
  17. But you must remember some of us don't like to ride at night but we have to because we held the map upside down and went the wrong way . Talking of alone and in the dark , I always use to sing "over at Frankensteins place " when it happened . I know the song very well by now .
  18. Hope Leon gets his bike sorted for tomorrow . Cambria gonna be a very busy place today .
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