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Esih those are R4.5k nowadays. I'm going Lyne Hyper instead - support local too.

Big fan of Titan bikes and the reasonable prices on offer. Thinking of their hardtail converting it to a gravel bike due to great pricing. Do wish the welds were generally a little smoother though. At least the junction between seat tube and top tube is super flush unlike my Trek Fuel EX where the welding is hideous.

Indeed a 'hardtale' to hear 🤪

I only criticised the trail riding, I’m an entitled to my opinion am I not? Am I not able to express myself on the Bikehub? It’s called open honest expression. Greyton is a great village, I shouldn’t need to express endless positives to appease guilt! You have taken my comment way too personally my friend.

I’ve lived in Greyton for over four years but frankly it’s made me far less of a mountain biker after a couple of years riding the trails (all of them). Most are not technically challenging at all. The only route worth mentioning in the Bakenskop black route that is tough and technical running along narrow ridges and rock drops. And in Winter these trails are destroyed by erosion, mud and a lot of slop. We’re relocating back to Cape Town early next year where I’ll ride daily my favourite trails again: Tokai and Constantia Nek to Newlands - and Boyes Drive has decent singletrack on both sides too.

Mountain biking is an expensive sport. End of.

Just buy second hand and don't pay exorbitant prices for new. End of.

Told him to f##c off this AM

Xtr shifter worked fine with xt rear mech? One doesn’t have to have an xtr mech?

Thales for feedback. ‘Massive’ seems to tell a story.

Yes, full shimano. Slx der, slx cranks, xt shifter

Send the XTR shifter must have an XTR der?! Mine is SLX and I’ll not change. Stuck with XT?

Ok so ran XG Eagle 12 for a couple of years, I dragged to an XO1 shifter that was beautiful, very crisp, not much force required, nothing ‘abrasive’ in feel. Be bike build when Shimano for price of parts down the line. The inevitable cassette replacement. I fitted XT shifter and have adjusted the barrel and cable tension to get the optimal up and down shifts, but I find it isn’t as smooth as z I’d have liked, notchy when tuned right. So GX was bushing, X01 utilised a bearing and hence the difference in feel. Does XT and XTR have the same differences? Would I get a cleaner, lighter, less clicky, notchy shift especially from the downshift? Any advise appreciated!

find a mountain. Pound it. With feet or wheels. It'll tell you what to do. Listen little grasshopper.

100mm head tube length is ****. Unless you do as this review does and slam your bars. And then I'd cut that hideous steerer tube (sticking up now like an antenna) off --- but then hope it doesn't bite you in the ass if / when you want to sell that fork separately! If you want reasonable height from your bars (without running some high-rise stem, circa 2000!) then you end up with endless (30mm plus) steerer tube below your stem which just ruins a nice looking bike. And weakens the front end actually with more flex, nothing is as strong as the frame itself. My point is a large 29" should have a 120mm head tube, especially on a trail bike such as this. A marathon machine I'd consider 110mm / 115mm reasonable. But then I don't work for SC.

Not meaning to troll but there are many here who will tell you you can wait months for a delivery. I waited 2.5 months on some Troy Lee MTB shorts, I had given up, thought stolen. Thon local duties shafted me big time as a final insult. If I import I'll courier it or nothing, I don't trust local PO to be professional. Anyway I try to support all local as much as possible. LBS's, Chris Willemse, Evo Bikes etc. Price I see is reassuring, none of this conversion bull**** involved. Supporting local is lekker. But yes sometimes local can't match and one must look elsewhere... 'tis true.

My friend, the African ANC-led government killed the local clothing industry by SELLING IT OUT TO THE CHINESE a long, long time ago (ie. not supporting the local industry enough by whatever means, ie. tax incentives etc). Salt River, Woodstock - hubs of clothing activity were killed off to cheap Chinese imports (where palms got nicely greased if you're in gov). So in essense it's protecting it in their (the Chinese) favour.

"Suspension systems on mountain bikes are designed to reduce the vibrations experienced by riders while they navigate technical single track descents." Jeez laaik it oaks, you shed light on an age-old question that was burning - what is it that pumps between my legs...???!

Headshot got it right... hot bikes but the alu model at 2k Euro retailing here for R47k?! Euro under 15:1 at present, I'll pass....

Thanks Scott SA. Strava logged just over 2 hours and 30km's on a 920, 910 and RC Pro. Interestingly I was fastest on the trail version both up and down yet the RC was faster in segments that required more tight manoeuvring such as the one switchback section. Guys were extremely helpful and friendly, open to chatting and making all sorts of specific adjustments for me without a gripe. I'd take a 920 swop to a 1x with a 1x46 XT cassette, 34 or 36 ring, carbon bar, Spez Power saddle, XTR shifter + pedals and all done. As someone who does long-ish rides of 4 hours + (over 5 on a marathon with my heavy trail bike) I think the RC a little tiring with so much trail chatter but maybe much was down to the skinnier tyres and not the suspension, I'm not sure. But I like to run 2.35 / 2.4 tyres and the Spark RC only supports up to 2.3 widths (the standard Spark supports up to 2.4 according to the brochure so rim widths are different). Thanks again Scott, great bikes, trails and weather!!