schmoose

You forgot to mention sore knees.

You know carbon is a joke when folks quote 3 years as a long time for a frame to last.

The zula is a single pivot, which is why its such a **** bike at the top end of its travel. This is a single pivot with a linkage to ramp it up near the top, who knows if it works, but it certainly did on the makulu. I think I know which of the bikes you mention above are the mazdas :-P

Don't be stupid, buy from ze germans http://www.bike-discount.de http://www.actionsports.de

You are all missing the point, if, like the other 2 contenders, they had a backup team this would have been a non-issue.

Those are some fancy bikes, I thought Emo's only rode fixies.

One of the great things about Sani is how they accommodate the local community, all the food is prepared by locals, the local muslim community is involved in the catering and serve you desert on one of the stops. I'm sure they accommodate halaal if you ask them. I have some specific dietary requirements too and the catering crew are always fantastic.

A bit off topic but have u tried going tubeless? I used to pinch flat all the time then converted, I use a racing Ralph 35 up front and a Sammy Slick 35 on the back, al cheapo Mavic Askiums, some stans tape and build it up with 2 wraps of that fiberglass tape. Run them at 60-80 psi. The problem is when you do puncture, with stans you end up looking like you just got out of the back of a car with George Michael.

Sounds like what you're trying to build is a rigid 29er on a track frame, its not going to happen: 1. Your fork: no tyre clearance, no bosses for cantis, not up to the kind of hits you'll take off road. 2. Your frame: no type clearance, no bosses for cantos, all the wrong angles.. Get yourself a set of tiny shorts, a flock of Seagulls haircut and turn it into a hipster fixie.

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Apparently the phone is sim locked so i can't phone anyone on the list. the tube was new/folded, it came out of a pocket on a drop off. Bump.

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Hey I picked up a blackberry on the trail today, i figured the owner would phone it but its not ringing at all. I have no idea how these kids phones work but it seem to not be in the mode that will let it receive calls, even though its on. Please, owner, contact me on o824662651 if you want it back! I picked it up with a tube, the tube is like massive, so i guess the owner is a downhiller.

Just head off to the nearest tyre shop and get them to patch your cuts with the standard patches they use on the inside of road tyres, it costs about R10. Ask them not to buff too deep before they patch.

A SRAM leak would be them leaking pro downhillers who ride their kit ;-)

You can bunny hop a gate, gate wheels flex like crazy, gates corner like the titanic.

30 Gorillas to do figures of 8 round the Western Cape with a bunch of roadies, I think not. For that moola I can spend 2 weeks in europe riding awesome trails, drinking Belgian beer served by large breasted women, I think so... But for that 30 gorillas you go get to drop "when I did the Epic" into every conversation.

Ya, Gary Perkin needs to lose at least 10.

Wallet was not too fat, its sitting in the drivers license queue thats gonna really bite. They've also managed to completely poke my lock, thats gonna set me back some. What gets me is it was in broad daylight, and there were people in the lot all the time, they would have noticed a dodgy dude.

Bladdy hell, the thieves were busy this AM in the Tokai lot!

Just a heads up, this AM between 8 and 11 someone jimmied the lock on my Subaru in the bottom parking lot and made off with my wallet. Broad daylight in a full parking lot.... naaice.

Don't get me started on selling carbon.

Don't touch me in my respect?

I'm sorry but you're commuting, on your own, in a car, hardly a standpoint that deserves any respect from anyone, let alone a cyclist. Also, you show me a cyclist who hasn't shot a red robot, i'll show you a liar.

UWP consulting have offices in Cascades, those guys build roads all over africa, they'll know the deal. PM me if you want an email.