Buff

Giant Anthem... Morewood & Cruz are heavy.

The desert's a bit like a bad fungus, it grows on you . Spent a year and a half in Walvis Bay fishing for the SANDF back in my army days and never wanted to come home. Cheap beers, cheaper woman and good fishing Buff2007-07-16 09:25:24

Don't worry, so am I, I still run V's. The only time it will bother you is if you're doing something like the Epic when you need to worry about carrying spares ie. pads for both. For normal day to day honking it'll be perfect.

Haven't done it but have given it some thought. Perfect combo because most of your braking is up front anyway and you save some weight at the back. Bit of a pain for carrying around spares though? and wheels bought singularly are more expensive.

I broke my coccyx in a motorbike accident many years ago and it's furking aina. I couldn't sit for a month afterwards, so if the facture is bad, I can't see Kloden sitting on a saddle today, for sure!

at least you've got over that sarcasm thing you had going

Every 2nd night... but between you and me, it helps zip, I still suck at climbing. Apparently it has something to do with the spare tube I carry around my waist but I'm convinced it's genetic

That aint no classic, a classic is an old bike (check wiki )... that my friend is a GIOS Carbon... bring one home for me plz!!!!

Sold... think I made my wife's day.

Something like "oh no, that was so close, I'm sure I'll do better tomorrow" NOT !!!

You bring the matches I'll bring the petrol !!!

A carbon scott for 10K? If the comps are decent what the hell you waiting for???

It's not all doom and gloom, they can take pretty decent knocks without breaking. I have two mates who ride carbon Scotts and they've had no hassles besides the rear shock issue, which seems to be sorted now. Both bikes have been through 2 Cape Epics, 2 Karoo to Coasts and numerous other one day races around the country without any problems. btw... both of them fall often as well. If they were as crap as some of you make out, knowone would be riding carbon.

Are you related to Naas Botha?

and don't forget Boonen's win yesterday, awesome sprint by Tornado Tom till they saw the replay ... but I still love the 2 wan*ers.

No, I don't think it will make a huge difference, the smaller LED's just aren't potent enough.

are these the same carbon frames prone to cracking or the new jobbies that mtn are riding?

Don't know so well SwissVan. I heard that rumour as well during the race (spred by Marius btw) but then spoke to a guy riding them at the end of the 7th stage and he recond he'd buy the damn factory it he had the bucks, that's how impressed he was. I'm guessing 50% of the Transalp field rode RR's, coz that's all you saw in the bikepark... hard to miss with their white sidewall lettering.

Hey C50, ... no need to, it wasn't that cold. Did fall my ass off running through the dump site though. Murphy's law, I pick up more roadrash while falling during a run than I have over the past 5 yrs of riding on the farm My daugter loved playing Dr. on dads wounds though. Beaut of an evening though! Yeah, take that wheel to Mark, it'll save you plenty of frustration. Maybe you just getting too strong, tell Mark to put in motorbike spokes btw, that was his wife I was running with... absolute running addict. Doesn't look like I'll be able to get out here early today so Delvera is out. Besides, my legs are feeling shattered, think I might be overdoing this running thing

I love Racing Ralphs almost as much as Minty loves his Titus. They are excellent allrounders. Haven't tried the others though.

Yep, excellent stuff and well done again TCS

C50 - Yep, still gonna go riding tomorrow. The response has been poor to the night ride so I might take the afternoon off and enjoy the good weather with a trip to Delvera instead. CptDura - check out this link for full instructions. It does however mean you will have to import parts but it's fairly inexpensive due to size (small) (they post in envelopes) http://myfwyc.org/bikeled/DIY_LED_Bike_Lighting_Guide.html

Not riding tonight (my message was posted yesterday) but will be going for a run on the farm this arvie, around 5pm. Enjoy! Had a great ride last night, that new light worked way better than my old cateye, I was even able to do the older of the technical ST (not the section over the rock).