FrikkieMeyer87

First ride after getting my new bike https://www.instagram.com/p/B7w_CVtFT8d

Interesting results indeed! In the 103 members who voted, only 1 (less than 1%) rides an XS bike! Large bikes seem to be the most used, and in that spirit I'll just get myself a Large 29" for my next bike and spare myself the selling blues in the future I''ll probably be able to move the Trance for 18K as well. Not the end of the world. Like I said, I don't really have a choice. It needs to be gone asap or it will end up in storage for the foreseeable future

Personally, I actually prefer some nice fat 650B's over 29s. The 29s just feel dog slow in the corners. The 650B is nice and nippy like my old 26" used to feel. But let's not start THAT debate again :D As for the size, I guess it sucks being on either side of the size spectrum, with short people only benefiting from the fact that hardly anything can ever be too small for them, whereas that's an issue us tall manne face every day, especially with the likes of bicycles, bikes and cars. I love superbikes but look like a circus bear on all of them

You and I are in the same boat then. I'm 196cm so I was afraid to go for a Large, but considering the present predicament, one thing is for sure: I won't buy a new bike again. It's all classifieds from here

I had considered that price might be a factor, but it's currently listed for R19k and retails for R32k, so I thought that's a pretty decent price? I would certainly have jumped at the opportunity if such a deal came a long back when I was looking for a bike last year. I've seen 2015 Trances sell for more. That being said, the XL market is pretty niche and the likelihood is that I'll have to push that price to the point where it's almost too good not to take. I have to be out of country in the next two weeks, so things are going to get interesting

Hi! I've had my XL 2018 Trance in the classifieds (in and out of BikeHub) for a good couple of months already with very few nibbles and zero bites, which has made me wonder: Am I the only one riding an XL bike? I can't have a poll on height as well as bike size, but I'd be interested to get an idea of what size bike people ride for their height? Are tall people opting for Large bikes instead of Extra Large ones for the sake of future sell-ability? Let me know!

Heyooo, braai at Slowbee's place!

Unfortunately I won't be there, but rest assured that the perpetually drunk half of Cape Town will all be riding in this class so you definitely won't be alone

Damn, now I have some FOMO kicking in

Sheet. That gives you 7 hours to finish the 100km race seeing as the cutoff at the end is at 17h00, although I would not want my name displayed on any medium next to that time if it DOES end up taking me that long haha

Ah, thank you kindly. As expected, current index is 0.00. So I'll be kicking off at, what 15h30 in the afternoon?

Hahahaa nice! Represent! I had considered just going for it and seeing how I do, but I haven't done any seeding races that I know of, and if I did, I probably didn't finish in times that would be at all beneficial to me meaning that I'll most likely be starting in the last group and then have to race to get to the first cutoff and miss that sweeper bus (?). I should add that I'm assuming this based on what I've heard from other people, I have no idea how much of it is actually an issue. I've also heard that some people ride way at the back wearing animal costumes and riding BMXes and stuff, and somehow feel that regardless of my crappy fitness levels, I should at least be able to stay in front of those folks. The biggest challenge is probably not knowing what to expect, not having attempted it before.

They are also no doubt 80% fitter than I am hehe

I can't enter yet unfortunately, it would be pointless. Being more into MTB and relatively new to the cycling scene, I only recently got myself a road bike and still have a long ways to go before I can attempt a 100km road race with any hopes of finishing it. My fitness leaves a lot to be desired at the moment. It's not that it bothers me, but it confuses me that's all I'm trying to see the reasoning behind taking the risk of potentially forfeiting so many entries so close to the cutoff time.

I love how substitutions close tomorrow, yet people are STILL listing entries for sale for the full price (or close to it). Especially taking into account that you'll still need to submit a consent letter, pay the substitution fee, and all that jazz before COB tomorrow afternoon. I would understand if race entries were a rare commodity at the moment, but the supply vs demand is completely twisted right now. There are 7 million entries for sale and not a soul to buy them. Cut your losses folks. Better to make a portion of your cash back than nothing at all.