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Wow. This thread keeps growing at the rate it takes to read it! Andrew, I too applaud you for the gutspa to have put this out here the way you have! When all is said and done the missus will not be able to fault you for doing the right thing!

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And just so it sounds like an echo..... WHEELS ALWAYS the wheels first!

You're a man after my own stomach! Although I use apricot jam instead of strawberry more often than the other way round!

I see your point, but how many people go into a shop and ask whether the branded bike they are buying is legit or assume that as a registered business they are following a code of practise that does not condone pushing an item as the real thing when in reality it is a fake? The way Andrew wrote his input so far suggests to me that he was at this shop hoping to buy the genuine article and had mulled over the purchase for 3 months before pulling the trigger to part with the money as a "To Andrew, From Andrew" 50th birthday pressie.

Agree on the zero sympathy. Does it really matter whether the OP can prove the rest?? They are selling a FAKE pinarello. As a business how are they getting away with that??? How do their suppliers feel about this business practise??

Your only option here right now is: http://www.thehubsa....-10-size-small/ My daughter is 12 and she's on a small 26 inch frame hardtail Merida. Been to Tokia with her a few times and she seems like she'll get into it!

CONGRATS Tank!!!! Super awesome! Wish you and Ilse miles of smiles dude!

I put it to you that there is very little room for the other side to have a valid story when you are conducting business in a criminal way!

Reminds me of the Roof of Africa about 4 years ago and it's the start of round the houses. The head honcho of Lesotho's main ISP comes to check what all the fuss is about as he has part sponsored a couple of riders competing. He's armed with his handycam and decides to start taking some video as the bikes are all revving on the start line. It's the pro crew taking off in the first race and he's about 200m up the road. Start flag waves and they're off racing and Mr ISP decides to step off the pavement onto the verge of the road, bending down holding the camera low, watching the back screen of his camera as 50 of the world's best extreme enduro riders come screaming down the road. Yup, you guessed it, he got taken out so badly that he was lucky to live through the experience, but the irony is that the strongest rider in his sponsored team was the one who hit him and then flew over the bars and broke his collarbone landing on the pavement edge, whilst Mr ISP was all unconscious thrown back 5 + meters back into the adjoining pavement. About 5 guys went down in the melee. People who do not know the speeds and dangers of the sport will always do stupid sh1te blissfully armed with their ignorance!

When was this Headshot?? RIP to rider...

Which office has the best view of where the bike was locked up?? I would start there and ask them if they saw anything useful. Does the Park have any access control in place or can outsiders freely wander in? Check if there is not any CCTV in place that may have had a view... Good Luck hunting this down! We're all guessing you mean Merida and not Miranda...

Quite a few bike shop owners participate on the hub. Wyatt Earp has a bike shop in the big smoke not so?

Too complicated. People just need to use the rating service and 'see' if the posters are regular users of the hub. Noobs should be treated as noobs. If people want to participate in the community, BECOME part of the community. That is the only sure fire way to keep scammers out. They will not invest the time it takes to become accepted here before trying to pull some con artist stunt.

Post the name of the hubber and lets see if someone online knows them personally.

No video with supported format and mime found unfortunately Matt... The EWN link worked for me though!

That was a really brainfart moment amongst that many teams pulling a stunt like that eh! So much to lose and so little to gain.

SHOT for posting this!

Can someone please post that vid on yew-tjoop.

The funniest part of reading all these chirps on the hub is that none of you have clearly served any jury duty at a race! There's a process in place to protect the riders and the credibility of the race. The jury reviews any protests and makes a decision. Often times these go on until well into the small hours of the morning as evidence is brought in and these people than need to be up and ready for the next full day of duties again. The penalties will ALWAYS be far more severe than the crime to specifically deter competitors in weighing up a potential crime as the time will be almost negligible. Imagine how many transgressions there would be if the penalties were in line with the crime????

The event is more mountainbike flavoured now than when it first begun and Kevin Vermaak was hoping to get numbers to participate. Since they changed the route to clover leaf trips around they have been able to search out proper trials rather than look at having to mostly transition from one town to the next. There is apparently a new route format or something similar planned for 2015 and the details of this will come out in May sometime...

Well done Proteas! You clearly have refined the art of losing your way in tournaments when it matters most! You should ALL be on a couch and talking to a head doctor... P1ss poor performance today!

This sounds ominous when you're midstage!

Love your work here Waynehans!!!

Take the wrapping off ek se and make another piktcha!