Catatonic_Joe

Haven't posted here in a while... thought I'd share some pics from my holiday is the Northern and Eastern Cape. 3 Rivers Trails in P.E: Between Jeffery's and Oyster Bay (I admit my bike didn't take me here, but I did have my bike with me): Heokwil (Stayed at a place called Loch Loerie): This guy was hanging on my handlebar 7 Passes road (road to Gearge from Hoekwil and back): Swartberg Mountain Pass: Carnavon in the Groot Karoo:

Hi guys, I just replaced the battery on my Fenix 3, I've got a 3 extra batteries to sell if anybody is interested, there are a couple of guides/video's on Youtube that takes you through the process. PM me for price and details if you're interested. The same battery is compatible with the 3 and 3HR.

Went to 3 Rivers Trails today with my son, did the short 15km trail with him. Fantastic place. The views and the trails are awesome. Planning to go back in the week to do a longer ride.

I will, planning to make a few trips there during my time here. I'm quite sad that there aren't any trails in the Rockwell area, been using that road (Rockwell Drive I think?) and it looks so beautiful out there... I'm very tempted to take my bike there and see where some of those dirt roads go.

Slipperfieldsv trails are closed permanently for MTB, only trail runners allowed. So 3 Rivers Trails seems to be the only trail park in the area.

Cool, I'm here till the 8th.

How many km's would this ride be? Would it be safe to ride on my own?

I don't drink, but thanks anyways.

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks, you're right, it's 22kms, somebody told me it's 60km's. Will give it a try in the week.

Hi guys, I'm in Uitenhage staying with my in laws for a few weeks. I wanted to know if there's any trails to ride in the area. I see there is Slipperfields, but that's about 60km's out for me. Anything in the Rocklands area?

Not a DOC ride, but I rode with DOC quite regularly to prepare for this one.

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I bought a 100% sunglass frame 6 months ago for use while driving and cycling, been very impressed, I mountain bike at least every weekend and the frame is holding up very well, no visible scratches or damage at all 6 months later, and they feel very durable. I picked the frame up at a bargain price of R900 on Takealot 6 months ago. Cheapest I can find it for now is R1685: https://www.acesports.co.za/products/100-type-s-sunglasses I had them fitted with Yellow tinted lenses and I think they're pretty awesome. The other models I considered in 100% range were the Daze: https://www.acesports.co.za/products/100-daze-sunglasses And the centric: https://www.acesports.co.za/products/100-centric-sunglasses The lenses costed me around R500, but I have a family connection thats an optom. Not sure why the picture is being added to the post upside-down... sorry.

Rode from Rietvlei to a resort on the Vaal River (Deneysville area) on Saturday and rode back on Sunday with a group of really awesome guys. 108km's on Saturday an 91kms on Sunday. What a bloody awesome weekend.

Got here a bit late... 7 years, wonder if this ever materialised, I'm also down the road from Deneysville, in Veekraal

Yeah, so this is what I normally do, except this time, after I sprayed my bike and with the degreaser, and started hosing the bike, we started losing our water pressure due to major water outage in our region, so didn't have enough water to rinse the bike properly.

Not Mr Min per se, but a Furniture Polish seems to have done the trick. Thanks for all the advice.

No, its sort of an all purpose degreaser I'm trying out... I'll try the Mr Min and Polish

Hi Hubbers, Any advice on what I could use to remove this white residue from the paint on my bike. Not sure what's caused it. When I wipe it with a chamois it looks clean but as soon as it dries the residue can be seen again. I'm pretty sure its all over my bike, but its only clearly visible on the black parts.

Doesn't really seem to be a trade in, quote states that my watch is unrepairable, and there is a 0% Discount on the the replacement... so looks like they're just quoting me a on a new Fenix 6 Pro.

Just got a quote of from Garmin for R9,658.85... to replace it with a fenix 6 Pro... WTF?

Yeah, sorry, was lazy go go back and check who it was after I already typed my message. That's not good news... you should send it back.

Had to take my Fenix 3 to Garmin today, watch was switching off everytime I pressed any of the buttons, and the altimeter seemed to have stopped working, wasn't too concerned about the altimeter but the switching off was a problem. Wanted to check here if anybody knows the what the current replacement costs are, I saw it was initially R2k and then I saw someone posted it costed R3k for the replacement.

Yeah, well not directly takealot, items are outsourced from other vendors. Sunnies supplied by 'Pure Endurance Solutions' and the Gloves supplied by 'MC Auto. Takelaot was still cheaper than buying directly from the suppliers though. I bought the gloves with eBucks.