Mojoman

If you were already tight on the right hand side why didn't he just pass you by on the left? I always feel its up to the rider overtaking to ensure their own safety.

Did you sand the pads and disc a little bit first?

We are busy with trails in Magalies and one of the major gripes with landowners is the amount of horrible looking route markers sloppily painted onto rocks, signs etc (not even stones you can turn over). I was told it was 'bio degradeable' paint, however after a good few years those markings are still there, the white runny arrows, the pink/red crosses, blobs of blue etc. I must add through not all of it is from cycling events, there have been quad events and motorbike events as well (it seems these guys are using coloured stickers these days thankfully). I also had the same complaint with race organisers about why we need route markings every 3m or less! Surely people need to use their heads a bit, you don't get markers when you are out in the Drakensburg! Now it seems we have a problem as one of the landowners caught cyclists following these markings on his property and it appears there was a bit of a set to about it. We have a meeting with him on Sunday so lets hope it can be overlooked, otherwise we will lose an important connecting section.

I hear them quite regularly in town, its the Massey Fergusson clan....!

I just look at my stanchions after a normal ride with hills and drops etc to see the clean vs dusty line and you can determine if you need to go harder or softer from this. Watch for braking dive if you go too soft with the fork though. Its worth having a shock pump and taking it with you for a couple of rides to adjust pressures until you find your ideal setting.

Which derailers do you have? Coolheat may be able to assist. I have a M773 and I struggled to get some parts for that.

Depends if you want to get rid of it quick, I sold a new stdTundra 2 last week for R400, within 5 minutes it was sold!

Try all the different races and decide which ones you will do again next year. For me its just the Monster. I cant afford all the high fees to partake in different races all though the year AND still keep my bikes well serviced and running well. I would rather spend the entry fee on my bike and kit these days as I get better return on my money that way. But remember there are costs involved in organising events and having the right support on hand.

You could perhaps use a cloth and a pipe wrench on the cups? The cups should have arrows showing direction.

I have claimed and had no issues (claim went in on Monday, paid out on Wednesday), however it was my first claim in many years of never claiming. My big concern though is that Outsurance will only pay out to a preferred supplier such as Cycle Lab. It seems they are not too keen to pay Rx into your own account.

Nice, they couldn't find a new RD mounting hardware piece for my derailer but made a plan and sorted me out. The bike shop was taking too long for me so that's why I contacted them directly.

Drink of champions (and teenagers who were stuck on farms....!)

+1, I bought a magnet stuck on a telescopic aerial and its one of the best 'cheap' things I have ever bought!

Got my large cone spanners for my XT hub from Cape Multi. Bike shops only seem to keep small sizes in stock.

Contact Coolheat, they assisted me with parts for my xt derailer. asked about the part on facebook and was answered pretty quickly. That part was R100 for mine.

The other problem I found with the saddle bags (cheap ones I tried anyway) is that when they get wet, things inside start to go miff! But this tool bottle gets used between my spare bike and the wifes bike when she is out on her rides. I haven't lost a saddle bag but have had one where the stitching/seam started coming apart and that would have been the loss of a couple of R's worth of gear.

I have a 'bottle' of tools on my GT, seeing how the bike has 2 water bottle cages I sometimes take the GT out for an hour or two so I don't have sweaty Camel-back! But generally I use the Camelpak. The lid has been taped on and it has some Velcro around it, stops it from bouncing out.

My Trance has been out of action for the last couple of weeks (again!) and I have been stuck on 'Ol' Donkey' (a GT hardtail that doesn't want to die!), got the parts for my repairs today and I cant wait to get my ass back on a dualie tomorrow afternoon! I miss the fun you can have, make no mistake, Ol Donkey goes to exactly the same places the Trance goes but the DS is a much nicer ride when you are out for the day jolling around. However the Trance is a good couple of KG's lighter than the GT so maybe this makes a big difference to comfort and handling?

So it seems there are evil border collies on the Spruit? City life....!

And on saw blades when cutting wood!

I have one of those old style Trances, the 26in one....and its a comfortable and relaxing ride, since buying it I no longer ride with a bike computer or HR monitor, I just ride if because its fun and goes just about anywhere.

SMYRNA, Ga -- When a Smyrna man was struck on his bicycle by a hit-run driver police told him it would be difficult to find the suspect. So he decided to conduct his own investigation. It ended in an arrest. Jacob Rogers, 39, was riding his bicycle to work on Spring Road in Smyrna when he was hit. He stopped at the intersection of Spring Road and Cumberland Gate, an entrance to an apartment complex. "I stopped and I looked to make sure that there were no cars coming," Rogers said. What happened next caught him by surprise. "I didn't see anything there so I proceeded through the intersection and it was right here where I got hit," Rogers told 11 Alive News at the accident site. The driver of a silver Volkswagen hit him in the middle of the intersection. But, what happened next was even more surprising. Rogers explained. "So I'm still on my bike and she forced her way through me," he said. The car pushed him aside and took off. Rogers said he wasn't hurt seriously. He said he still feels some pain in his left foot, which was on the pedal that was struck by the car. Part of that pedal broke off and Rogers said he couldn't find it. A witness called Smyrna Police and an officer came to the scene to fill out a report. The officer told Rogers it would be a day or two before a hit-run detective would be assigned to the case. But Rogers said he was so upset about the driver leaving that he didn't want to wait. "I was not so much upset about the accident because accidents happen," he said. "I was upset that she pushed her way through and it was a hit and run." The next day Rogers went back to the apartment complex the car pulled out of to look for a silver Volkswagen. He wasn't expecting much. "The first car that I saw was a silver Volkswagen," he said. "I took a picture of it and I thought 'I'm going to check the front to see if there's any damage.'" He took a picture of the car from behind and when he walked around to the front he found the smoking gun. The missing piece from his bike pedal was stuck in the front grill of the car. "The pedal sticking out was what really sealed it," Rogers said. A police officer who lives in the apartment complex ran the license plate of the car and found an apartment address for the owner. Smyrna Police arrested the driver, Pablynne Silva, 20, and charged her with a misdemeanor Hit and Run. "Mr. Rogers solved the crime," said Officer Chris Graeff. "It's kind of rare, but he did a good job." When police questioned Silva about what happened she said "I kinda hit a guy on a bike", according to an incident report. When the officer asked her why she didn't stop she stated because she was scared. Rogers said it all could have been avoided easily. "Had she just stopped we wouldn't be here talking," he said. "It would have been avoided." "We always encourage the public to let the police do our job," Officer Graeff said. "Let us do the investigations and solve the crimes because we don't want to put anyone in harm's way." Officer Graeff admitted that it worked out find this time. Rogers said he hopes Silva doesn't have to serve time in jail for her mistake. Misdemeanor Hit and Run is punishable by a fine of $1,000 and up to a year in jail. Rogers he wants everyone to learn a lesson from his experience and that is to be more mindful of bicycle riders.

That's terrible, I don't know how someone can live with themselves after doing that.

Florida Cracks Down on Hit-and-Run Drivers Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act mandates longer sentences, license suspensions by Molly Hurford The Sunshine State can be a scary place to ride. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, in 2012 alone there were 70,000 hit-and-run crashes in the state, and of those, 166 ended in fatalities. Three in five deaths were pedestrians or cyclists. Thirty-six-year-old Aaron Cohen was one of those cyclists, and now Florida has a new law in his memory. The Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act cracks down on hit-and-run drivers, especially those who cause fatalities. The Act mandates a minimum four-year sentence for drivers convicted of leaving the scene of a crash that kills someone. The mandatory-minimum prison sentence of two years for a DUI driver who leaves a fatal crash scene has also been increased to four years. In either case, the convicted motorist’s driver’s license will be revoked for three years. Additionally, cyclists are now defined as “vulnerable road users,” and the penalty for drivers who harm them has been increased. “Florida is consistently ranked as the most dangerous state for cyclists,” Bicycling legal columnist Bob Mionske explains. “This bill goes a long way towards removing the most dangerous drivers from Florida’s roads.” This law is unique to Florida, Mionske says. “Most states are behind the curve. Florida is leading the way on increasing the penalties for hit-and-run drivers. The California legislature is also considering two pieces of legislation that would crack down on hit and run. One bill would extend the statute of limitations for hit and run, while the other bill would increase the fine and require automatic suspension of the driver’s license. But the Florida law goes further, first by raising the sentence for DUI, and then by imposing the same sentence as DUI for hit and run.” Yesterday, Florida governor Rick Scott visited the spot where Aaron Cohen was killed two years earlier. Cohen was out riding with a friend and the two were struck by a car. The crash killed Cohen and seriously injured his fellow rider, but driver Michele Traverso fled the scene, turning himself in the next day. The case was difficult because Traverso admitted to drinking only hours before the incident, but without a sobriety test at the crime scene, it was impossible to charge him with drunk driving. He served less than a year in jail. The Act was passed unanimously and was signed into law at the end of June, but Scott ceremonially signed the Act yesterday in the place Cohen was killed.http://blogs.bicycling.com/blogs/thehub/florida-cracks-down-on-hit-and-run-drivers?cid=socBL_20140718_28026876

Are you running these on tubeless rims or normal ones with a tubeless kit/conversion? I managed to get 2 RR's tubeless ready for R400 both so I will try these for a while. I like the Crossmarks but at R600 for the tubeless I just use whatever is at a good price these days...!