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I'm up in Jozie again in two weeks, I will drive on the Monday morning and get some practice for my planned move.

I thought about riding this morning, and took the decision the car was a better option. @ Hairy, nice to have finally met you the other day, If you are riding this evening I will join you again, and then hook up with another mate for a ride after.

This is most then likely why there is traffic jams to begin with, people won't let others in which results in a traffic jam behind that car, be considerate and let at least one car in. Not enough consideration on the road or anywhere for that matter for our fellow human friends.

Nice, another MTB'er wanting to get a road bike. Your speed and times should improve I would imagine, my commute to work is definitely quicker then when I was on my mountain bike. I've only been riding my road bike for 5 days now, which is also a fairly entry level bike and it was money well spent in my opinion.

Bicycles depreciate quicker then a crack whore, how is that an investment?

Most South Africans are too proud and lazy to commute by bike.

OK cool, thanks for the info. Much appreciated, guess i get to play the waiting game, as well as the fun of tracking two parcels now. Probably better then that the smaller, cheaper cassette went with DHL I suppose.

Thanks for that link, learnt something new today

Not so much the vat I'm worried about, more the fact why did I pay for DHL and then one parcel ends up being sent via Parcelforce. Is Parcelforce not the free option for deliveries over a certain amount?

Another question needing clarifying please. If the commercial invoice sent to me by DHL from CRC only states that I have purchased a cassette for £40 plus postage & packaging, no mention of the wheelset I bought. Does that mean I will only be taxed on that amount or will they open the box and see that there are wheels in there as well? Slightly confused because it says that the wheels have been shipped. Could it be that I don't get taxed on the wheelset? I see now that the wheelset is being sent via Parcelforce and the cassette via DHL, even though I did the transaction at the same time, really weird and confusing, WTF?

So what is a Trance(2009) is near perfect condition worth to you?

Oh I was thinking that would have been part of the 30 quid I spent to have it sent DHL, oh well. School fees again I guess.

What do I pay the postage for if I now have to pay a flipping handling fee? Also should I rather have just gone the free delivery route for next time, its been so long since I've ordered anything from overseas.

Hi all, Just got a call from DHL to tell me they are working out the vat/duties I need to pay, what should I be expecting to pay for wheelset & cassette. How does this work with DHL exactly? I can't believe that the wheels were in Ireland yesterday and already being shipped to Cape Town shortly Regards

... it's been said that Chuck Norris prefers Shimano

That's what I've just got myself, and am very happy

Do it, I just made the jump onto a road bike and am loving it

Something is on its way from CRC, woohoo My last cycle purchase for a loooooooooong time. Goodies have already been dispatched, how long again is the wait for a CRC parcel? Parcel is already at Heathrow about to board a plane to Cape Town, If I'm lucky I'll have my goodies by Monday

Where from? That's cool, I like it a lot.

No, but free speech is Either way they are taking the piss, and should know about it.

Since its written in the constitution? I think it's right that they should know. I buy cycling related T-shirts all the time and none of them have been more then R200, oh wait the one imported T-shirt was R250.

Phew, lucky that won't apply to me

On a side note, who has tried Marley Coffee? My mate is the sole agent for South Africa if anyone is interested, and its awesome coffee as well, not dope included in the sale.

I will do, I will need too change over bikes though, don't want to be on the road bike while you're all on MTB's I'll be on my black Giant hardtail with white shoes & black helmut. I'll be that cool looking dude hanging out looking suspicious.