RodTi

Seems the last time I posted/visited here, was sometime back in 2017. Which is like a decade after signing up to this site (as it was then). And whilst I am still cycling on bike's that look like they have walked straight out of the late 1990s, let's just say I haven't been doing it seriously, or following along on much that has been happening in the world of mountain biking... Now the wife has started making noises about wanting a bike. And the young'un needs an bigger one soonish – so dawdled into the Specialised shop in Paarl earlier. Wow. Like seriously. Wow. I knew e-bikes were now a thing. But Bluetooth enabled dérailleurs, sans cables? And that 1 blade front, 9-12 back was now the default? Helmets that call home when you meet the earth-maker? And don't get me started on the new(?) options ito brakes, shifters, mech families... Yowzers. And then, of course, there's my having to potentially take out a second bond on the house, to get anything new, big and shiny! ???? Looks like I might need to start spending some time hanging around here again, just to get up to speed again. Fortunately, I now look the part of an aging, overweight office-yokel who's swing is too k@K, so he's now looking at getting into the golf-replacement – so there really is a low bar in terms of patience on the part of the sales people/shop assistants... But ja – bit of a nothing post, but just felt compelled to pop this up. Happy riding all.

Cannot believe my 2nd post in years is over here, about this. Your smile will be lighting up wherever you are now. We were all truly blessed to have known you, in some manner or form. Ride on. Ride on, you beautiful soul.

All the best Tumbles! Fight this - day by day - fight!!

Thanks – I managed to make a plan.

Did I miss something in the 2nd video? He approached the car with an empty clip? Was he going to throw it at the suspect? Edit: Ja – missed something, the [sarcasm] font. Should've watched 1st video first... Wow. Training is strong in these ones.

Lol. Mooi, nê?!

I like.

Two dudes.

Lumbar radiculopathy here... same thing, I think. Childhood injury - pinched nerve at the disc, shooting nerve pains down into the foot - made worse by vibrations, prolonged seating etc... Basically - my riding is stuffed... Operation if the physio doesn't work - and it's not... Going to try pilates next - apparently a good instructor nearby, that will do a proper assessment first. It sucks, can't even run anymore - vibrations sees my leg cave. But so be it, for now.

Sadly not. But a beaut, nonetheless.

45 years ago today, these 4 blokes were about to cross a road...

Cycle Polo anyone? Or maybe some Track?

RRP 200, US$... In excess of 2000 pieces though, so probably fair. And apparently, it's huge.

Cool.

Good luck Jacques! Not nice.

Repost? Worth it...

Bike porn!! Congrats - she's a beaut! On a side note, don't know if I'd be able to ride -- would be too nervous about dust, and heaven forbid - scratches... :whistle:

Need to have mine out soon... Joy.

Moved & merged!

Hubbers - it's late, and as was mentioned earlier -- peeps should be psyching themselves up for a day of riding tomorrow, not hammering away at keyboards, derailing threads. Plenty of reports have come through. These will be looked at in due course. In the interim, PLEASE stop derailing this thread - it's supposed to be about Leogang and DHWC#4. I'm going to move through the thread and hide off-topic posts, as many as I can reasonably find, until it gets too tedious... Please refrain from derailing further. If you have nothing to say about Leogang, and want to take up some other issue, this is not the thread for it.

I went through a phase of ordering plenty through CRC -- then went through a phase of trying to support the local shops etc. as much as possible... Only went for CRC when I needed something unusual, that was not going to be sourced locally... Without mentioning names -- the one experience that left a bitter taste in the mouth (unless I'm being overly sensitive??) was ordering a fork through one of the smaller, independent 'shops'... Took forever and a day to arrive, including a few emails back and forth querying what was taking so long, only for it to arrive... in CRC packaging... Don't 'quite' see any value being added by the local shop in such a situation -- I could've done the same, and had it sooner. Granted - that was a once-off, but sort of told me that unless you're big enough to source plenty of stock (at decent prices) through local distributors/suppliers, you're hardly going to be able to beat CRC...

This is awesome.