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Mine be a juicy egg and guava pie.

Are you riding to the trails - or are you querying needing visibility on the trails themselves?

Dig the bar tape! Sweet ride - happy miles!

Not a happy chappy! Blows I actually took the time and effort to register for the Forums page, just to pop up a comment in one of the threads complaining... See they have in excess of 2000 in the one thread already, and there are several... Hope they get the message!

Not being a direct reply to the above set of wheels - but did a bit of research in regards to MTB wheels a while back... Appears that the company did take a bit of a dip several years ago (which would presumably tie in with what Marius is saying), but that other than this - and more recently, they've apparently upped the game, returned to previous levels and are accordingly receiving good reviews again... Hope this helps - my 2 cents.

Just a note that it doesn't appear as if you can "edit" your Comments, after having posted them in the Event Comment section... Keep that in mind before you pop up your rant after the race, when instead of a 25km advertised route, it was actually 35km, through sand, cow-pats and the occasional disused mineshaft...

Brilliant... And the option to "share" should spread the word quickly. Well done ADMIN! One question - presumably this is open to Hubbers who might want to arrange an informal, social get-together kind of ride as well? Or are you attempting to aim it specifically at actual, organised (timed etc.) events?

Thanks guys! Ja, it's not something I'd do, but I was wanting to confirm my thoughts pertaining to the Head Angle issue... The frame, albeit titanium - and so relatively durable - is more than a decade old, and originally had a 50mm on... Methinks that to say a 100mm might be pushing it, would be a bit of an understatement!

Hello all, Would appreciate some thoughts on the following: I'm sitting with a frame that has an old-skool, head-angle geometry of 71.5 degrees - this with a 80mm on the front. I've been told that putting a longer fork on the front, will make things too slack, and throw out the ride... But I'm not so sure? What effective difference in angle would an increase of 20mm in front have? Most "steep/tight" frames are sitting between 70 and 71 degrees - with a "slack" AM/DH frame sitting at 65 - 66 degrees... Surely with mine starting at 71.5, an extra 20mm cannot bring the angle down too drastically below the 70 degree range?

Would any of you actually ride this? I'd be too nervous - it would find place of honour somewhere in the house - but don't think I could bring myself to actually riding it... Would have a small nervous breakdown every time I heard the "ting" of klippie on frame...

Airmavrick - if you don't mind me asking - how heavy/light are you? I simply cannot get my head around running the rear so low... When I'm Fighting Fit - I still tip the scales at 100kg, and there's simply no way I can bring myself to run that low... I'm permanently on 3bar at the back... and when I'm feeling 'reckless' - and drop it down to 2.5bar, I spend half my ride thinking about the rear wheel, convinced that every bump is going to bring a pinchflat...

Holy moses.... Congrats to the both of them. Can you imagine the offspring from the two of them? Should be a shoe-in for WC domination in Road & MTB!

Can't wait - should make for some epic before and after pics! And good on you for sticking to your guns!

AWESOME! Thanks for this!

Uhm... hard to know if you're being serious??

Seriously wicked...

PM HeartCoppi - me'thinks he knows a fair bit about the older classics, and might be able to help...

Good luck!

Words. Fail. Me.

Ja that's it... The one I bought has a funny name though - Majaji?(??) or something... Wife discovered it as we were unpacking the shopping bags when we got home, took a long look at it, then at me - and then slowly started shaking her head when I tried to explain what it was for... Guess there are simply some things best left unexplained to those who do not dabble in the sport of cycling

I always used to use Assos cream - but it's very expensive for that little tub, and not all the LBS's stock it... I also found that due to its cost, I used it rather sparingly... The result was that I didn't go through the tub as quickly, which would be fine, but for the fact that eventually the cream starting becoming clumpy - which saw me once throw away the last third of the tub... At R180(??) a tub, that's rather annoying... Nowadays - I'm as happy as the proverbial pig, since I've found a brilliant replacement, if you can bring yourself to actually admitting using it... Remember reading on the Hub about some Hubbers recommending the stuff farmers use for calves / udder protection ... Was at Dischem browsing, and noticed a yellow tub of the stuff selling for R29.00 - in a bigger tub than my Assos. Figured that for the price, I'd give it a go, and if not happy - well then, no biggie. It's basically a smoother version/less thick version of baby's barrier cream - smells almost like a mix between Fissan paste and Bennet's Barrier cream (for the parent's out there)... It works like a charm, is less sticky than the Assos when applying, and at R30 a pop, I'm not concerned with how much I use... I haven't seen it again at Dischem, but when next I do, I intend stocking up... That being said - I'm in complete agreement about the saddle having to be the right fit, first of all. I'm on a Brooks - which is arguably one of the most comfortable perches you can get - and I've actually managed a few shorter rides with no chamois/padding, without any problems... Regardless, I'm not easily going to fork out money on anything else, I reckon that based on bang-for-your-buck, 'n boer maak 'n plan cream is hard to beat... My 2 cents!

Check out the youtube clip - it will give you an idea of how long the run is. It comes out on the tar road that leads up to the Monument - just across the road as it curves round after the houses end. It doesn't appear to be marked - but once you find it and are on it, it's pretty clear... As for taking it on a hardtail - be careful! Some of the big jumps are misleading, and you only realise how high the drop-off's are when you've already comitted... It's first and foremost a DH track - so whereas there are berms and some nice flowing ST, there are big stuff that are clearly aimed for big air with bikes that have big springs!

Here's the link to my For Sale post: My link

Apologies for disappearing Hubbers! Am "watching" this topic - but received no notifications on my BB Jmaccelari - thanks! I'm trying to sell XT v-brakes, and I just want to be sure that I can pass them over to a fellow Hubber, without there being issues...If ordinary MTB Deore levers were used with them - then presumably one wouldn't need a travel agent?? Think I'll let them go, and simply take them back if there's a problem!

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