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Thanks for the advice, I've contacted the two other people who posted reviews on him today, I have one police case number and I'm hoping the other person will also give me one. Will go to saps tomorrow with the new elements as well as the most recent threats he sent me, that are more clear and physical this time, will apply for a restraining order for my family, even though I think he's all bark, I must make sure my family is safe. I'll probably post on social media end of this week to see if I can gather more case numbers from the local facebook groups as well as making sure everyone that we know in common knows this guy is a thief and thug and never loses 1 rand to this guy.

Hi everyone, kind of a long story, but a couple of years ago a friend recommended me someone cheap to help me go solar, the guy came and installed, we started with one battery and inverter, then we added panels, then another battery... then long story short, that battery didn't work well with the first one, the guy came back, said he was going to replace it through warranty and we never saw him again. So we kind of got scammed for 26k (the value of the 2nd battery), but in the end we ended up with just the one but we wanted two so we had to get two new ones. As I didn't want to get scammed AGAIN, I asked a guy I know from cycling, that I have many contacts in common on social media and in real life for a quote on replacement batteries and a solar geyser as our current one is very old and I wanted to replace it before it floods my garage. He came, looked at everything, sent me a quote a couple days later and a few days later he came to install the batteries. When he was done he said he was on his way to pickup the geyser/heatpump (R32k worth of equipment). He didn't come back that day, nor the next few days. Then over the next couple of months, everytime I asked when he was coming back he would take days to answer, and was saying definitely next week, and then there was always a story, so the one time the guys are taking longer to put the system together (geyser and heatpump ??? why would anyone have to put anything together pre delivery ??), then he had it, then it would be delivered straight from the supplier... It was being clear I was being taken for a ride. I did some research on the internet and found a couple of other reviews saying they were scammed....(and threatened because his wife is a lawyer). This convinced me even more that he wasn't just being held up but he was really lying. I immeditately opened a fraud claim with FNB. And told him. He immidiately threatened me of coming after me if it affected his business (not sure what his business is ?). Suddenly he was very responsive ! In the end today FNB said the funds have been utilised so there's nothing they can do (no refund), and that I must pursue it criminaly (we opened a case to back the bank claim, but got no news since). I'm now asking the hub if anyone has ever dealt with this kind of stories and found a positive outcome, and if yes how ? At the moment I'm not so keen on shaming him publicly (at least not disclosing his name here or on my social media pages) as I don't want to risk losing more if he decided to go after me for diffamation or watever reason, I did post reviews on his company's pages, where there are other reviews, but this won't bring my money back. Hopefully it just keeps others from falling in the trap.

6% tar according to strava when you create a route from last years race

Yeah I ride both, but after melkbos R27 is really dodgy af people drive way too fast and sometimes on the shoulder. The N7 at early hours is mostly okay, but often there's stranded vehicules on the shoulder and then.... it becomes scary

my bad I misread you post, I thought you'd turn right after blaauwberg but you're turning left. Okay so yeah I ride there often pretty much every time killarney is on. When I ride that piece of road I stay on the yellow line, the pavement isn't rideable. On the way back I use the bus lane. It always feel a bit dodge as theres tons and tons of pedestrians walking to and from dunoon, I'm always extra alert, never had an issue, but I'd rate it a little more dodge than the koeberg side of that road

I sometimes ride that side when I have intervals to do on Tikkie or loverslane. It's not ideal but I've never had an issue, what I'll usually do is ride the cycle path on blaauwberg road, then the bus lane over the bridge, then the cycle path again on potsdam. Lots of pedestrian on that one, but so far never had any issue

Anyone looking for an entry? I got one before the last price increase. Not looking like I'll have a gravel bike for it, I'd ride it on my MTB if there was nothing else that weekend but since it colides with Slanghoek, I'd rather race that one on a competitive bike

Yes ridersatwork. For the proof of ownership I must say I only thought about it while writing this post, but I have paid premium before for 2nd hand bikes, that they asked me for valuation certificates before, so I’m not sure what being the first owner has to do with anything. I’ve only got two bikes left on my contract now as I don’t want to pay a premium for my old mountainbike anymore, both purchased new from specialized so it’s not really a concern anymore, but after reading this thread i’m now concerned that they ask for the frame to be repaired by cbr (which is absolutely out of question for a broken top tube on a sworks crux that weight 950g, i’ll never trust this frame anymore after a repair)

I'm currently in a process with Santam myself, I must say this is quite frustrating, contacted them last thursday with a damage report from specialized, friday the expert calls me to get my version of what happened. Then Monday asks me for the original invoice to prove I'm the first owner, then today asks if I agree for the frame to be sent to them for inspection by the carbon expert (like I have a choice ?), not sure what he's going to be asking for tomorrow or the day after. Tbh, I think after this it's the end for me insurances for stuff that I can afford replacing if they break or disappear, it's like the casinos, they always win. In the last 5 years I'm pretty sure I covered why I'm asking them to pay out now, or at least the amount if I were to replace through Spez crash replacement policy.

no sketch cornering, there's one section that's rough where i lost pressure in both front and rear tyre. I would advise something like pathfinders TLR 45 if you don't have a lot of clearance, or Tracer 50 if you do. Both durable tyres that wont puncture on the first rim strike, and roll super fast. I won my cat last year on getaways pros with inserts. Inserts saved my race as I did 3/4 of the race on very low pressure, I didn't have a puncture I never understood why. With such low elevation it's worth using the inserts and loads of sealant just in case.

I got 15k out of the road and gravel suppacaz on each of my bikes, and it’s still looking new on the road bike, on the gravel bike there’s a couple of marks on the upper part following the tumble I took at SA gravel champs, the spot has probably weakened because of the countless hours spent on this bike in winter with gloves on. Couldn’t care less about bar tape I just ride whatever the bike came with, but must say if you’re changing bar tape every 3 months maybe you should look at putting a bit more coin and get something a bit more durable. I had Fabric on my old bike, it was nice but not as durable.

mmmh everytime I did intervals on that road it was pretty busy, and of all the users there, me as a cyclist doing intervals was probably the least vulnerable, there people walking their dogs, old people walking, etc, etc. Not sure the 1 mugging reported here is enough to categorise the glen as a hotspot just yet, hopefully it doesn't become one (although I've had a couple of times some very very strong impressions on some people walking down there, thinking they looked dodgy AF and I should probably go train elsewhere, I think in early hours on week days, where it's dark and not many people are around)

doesn't matter how complicated it is to fix, nobody is working there ever. So as long as nothing is being done it won't repair itself. Which is cool by me because it means we have one lekker closed road to train on. I've done multiple training sessions there, most of the time on the gravel bike though. We used to have a similair thing with vissershoek until they put gates and fences on it, hopefully this isn't the fate of the glenn

Yasses that 8% commission on that reserve price is a big paycheck for the rawson agent

no, they don't let us in without a permit

use the search man, there's a post with plenty answers. had absolutely no issues with bikeinn, great store, even better if you're over there as you'll benefit from all the stock they have and no stupid taxes

He's so talented, I remember last year or year before he was there cruising at W2W with Tyler, on the one stage we ended up riding together, there wasn't 1km were he wasn't throwing a whip or a manual or something cool to watch. Very entertaining. And not only he can do all that stuff, but he can do it while being fast !

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not really here in SA 😕

Gravel is officially an american sport… tyres manufacturers wait for sea otter to release new tyres, there’s a new conti and 4 new maxxis on the market, on top of the nex spez released recently. BicycleRR will have some work to do !

All those with a tygerberg membership : you are part of that club and it works for your licence

Wrong emoji bru 👴🏻😜

So yes, normaly you race per your licence, but CTCT is not age cat, the $ group is not named Elite (it's not limited to the 18-29 age groups, it's in fact elites + subvets), even the @ group has some elite (age cat) in it, those who's seeding wasn't good enough for $. Anyways, so normally if you're 40+ you can't race in the $ group, unless you have an elite licence. But a rider on a subvets licence can very well race in the $ group if his seeding is right. There are exceptions where some 40+ are allowed in the $ group, and I think it comes down to being invited as part of an elite team. Guys like Theuns VDBank, Dutoit or our Jaco Roets were in the $ bunch this year with us. I very much hope so I'll be able to do the same next year when I turn 40... or maybe I will take on an elite licence so that I don't buy my seeding in the old toppies group

If you say so Yet, I have a vets licence and I race CTCT in $ every year, and finish in the first half of the group. The guy who won the 40+ group this year would've 100% been in the top 20 of the $ bunch at CTCT, actually, he finished in the top 10 at this weekends gravel champs. Absolute beast. Also, there are other races than CTCT, and lots of the top 30+ / 40+ are among the strongest guys when there's no age groups in the races, most of the time we're all just cat 1 or group A or whatever you call it. If you really are strong and you're not a vet, and you race (which I'd assume you do if you're a "racing snake"), then you should be in the $ group as it's not that hard to get the seeding. For me the guys in 1A are the relatively strong okes that parade in PNS kits on the seaboard, but not "racing snakes".