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    At R2k for 30g of carbon - imagine how much a 2kg frame would cost...
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    Looks awesome!
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    Hahahahahah R2k for teeny tiny bit of carbon....
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    Brandon is the coolest customer - and he has the skills others dream of. A few of the others cracked a bit and Reynolds opted out completely. Mad steep stuff.
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    I for one was thankful all the days were somewhat under the claimed km and climbing figures. A great event all the same.
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    Seems like a common problem...
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    The Ninja's did indeed respond. They added our names, but used the time I gave them, which is a rough estimate based on my GPS track!! This makes me think they had no record of our time and does not explain how around 80 names disappeared from the results between days 2 and 3....
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    Tyre problems - when will these pro's learn...
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    Just wish we could actually have a time, any time, for stage 3 :-)
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    I like this bike. Pity about the sky high price. its unaffordable to most. Carbon should be getting cheaper, not more expensive.
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    You seem a bit conflicted :-) An Enduro is not a 120mm trail bike. I also have one, and I would not recommend one to your average beginner or to someone who wants to do marathon events. My point is simply that most riders would be safer and have more fun on a slacker slightly longer travel bike, like the 2017 Anthem 27.5 or the new Spark. No doubt more people will be on them in the near future.
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    I am certainly not dissing the Epic or any other steep angled race bike. They have their place - as fast efficient race bikes for skilled riders. They are a very specific tool, not an everyday mountain bike IMO. I think the skill required to pilot one down a steep rocky track at a decent pace is far greater than required on a slacker 120mm trail bike making them unsuitable for the market they have long been sold into in SA. Overseas they account for far less of MTB sales I imagine, partly because the terrain and lower focus on marathon events. Happily, as we can see, things are changing. Can't believe how long it has taken the industry....
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    Sadly, yes! But Viva Giant for the new Anthem...
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    True, but have a look at what the 2017 Anthem looks like. Its a trail taming beast in comparison.
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    It didn't stop sales because people know no better and get sold what the shops and manufacturers throw at them. Throw a poorly skilled person on a steep angled race bike and its a recipe for bottle necks at the races when things get a bit tech, as we see all the time.
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    Not concerned about descending are they now. When will bike companies learn - most riders don't need a steep race geo bike, especially at this price point. If they had given this a 68 degree HTA it would have been so much more user friendly.
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    I first rode at Eselfontein in the 90's when Deon Malherbe was a wild youth who had not discovered moto bikes yet. Great to see how the one sport feeds into the other. Who would have though an enduro moto would be a good trail building tool :-)
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    I was puking the whole way, i tell you. I mean I only found out about it by chance and then i had to send an email and pay some money and only then would they even respond. Its like the whole Zupta thing all over again. Its not who you know, its who you pay. Damn things are falling apart...
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    Entry ninja appear to have stuffed up the results for day 3 - there were many more than 145 finishers I suspect and our names don't appear. They are also not the easiest to contact - no email, just FB and Twitter as far as I can see.
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    I am not a stage race fan really - and I don't have the bike for it, but this one was rather special, and despite the pain on the ups, was probably the best 3 day race to attempt on a trail bike. My bike chewed up and spat out that 10km rock garden and the relaxed geo and dropper post made for stress free descending. My wife loved it and out rode a bunch of men on the descents. Hope it doesn't get too big or those trails will get a bit clogged. All in a must repeat race. No hype, a grass roots MTB feel about the event, especially if you were camping as Philip said.
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    Ramp Control cartridge R2.6 k !!!!!. Thats an epic fail IMO.
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    Huh?
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    Correct but it is only the top models with brakes attached to the seat tube that are affected. The 2017 versions have disk brakes by the look of it. The unaffected 2016 models have brakes mounted in the usual place. That's what got me wondering.
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    In my opinion, a 69.5 degree HA is hardly ground breaking, but i suppose in the marathon world it is. 71 degrees is just plain ludicrous on a bike that claims to be for riding up and down mountains. How quick are bike companies to launch Boost hub spacing and other standard altering developments but so slow (in many cases) to design better handling bikes?
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    Thanks, interesting. So what Spaz are saying doesn't make too much sense if we look at the forces at play. They are saying the wheel pops out and then the rear triangle breaks. Sounds like it may be the other way around. Unless of course it has nothing to do with the brake at all... Reading it again, they say its just the hanger side that is replaced in the recall. Perhaps it was just not up to the task and fractured leading to the rear wheel falling out...
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