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You can run much lower pressures and actually have to to avoid super bouncy tyres. The insert acts like a volume reducer in your shock and makes your tyres more progressive i.e they wont bottom out even at lower pressures.

Spank Spike rims bought on sale at CRC - Rapide rear hub and spokes supplied by local wheelbuilder. Under R4k for rear wheel including build. Tough as nails.

I run Nukeproof insets on my enduro bike. Out back I've had an exo casing Maxxis and not had any flats or rim damage despite running very low pressure and riding some seriously rocky trails around CT in the preceding 12 months. The Nukeproof version are reasonably priced on order from CRC and pretty light. They don't absorb sealant and can be shortened if they rattle inside the tyre. Inserts don't last forever however and mine already have several chunks out of them where they've taken some hits against the rim. If you get a set of two you can use one out back and keep the second one as a spare. They certainly make very rocky trails like CT's Missing Link way more fun as you can use super low pressure and make it up all the really loose rocky climbs while people running 2 bar bounce off into the bush.

I recall a rather lovely if very windy ride on one of the featured trails a December or two ago, Take your climbing legs.

Its only a 70l tanks and the 1.5k doesn't even fill it.

I think mine is safe - its been abused for ten years

About to pull the pin on a R1500 diesel purchase! Can't wait.

Its good to see they're promoting Baviaans as a riding destination. Its nothing new though. Take a support vehicle for all your clobber and ride it. The EC tourism agency that runs the gates is however not very user friendly - they only take cash so if you're really unlucky you could drive 150km on rough dirt from the Willowmore side and find you can't get into the wilderness reserve because you only have a card. We did a trip years ago, before the reserve had gates and it was very straightforward. The road in the reserve area is far worse than it used to be but is more fun to ride than the awful corrugated district roads that precede it. If I was doing it again, I'd drive to the start of the reserve and only ride from there.

I saw the Hambini video on this. The way these things were made seems like asking for trouble. I presume something like an SLX hollowtech crank from 2013 will have no such issues?

It all smells like ass after 30 mins or so surely?

Yes, I saw his video about it. AB are snake oil salesmen and deserve to be exposed. Go Hambini!

I watched the whole video...man the attempted hype generation is hilarious. How much did they pay Bart to use the TDF comparison? Why does the narrator mess up so many names? I'm all awesomed out and know that I will never measure up 😀

I'd go for the R2300 #endurobro lid. No peak sucks when you riding into a setting or rising sun and it looks kewl 🙂 Good prices from Spesh!

Not quite. They do have to pass to a standard, but some do much better and on independent testing are superior to the cheaper siblings, in most but not all cases. This is very educational - https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/

Nothing wrong with a HT and if you haven't ridden a full suspension for a long time, it will seem quite normal. I second the suggestion above for a Roscoe. Make sure it has a dropper post. Stun your buddies as you klap it through rock gardens that they struggle through with their seats up their bums. 🙂. Assuming you live where there are rock gardens and not KZN 🙂

Surely they could tag a few more title sponsors on there?

Like the look of that #Enduro style frame Titan!

Pity the price has increased as significantly as it has since the event was started. Its now double the original price.

I think he meant its a steal for CL 🙂 Seriously though, that's a pretty decent bike for the money.

Phil you're just going camping not 4x4 adventuring so don't run yourself down like that. 😉 I also like some comfort when camping and a trailer is useful when you have a family. BTW I enjoy a far harder workout riding the belts on my heavy Enduro than any gravel rider would...

The sheer size of most 4x4 vehicles is crazy. You'd think that a smaller lighter vehicle with no trailer/caravan would make more sense but no, these biscuits take the biggest vehicle, often with only one or two people on board and then add a massive off-road trailer loaded with everything from a small boat to a keg of beer and then wonder why they battle to get through some super gnarly terrain. Why do you need to live like you're at home when you out in the bush?

Hey you've done the 361 so we bow to your superior knowledge. Thanks 🙂

Never take anything at face value especially in the buy and sell space...check everything - it's so easy these days. Sometimes the year model is important because the frame geo has changed significantly but often its just component spec . Be clever people.

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