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Garmin seems to be the leader. I'd stay away from Polar. I have a V650 computer and its the most frustrating thing to sync - in fact it doesn't anymore. I'd love a Fenix.

You gotta go to a Canadian site to get news of CFR's exit from the Epic ?!?!?

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/simon-andreassen-undergoes-emergency-appendectomy-withdraws-from-cape-epic.html

Looks like you need to be a stockist to buy directly from them...

Thanks for the replies guys - and don't argue with DnD - he is an oil man

Anyone have a supplier of mineral oil, suitable for Shimano brakes? Shops seem to have tiny bottles of Shimano brand oil for silly money. I'd like a nice big bottle so I can go moggy bleeding my XT's and SLX's.

Do you have the SRAM bleeding edge tool?

A gravel bike is not an MTB. Fail on several counts. Okay!

My wife's Lyne quickly developed some side to side play but its never got any worse. My Spesh 125mm has almost none despite a hard life over 4 years. On the other hand, teh newer 34.9m Spesh dropper i got second hand has way more play than either of the others. I simply don't notice it. Now if only the 125mm would stop losing air...

An oldie but still a goodie - updates include the 125mm Spesh dropper off my Enduro, 11-42 Deore cassette, new chain and a 30 tooth Rapide front ring for better hill climbing. This thing is off on a 3 day dirt road marathon piss up this weekend. Needless to say I will be on the only steel bike, the only hard tail and the only 26er. I'm not that keen on the first day of 80 odd km...

Its not meant for weight weenie brain or lockout equipped marathon bikes - the longer travel your bike has the more you'll benefit allegedly. Soon DH bikes will be pedaled uphill like Epics ????.

Aah, some clarity. My wife drove past the scene and assumed it was a car/bike incident.

Condolences to the riders family and friends, this sounded horrific. A rider was airlifted to hospital in Cape Town on Saturday after being hit on Kommetjie road near Ocean View. Not a good weekend for cyclists...

I've got just the frame - send the motor wheel down to me. ????

Is "hot foot" an issue caused by actual heat, or pressure? I experienced a literal burning foot sensation when I stupidly rode a 45k ride in hot conditions in my downhill shoes, which have no ventilation. I now have a new pair of XC shoes with little holes everywhere to permit some cooling...

That seat height is ludicrous - unless you fit proper gravel riser bars of course. As I predicted the move to risers seems to be well on its way with the 2022 models. ????

Or more likely "...not available ..."

I guess if you're on a gravel road, its gravel.

And now 20mm of fork travel. Sounds like Gravel Bikes are taking the long way round to "invent" MTB's. Soon someone will discover even flatter bend bars and in 5 years time they'll be riser bars.,.. ????

I think you would find that an MTB is vastly more fun and safer on tracks that seem gnarly on a gravel bike.

I wonder how many roadies buy gravel bikes and then decide its *** and buy an MTB, or is the main feeder MTB riders who start getting too old or chicken to ride proper MTB trails and go for the safer option ????

Not to mention eBike races after the FIM tried to steal them as a branch of motoX

My first ever off road experience around 27 years ago was on a steel road bike that I took down the local green belt. The bars broke (shocking bike build) and I swiftly bought one of the first giant MTB's available in SA. So gravel is actually a gateway device to MTB... ????

Fork looks dodgy. R60k only seems good value because bike prices are ludicrous in general....

I normally destroy my helmets well within 5 years ???? Then I shop online after reading reviews and seek the best price online. Luckily I have family who travel from the UK ( or used to) to bring the stuff over. Locally the new Leatt trail helmet looks good with a very thick foam layer and their own brand of rotational force reduction built in . Around R3200 though...