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What is quite disturbing about this review is the comment on the price of the Spaz. The reviewer says he could buy the frame, do a custom build to his satisfaction as good or better than supplied stock and it would cost R20 000 less than the Spaz price. This with the bike laced with in house brand parts like the wheels, tyres and few others. Can anyone say "cycle industry rip off" .

Been advised by a friend of his that despite the surgical intervention his head injury was too severe and he passed away last night. Condolences to friends and family.

Another one this morning in Bellville I have been told by my staff. Total cowboy driving which they mostly get away with.

Kapstadt!

I'm 53 and just raced the DH Nationals at Jonkerhoek which is my second official DH event ever. I have raced several enduro races and a few short stage races in the past While my fitness is obviously not as good as it was 10 years ago, my skills continue to improve and I'm a far better rider than I was even a year ago. This kind of riding is a mental game as much as it is physical. As an older rider, experience counts for a lot and helps make up for declining fitness. The same will apply to endurance events, but perhaps to a lesser extent. I spoke to a guy at the race ( not competing) also in his 50's who was battling to overcome his fear and learn skills like jumping. What has worked for me is reading and watching videos on skills and then applying those skills to bigger features. Once you have the muscle memory on a small jump or drop off, simply apply the same to a bigger one. Imagine yourself on the landing i.e where you want to be and ignore the dead ground in between and you'll generally end up there...

Rad pics, really captured the dusty loose track. Learned to ride those bumpy ruts this weekend and conquer some fears to make a clean finals run. I recommend all #enduro riders do at least one DH event just to experience how different it is. Character building stuff. Youngest racer was 7, oldest 63 I believe.

It's the simplest solution.. your negative air spring is overpowering the main spring a bit. All forks sit a bit lower in their travel because of this. If there is a fault with the bypass orifice it will need to be checked out but chances are theres nothing wrong.

Must say i've never had an issue - still running some well hammered 26" XC rims on a kids bike and my road bike wheelset which is cheap and heavy looks and works great.

That is my motto too. Red is faster because it reflects red and makes space bend around it.

No, you're twisting them words. its about performance, which is I think more important than looks, ultimately.

Ya that really is the bikes fault. The design looks weak and is weak. Most frames are visibly reinforced at the seat tube/top tube junction, the Anthem not so much. I am also tall but only 188cm and I battle with sizing...

The looks are all in your mind. If you bought one you'd love the looks especially if it rode as well as it seems to. This is the future. Telescopic forks are so last century.

Bwahahahaha At the Epic you pay extra for drinking water

I changed my mind. I think you know your ****.

As long as you had your half melon shell on your head for protection?

Perfect, and you can drink it.

Doc, thanks for that repeat. You sound like you know your *** too. That's two badges handed out today!

Sounds like you know your *** .

I've been swapping between my HT and enduro bike recently and fiddling with each of them a bit. I've lowered the fork pressure in the HT and taken out the token in my Yari to give me some hand comfort. I noticed that despite running them at lower than recommended pressures I wasn't getting close to full travel on either. I was happy to leave things as they were because on both bikes, especially the enduro, I hate the low bar height. The fork riding higher helps with that on steeper stuff. I removed the last token from my Yari and pumped it to the same pressure as before. It is much more comfortable especially off the top. If I'm heading down anything steep I simply click in a bit of compression damping. So far so good, although I made a total hash of DH 0 on Saturday. The rest of Tokai was great however so I'm blaming myself not the bike. That said I'm still looking to raise the bars a bit and possibly remove tokens/bands from the rear shock to see what that does. On the HT, the front rides a bit lower as the fork is softer but its manageable and far more comfy on the hands.

That was just some BS they spun to calm the social media outrage when 2019 didn't happen...

I recall watching the race - on a very grainy SABC 2. Not great when your car kills you.

And a Scout again - dig it!

My last ali hardtail was very old school and no doubt stiff as anything out back. My On One Dee Dar is also stiff, compared to a dual suspension, but I think much less so than an aluminium frame. It tracks through rock gardens beautifully and I haven't yet had a pinch flat despite despite running only EXO casing tyres. All steel bikes are not alike however, just as ali frames are also different. I think higher end steel frames are probably even more compliant because they may use better grade steel tubing. Your tyres and pressure also play a role in ride feel. I rode my HT with lower pressure than normal and it was the sweet spot - comfy but also not too soft for the rough stuff and corners. On One have a couple of awesome new frames - properly long and slack. Ideally a HCHT should start at 63 deg HTA unsagged. When you sit on it, it steepens more than a DS bike. Get a steel bike, you won't be sorry.

I'm sure there are, but I wonder how "lesser' was determined. Maybe it was just the underdog who won because they had actually built a very good car?