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I must say I enjoy any DH WC but I am pretty bored by this track. Those upper rocks are gnarly but the riders must know them so well by now. Time for them to build a new line there I think.

Thats pretty good. Lets think up a few more comical names for eBikes....

All they have done is covert the twist throtttle into one operated by your legs. "Twist" or spin your legs and the motor revs up. Whats the difference? I met an eBike operator on Sunday. He was broken down at the side of the trail and when I asked him what was wrong, he said his bike was playing up, i.e the motor. The digital screen said "error..." He also told me he had removed the limiter very easily and it could now ride it as fast as his legs could pedal. If it worked of course. I noticed later on Strava that he had got going but his average speed was very low for an eBike making me think he had toughed it out and pedalled the 23kg thing around all by himself...

What, laughing at you as they barely broke a sweat pedalling their boep pense up the hills at 3x your speed?

I bet Torent or Current or whatever his real name was would never have offered to push anyone had he not had a motor to assist him. He is the worst kind, an eBike Pusher. Much like drug pushers they start small with a gentle push until the victim can't do without it and gets addicted to E. Its a slippery slope I tell you. Mark my words, Take my word for it.

"big boned" in other words. Jeez your poor bikes :-)

You jest but speak the truth re brakes. I am on a conscious drive (ride?) to keep my fingers off my brakes. Its a horriblly difficult thing to do because its so ingrained in me to brake to a "safe" speed for a corner or obstacle. Its a slow process but I can already feel the difference and carry more speed through sections I was previously having to pedal pit of. I get these minor "oh wow" moments every ride when my tyres grip and I exit the corner without any brakes.

I always run EXO happily up front and have managed reasonably well out back too. The next Aggressor will also be EXO and used out back. I doubt it will be worse than Grid. Just need to float over the pokey rocks...

It was R646 and yes, an EXO casing.

Stoke suspension in Woodstock is our Maxxis value supplier :-)

Is this guy paid by Spaz :-) edit - the tread pattern does look a lot better than the Butcher. The other factor is price. You can get an Aggressor 2.5 for under R650.00. How much is the Spaz - R800?

The previous tyre I had was the Butcher Grid 2.6. On my previous bike I had a Magic Mary 2.3. I think the Aggressor works better than the Butcher up front and rolls faster than both the Butcher and MM. Its probably not as good as an MM in overall all terrain grip, but in SA do you need an almost mud spike like the MM? Of course there are other factors involved and some suspension changes have also happened which may contribute to the improved grip. So far I have ridden it on steep and mellow trials, rocks and sandy to hard and damp clay/sandy hardpack and roots. It has been fine on all surfaces. Nothing as weird as the Butcher - a small slide or two early on, but none of late. Its been absolutely perfect at Tokai. I am going to get another for the rear. Funnily enough, the remaining Butcher has been working well out back but is showing signs it wont be with me for much longer...

I love it when my wife rips off her Assos...

Does 3x the price make the shorts 3 x better?

Like the guys on the Hub down voting me too I guess :-)

Sam will be on SPD's the round after this. Just you wait :-)

Bastards!

Jeez, nothing as bad as this before.

I see I'm up to 85 negs on that post. A new record.

I actually like it too. As for PB - I thought they needed a good old wheel size fight again. Could also be that you're not ever allowed to say anything vaguely critical of Sam Hill. Either way, its very entertaining.

Sadly Sam has sold out... Maybe Nigel said - "You're getting old Sam, you need all the help you can get"

Is that on the Welvanpas/ wild boar trails? Unless they have reopened the old Black Route at Welvanpas I think the trails are fairly easy to ride blind. Gradients arent that steep and there are few if any man made features like those at JH or Tokai.

I think you need to give the Asseguy a second chance then. BTW, heavy breathing is reccommended with broken ribs, so no reason to stop doing some kind of riding...

I am still loving the Aggressor 2.5 up front. I think its a very underated front tyre. No weird moments at Tokai - the thing seems pretty tough too. will give one a go out back when the Butcher finally gives up. Myles can you really blame the tyre for your crash? I do agree that little beats a MM for sheer confidence inspiring grip up front.

With a brand like Ellsworth how can you go wrong?