Chadvdw67

Both, 2 alloy and 3 carbon

I had a Slakline, great bikes, but they dont pedal that well, not terrible, but not great, I found the Slash was slightly easier to pedal up hills, but the Slakline won the confidence game going back down again, at least that was my experience. Also, we have seen/heard of at least 5 Slash frames breaking, just because of that, I would personally avoid the Slash

And the Holey Trails farm is up for sale now, if only I had any money

Still look ok, they are yours if you want them

That's what he said...

Did you need a Lawyer? Looks like you needed a Lawyer.

Is it the FlightDeck shifters? Or does that not matter? I have a set of Tiagra FlightDeck shifters, I will check what the hoods look like, if they are still good you can have them, the left shifter is toast, but the right one still works

Yeah, they have mostly been FOX forks, but they do always say that it happens on RS stuff as well, they just haven't made many videos on the RS stuff, after checking those videos I tried it out on my Pike fork, if I just put one leg at a time it is smooth, but both legs at the same time with the wheel fitted and torqued down it has a little more stiction, like they wont just fall into one another under there own weight, I have to sort of jerk it around a little, nothing near as bad as what some of their video's have shown thankfully

I dont have any experience with the ZEB forks, but I follow Diaz Suspension on Instagram, go watch some of their videos on uppers and lowers not being properly aligned, I wouldn't be at all surprised if that is the issue with most ZEB forks

Your cycling club is wrong, got a message that we will riding through Suikerbosrand

Check out what I have found on the BIKE ADDICT https://app-1805.appdeep.link/products/8023955505449 I would say this is a MUCH better deal, those SX drivetrains are really cheap and nasty, for basically the same price, you are getting a FAR better drivetrain, brakes, rims and just better parts in general Maybe speak with Bikeaddict and see if they would be willing to do a parts swap for a fee, the worst they can say is no

Wandering bite point is a poor bleed issue, myself and a few friends have Shimano Servowave brakes, they operate perfectly, but they need to be bled properly. Agree with Bob, a good bleed, not all shops can do it right, and then a good clean up of the discs and pads, I accidentally contaminated a set of pads on my last pad change, baked them in my airfryer at 200 for 5 minutes, let them cool down, and then took some wet sandpaper and sanded them while putting some isolropyl alcohol on them, and did the same to discs, then wiped them all down nicely with a clean rag and isopropyl, did the bed in procedure again, and my brakes have been epic since then 👌🏼

Renthal handlebars

If you have a DC then yes, I agree with you, but if you dont have one?

They have the date wrong, but it is on the site as a seeding event

Any option you go for is going to be a compromise in some way shape or form. As most have said, with 4 x MTB, I doubt you would get them on a Platform rack, not just because of width, but with all the different size frames and frame layouts, fitting those arms through/over/around toptubes, seat-tubes, downtubes, eish, headaches just thinking about it... 2 bike platform rack with 2 on the roof, a nice option if you leave the roof racks on permanently, fitting and removing them would become a real pain, and would be pretty expensive considering all the hardware you would need... Trailer with a "roof" mounting system would work well, especially if you are going camping etc, but, for a normal ride on the weekend, where do you park such a long vehicle setup? Most parks dont/wont have parking that would allow such a setup, unless you unhitch the trailer and park it next to your car, but that also just seems like a lot of hassle... The Karoo rack looks like a nice option, easy to load and unload bikes, space for 4 x Full size MTBs, but I would imagine being built as sturdy as it is, it will be a pig to put on and take off the car, especially if you dont have the square mount for it to slide into and you need to bolt it on everytime you use it... And then there is the hassle that any platform rack or the Karoo rack takes up your tow hitch, so if you go camping amd need a trailer, ya.... extra tow hitch on the back of the trailer? Or trailer with racks on top for camping and then platform racks and roof racks for normal weekends? Or deal with trailer for all rides? It really is just up to what you are happy to deal with.

I find it a little curious that they said they will put the seeding out already, since there are still 2 races in GP that they will use as seeding for the 947?

Anybody know if there will be water points in the route?

Guys, while I think your advice on getting a bike fit, skills coaching, cleats etc all means well, consider what the OP has asked for right from the beginning, she has a budget of max R5k, where on earth is she going to find pedals, cleats, helmet, bikefit etc etc for R5k? I really think you are all missing the point of her request, she is looking for a bike within a specific budget, all your other suggestions before she even looks at a bike are going to cost her well over R5k

Short ride, but man, it was a beautiful morning

Good afternoon everyone, hope all are well! I am headed to Clarens this weekend, and was wondering if there are any MTB groups doing any rides? I asked the Clarens MTB group on Facebook, but have not got a response. I dont mind riding by myself, but I dont really know where to go or where I am allowed to ride, also dont have gps, so things could get sketchy....

Pretty sure that fork does not have any damper in it, and from last experience with that kind of fork which came on a cheap bike when I just started cycling again, it made that clunking right from new, when the fork goes to full extension, especially if you pulled up on the bars quickly, it would clunk, dont think there is anything you can do about it

During workouts the ERG is set to give the power the workout calls for, on normal rides/group rides it is set to the work as the terrain, everything is set to 100%. After talking with a friend I think my quad may be injured, I used to be able to hold 200watts fairly easily for around an hour, this morning the workout consisted of intervals of 5 minutes at 165 and 200 alternating, after the first block of 200 I was really hurting, and couldn't recover during the next 165 effort, so I am pretty sure I have injured/overworked my quad

Quick question, to everyone who has used Zwift before and moved over to IndieVelo, I used my FTP number from Zwift on Indie, but I can not complete a workout on Indie, they are just way too difficult, so I checked this morning, and my estimated FTP on Indie is quite a lot lower on Indie than on Zwift, has anybody else seen or had the same thing? I put my FTP down now on Indie to what it has estimated, so hopefully I can actually finish some training rides now....

Sheesh, loads of construction going on here now, it is quite bleak, I wonder how long we have till the trails start to get severely affected, already lost lots of trail, but I see even more getting closed 😕 Also, it seems the bird is gone, pretty shitty that, probably all the contruction, maybe even took down its nesting tree