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IF you can find a riding buddy, do it. I met a guy at a waterpoint a few years back and him and I took turns leading and resting ,which also helped on the last flat section (which can be straight into the wind after a LONG day of riding).

ALAS!!! Those rolling hills at the end are torture!

How easy/difficult is it to gain access via the Port's roads?

Hi Guys, Does anyone know of any bike shops in the greater cape town area where I can buy 26" x 4.0" inner tubes for a fat bike?

Hello Peoples. I'm going to say "I'm new here." (even though I've had an account since before the days of moderation - I jut haven't posted in a while

I have an Attakwas Extreme entry for sale.

Does anyone know who imports ChrisKing - I've found this - Hopefully it works..... http://chrisking.com/headsets/hds_devo

Come on... Where are the all the semi professional bike mechanics?! Or engineers?

Ok - so after some more googling I see a steerer adapter could work, but these seem to be for more modern tapered steerers. Has anyone fitted this for my kind of application?

Help please. Rant on I recently bought a 1995 Gary Fisher Montare from a bike shop in Cape Town. The guy really did his best to sell me this bike and if I'd known what he was selling me I'd run. But anyway he offered a lot of extras which do kind of make up for him selling me a dud, and me buying a dud. Rant off I can use the bike for commuting and need to replace the fork - here is the tricky bit. The old Manitou had a 1 1/4 inch steerer. Most new fork (pre tapered steerers) are 1 1/4". Fixing this is proving costly. My current fix involves designing and manufacturing a bushing with an ID of 1 1/8' to fit a modern fork (Suntour makes one my LBs says retails for R890 - Vbrake mounts, remote lockout ALLES.) and a 1 1/4' OD to fit the frame head set. The problem with this is then finding bearings for the top and bottom - those diameter bearings are not easy to come by. Has anyone had a similar situation or has there been a cheap fix for this? Any constructive help is welcome......

Help please. Rant on I recently bought a 1995 Gary Fisher Montare from a bike shop in Cape Town. The guy really did his best to sell me this bike and if I'd known what he was sellingme I'd run. But anyway he offered a lot of extras which do kind of make up for him selling me a dud, and me buying a dud. Rant off I can use the bike for commuting and need to replace the fork - here is the tricky bit. The old Manitou had a 1 1/4 inch steerer. Most new fork (pre tapered steerers) are 1 1/4". Fixing this is proving costly. My current fix involves designing and manufacturing a bushing with an ID of 1 1/8' to fit a modern fork (Suntour makes one my LBs says retails for R890 - Vbrake mounts, remote lockout ALLES.) and a 1 1/4' OD to fit the frame head set. The problem with this is then finding bearings for the top and bottom - those diameter bearings are not easy to come by. Has anyone had a similar situation or has there been a cheap fix for this? Any constructive help is welcome......

This is a SICK race. Did it this year and spent 9:55 on my saddle. I'll have to start training of a lot more though, last year I coasted on my Sabie fitness... No such luxury this year.

Wow, a lot of quick responses. Not bad. I'm also looking for a 2nd hand bike as well. I do not want to spend more then R3500. As long as the parts can be replaced if need be and it won't brake if I look at it. 70% of the route has a decent "track" next to the road which I currently use, but the rigid frame bike I have is a bit small and I'd like something with a shock. I thought of converting it to an SS but I use it as a loner bike for social group rides and its a classic so do not want to turn it into an SS. I do think those game bikes will drive me mad. I'll check Gumtree but if anyone knows of anyone selling a HT around R3000-R3500 then let me know.

Hi I'm looking for a cheapish, but decent quality bike for cycling to work and back with. This bike will be a workhorse. Does anyone use one of those Dunlop, or game specials? I'd like to know if anyone has some advice. Sweeet.

Howzit, thanks man. Ja I doubt its a ladies bike. I'm used to MTBing so the bone jarring stuff isn't that bad. I've been giving it on loan and its not as bad as I thought. I'll have to get at least a new set of bars for it though.