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I dont know i dont get too much movement on the Handlebars, or seatpost, tried the chest and helmet and that just didnt work for me. I mostly mount mine on the handlebars.

Hey mate all i know is that i run mine 1080 on a UHF class SD card, and i get perfect recording...... If you have the chance to test a mates SD card without having to fork out cash for the test, then go do it, whats the worst that can happen.

Nope never tried, besides if you yell loud enough when you wipe it makes for funny clips

Exactly the reason you get the "spongy" effect mate, its a buffering issue to your cam due the SD card being a bit slow. The higher the resolution the more data it needs to write in the same space and time. but as said earlier most people are happy sticking to class 4 cards at 720 or 960 since their home entertainment systems hardly differentiate between the three formats. Its only if you have some serious audio and visual kit that you will notice the diff.

See at least now you know your preferences what class memory card are you running?

I have gotten fined after k2c yeah cops were sitting around waiting for cyclists who didnt have additional numberplates and fined them by the hundered. Way to go Knysna makes me really want to go back and visit again . And as stupid as that law is it is the law, in SA nobody really knows the law but everybody throws the quote "ignorance of the law is no excuse" So by default every single citizin in SA should be an advocate according to the state. Rant off .... I just got a numberplate made and stuck it permanently on my back window, As quoted earlier "most bike racks make provision for a number plate" bollocks mate, only super expensive ones do, the entry to mid level ones generally does not. And i aint spending 8k on a bike rack to have a nice place to mount my number plate. And i beleive that bike rack retailers should warn you that if the bike obscures the number plate you will get fined, A lot of people are not aware of this law obvious as it may be.

Hannes going uphill on ST is some of the best strength and balance training you will ever get, Its also generally the shortest way to the top . However that sparks the whole right of way debate, Which to me is still a no brainer. But yeah what can one do except accept that this is one of those debates that will never be solved as is proven on the hub every year.

Mayhem if people actually had common sense your theory would work in general ...... people are just common without the sense.

Though i do see now on the sanparks code of conduct it says Always Yield Trail. Let your fellow trail users know you are coming. A friendly greeting or bell is considerate and works well; do not startle others. Show your respect when passing by slowing to a walking pace or even stopping. Anticipate other trail users around corners or in blind spots. Yielding means slow down, establish communication, be prepared to stop if necessary, and pass safely. And thats taken from PPA/CSA so they obviously not think that both riders should yield regardless of direction.

well its not quite so simplistic as that but go record on 720P at 60fps and then 1080 @ 30 and see if you notice a difference on your kit i.e. tv / computer. Some say they do most say they dont. I prefer the 1080 but its personal prefrence only. Never had any issues.

Yeah your missing loads,,,,,, the human eye cannot process more than 25fps so there is no need to ever go higher than 30

Mayhem actually youre incorrect most overseas countries apply that methodology, PPA and CSA actually has on some of their old MTB rule charters that riders going down have right of way. I cant find that bloody link now but i have posted it on one of these previous debates.

It all depends on the quality of your SD card mate, if you buy a cheapy class 4 then tune your resolution down, if you buy class 10 or above you wont have any issues whatsoever.

full 1080 with a 16gig class 10 card your battery runs out just as you run out of storage. Then once i edit them i make hi def ones for the library, and compressed to crap ones for the youtube.

Yeah iron in the 4x4 world, theres not peace of singletrack ive ever ridden where you cannot stop and start again. thats in my mind at least the most useless methodology ever conceived in relation to a mountain bike. I can understand it with a car since you need that momentum to get over rocks and boulders and you can get stuck in sand etc. Which at the end of the day involves wenches pullies and big headaces. But that has nothing to do with MTB and does not take any safty measures into account. Hence if i ride up the ST i will ALWAYS give the guys comming down right of way. They got to the top before me, and they deserve the right to enjoy their ride. I simply have to clip back in start pedaling again to make it to the top so i can enjoy the ride down.

Spesh riders just miffed as they always thought they had right of way... unless you took out that third mortage to get a spesh 29er that is.

You seem to missing the point so ill just stop after this post., yes there has to be respect thats like stating you have to breath to live, fact is as long as there are not a clearly accepted set of rules, you will have situations like this, and its up to all trail centers, PPA CSA to actually go and officially define what it is and make sure people are aware of the rules, you have a much bigger chance of getting hurt with the current state of affairs than you do if people are aware who has to give right of way, sure its not perfect you still get accidents at 4 way stops with your car, but much fewer accidents since people know the rules of the road. Same simple equation applies to biking. As it is now its a question of A does the guy at speed see you in time, B who is going to be the gentleman and give way... Thats like playing russian roullette on a bike atm. And then one self important guy will invariable scream shout and swear at someone else, becuase there is confusion he/she thinks she is the most important person on the trail. If you go to a UK bike park, they Tell you who has right of way when you buy your permit, There are clearly marked signs who has right of way when you hit the trail. And they have none of our ****.

Andro what we are saying here is that the guys going up, do so at a max of 10kmh, with little or no ambient noise around them and a clear field of vision, the guys going down at 30kmh, looking 5m in front of them and that are pretty much defeaned by the bike noises should by default have right of way. Its a simple equation for saftey. Regardless of the situation, not nitpicking you at all, but its human nature to think i am more important than the rest and that causes sitations like experianced by the OP. It should not be situational at all ,and should not be based on common sense since 90% of the populas have no common sense at all. It should be a general rule that people going down ST ALWAYS have right of way, and this should be published before trail entry and on the permits, it should be drilled into people so it becomes public knowledge. Its not just in the interest of fun (yes we all hate to break our speed) but its simply in the interest of saftey. The guy going up is going to hear you 500m before you get to him. The going down will see you 5m before he ploughs into you.

Till someone does the effort to put a sign up on Canaries saying "yield to riders going up" or "yield to riders comming down" there will always be confusion on canaries, as the current signage still only displays up instead of down.

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Yeah Andro everyone i know go down singletrack as slowly as they possibly can ........ Yeah right dude thats what ST is made for its made to go balls to the wall. Agreed logic should be applied but generally the chap going down already did all the effort of going up, for the privellege to come down at speed. Hence the guys going up should get out of the way. Confusion however sets in in cases like canaries in jonkershoek. Before half the mountain burned down, Canaries was designed to be ridden up, and the ST at the other end of the mountain was meant for down. Now that its basically just Canaries thats left in Jonkers, you have riders going up and riders going down it, and this causes some debate, since its original purpose was up, but now out of circumstance its up and down.

Cant they just jump over me?

No sadly didnt have a chance thought id move it out to Tuesday but i see loads of rain for Monday not sure how well WVP drains after rain .... BTW flogging dead things is the most fun

Y not?

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/43888-right-of-way-on-singletracks-who-has-it/page__st__20 https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=49302&KW= etc etc