MuddyMike

you are a nice person........

get a room....

I could of been seriously injured with that Avid brake faiure. Thats not midless hating. Hands up everyone who's brand new Shimano brakes have failed without warning?......anyone?

To get Shimano brakes to work: Pull the lever. To get Avids to work: tinker, tinker, fiddle, fiddle, bleed, tinker, fiddle.....test.....crash......tinker, fiddle, fiddle, bleed, tinker test.....ahhh just right....

Damn, today has just become Monday again.........pffttt

My last word on the matter, I have no issue with anyone wearing R3000 ASSOS or R300 china cheapies, but I catch you wearing them in white there will be hell to pay. Kapish??

Damn......second bowl of Popcorn is just ready....

I am such a looser, I dont have a bond to pay anymore and I ride a 20K bike in R500 bibs.........I am going to slit my wrists......

Um not all participants are.....Yes, I am over 35 but rode Epic in 2012 on a R20k bike in R500 bibs and kicked alot of Spez riding Assos wearings butts.....but hey who cares what others are riding or wearing? Next year I will be back with the same bike and most probably the same brand bibs......

Dude, thats far to techy for mountain bikers, we fit and forget and do the regular maintenance, thats it.....

I wouldnt equate the cost of an Epic entry to forking out R3k for bibs.......

Oh fek, just realised I own AVIDS........ A set of digit 5 v-brakes on my single speed and they are fantastic. About 100x better than any of their disc brakes....

Just ride what keeps you backside comfy. I have never ridden in ASSOS and doubt weather I ever will. My Velotex red have never let me down at R500 bucks a pair....

Avids are great if you want to see if there is life after death.....

AVID is crap. sorry for the language. I had Avids fail going down Breedts on a test bike without warning. I dont need any more reason than that. I have a set of new ispec SLX brakes on my bike. 8000km later incl an Epic and 2 sets of metal pads and 1 full hose bleed is the full extent of maintenance. I rest my case.

why exactly would you want to do this, even if it could be done?

now that you've said what I I was thinking........... :ph34r: . Race announcer said 75km my garmin gave me 74.9km. Spot on advendurance. Anyway when you've only climbed around 200m at the 30km, you know there is K@K coming.......

hahaha, a real mtb experience! I know a guy who collected a hog coming home off Breedts.............the pig walked away, tough buggers.

I cant believe how much much mountain biking has changed in the 3 years I have been riding. 3 years ago, guys would arrive at an event for a good time, results were secondary, if even that. Guys would chat on the trails, help wherever possible and respect every rider of every abillity and between all that give it fullgazzz. What has gone wrong? Since when does finishing 2 or 3 minutes faster matter because of slower riders on the trail. Who really gives a rats ass? What has happend to the soul of mountain biking?

I thought that overall it was an excellent event. No parking issues, great start chutes that worked perfectly and the route was a real mountain bike route, although I would of loved a bit more single track. I loved it. I had to have a little giggle to myself to see how fast the guys burnt the 1st 30km and were dragging themselves close to death by 65km. Maybe they learnt a little about pacing themselves. I started the 70km in C and when we came across the 20km and 40km riders they really weren't to bad at all and moved over when asked politely to do so. Anyway it was good skill practice to bob and weave around the backmarkers. Who cares if you loose maybe 2 minutes max moving through the backmarkers? . Considering that around 3000 riders took to those trails, well done to the organisers, I had a blast and will be back. PS, The commentator did say the race was 75km while he was briefing us and to those complaining it was 5km more than advertised, be thankful you got 7.5% extra value.

The stripping is a piece of cake with this stuff. Powder coating is dirt cheap if you just want one colour. Around R100 - R150 for std colours. so you could strip and powder coat for under R250.

nice pedals......

Oh yes, make sure you get the 2.2 not 2.1. 2.1 are too skinny and the 2.2's higher volume allow for lower running pressures.

If you're riding TB the IKON's no question, super light and roll like slicks. I have had them on my bike for about 2 months and I cant praise them enough. Some guys say they dont have enough grip but I suspect theier pressures are too high. I run mine at 1.6 bar and they are FAR superior to the crossmarks. We did some serious terrain 2 weeks ago. At the end of the ride I pulled out 6 huge thorns (2 front and 4 back) sealed up straight away with batseal. Best tyre I have ever used. Wont be great in mud due to close tread pattern. Buy them, at this price they are a steal.

Go SLX.....shiftiing is the same but the weight adds up. SLX lasts forever...if youre running XT def SLX