Stretched@Birth

Excuse my ignorance, but what makes a Tri Bike different that it needs a specialist mechanic? Except for geometry, different saddles and tri-bars and shifters, the mechanics of the bicycle remain the same as a normal road bike? Am I missing something?

RIP

1st post on a cycling forum to ask What is the best mx bike... Ok, I'll bite. You are going to get a number of responses, based on each persons' opinion and personal experience. Based on results in the SA MX racing scene, it would be tough to argue that KTM is not the best, with championship wins in most of the contended classes for the past few years.

You've always posted nicely composed pics, but were always camera shy, these days you post a lot more selfies, albeit still "hidden" behind your shades...!

I bought one of these this weekend. The flow rate isn't great (45L per minute), so you won't seat a tubeless tyre with it, but that's what I have a compressor for, this is quite lekker for adding air to the bicycle tyres, trailer tyres, etc. I have a few of the 20V Ingco tools, I must say for the price point and the type of use I have for the tools, they are good value for money.

Think you're going to struggle to find what you are looking for locally, especially within your budget. Rapide do a 38mm rise (https://www.rapide.co.za/product/rapide-skyrize-r-780-bars/). This is within your budget, excluding shipping: https://www.jensonusa.com/Spank-Spoon-60-Handlebar-Black-785mm-60mm-Rise-318mm-Clamp

On the dot. 73 is Sheldon Cooper’s favourite number.

Or stopped at 73... Why? 73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror, 37, is the 12th, and its mirror, 21, is the product of multiplying seven and three ... and in binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001, which backwards is 1001001.

I see a red door and I want it painted black....

A drum cover. Beware the rabbit hole that is El Espetario Siberiano's YouTube channel, that's why I posted this on a Friday...

Ja, if I remember correctly, he paid around R2500 for the gear, but when your production is standing still, and the part you need is on a ship, you need to pay. What is incredible to me is how far the 3d printing technology has come. To print the stainless, they lay down a very thin powder layer of the stainless material, then melt/fuse it with a laser, then they add a layer, and fuse it, and so, slowly build it up. Agree though, for a single use tool, it would be too expensive to do this.

There’s a company in Joburg that can 3D print 316 Stainless Steel, I’m pretty sure that will be strong enough. My brother had some gears printed for a machine.

At 7:30 he opens the choke, so must have a carb no?

Hi, good to see your name popping up. I'm not sure I can be considered an "old name", been around here since 2010. Some of the old names have been around again in the last while, @Wyatt Earp (aka Sheriff) posts in the Watch thread from time to time, @DJR and @SwissVan are fairly regular, @Wannabe I think lives in Europe now, but also pops up every now and then, @Cyclewizz also is here every now and again (incidentally it was due to him that I joined, I was looking for rides in the South of Joburg). @'Dale, @droo, @Frosty and @The Ouzo are still regular contributors. I'm sure I've missed some of the "old names" but these are the ones off the top of my head that have been around for some time who I've noticed have been here recently. @divernick is also around but posts as @nick_the_wheelbuilder. Oh, and @Hairy, though he's lost his way, only rides motor cycles these days and posts exclusively in the Motorcycle thread... 🤪

So the tired tyre has been retired?