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    Waterproof Jacket

    Skylark replied to Zama7's topic in New Gear

    Because when it randomly starts pissing with rain it feels amazing having a good quality waterproof jacket, nice and dry/warm inside and the heavens opening up outside. Also useful for when out hiking or just walking around the neighborhood. I personally love being out in inclement weather so I see having a high quality waterproof jacket as vital. Kway make some nice breathable rain jackets, good quality, YKK zips, great fit and an awesome warranty.
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    From seeing the pics and how extensive it is that's definitely some kind of manufacturing defect, maybe an issue with the tempering of the steel, perhaps too hard and therefore not able to flex and then fatigue cracks develop.
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    Can you post some pics of the damage? That would probably help, maybe there is something else at play that the bikehub sleuths can spot. Edit : posted pics
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    Or order online, bike shops can sell anything and everything online.
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    What are the regulations currently regarding private charters, are they allowed to fly in SA?
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    If that is the case how does that price compare to price of equivalent frames from Spez/Canondale etc?
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    This is going to be one insanely well designed and built bike. "We're so confident in Blackstone Tek’s method and precision of manufacturing that we will be offering a lifetime warranty on frame and bearings. The MoBu will be available shortly after manufacturing can resume following relaxation of Covid-19 lockdown" Blackstone Tek is one of the worlds highest tier extreme performance carbon production houses, not fking around. Well done Patrick Morewood, you are the man!
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    Comments on ads have saved many from heartache on the forums I have been on. Some people are supreme chance takers and many buyers are absolutely clueless, it's not a healthy recipe. Gumtree or other commercial platforms probably don't need comment's on ads but on a forum I consider it vital and it's a healthy part of how the community looks out for each other.
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    How did you guys pay for the "goods"?
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    With the Bialetti's if it's a 4 cup for instance you have to make the full 4 cups because if you don't pack the coffee grinds holder full they don't extract properly?
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    It's definitely not the weight, it's the volumetric size of the box that is what ends up costing, not many bikes weigh more than 20kg and even 20kg wouldn't cost much more than R200 to send with the CourierGuy.
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    Depending on how well it's boxed probably around R300-350
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    What gives you the impression that everyone is selling their level brakes?
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    Is the Garmin terrain product the only one on the market, I would have thought this would be a highly competitive market segment?
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    Had a guy reply to a wanted ad on Facebook, these guys go to some pretty sophisticated ends, many "friends" etc but I noticed all added within the last week. As per the usual wants to take the deal off site and communicate via WhatsApp. The guy got pretty aggressive when I called him out for being a scammer, Afrikaans guy phoned me up all "upset". Amazing how far they are prepared to go, tried to convince me he wasn't a scammer, even after vloeking me stukkend ,then says but the item is still available it's mine if I want it, these guys have zero shame..
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    Thanks, thought I recognised the name, those guys are like world leaders in carbon wheel tech, don't they also make the wheels for Koenigsegg?
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    Who is the local co BST building the frame?
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    What were all those Canadians doing in Iraq and on that flight?
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    That's thanks to FB dumb auto reply prompts that means "Is this still available" is one lazy mouse click. You do get lots of those but at the same time I got a fair amount of replies that followed through to a sale. I'm not even going to bother with Gumtree anymore, it's dead as a door nail in comparison. I think the beauty of FB Marketplace is the classifieds groups, you need to find all the popular ones in your general area, then you post to the marketplace and multiple group's all in one shot. One thing to keep in mind is for some reason you can't edit an ad posted in a group retroactively, only the ad that's seen in the marketplace. It's weird that they do that and it means you have to get the ad spot on first time or post it again.
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    I also recently tried Facebook marketplace for the first time and was blown away by how many responses I got, I haven't tried selling any bike stuff there yet but FB blows Gumtree right out the water. I listed the same things on Gumtree at the same time I put them on FB and only got 1 reply over the whole week.
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    I've noticed when you get someone that asks to take the conversation off site as their initial response and also doesn't ask any pertinent questions about the item you are selling they are typically scammers. It'll be something lame like "Hi, I'm interested please email me on xxxxxxx@gmail.com" etc. I've also had a similar thing with SMS.
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    A provisional YAY!!!
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    Comments saved many a fellow hubber from a dubious deal or outright scam, they will be sorely missed.
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    Asking R1200 for something which is half of new and mint, I get this message: R500 The useless cnt is so lazy he can only type a number, no explanation, hello, what what, drives me nuts when I get those. Lazy bottom feeder low baller chop can't even be assed to construct a sentence or be polite yet still expects a huge discount, what a pos!! Friday rant!
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    Surprised the guy is still using the same number, no fks given.
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