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As with everything in life, to varying degrees you need to separate fact and fiction. So here is my last reply to this thread Leaving a town, province - net alone a country involves research, a clear understanding and importantly saying goodbye to friends, family and your entire network. I refer to network as knowing where to go to get your valves set on your motorbike or where to buy the specific door hinge for the TV unit. We are all aware of the old term “When We’s” when referring to our Zim buddies, my point is that these folks are easy to spot - they left physically but not mentally. Immigration and change involves putting on your big boy pants and inserting a gum guard. I won’t reply to the posts on hearsay, ghost stories and third hand aunty experiences as I had to overcome more than my share of these when I made my move. So directly to the electricity cost quoted and indirectly to the rest, the fee you refer to of 23c US is close the gross peak tariff. From my home usage and office where we run 2 large furnaces 24 hours a day, the average is closer to 13c. There are an array of tariff options, discount structures and time of day factors to understand. So to put your comment in context, you are correct but not accurate

? The lights never went out, not once. Sorry no result and no comparison at all. Electricity price in Aus has moved about 8% in 5 years. What has eskom moved by, now that's a comparison to quote.

The recent enegy issue in Aus was driven by the coal price. The government regulate the electricity price, the coal price went up driven by export demand. During these times the energy producers obviously have no intention to make a loss and therefore enact routine maintenance. Aus government had to step in and they did. Way different to mis management and incompetence demonstrated by eskom.

Love South Africa - the diversity and nature is unbeatable. BUT the only regret I have is that I didn't leave SA 10 years sooner, so keen to hear grease balls reason's.

Immigrate? No load shedding in Australia.

113 posts on this topic. I honestly don't realise there was much to say about grips.

Rode shimano for 20 years, mostly xtr and duraace. Swore sram was an offer from the devil and to be avoided. Now I ride xx1 and forse on my mtb and road respectively. Will never go back from axs. That been said, sram are the better group. Shimano are the better breaks. So my advise, go a bit of both.

My memory of racing in langebaan is DEVIL thorns and WIND. The rest is a blur.

On my 1000cc motorbike, moment laps in concentration and I put one brake pad in the wrong way (metal on metal). Disc stuffed, a little over 8500zar later for a pair of front disks and a new set of pads. Realised too late with engin noise and helmet on. Best excuse ever to fit brambo, dark side of a train wreck. Now I check twice.

O well, I'm in the minority here. I always wipe a super thin fingure of greese on the inner. I change cables in and out often and never had a dirt issue. Hitting 40k km on a bike I have never had a shifter wear or a cable stretch or break. The outers do wear. But now run electric on both road and mtb so the proper answer to your question - what cable?

My sram bb failed in less than a year, fitted a kogel bb. Runs great but can't say its any better than the stock sram bb. At the cost of the kogel I could have replaced the sram bb annually and still had change.

Shimano all the way. I currently ride the new sram level ultimate - my 5 year old xtr sadly have more power!

A good blast with q20, they will never stick again!

I bought sheets of 3m Scotchgard Pro Series film (the automotive film). Cut, float on and dry. No bubbles and 100% clear. No issues at all, looks great (ie totally invisible) and loads spare for future jobs. Also wrapped my cranks and fork lowers. That been said the scale did go up at the end by a few grams! Used a little on my road bike at key points where clearance is limited or risks of marking exists.

Cough cough JC