PhilipV

Have you ridden plumber in the rain yet? Or just the top bit when it's just plain wet?

You're a big guy as well, so we're close ito setup. I'm running my rebound pretty fast though, it helps with small bump compliance and with popping out of berms and jumps. Compression (mid range fork and shock has only this) wide open. But you have a bit of a learning curve there. the Cotic is looooong, with a lot of travel. Dis bietjie van 'n matras. You'll need to learn to ride more on the front wheel, and to bully the wheel where you want it. And then it will reward you for it.

I'm not putting value on anything less than 10mm on yr a week in advance.

Dominee se dogter vry die lekkerste. So I'm not surprised.

Might have to wait a couple of weeks for that.

Has anyone mentioned OneUp pumps yet? Are they still locally available? Those pumps are amazing , we'llade, pumps enough air that I dont hate life by the end of, the head pulls out and becomes a CO2 adapter, and you can strip it, clean it and even replace all the o-rings. Lekker

Jy vra moeilike vrae. Ek moes gaan kyk. Maxx grip 2.5. En op my ou fiets was dit ook Maxx grip.

Bos, Assegaai is die kat se snor. Grip in die draaie is iets anders. Vandat ek 'n Assegaai voor op het, kry ek myself gereeld in die moeilikheid, en die Assegaai vra nie vrae nie, dit verander net rigting. En as jy die fiets oor gooi in 'n draai, is daar nie 'n dooie vae kol in die middel nie. Jy sal nie spyt wees nie.

Naah, mine isn't exactly dainty either. Long bikes have feelings too.....

100mm bikes didn't stop David George and his missus from having fun on the enduros. Your absence will also be felt. Leaving me and Coenie to torment Harry and the other marshals over the radios on our own. Tsssk Tsssk. Gees! I'll look out for you, to enquire about your well being or lack thereof. What squishy bike are you riding?

Yes. Im inclined to agree. And blame it on their quality control. But then my father's fords has been doing the same work, for longer, and never had a days hassle. Maybe it's the squishy bit between the seat and the steering wheel? Like you get people with hassle free Garmins, and people with three duds in a row. Or maybe my old man is the outlier? Either way, I'm switching to Isuzu.

It sounds like you have the same luck with Garmin devices that I have with Ford Rangers. Fortunately my old Polar watch still does everything I want,, so whenever I start looking at Garmins, and balk at the price, I stick with the Old Faithful. Sometimes its tough being snoep if your not really a gadget guy. My wife had an apple watch, and was always worried about the screen being exposed. When the screen popped out and apple declined the warranty, she switched to garmin. We've been hesitant about Apple watches after that.

It's an awesome bike for the Western Cape trails, and the Garden Route forest trails, and will even be awesome on the Karoo gravel roads. I can see it as a very good replacement for my Singlespeed. Versatile enough to slap gears on for a W2W or a bike packing trip, and be a fun hooligan bike rest of the time.

What about the hubber who sold a high end watch to another hubber and then when it arrived it was a box full of you magazines. I can't remember the details, as it must have been 2006/2007, but I remember it as a morsige skandaal.

I won't. Certainly not for XCO, and there are better options for DH, like Eliot Jackson and Andrew Neethling.

No idea sorry Bos(s) Sidenote, I had a heavy crash on Jonkers on Saturday. Felt like an Aussie rugby player on Sunday. We must have been the first riders dropping in. A branch fell over the trail on Armageddon, I hooked up with it under the arm and it pushed me off the track. Fortunately I landed mostly between rocks. Unfortunately the front wheel will need to be rebuilt.

What was the mistake you made? Was it Trying to milk your own dishonesty to get more money by selling something thrice? Was it Robbing Peter to pay Paul? Was it by selling it to someone who didn't just roll over and exposed you for a fraud? Or was it getting caught?I'm

Nothing new. Shimano has been doing this since way back when. I've been hoarding broken shimano items to repair others from the 7spd days.

Okay, seeing as you want to open Pandora's box. Don't buy a cable powered saw. I like Stihl, we have two Stihl saws that are 15 years old, and are still running. Solid machines. With chainsaws you have two big variables. Power. And Bar length (length of the blade) The more power, the heavier and harder it is to handle. So while I like the big machines when I'm on the ground, I grab one of our small machines the moment there is a ladder or climbing involved, I grab the 170 or 250. I can't see you needing more than this if you don't plan on cutting down big trees. https://m.stihl.co.za/STIHL-Products/Chainsaws/Petrol-Chainsaws-for-Property-Maintenance/2212-110/MS-170.aspx But seeing as two-stroke is apparently the devil you can get the battery powered machines, but that is a costly ecosystem to get into for one machine. Might be worth it to get into the same family if you already have a cordless tool and a few batteries.

I had a bit of a moment yesterday when I realised that Stihl designed their chainsaws in such a way that you only need one tool in the field to replace a blade, tension it, clean everything and even replace the spark plug in the field. Simplicity is underrated.

But the Fortuner costs another 2400 at 70k, and at 80k, and and then 9500 at 90k. I hope the rav at least has 15k service intervals? I have one Toyota left in my fleet, it's paid off, does its job, and none of my driver's get the same gag reflex like I do when they need to drive it. So it's safe.

Cue: "Du bist nicht normal!"

I've been rising tubeless tyres since 2005, and I've only used a reamer fixing tyres on my trailers. Never on a bike. I don't even have one in my workshop toolbox, let alone on the bike. On the one hand, you are always willing, and equipped, to help, on the other hand, it seems that you are a magnet for bad luck.

You are applying XC and Marathon thinking to a trail bike. Basically the reverse of your thinking.

Huh? Why not?