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  1. PhilipV
    I love Wera. These are 👌🏻 if you don’t have one yet, you NEED this in a t25 as well.
  2. PhilipV
    Connections and results to get you noticed. The pool of sponsorship spend is very small, and the split for ladies is tiny. You either need to know the right people, or beat the right people. So go race, race hard, prepare a sponsorship CV and start introducing yourself to the right people.
  3. PhilipV
    I should rephrase that. not Lourensford the farm. The Clay Pigeon/MTBing on Lourensford at $$$$$ crowd is what’s wrong with mountain biking. It’s the school kids on S-Works, the C-Suite doing Epic. The illusion that MTB needs to be expensive to be fun. Maybe I’m just disillusioned by how crap the riding vibe has become, or maybe I’ve just become an acerbic old man who wants these kids to get off my lawn. Nevertheless, I’ll go back to riding my singlespeed around the corner from Lourensford, and enjoy the little oasis of trail running on the other side of the same mountain where a year permit is R200 and trails are built and maintained by volunteers.
  4. PhilipV
    Lourensford is pretty much mostly everything that’s wrong with MTB right now. fortunately, we can still enjoy riding wether they are operating or not.
  5. PhilipV
    Running is like an STD, if you are not careful you will pick it up.
  6. PhilipV
    my bakkie was built in Pretoria. QC issues have now nearly cost it a second engine. hopefully for you the bike QC guys are better.
  7. PhilipV
    Chris, how are your knees holding up to walking? I hope it’s painless? Blouklip trail run (21) for 9nov, and George MUT (45) end May again. I pulled a calf muscle and have been riding instead of running for two weeks. I have to be honest, mountainbiking is still my first outdoor love.
  8. PhilipV
    https://www.news24.com/sport/rugby/springboks/springbok-world-cup-winner-nkosi-handed-3-year-doping-ban-20240909
  9. PhilipV
    Has anyone used airless paint sprayers? I have a medium sized compressor, but I can buy an airless gun for the price of a water trap and spray nozzle. I want to respray a bunch of cupboards, a few photo frames, and whatever my wife can think of on the meantime.
  10. PhilipV
    For me it’s a toss up between my “current” hard tail, a 2006 On-One 456, and my previous trail bike, a 2016 Giant Trance 2 (27.5.) The On One is one of the bikes I dreamed about as a school laaitjie, and is still serious fun to ride. It’s done big day out rides, bike packing, faffing around in mud, pump track rides, jump trails and is now on SS guise, reminding me why I love bikes every time I ride it. It was slapped together as hand-me-down parts from the trail bike and 2nd hand bargains I hunted. But the Trance is the bike that opened big mountains, gnarly enduro and allowed me to explore my love of rocks. It showed me what side of riding I love I love most, and showed me how fast I can really be. I even rode it on long gravel roads just for the sake of riding, because riding is lekker. I replaced everything but the front brake and the crank over its 5 year lifespan. And I was genuinely sad when I broke that (the second) frame and retired it for a 29er. The replacement (Scott Genius) is a better bike in all aspects, but the Trance will always have a soft spot in my heart.
  11. PhilipV
    Never say never. it seems that Evolution has a few caveats.
  12. PhilipV
    Oh wow, what a bargain. I’ve got the original and the Go, would definitely recommend it.
  13. PhilipV
    So it seems breakdancing’s brief limelight is over, being replaced by T20 cricket. Boxing out as well. “Five more new sports will be added to the Olympic program in LA – flag football, baseball/softball, cricket, lacrosse and squash.” https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/12/sport/los-angeles-olympic-games-2028-paris-spt-intl-scli/index.html
  14. PhilipV
    That is very interesting, thanks. But that begs the question whether the Olympics is the place for that protest? Then again, what better stage to make a point than the Olympics? Well played. Also it reminds me that we see a lot of things in isolation, without context, potentially taking all meaning away from it.
  15. PhilipV
    That marathon finish. 👌🏻
  16. PhilipV
    Ja I’ll put that right next to the Australian Breakdancing lady’s performance in the “But Why?” Box? The ladies skateboarding also warranted a quick channel change.
  17. PhilipV
    Please, go for PSA tests and prostate finger test if you need to as well. Early detection saves lives. My father's kidney cancer was picked up as part of a MRI scan for a slipped disc. Stage 4 already. I'ts nearly two years later and he is still giving the middle finger to that dooming news. F*CK CANCER.
  18. PhilipV
    My boy and I love riding on it together. get one, you’ll still use it when he can ride a 20 inch bike on his own.
  19. PhilipV
    https://www.pinkbike.com/news/loana-lecomte-shares-update-after-crash-at-the-paris-olympics-mtb-xc.html?utm_campaign&utm_content&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_source=Pinkbike-facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawEZWddleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTb5AY5OBgNv0bIaw0h3oGWYHDIofDn_WVNRkrFb3QaN4H7Fce1vhjf2pA_aem_y8FCg6rVOZjwMmJv35vW6A
  20. PhilipV
    Topping up oil in the compressor is hardly a schlepp. Oil is cheap and readily available. Or outsource it if it’s not your cup of tea. I won’t take an oil-less compressor over a bigger, faster machine that uses oil. When you have a proper compressor in the garage, you use it for a lot more than just bicycles. Rapide? Soap and water was crucial to how we fit nonTL tyres to random rims back in the Stone Age. modern rims and tyres have made it so much easier.
  21. PhilipV
    PFP comfortably in control. Battle for 2/3 has become spicy
  22. PhilipV
    Ja daai was rof.
  23. PhilipV
    Lecomte had a massive crash.
  24. PhilipV
    Lap 2. Lill p24 27 seconds down
  25. PhilipV
    PFP throwing down the gauntlet on lap 2.
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