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  1. PhilipV
    Candice Lill, Mariske Strauss and Alan Hatherly cruises around town in well branded Hilux’s. Rola Toyota sponsorships if I’m not mistaken.
  2. PhilipV
    I got a lekker Ford branded torch with a magnetic base once. Not sure wether it’s irony or self-ridicule. The bakkie I brought that day has had the decency to only break during the daytime. Either way it works very well when checking oil on the trucks in the AM.
  3. PhilipV
    Yeah no. Naah. Over the years I’ve owned a wide gamut from ugly ducklings to show ponies. The showponies never gave me more joy, in fact I was hesitant to thrash them. I swapped a full carbon Bmc FS01 for an aluminium Trance2. I love riding, not the joy of owning bikes. Listen to Jewbacca, he gets it. A racing snake HT, vs a light trail FS vs a trail HT. Hardly apples for apples.
  4. PhilipV
    But then you stop and check if the kid is allright, apologies and pacify. But Going on with your merry way as if he did nothing wrong? Sociopath. He must have had a rough time being after being outed on SM, but I have no sympathy.
  5. PhilipV
    Dornier has never recovered from last year’s race, now this again. That trail bed is tired at the top. Tell your wife that Cape Town Spring only starts after the last snow in October.
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    Ja but no one can adventure 24/7. So in the week it takes on the office run or school run. Gutter blocking, a asshole is born every day. those guys have always been gravitating towards ford, back then it was Cortina’s. its like the Kortbroek Plaas crowd’s love for a hilux. Timeless.
  7. PhilipV
    ISCG mounts and a piggyback shock. Yes please!
  8. PhilipV
    That will be me and my kids this weekend. Well without the boat. We’re leaving it behind, the weather isn’t great. And the towing vehicle isn’t big, neither is the trailer. But let me tell you why people do this: Because it’s fun, because it’s more comfortable than sleeping rough, because it’s an adventure in a sanitized world, and because they can. Don’t ride your Spez enduro on the green belts? And your hardtail also has more travel than a gravel grinder?
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    Not gonna lie, I’ve walked out of there like a newborn baby giraffe before. But even then that walk to the last row of parking is good for blood flow.
  10. PhilipV
    They sell what people are buying. The shift has been noticeable at my local ford dealer the last couple of years. A lot of people are buying SUV’s and double cabs over kombis, station wagons and sedans. Let’s be honest, it’s more of a status symbol than practicality. Justified with “all our holidays in the Tankwa (once a year at the burn,) and because our roads are so terrible (in the Western Cape) and to fit in all the kids sport stuff….” I have a t7, same same. But somehow there is always parking or my favorite, a loading zone (very usefull with my trailers,) available if one just walk a 100m further. I’ve been able to park my bakkie and trailer in the waterfront, CBD and southern suburbs when needed. I just stay out of basements and drive around the block. It breaks my brain at gym when there is no parking near the entrance, but the back row is empty.
  11. PhilipV
    Caveat Emptor. Those are all things that a buyer will pick up if he does his due diligence properly when checking out a new bike. If you are throwing down a couple of thousand on a second hand bike , at least google the spec to see what it shipped with to see where it has been upgraded/ fixed. Then you’ll see if the guy is selling a 2017 instead of a 2019. A design change a la stumpjumper is glaringly obvious, but a color change on the same generation bike will require some digging in the bike archives. If the bike was rallied around Jonkers weekly, then it will bear the chip marks, and crash marks, where a gravel grinder’s bike won’t. If it was looked after properly, you’ll see it. If it has cups and come bearings, you’ll see it in the spec sheets, and adjust offer accordingly.
  12. PhilipV
    Does anyone have contact with Slowbee? I pop in here every now and then to see if he posts, but I hope his silence is because he is enjoying EnZed.
  13. PhilipV
    Whistler isn’t the only park in North America. While you are in the USA you can hit up up Silverstar as well, and probably some parks I haven’t even heard of.
  14. PhilipV
    But one man’s danger is another man’s racing line. Just because you and your peers believe it was dangerous , doesn’t mean the route HAS to be changed. If it’s above your risk appetite, slow down, or walk it. oh btw, the Around The Pot organizers was forced to cancel by provincial authorities. They didn’t want to. edit: The whole debate about “the route is too dangerous, too difficult, it must be changed!” has been going for years. I mean I’m not even one of the old manne and I heard it 20 years ago. edit2: I didn’t realize that it was marketed as a mass participation event , i will concede on that point . However I stil believe that routes for mass participation events shouldn’t be dumbed down to the lowest common denominator, no matter what discipline.
  15. PhilipV
    Why do you want to apply a mass participation event paradigm to SA champs? It isn’t about the opinion of the back markers, it’s about the racing. This reminds me of the moaning on the magalies monster (IIRC) route thread.
  16. PhilipV
    Scott has a bias to being more open and reactive. The upside to that is a more supple suspension with better small bump compliance. If you value speed over comfort, then you’ll probably prefer something like the Epic.
  17. PhilipV
    Easiest test to see if it’s the clutch is to switch it off and shift through the gears. If it shifts fine without clutch, then you need to give the clutch some love.
  18. PhilipV
    Bellville
  19. PhilipV
    Stellenbosch is part of Cape Town right? If it's not on Table Mountain, I'd much rather see it happen in Stellenbosch or Wellington than Durbanville. Everyone just needs to conveniently forget about Table Mountain being mentioned in the presser. Edit: don't discount Lourensford. Somerset West is part of the city of Cape Town municipality after all.
  20. PhilipV
    10 years back I liked the race scene. Now I just like to run. And ride my bike. Actually, I really enjoy the Helderberg Trail Running Crew group runs. But they don't take themselves very seriously, that helps. And they are very welcoming to newbies. I think that is half of why we see so little women on mountain bikes, the crowd is rather intimidating and exclusive. I should probably be less anti-social... He says before he disappears off into the Karoo for a long weekend .
  21. PhilipV
    I know growing old is mandatory, but does that apply to the grumpiness too? Maybe I just have a lekker bunch of mates, but I don't experience the trial scene like that. I love the time I spend in the mountains, even the one/two races I do a year. For the record, I can't string together 50km either.
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  23. PhilipV
    A bunch of mountain bikers and Gravel bikers sat around a camp fire, each outdoing the other in stories of how hard they are, while the adventure racer sat in silence, casually prodding the coals with his penis.
  24. PhilipV
    Yes. I refuse to use anything made by USN for this reason.
  25. PhilipV
    But it’s also the prettiest time of the year with the green and yellow fields. With spring time being harvest, and fall being planting season, it leaves winter and summer.
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