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On the other hand I sold that same slash for what I payed for it just two weeks later.

Enduro has a very small audience in SA, you’re also at a disadvantage as everyone (including myself) bought a slash with the 50% sale in November. Exactly when you started trying to sell yours, ouch. The small enduro market is very flooded with slashes now, I wouldn’t want to be selling one for the next while.

Medium or medium/large in some brands that offer.

Hot spot cycles, they’ve always been fantastic for me and the only bike shop that hasn’t screwed up with something of mine yet. Coincidentally I also had a spark World Cup which I kept maintained by them without a hassle.

Well the GX cassettes wear out faster than XX1 (in my experience) so I would assume there is an effect.

That depends, to what extent was the previous chain worn? You can finish a cassette off with just one chain if you don’t replace the chain when you should. Unless you don’t ride much a few years sounds a bit much for one chain

It certainly is an unusual breakage. But you say it’s been a couple of years on the same cassette and chain, seems like the answer right there. Slapping a new chain on a worn cassette and chainring will result in the chain being equally worn very quickly.

I have one, it’s the best saddle I’ve ever had.

Archer caved about a year or two ago if I recall

Testing out the routes around the one town, the monastery was built in the 11th century. It’s intact with the original murals and is truly stunning. In the video up on the left there are remains of a fort also from around the 11th century. The very green photos were taken at the fort in summer. IMG_2666.mov

Are you referring to the gravel earth series?

Thanks, that’s a good idea. My only issue is that there’s very few cyclists here so it would all have to be foreigners, but I guess that would be the same for Morocco too. I have a couple 120km routes with 3k plus elevation which could work, however the riding here is definitely more suited to mtb than gravel.

Agreed, I’ve even dreamed of having an xco World Cup here, but that’s wishful thinking.

Haha I was literally thinking this is a time where everyone is going to be very sceptical of a tour

So it’s been a while which has given me some time to plan and think about things. I’m planning to do a trial run in June, it will be more rudimentary with the main aim to learn for future additions. The current proposed rout has some refinements to be made but below is roughly what it should come out to. I’ve planned it as such: Group lands in Tbilisi the day before the start of the tour (or more if whomever wishes to get there sooner). They spend the night in a hotel, get collected in the morning and get taken to a storage unit I have where bikes can be assembled and travel cases left safely, from there we ride. Day 1 will be around 84km with 2110m of elevation gain and 1 night in a hotel in a small historic little town. Day 2 is 95km with 2350m of elevation gain and finishes off in a stunning mountainous town (Stepantsminda), where two nights will be spent. Day 3 is a shorter day mainly going around to various sight seeing areas, 42km with 1420m of elevation gain ending with night 2/2 in the town. Day 4 rest/transfer day. This day will be a transfer to another mountainous town (Bakurani), about 5 hours drive. It will include a few stops for sightseeing, two nights will be spent here. Day 5 consists of 84km and 1870m of elevation gain and the second night in Bakurani. Day 6 is shorter but rather tough on small almost nonexistent roads, 66km and 1150m with a night in a small town near an old fort. Day 7, the last day is around 76km with 1520m of elevation gain, ending on a steep climb to an ancient monastery. From there a transfer will take us back to the hotel in Tbilisi (about an hours drive through the city). From there it’s 1 night there and then back to the airport unless a decision is made to stay longer and explore. So 6 days of riding amounting to roughly a total of 446km and 8500m climbing, 1 rest day in the middle Additionally I’m considering making it 9 days of riding if there’s a want for that. This is a tough rout I realise, so curious to hear some opinions on it. Shortening the days would be tricky unless people are willing to hop into a vehicle to the nights accommodations however that seems to defeat the idea for me.