Scott roy

No I did not. When it updated I quickly tested and it was working and back to date so I just used it.

My bolt has been working until today. I’m back to 2006, anyone else?

In that case, good hardtail for sure.

I would personally want something around 120mm, everything there is doable on that. But you might also battle, more travel and the geometry that comes with it is more confidence inspiring. But there is nothing steep enough or technical enough to need it, you would just be pedalling a heavier and less pedal friendly bike back up the mountain. On the plus side of long travel bikes, they are much cheaper (in SA) due to the very small market for them. You can definitely get away with a hardtail, but I wouldn’t bother.

This may conflict what many will say. Go for the full suspension, if you can afford it and you seem to be more inclined to the playful side of riding then I wouldn’t give it a second thought. I used to live 5 minutes away from wolve as well, in my opinion xc bike is king there. I have ridden there on multiple hardtails, dual sus xc bikes and long travel trail/enduro bikes. I have found that dual sus xc bikes are simply more fun, the GP trails don’t need anything more.

Various brands fit completely differently despite being the same size. Definitely try before you buy.

Can confirm about the bolt, however mine went a bit haywire, it forgot my home wifi network and refuses to rejoin it. It also changed to indoor ride and got stuck in that mode, but seems to have gotten over that with a few restarts.

Agreed, there is a language barrier but I don’t know. Maybe he would have responded, maybe not.

Fortunately the seller has agreed to refund me in full. He has been ignoring me for days, I contacted the only pro cyclist in the country who is very well respected and a friend of mine. I got a message within minutes about the refund.

I find the fact that it is a prototype to be really interesting, surely it must be fairly easy to track down exactly who it was stolen from and returned and unlocked. I have asked Favero about this and I’ll share their response.

Agreed, I wonder how many “good deals” would go sour…

Agreed, this really pees me off. I would love to do something about the stolen goods market but not sure how to tackle it.

I’m trying

I finally got a response from Favero. Disappointing news but at this point I’ve made peace with the fact that it’s a loss. Unfortunately a costly error on my part.

After a little over a week and two follow up emails I have gotten a response. They clearly didn’t read my first email because I included every little detail in it. I was then asked for a proof of purchase and where I purchased from. Obviously I had already said it was a purchased second hand. let’s hope something can come of this, and that it’s not a loss.

Just checked now quickly and it was indeed there. Uploaded and the gps data was very sporadic, rather annoyed because I emptied myself on a climb hoping to better my pr.

I have wondered, I’ll check this evening when I get home.

Thanks, I just got back from a ride and wondered what on earth was happening. I can’t get my ride onto my phone at all.

I have, I said should I not come right I wish to return them, I have not received a response on that but have spoken to him about something else so.

Thanks, I will definitely. I certainly do not support the trading of stolen goods. I Import everything I need from SA and the US to avoid the possibility. I would love to put a stop to the issue here but it's impossible.

Spelling mistake? Otherwise I am rather curious about why you hope that.

This is not great. I felt safe buying from a well know and "trustworthy" guy on the cycling scene here, I paid a market fair price so it didn't seem sketchy, he did however agree that should there be a problem then he will refund me. I was concerned they had died due to sitting for too long but what you are saying here does make a lot of sense. I actually emailed favero before purchasing the unit to try check with them but they never answered, they have also not replied to my helpline queries to try figure out what is the matter so I am disappointed in them, all after hearing such good things. And if they are asking 500 euros to reactivate potentially stolen goods then I am seriously unimpressed with the brand. "Oh it may have been stolen, you can't use it, but give us 500 euro and..."

Oof, that sounds like a likely answer. I must say the thought had crossed my mind that it could be something like that. Things like this are not to be found here hence my jumping at the deal, but this does make me wonder how it ended up here. My lbs was telling me the other day how they are not selling the volumes they used to due to stolen goods being brought in and sold for dirt cheap.

I contacted the helpline in app. I got an email saying an expert representative would contact me soon but that was two days ago. The issue is I’m not in SA and the pedals were imported by the guy I bought them from. So I doubt they’d be able to do anything for me.

Yeah they still haven’t gotten back to me.