Bundu Ric

Agree, I havent started watching because of the 6 episodes, as I know it will be done in a weekend and then the wait begins again. ????

I liked the colours though.... ????

I can second the above, They sourced a frame to create a kit for my wife's Giant Stance E and then shipped it up to Jhb to be fitted with Chain Wizard. Excellent kit. He is now doing the same for my Santa Cruz, cant complain at all with the workmanship and quality.

Are there not easier ways to get out of your wedding? ????

Nope, I meant, R350 for 10 coffees not R350x2 for 10 coffees.

I just ordered 2 ICED bracelets / helmet tag combos for me and the wife. I think R350 each for the combo and the potential life saving value it holds is a small price to pay. This is not even 10 coffees.

Quick ride this afternoon at Northern Farm on the new bike.

See so I am helping out by not fixing, ????

No way, that is actually damn birds pecking the wall, I think they after something in the wall or paint, so I have no given up on trying to keep them away. And more money for bike stuff ????

Just a little bit of boasting...

Haha, post of the day!

She might have been slightly offended because of the shipping box. But here she is,

I just received a box, now to find time in my day to drool over my new baby. ????

Always would be interested, but to Pauls comment, if the trade in is as per the normal try and lowball the trade in even though you make a new sale then probably better off selling old device and buying new one.

She is in a box on her way, give it a day or so then she shall be revealed to the world.

I should have probably bought my Specialized from them and then I would not have had such an issue that I decided to sell my Specialized now and go to a different brand. Just before everyone jumps on this, I have no issue with the brand, just with a specific Specialized store and for that reason I will not support the brand again as I expect more.

They had a Tallboy 4 frame in stock and then built up the bike for me, so the lead time was just me making up my mind and puling the trigger.

Yep can not agree more with the sentiments shared here, and honestly I would probably check with them first going forward for any cycle related items I want and happily pick up courier costs and wait a day or 2 longer purely based on the exceptional service,

To start off, some background. My days are usually spent in back to back meetings and therefore my view is if you have an online presence it means you will service me through that channel no different to me walking into your store. Or that is my expectation working in an environment where we have a sunset principle when it comes to the customer. After bad experience with Specialised I decided it is time to sell my Specialized and find something new. Decided to give Santa Cruz a go and emailed 5 supposed sellers of Santa Cruz. - 2 replied on the same day of which was Greg Minnaar cycles and another big bike shop. - Other said big bike shop promised me a quote later the day. - The actual quote only got to me 4 days later - The rest, I am still waiting on a reply to my initial enquiry On the same day the emails started with Tyron at Greg Minnaar cycles, back and forth on my questions, options to do the build, quote finalisation, etc. literally 20+ emails over the course of last week until I finally made the call to go ahead. Bike was built on Friday / Saturday and boxed today to be shipped up to Gauteng. At no point in time did I speak to them over the phone, except Saturday to thank Craig for the exceptional service and the fact that Tyron at no point in time ghosted my emails and facilitated the entire build and deal via email. So Greg Minnaar Cycles, awesome service, great to deal with you guys and if my new bike is half as awesome as the serviced received I will be happy as can be!!

Cheques were stopped in South Africa at the end of 2020.

OMAD = one meal a day You usually try and restrict your eating window to a 4 or 6 hour period for the day.

Indeed,

I am not fussed about thread derailing and financial advice from cycle experts

Contemplating just going to the Tallboy route now after the endless searches coming up dry in terms of stock or sizing. After my Specialized experience that is scrapped of the list.

Pivot stock is non-existent, as per feedback from Pivot they will probably not ship out frames until 2023.