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Shebeen

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  1. Mason has come a long way from a simple no fuss bike shop in matieland.
  2. for the second year in a row, HBomb's birthday HAD TO BE AT THE BIKEPARK! He challenged this dad to dual slalom racing series. He did not lose but as a paid up member he has serious local knowledge. then his actual family with cousins was supposed to come back the next day, that got rained out. it remains an awesome place for kids to hang out, love seeing all shapes, ages and sizes there
  3. You can claim the VAT back on your n+1 bike purchases? Awesome!
  4. I have done 25+ Argusses. which means I have probably seen it all. I have done the ride in jeanpant, on a fixie, with a lifejacket, charity buggy, carrying a blowup doll for a batchelors (not all the same year). Next year I am doing it with my 10yr old bikebevok laaitie slipstreaming and soft pedalling my efforts. We have the entry, but not the bike (yet). I know there will be endless "the kid on the back isn't pedalling" chirps. Beyond that, i know zip about riding tandems. this thread is more about the couple tandem vibe. The best thing about the Argus, I still have more to learn! I searched, and there doesn't seem to be much info on going from a competent biker to a tandem captain with your preteen kid on the back. Surely there are many many who have gone down this route, and plenty who did it in the Argus too. Share your knowledge people! Share your knowledge people!
  5. no no, Formosa is Plett!
  6. speak to these guys https://breedekloof.com/mtb-routes/ says closed, might be back up and running by now. https://www.dtkwines.com/mtb-trail
  7. it's still in 24" rigid mode, but has kickass bigger volume tyres now. Wheels, hubs and stuff need to be swapped, and that takes time.
  8. 2h20 is quite slow for a half marathon, sounds like a fun run!
  9. how's that working out for you?!!
  10. Not everyone here has internet that works, Telkom adsl still a thing. We just got bottle stores the other day too. *jokes aside, lots of people ride through here, you have done the right thing but the chances of the owner finding you are slim, claim the freebie!
  11. anyone able to ADD a person on their system? trying to enter as a tandem just keeps on returning errors and refershing. not refreshing
  12. wow. just wow. I shouldn't be surprised at that number, but I am. So two demo models going cheep cheep soon?
  13. the entry portal is open. I was able to get as far as entering myself. but since I will have an eligible kid on the tandem behind me, the thing kept on crashing trying to put his details in. I will come back later.
  14. what a champ!
  15. That would be cool, they probably should have highlighted this exact reason because of the Eid dates but maybe it's not possible for some reason that doesn't make sense to logically minded thinking. WHAT? Who allocates the sub3 finishes?! I'll take 2!! common sense would dictate that there will be a separate category, it won't count for seeding and you def won't be able to do this and the actual race on the day.
  16. I didn't find a thread running, and entries open today for 10+ finishers. GREAT news, they have sponsors. Std Bank and Liberty come on board. That is a brilliant development.
  17. why even ride? digitalepo all the way
  18. seems like it's not universally popular, sums up my opinion perfectly
  19. the fight to be the 4 best CX rider is probably the most competitive thing in world cycling
  20. shot for finding tracking page. so just the four people, and looks like Lance only left at midnight anyway! the loop through cape town is a bit odd, some potential issues with silvermine at night/after gate hours.
  21. Was not aware of that
  22. You guys are so flippen negative. Is it not obvious that this is an anti-event event? Epic costs R60k for all the frills you don't need. Someone takes away all the frills and charges less than the cost of a new set of tyres and people want it for free? It takes money, skill, effort and TIME to setup a route like this. Do the promos and media and host the tracking (there's my one grip Ray, where is the tracking?!!). This is definitely worth R2k, some people are flippen clueless with maps and routes and a good gpx is worth that. These events put you together in a race format, for all the people who say you can just go do this by yourself, well then go do just that. I'm superkeen to do one of these, so maybe I'm the target marketed kool aid drinker. but hey if you want a gpx, here's an excellent one with accom options worked out, mahala https://bicyclesouth.co.za/2022/08/flora-fauna-merryweather-tour/
  23. It's happening so let's get a thread for it by itself. https://gravel-burn.com/ A little birdie told me the entry fee, will see if that is confirmed at the "firestarter" info session tonight. Top team involved, this will be a quality event.
  24. I think it's R2k. Which is awesome
  25. anyone lined up for this?
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