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i say this with utmost respect.... **** you guy enjoy it. keen to see some pics when you return. im itching to do this now. but i dont think the other half would be too impressed. i guess i can try sell her on the fact that there will be plenty guys for her to eye **** but other than that im guessing there is little entertainment for people off slope during the day

that looks like it could break when pressure is applied to the top V section, sure you arent hitting your bottle into that on the way down i guess not a great design, if your bottle sits at an angle backwards there will be pressure on that V section too

unfortunately had limited time to get pics would have liked to get a few more and a few from different places on the track. oh well.. is there a race at worlds view this weekend?

Dangle, that mono was completely blown out tho, hence the mono, made the pic okay. I liked the shot tho, was a real shoot from the hip shot. Was up at imfolozi game reserve this weekend, will get some pics up sometime, 100-400L is ridiculously sharp

eish, guessing we should have had our in depth discussion here

this is bound to be fun, those giba routes are good fun and pretty fast, bleak ill be missing this one

i disagree with the generalization of the DS and standing. you need to stand at times. and these days with the technology and design improvements you really dont get much bob (if at all). I run a Mongoose Teocali running +/- 140mm travel all round. if im climbing the front gets locked, i have u-turn so i may be running 1-120 on the front when doing xc type riding, in that case i dont lock. With mongoose's rear suspension setup, as with gts idrive and all the other brands design systems now. there really is little or no bob. I can stand up pedal on my bike relatively fine. I cant, absolutely cannot handle standing in spinning class. Its a different discipline all together IMO. Spend more time on your bike that in spinning class, there is no better way to train. Bike sounds the right size. the rest of the info above sounds good just not that DS and standing up ***

some nice pics lock, just get a flickr account, they resize for you haha. as long as you not too concerned about bandwidth

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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8145/7394879528_7a3bfd0ced_z.jpg Ricos-DH-(1-of-7) by geecee, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7082/7394881902_fd90c3b5d7_z.jpg Ricos-DH-(3-of-7) by geecee, on Flickr

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haha i didnt bring this topic up therefore its fine that i comment. irrelevant of the aforementioned information

better yes cost efficient...well lets see if we can get some sponsors to come to the party haha

yeah it can get complicated. thats where rfid is perfect but costly. it would be easy if it was one rider on the course at a time, then it needs a start and a finish before the next start. but in saying that there is still a minute between runs. so as long as the timing is logged, start and finish, the 'timers' at the bottom can still assign a race number to it and hit compute. and if someone falls a tag can be assigned for a DNF or values switched in the case of a crash and overtake.

this still leaves a lot of human error in timing. the start is still controlled by someone saying go and the person releasing the clamp. no point in having 100ths of a second at the bottom with a second or 2 accuracy at the top

We could interface direct with the pc im sure, i mean all the PLC is, is a processing unit, all of which could be done on PC with some knowledge. You could always use a PLC, but its added cost. Altho you can get the econo models nowadays for 1k some change. im on the programming/electronics side

yeah If grebel can get some support from his friend and we can start fiddling with something I'm quite sure we can find a workable solution. I am involved with industrial automation and networking, so i can help to a certain degree depending on how it works out. even if its just tech support when **** hits the fan haha.

Yeah sounds very much like the ideas i had. Connection wise i would say 3G will be the best, although also depends on coverage. Durban is pretty good with coverage but was up in jhb recently and some areas have terrible signal. wires really wouldn't be an option, what a nightmare. and any other wireless option would for the most part require some sort of line of sight. I would use a proper proximity switch up top and a light sensor at the bottom (possibly 2 at the bottom to ensure you dont get a false reading), industrial, but also these aren't extremely expensive these days. may just need some sort of digital input card/usb or something that the proximity is wired to for the signal in, probably find you could run everything through excel or access. at the very worst some browser based page with a bit of code running from mysql database or even a flat file.

im running 2.3 nevegal up front with a 2.1 slant 6 at the back. was mainly being used as more on the xc side. but i liked the combination, the rear isnt so grand in mud clearly. but for dry hardish pack i have enjoyed it so far. rolls well too. I run tubes so not sure of the tubeless options http://www.bike2riders.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kenda-nevegal.jpg http://static1.bicycletires.com/imagesLarge/kesls2-1.jpg

We were also discussing this timing thing. i dunno how we can get timed to 0.01 of a second when the timing is done as it is. we had a good chuckle. Not the easiest thing to accomplish tho. especially if you want times on the fly. Unless there is a way to implement the standard timing chip option that is used in running and other cycling events? maybe the running chips are better as you can attach it to your shoe rather than the bike which would take quite a beating, not sure how close you need to be to the timing mats. other ways we were thinking would be too costly and too complicated for a quick setup. alternatively you would need to log start and finish times to a database (laptop top and bottom), maybe on 2 time-synced computers and then have a small algorithm to match the times and work out a more accurate figure at the end of the day (or via 3g dongle if available). you could of course still use the current timing method for on the fly stuff so people can still check straight after their runs. and then just have to wait a bit for the 'official' results at the end of the day.

while im here, which shops in durbs have a variety of full face helmets? when im ready id like to try a few on for fit rather than buying blind.

these any good? http://dartmoor-bikes.com/hardware/rims/raider http://dialdbikes.co.za/images/thumbnails/0/250/Dartmoor_Raider.jpg R300

not too terrible

Product Description The WTB SpeedDisc All Mountain features WTB’s International Bead Seatdesign and eyelets.This 475-gram rim features a wide, 26.5-millimeterprofileThat can roll with the punches and come out straight and true. Disc only 541 ERD Weight: 475 g 26mm width