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Magic gear for now....Fireeye tensioner for whe chainstretch come in to play. (also orange) Looking good Gerkie!

This bike is going to VULPRO NPO for one of their workers. Visit www.vulpro.com for more info. They are involved in vulture conservation near Hartebeespoort Dam. This bike was kindly donated by SCOTTY - thanks!

Finally, a pic of Vusa and his bike that I donated to him in September! He rides from Tembisa to Lonehill every day.

Ooooh, looks like fun! Better get my entry in!

Good job bud! Hoe het daardie SS gery?

That was my wife. She has an extremely high pain threshold! So proud of her!

Remove cranks. Remove BB. Install new BB. Install new cranks. Done. Worked on an old Diamondback that I converted to SS. Easy Peasy.

I did 2:53 on my SS starting from A2. More than 20 minutes faster than last year from the same batch, so I'm stoked! (must be the 29er) The winning results, and results in general, are going to cause some excitement I think.

Stop it. I'm having visions of removals vans, cardboard boxes and having to find a job in PMB....

SS's are made for hills. Then again, so are hiking boots....

KZN somewhere....

Just a little bling for my ride..... red anodised crank bolt. E-Bay for $0.01 $5.00 paid for postage.

This SS thing is gathering momentum hey?

Using nothing?!?!?!?!?!?! I have to at least use a bike......

Pretty standard LBS prices....

I can't wait to see this creation!

Gotta love Grant Usher on Twitter: Georgie, georgie pudding and pie, f@ck you for putting mud in our eye. That's why we ride SS and drink beer, for the fun of it!#whataknob

Thanks a stack to Nicolai for donating the Silverback Oakland MTB. This bike is going to the MES charity in the JHB CBD. Visit www.mes.org.za

HTFU and ride rigid. Spend the money you would have used for the fork on beer. Period.

Someone on that descent crashed 2 riders in front of me and as I was passing him, he was standing up. I asked if he was ok and he was laughing like a kid. All he said was "I'm just having a bit of fun!"

Haha, thanks G!

It was not particularly SS-friendly. I saved some energy for the last 25 km, so I took it fairly steady in the beginning and just tried to limit my losses. Where I found myself walking, most guys walked too (C - my batch - and D-batch guys), so didn't lose out too much there. It was the fast start that found me caught by D-batchers within 15km! The flattish middle section was challenging but I found that I could just about keep position through there... I was passed by 2 geared mates from D-batch at 17km, but I caught and passed them again at 50km. All in all, I'm happy and glad that I can survive the big-boy races now. The 94.7 mtb race this weekend should feel very tame compared to Hakahana!

FFS, I sprinted home in 4:11. Broken I was!

My time was 20min faster than VG, so I'm happy with that. This race was tougher on the SS due to the very flat beginning and middle sections. Why put in climbs that nobody could dream of riding? Nonsensical to me.... Overall I enjoyed the race, but it was a bit too dirt-road-race for me a lot of the time. The nice rocky descents were awesome though!

You must have had too much pronutro for breakfast Gordon! Too much of strong to break a frame like that!!!!