Just Keep Pedaling

For those who have not been there Clarens/Golden Gate is a spectacular area. Any idea how much climbing there is on the 48km?

The bunny loop? Which one is that?

Eggbeaters 3. Very nice. My old bottom of the range Eggbeaters ended up with internals made of mashed bearings and dry grease. Teach me to not service them.

While I know nothing about road bikes I can tell that the bike market is very competitive. In other words - buy what you can afford and it will be a good bike for that money.

Cortisone does not cure anything. It reduces the swelling and pain thus masking it. The pain is there to protect your body from you doing something stupid - like racing with damaged lungs.

I don't gear down for shorter rides. A 20km walk back to the car is not my idea of fun.

My friend rode super close to a black Mamba doing the Golden Gate pass.

"its IT fingers taking control, my brain says Passport, my fingers take over and put password" Its a positive thing you not an air traffic controller. ;-)

Weight weenies use non-UST tyres but they are normally light themselves as well as knowing what they are doing. My friend non-UST tyre came off while riding and left him with plenty of roasties.

What car do you drive?

"I would be less surprised if the complaint came from the third-placed team." Except due to the way the points work they would move from 1st to 2nd in the MTN series standings. So its not them.

"I hope that big blade can keep it up. But anyway's ,I don't think Burry is too fussed, it's probably more about ethics. As for the complaint, I reckon Kevin is immune here, has the George'ster reached his ultimate peak ? I reckon yes, and Epic will tell the tale." Its a long season and it won't be decided over a jersey. Routing for Jacques Bigblade.

"Burry has worn that kit before, hasnt he? Why is that suddenly an issue" Its too colourful. Makes him look a peacock. I would complain too.

"that myth has been de-bunked by pretty much anyone who has ridden a modern-day 29er" Oh really? Tread ran a feature in the last year where all their testers said that 29ers performed worse on corners.

Trails bikes are for trails. Trails are ill suited to '29ers because of the frequent sharp turns. Maybe it will work - but I feel Giant is rolling the big marketing dice and hoping it lands on six.

Always wondered about this.

^ = lots of climbing 8 = circular route = = jeeptrack - = singletrack ! = mud

Go Jacques!!!

Scott: Value for Money Santa Cruz: For Status

Who or what is Longdog?

The reason for the orignal post was that I had done ten good orders in a row over the last two years and then all of a sudden everything was a disaster. It all worked out in the end and it would seem it was just a temporary issue. I will still use them in future.

Rigid carbon. Be a man.

"I still wont put it on my bars." My friend puts it on his MTB bars with a homemade piece of sponge and elastic bands. It has fallen off a few times and no damage so far. Of course there can be no guarantees...

Entrapment!

The other one I read it was only 1kg that got added. Maybe not all kgs are equal. So the 1st one makes little difference but the second one more, and so on. Your graph also shows that 50% of the gains were due to fitness. The reason this is such a contentious debate is on MTBs the cost of shaving 1 kg on a bike is significant. If your results are right it might just be worth it to splash out on that Momsen carbon weighing 9.7 kgs costing R50k. If it is only 2 seconds then I would rather save the money.