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I also got the GR titanium bike last year, since then my mtb and road bikes hardly ever get ridden...

I ordered on 8 Jan, it was dispatched the same day and I collected yesterday. I chose the normal free delivery that comes in via SAPO, the shipping email I receied was from TRAKPAK, they were spot on, the parcel was not even in the SAPO tracking system and TRAKPAK showed that it had arrived. The link is: https://www.trackmytrakpak.com/

What happened with him?

R400? I will ride my local trails and have a breckie for 1/4 of the price

I agree that the bottleneck was extremely frustrating and at the wrong moment. BUT the route overall was fantastic

Great event, great route

Hi all, I have two guys that I have been helping to get proper bikes to start participating in events. They both live in Cullinan and commute by bicycle daily to Pretoria to work. The first guy, Lucky, has already participated in the Beast of the East, Down and Dirty, Dullstroom and Sabie. I am very gratefull that Bestmed has contributed to entry fees, transport and accommodation and to Chris for the Felt bike. After the conditions of Dullstroom and Sabie his drivetrain and brake pads are cooked. Can anyone help me with a 10 speed chain, cassette and chainrings? The crank is a Truvativ (not sure about the model) The brakes are Shimano disk brakes. I will also appreciate 26" tyres with decent life left in them. His wheels are tubeless but we can use non-ust tyres if we can get some. The second guy, Mlongise, got a Scott Aspect 40 FOR FREE from a fellow hubber. However the lockout of the Suntour schock is broken and it is stuck in lock position. It is a spring shock and my LBS says to send the shock to Cape Town for repair may end up costing almost as much as a new shock. I saw that CWC sold a shock like that for R500 on the hub recently!!!! Can anyone help with a 26" shock or know someone that may be able to help with repairing the lockout? The bike is fine for commuting but I would like to get him to some events and for that he will need a working shock. Thanks

Read this topic yesterday and got inspired to start commuting again today. Lekker man lekker

My Festina TdF 100 yr edition

Velo rides starts at 5:30 at the Engen on the corner of Atterbury and Hans Strydom (Solomon Mhlangu)

I stopped doing it three years ago, the problems are still the same. Cannot believe such bad organisation is associated with the 94.7 Cycle Challenge. The primary school fundraising race is better organised.

Alles van die beste Koos, hoop jy herstel gou

Yip, the Archer's Edge guys are amazing. I am on their range a number of times each week. DP hit an Inian myna on 85 yards on that range! Do you know that SA had three male archers in the top 8 in December's world champs in Singapore and took gold and silver in the ladies. I have seen a lot of Hoyt archers get converted to Bowtech on their range.

I shoot a Bowtech Insanity CPXL. I use the range at Archer's Edge in Pretoria and the indoor range at Bow Shop. I have shot at distances from 20m to 90m. It is an awesome sport

Yes that was me, at that point our driver was also lost in JBay. Thanks for the friendly offer.

Highlight - hot chocolate at checkpoint 7 Lowlight - handlebar broke after checkpoint 7

My mtb wheels were stolen at the Parys Island Dirtmax on Saturday. It has Hope Pro 2 hubs, ZTR rims, Kenda rear tyre, Racing Ralph front tyre, SRAM casette with green body. I can't believe a fellow rider will just take what doesn't belong to him. I stupidly thought people taking part in the same sport and events would be honest and at least hand it in at the organisers. I wonder if this guy gets a flat or needs assistance if he expects some help from other riders???

Yes I also liked to believe in friendly helpful mountain bikers. At least until the Parys Island Dirtmax on Saturday. Some criminal decided he'll help himself to my wheels at the bike wash. I cannot believe that someone is riding on my wheels today thinking what he did was right. For the record the wheels are built with Hope pro 2 hubs, ZTR rims, Kenda rear tyre, Racing Ralph front tyre. The casette is a SRAM with a green body. Come on give it back man, it's not yours!!!

CRC recently helped me to replace an out of warranty Garmin with a refurbished one. I wasn't invoiced for anuthing other than the VAT on the estimated repair cost. So for R150 I now have a fully refurbished Garmin and a lot of praise for CRC warranty dept

All the banks run fraud alert systems that will pick up suspect transactions according to their rules. If a transaction violates a rule, they will call the cardholder to check if it is ok. If you shop online like CRC frequently it will be seen as normal for your profile and not trigger a call to check.

And here's my trusted steed. Pic taken at the bridge across the Vaal where the Crater Cruise halfway is. Pity it won't float, I had to turn back.

I did the DD a few years ago and any tyre will basically do. The key to the sand is not to go too fast into the dips/river beds at night as you don't have much time to react in the dark at high speed. The surface of the roads are quite good and a tyre with a reasonable amount of tread should work fine. Close to Swakop there are sand patches but by then it is light.