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Did a little digging and now understand the 2 bikes in 1 thing and my earlier comparison to the Scott Ransom. Peter Denk - the designer - of the Ransom now works for Cannondale, so I guess all those funky ideas about suspension and really light weight frames that were applied at Scott will be coming through thick and fast at Cannondale now too.

This boy's a bit of a monster! Would hate to get kicked by one of those thighs! 2500W max power - jeez!

On that note, always liked this old Titus poster (sorry about the Hi Jack) "A trophy bike is easier to maintain than a trophy wife"

Think that was it yes

Which one are you?

Wow light bike that, back wheel's started lifting off the ground... helium filled frame?

Neanderthals both of you .... nah, just kidding, just don't have the cahones for it, that said with all the rigid stuff belting your nether bits neither will you soon enough

Gutted you're not doing On One anymore Kiwi, or even got going on Titus!!!

Cotic yes, "jizz" no so much... WTF?

Er... no, ok I dunno, but... Scott pulled off that 2 bikes in 1 thing in 2008 already, so certainly not a new concept. I'm no fan of Scott, but as far as I know it worked pretty well too. "Best MTB" what's that even mean? If you really like it and you spent your hard earned cash on it, and most importantly you actually ride the thing, then it's the best MTB in world... for you! Buy it, it looks mighty purty

Never heard of them, but if you're even slightly cash-conscious, then have a look at the On One 29er Carbon Race frame. Only avail in 18" at the moment, but other sizes out in the next month or so. At GBP799 for a 1.1kg frame weight - which gets some rave reviews - It'd be silly to not just take a look at least.

Bollocks I must have missed that important fact whilst hollering, whooping and jumping around the lounge after hearing he resigned! I should have known there' be some nasty caveat to the whole thing - when something's too good to be true, etc.... Yes I see he will now be full time on TOSA, which I think we can now safely change to TOSSER! Bwahaha, rolling around laughing at my own humour...

Rape!!!... I mean rape?

I tend to get a small blood vessel throbbing uncontrollably when I think of CSA! I heard they took a bath for about 5 bar on the Tour of SA and another 2 bar on the PMB WC - that's a fair whack of money in any currency! Mugabe-like levels of competence seem to abound in that organisation, which is a fair stretch of the word "organisation"! I heard on Supercycling this week that he was resigning, and I certainly will not be shedding in any tears. As best I can ascertain CSA is effectively bankrupt, which happened on Barry Mocke's watch... so all his fault.

ANC... er sorry that was voting, I mean CNA Grudge buy, no matter how good the content looks! R120 for a mag that costs £4.20 in the UK is insane (I do take pills for it ). Consider further that the June issue is on the UK shelves on 5 May already, but the May issue only gets onto the shelves in the CNA by around mid to 3rd week in May. So I figure that the bastards who import them buy the old stock from the previous month from the UK publishing house - probably for £1.20, multiply by 100 and sell it here, so idiots like me will (sometimes) take the plunge! Scum I say.

It's 50 things, I sure as hell am not typing them up! Here's a few: Starting with the first Kelly/Fisher MTB in '79, Cunningham's 1st heat treated Al frames in the mid '80s, Oakley eyeshades (those things that looked like a skimask), Shimano indexed gearing mid '80s, the first "multitool" the Colltool in '89, Camelbak in '89, Rockshox Mag 20 first really tunable fork in the early '90s, etc. Right up to ODI lock-on grips in early '00s, Progressive's 5th Element shock as the first platform shock and last, but certainly not least SRAM's XX in 2009. If you want the rest, buy the mag...

Bought the May issue of WMB - for the standard unholy rip-off fee of R120, splutter, cough, wheeze - mainly due to an article called "50 products that changed mountain biking". In the same article they had a timeline also mentioning top achievements in MTB racing; Paola Pezzo's Olympic Golds in 1996 and again in 2000 being among them. I forgot just how good she looked on (and off) her bike!!

... all posts are time stamped in (seemingly) the wee hours of the morning. Surely there should either be a 24 hour clock or if not then the AM, PM indicators should indicate which half of the clock is relevant? Small issue, use it, don't use it

Just to add further confusion, you might want consider a titanium post rather than a suspension post, which always seems to get a mixed bag of opinions. I've never used one, so can't offer a comparison to a ti post though. As you said you're only looking for an increase in comfort and in my experience a ti post works pretty well to reduce the "hard" in hardtail. I've found it works better if (1) you have a smaller diameter seatpost, i.e. rather 27.2mm than say 30.9mm as it seems to allow more flex = more ass-saving, and (2) if your geometry will allow a layback/setback post, then even better. USE and van Nicolas both make ti posts at less than GBP100

JB = Johan Bornman = Yellow Saddle

Define "hard-core technical riding"? Unless you're a freerider (whatever that means) or a downhiller - and I'm sure you would have said if you were - then I would assume hard-core cross country-type technical riding. If correct then I reckon the most bang for your buck at the moment are the American Classic 26" Disc wheels. You did not mention a budget constraint though, so if you've got tonnes of spare cash lying around get those Tricon's someone mentioned, or better still a handbuilt set from Spokeworks or Yellow Saddle or Summit (if you're in GP) Edit: sorry just saw your riding description and price limit - so R4200 may be a bit steep. Anyway, use it, don't use it. Good luck The AC's have a 225lbs rider weight limit (way beyond your 60kgs!), have "normal" spokes, come with tape already installed making tyre installation a doddle, have reasonably good hubs with easy to replace bearing, look pretty damn bling and you can get them for R4200 at Solomons if you ask nicely. That's cheaper than anyone else out there at there moment, including the online guys.

You might be right from a performance perspective, but taking out an additional bond on your house to buy them might put a few people off!

Whatever jacket you end up with, ad one of these as an undershirt and you're well sorted: http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/ZXOOCLMER190/on-one-merino-190g-baselayer-bundle Merino wool baselayers are the best thing since pneumatic tyres. Wicking is great and they still keep you warm even when sopping wet (with rain or sweat) which is the best thing about wool, and they don't clunk. If you're a siff boy (or just packed badly for your 3-day stage race) you can wear the same one for 3 days in a row and it will still not smell anything like your lycra stuff after day 1 I've got 2 Endura ones, but they're around R400 each last I checked on CRC, at GBP65 for 2 long sleeve and 1 short sleeve, I'm definitely getting these On One ones. Any no they do not scratch, they only use nice soft New Zealand merino wool from sheep that have only ever lived indoors.... in some Kiwi's bedroom

No hills in the "Trono" area if I remember correctly, might not be much fun doing MTB. Road on the other hand should be fast though... Welcome Canuck!

Haha glad to see you're fitting into Kiwiland properly! Love that story - I'm sure you didn't mind having your ass handed to you too much in this case!