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49 minutes ago, Bub Marley said:The only thing I see whatching that is just more unnecessary maintenance.
Not really, looks more complex than what it is. Keep it clean and lubed along with the rest of the bike, nothing extra to maintain at all. Rode it for a good six months, really good constant traction and antisquat, .
The design is a good few years old now though, I think with patents like DW now open and updated suspension, it’s current relevance is arguably questionable.
2 hours ago, Bub Marley said:I’m trying to figure out what exactly is going on here.
It’s two opposing piston shafts that work in line with the suspension arc on/within a pivot, similar to their previous eccentric bush system.
Actually worked (works) remarkably well, especially when pushing hard on the pedals, like up steep Rocky climbs.
On later models like the SB100 which replaced the ASR there were some teething issues with noises and lateral stiffness. Apparently they sorted that out.
On 5/2/2024 at 10:54 AM, ChristiaanSt said:Does anyone know if there is a service in SA offering proper suspension setup like this:
Yes, Robbie Powell at RBC. I did some test rides with it on one of his bikes at Wines2Whales, incredible bit of tech and a real deep dive into the data around braking forces, kinematics etc .
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6 hours ago, The Ouzo said:lets paint a different scenario
whilst you're paying for your brake bleed, bike "safely" parked off to one side, some unscrupulous character casually takes your bike and walks out the door with it, Security is no longer instructed to check receipts, so this person goes unchecked. Would you be happy with that ?
It grates me too that I need all my items checked like a criminal, but I also understand the reasoning behind it.
Don't think it's really that effective, but it is really a none issue for me, never felt like it's been 'treated/checked like a criminal' and the guy is always polite and helpful. So really, seems more like an entitled tantrum than anything.
Had one occasion in France at a mall where my receipt was checked upon exit, depending on where you are in the States it's not that uncommon either. But maybe I haven't been globetrotting enough to live over the seas.
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Just now, Pandatron said:Leave the bastion of fourways, never
Just swap your Ed Hardy cap for an EFC/UFC one and you will just fine!
32 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:I see on Richard Baxters social media that he is leaving SA for OZ.
Us jo'burgers are going to have to find another bike fitter
Marco Abrahams (Cycle Fit) operates between CT and Jhb. His Jhb setup is at Trailwolf Cycles inside Taroko Trails/Modderfontein. Pretty central for most.
Quite sure, there was an initial boom yes. The vast majority was lockdown stock, then when the supply chain needed to restock and meet demand, there was nothing to supply and keep up with the momentum. It became a bun fight.
This has been documented in not just the cycling industry, but also a number of manufacturing industries (cars) went through the same.
1 hour ago, IceCreamMan said:During Covid a mate of mine bought a high end Trek e bike, paid 5700 for it. Demand was there and well the pricing milked the scenario. After Covid and when supply was restored the same bike was a grand less.
short term profit over long term sustainability has its consequences.
Wasn’t really any profit, the cost of manufacturing and supply more than trebled in a lot of areas. So yes, while we paid much higher prices it didn’t correlate to massive margins and profits as brands absorbed a lot of the increase as well. Probably banking on a levelling out in the market.
Of course a cost of living crisis driven by post lockdown and wars compounded the drop off and bad forecasts. It also doesn’t help that there’s little investment in cycling advocacy by the industry.
Capegro Sports, they also do Vision and Sapim.
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Maybe it’ll pop up in Decathlon
3 hours ago, Mountain Bru said:When does a "noname naked carbon handlebar" become legit though?
There's a Trifox RHB300 MTB handlebar on Temu for R665, but Trifox somehow has a South African website that has the same bar for R1150 (out of stock but marked down from R1350), and Bike Addict has the bar for R960 (down from R1200).
So given that Trifox has a SA website, and is sold by Bike Addict, are they out of the suspect "noname" category even though there's 10 other identical looking handlebars on Temu with random names that look "dodge"?
Could well be counterfeit knock offs and/or lowball supply chain. Or a combin of the two. Therein lies the rub, if it seems too good to be true, more often than not it is.
21 hours ago, The Ouzo said:Based on this thread I’ve ordered some stuff off Temu.
I actually can’t remember all the stuff I ordered (will have to check my account), but they had a minimum R300 order, so I started off with some screw in bar ends, I know of threw in a box of nitril gloves, some little thingies to hold shifter cables and I’m not sure what else.
garuanteed delivery in 10 days or you get some little peace offering.
let’s wait and see.
Neighbor down the road got their delivery last week. Some running, outdoor stuff and casual riding gear.
50/50 split on the quality and longevity, as well as the blatant counterfeit gloves.
For me personally I’ll give it a skip.
1 hour ago, cadenceblur said:I only use WW mild detergent.
Kit is washed on its own and not dried in direct sunlight
Ass Magic do a great kit wash too. My stuff is normally washed by hand or sport cycle inside out and dried inside out as well, all my cloths really.
14 minutes ago, Furbz said:As a Shimano convert. Having the bigger battery available to the front derailleur really does allow for a more solid and positive feeling shift vs sram.
How they are able to retain that great shift moving over to a wireless system
Likely it will be a semi-wireless system, so still some fidgeting with installing. Also interested to see how Shimano adapt designs to the UDH standard in their finished products.
Interestingly none of the Shimano equipped teams (UCI) at Epic were running Di2, although two of the teams alluded to something in the pipeline.
31 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:I think the same thing can be said for Leroy and I guess many other stores/brands.
My parent often shop at Leroy in Greece, whilst most of the prodcuts are the same, the shopping experience is worlds apart.
Boils down to what I often say, your company/brand is only as good as the person your customer is interacting with.
100% Less MBAs and more hands on.
DC were brilliant out of the blocks and looked to be consistent, but based on the Bryanston store, it feels like they went backwards at a rate of knots. Not so much to do following XCO, macroeconomics etc …
Business is tough, I get it, having acutely felt the pressure myself. Which also makes every rand I spend important, I don’t want it to feel like a grudge purchase.
Lots of high level talk, but if one don’t invest in the foundation levels of marketing, customer experience etc. Then forget about any economic performance.
I’m in the Decathlon Bryanston store now. They did a revamp of the layout, there’s errors in the merchandising, ie a beautiful contour display of trails meant for cycling, is in its original spot amongst golfing whereas cycling is upstairs.
Each visit lately- Staff, more keen on rearranging displays, talking to eachother, stock taking etc. But not engaging customers. This includes supervising/management. It is borderline rude.
Half the bathrooms seem to be locked, or occupied, I don’t know but I waited. One opens up and all I hear is the door slamming each time and a staff member yelling for his mate “it’s time to eat”
I love the place and what Decathlon does/stands for. But it feels like the actions aren’t aligning with the principles of late.
32 minutes ago, RossTopher said:Gauteng has 5 stores, in odd places, with little to no foot traffic when I've been up there. WC may have a smaller pop, but the % that is "outdoorsy" is massive. A single shop, using the JHB DC seems a no brainer, but them in not in logistics/SCM.
Completely agree on Leroy, starved of a decent one stop home&outdoor store. Would certainly shake Builders up.
Don’t know about the others but Bryanston, HP on Roodepoort and Greenstone in Edenvale are in high density areas and have pretty high foot traffic.
As far as Leroy’s goes, I’ve had better in pricing and service at Mega Mica and Chamberlains.
Outside of a constrained economy. We’re a saturated market, and to be frank ,with hard cycling goods Decathlon would struggle against the established brands here in spec/pricing value. Especially the local ones.
Sure for a short/medium period, because something new and shiny. But ultimately not as big an impact as people may think.
Some gems in the soft goods though like their Van Rysel rain shell. Same in their other areas, find some really good stuff, particularly the hiking and camping.
Likewise I can’t believe they’ve not opened up branches in KZN, Eastern and Western Cape.
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3 hours ago, Bub Marley said:Any one know who are the Basso dealers or shops in South Africa?
William at Dunkeld Cycles might able to assist you.
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14 hours ago, Frosty said:I know of at least one person that received a ban/sanction that is missing from the SAIDS list. I’m sure there are more, as the list is incredibly short for 2011 to now.
There’s was a switching of backend systems, so not everything switched over. But you can contact SAIDS and they’ll provide feedback as well as updating the website.
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