Shoes and pedals are a personal thing, especially shoes. Sidi are super comfy and well made though, also try the offerings from Giro. I've got a pair of the Giro shoes and I'm loving them. If you're on a budget, Serfas, Olympic and the new Probike shoes are damn good value for money. As far as pedals go, Shimano SPDs, tough as nails, reliable and inexpensive!
Some oke called Ned Overend didn't do too badly in X- Terra events either, he had also "retired" from being a pro XCO racer by his 40s. Specialized sure seem to find them.
Tyres- would have to be new or a good picture to sort of asses the condition. Bib shorts and socks- unless they're new and in packaging nawt a chance charna! Helmet- tricky, would want to look at the physical item first. Shoes- A good pic should do, like with tyres. Shirt/Jersey- Same as above. Agree with Caerus, after a good wash or two shoes/helmet/gloves would be fine. The only reason for buying/selling these second hand, they should be in really good condition. Squeamish factor doesn't really bother me, especially after having to sit on a blood stained car seat for three hours once.
Bats aside, reckon I should be there... still weighing up with the PCRS ride. What time again? 17h00? Be warned folk, saw a certain two members of "DHtS" on covert ops yesterday evening. Something about "geo caching" but methinks it was laying bike traps! How else does one slow down the group and accumulate spares
Those darn rugby players too, and soccer, cricket, tennis, golf ...etc etc Burn them, burn them all. Come on man, your topic reads more like a chip on the shoulder.
Cheers man, was just a case of the taxi driver edging to close to the kerb because he wanted to take a filter lane further up. We had a good few words but both of us calmed down a bit. To be fair, more often than not it's Taxis that give me the most consideration I've found. Fortunately I pretty much work for myself, so work hours aren't exactly standard.
Another lesson of commuting. Having a relationship with a good LBS nearby! Yesterday morning I had a 'contact' with one of our taxi brethren, after launching counter measures I took evasive action and mounted the kerb. Unfortunately I cased the back wheel on one of the sidewalk stones and picked up a metal spike. Fortunately though the tyre (kinda) held enough for me to get to the office, albeit needing to stop four times to pump the tyre. Popped round to Mikes Bikes after, and they worked the rim so that it was rideable at least, tis toast though
So I saw 4 huge trucks this morning, Alf's Tippers. Thing is though, this was in Parkhurst Joburg, got all excited I thought PoS had sent them for a huge project on the Spruit! I even waved seriously
Pleasure. Anatomic is also good, I've just found the Panda stuff lasts a bit longer is more hard wearing, just my personal experience. Now go forth and procreate, jerseys.
