Danger Dassie

Been down this path already with vesconite bushes when at Denel ten years back. with mine and a few mate's bikes. After numerous attempts, it doesn't work. Ultimately if it was a viable broad-based solution for end users then the industry would have adopted it. Droo and Wyatt have summed up the solution going forward, anything else just leads to an expensive experiment.

Cheers Droo, updated my post. Been a while since dealing with TRP, will be a great mix with Classified under Omnico.

Agency for TRP (Edit, Omnico). Would venture that they would be likely to push it. TRP is pushing hard on the OEM side, so at some point, a distributor will have to cede to market demand. A smart distributor would take advantage of the opportunity.

We'll be lucky if it lands at 25k cost. While doing bike checks at Epic we did a conversion from Czech Koruna (0,83 Rand) Chain equals approx R3000 and cassette approx R14 000. By no means conclusive as far as CCS costing, but an indicator of local pricing at least.

That was a trickle-down introduction from an established platform which uses cross compatible components, chain etc. The UDH stuff is an entirely new system and standard, it'll be a while before we start seeing it, expected OEM for some brands will be in 2024 whilst hopefully we see some trickle down to GX in the first quarter of 2025. Pricing is a whole other topic!

Open a case at the area SAPS/Metro or Traffic dept? Negligent driving with attempted GBH.

It's almost like no one read the very last sentence 😉

Most of these issues will become redundant anyway, since Cape Epic will be changing their format …. https://bikenetwork.co.za/leaked-cape-epic-switches-to-enduro-race-format-for-2024-and-beyond/ 🍦

FACTS! … and the most glorious post coffee shaza the next morning.

Would have to sell a lot of boerie rolls to make it worthwhile. Beyond the organisers fee there’s the cost of following the race village as well. There were at least three food vendors in the race village and I found the food options pretty good. Especially if wanting a break from the dining tent food. For the finish area tent, those guys are going to have really pull finger for the organisers and riders. Big shoes to fill from Woolies and it’s like they made zero effort.

He’s a public figure? So it will by default come up. This way it sucks the wind from the drama lamas. Peter Sagan did the same. Personally I dgaff, but in their position it’s entirely their prerogative and doesn’t really bear further discussion. Similar to forums nosing around about people’s family relationships because of a surname really.

Also factor in that cycling/tyres often have material not found on car tyres. Kevlar beads, graphene compounds etc .... Fyi I don't know which car tyres are that much cheaper really. Anything 15inch and over is way more than any cycling tyre. Don't even get me started on motorbike tyres.

OY 🤨

Dave Moseley

Lot of hyperbole that’s not necessarily accurate. And at least one multiple Epic winner disagrees, conditions were exceptionally beyond the norm.

Not epic, not Lourensford

Custom Aspens for the team this year, reinforced sidewalls and a change in rubber/casing thickness while keeping the same tread pattern and profile. Not clear how far this will go along the prototyping phase into production.

Not even, limited access in a number of areas. Which would restrict ambos even more, the one ER24 ambo did well to get where it did. I think what a few people miss when being critical is that there has to be consideration for everyone involved, not just the amateurs. Even Dakar has had to make decisions that people may consider going against marketing.

8th today. By all accounts not doing badly at all, racing with Porro who is no stranger to Epic and podiums.

I genuinely like the direction SRAM have taken with this, for the long term it makes stuff far more reliable and there will be plenty trickle down by default, which benefits us as riders. Other players are also entering the market, like TRP and Microshift. More choice for he consumer which is a win. The real angst should be around MTBs becoming increasingly integrated with brake/cables through the headset area. It will make for super high servicing costs.

Amateur cat, it is allowed under the provision of event medicos.

She is also a fair bit smaller and lighter than most, so would likely get the same kind of performance out of 2.25 tyres. Plus a little bit of weight saving.