Danger Dassie

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.

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.

William at Dunkeld Cycles might able to assist you.

HDMI cable and sorted 👌

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.

Often in life it’s the most simple and obvious answer that is just as probable. There’s an appeal against the hearing decision, in which case the sanction shouldn’t have been published in the first place.

Definitely getting much much better, camera work/production need a bit more polishing. But overall a well produced package including the social feeds. A highlight for me is the live u23 on YouTube and then catching the elites on Statlive. R100 sub per month is nothing

Mail them, maybe they’ll do it.

Yes and no, SS keep getting hammered but the truth is that in SA we've been spoilt by the airtime allocated to cycling by SuperSport buying rights. Most territories around the world don't enjoy anywhere near the access. For a long time, we had the most enviable access with both SuperSport and RBTV. The problem comes in with how the UCI awards it's broadcast rights.

Some sanity prevails…. https://www.treadmtb.co.za/uci-mtb-world-cup-live-coverage-for-south-africa-confirmed/?fbclid=IwAR0NNd9g2Lh-4GucNVBwAl4l-TnFWpg6rhQgXOnHV14oQ-yT4lJmRU3ug_4_aem_AbTUykgIxI6rFCvaCZshuqacW-myKlHBxnAmo772TpzKXLcZPxu1K_1B6F7LS5QRxp0

Rate him accordingly on the site. Call the shop and ask to speak to him, if that fails, go directly to the shop with the item and engage.

Off market is not entirely correct, it’s found within a number of prescribed medications. The actual hearing doc can be found here, unfortunately doubt most will bother to read it; https://drugfreesport.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Award-SAIDS-v-Amy-Wakefield_.pdf

😅 … spent a good 20/30 minutes just chatting about the hammer! Switched on guy, was a pleasure to deal with!

What a race, well deserved!

I think you are literally making up your own conclusions.

Tyres were changed depending on the stages, as well as regular sealant top-ups. During a bike check in Wellington his bike had fresh tyres on. The tech guys were pretty switched on and helpful, even used one of their Abbey Tools titanium hammers as a bike stand .... 😶

To quote Dr Jarrad van Zuydam "valve caps are a scam" Yes, big air just want our money!

He did have some time on a demo/pre prod proto afaik, had a discussion at one of the launches and one of the S staffers mentioned it. Apparently, his testing feedback was that the new model is like a better more polished version of the previous Epic Evo. Would speculate that should also be taken in the context of a competitive race bike. Reckon Matt's pro moto background makes his feedback especially invaluable. Several brands launch their new models around this time, for eg; Liv, Cannondale, Bulls, Titan. Especially with Olympics around the corner. IMHO this makes for good timing alongside Cape Epic and a smart brand can use this to their advantage.

And a stupidly ridiculous amount of ice cream parlours!.... Heaven!

Must say I was pleasantly surprised with Tulbagh/Saronsburg. Some absolute quality riding and outdoors exploring around there, plus housing seems pretty cheap. Swellendam gets another vote, apparently the fastest economic growth. Also apparently, the region between these up to Wellington is fast becoming a thriving outdoors/adventure sports scene. Depends on what your work entails and what kind of town/suburban balance you're looking for.

That's so mooi its mooist. Congrats!

Please PM me, I know of a few guys who may be able to assist.

Would be quite cool to see if SRAM/RockShox do some kind of a Lefty collab with Flight Attendant.