Eddy Gordo

What does it look like when you remove the qr skewer? Do those black endcaps also come off? If it does, is the size then big enough to put your thru axle thru?

I have made my own from one of those colour flexible kitchen cutting boards, and used a paper hole punch to make the holes.

Some of the george, gard route trails rated poorly. I wonder what the criteria is. It seems more in favour of gravel grind singletrack kind of trails with a bit of gravity. https://www.topmtbtrails.co.za/region/western-cape/

The only top trails in Cape Town is Jonkers and Helderberg

Magic mary is also a good tyre https://www.easybike.co.za/tyres.html and some wtb, trailboss, judge, riddler for the rear and the convict upfront. The convict has some lovely beefy knobs https://www.custombikes.co.za/collections/wtb-tires/retail

elastomer damper

Would be interesting if the come up with something slightly flexible along those lines.

They have extremely poor cornering grip. But in a more upright position, they do work. I for instance prefer a tyre with better cornering grip and low rolling resistance

Have a look at something like the nukeproof horizons. Sort of a cross between a flat and clipless pedal. There are a wide variety of that sort of pedal, but locally we are very limited.

are there a couple of spokes that are not as tensioned as the rest?

I think the market has reached its plateau. Personally it is still a bit high. With our retail stock and pricing we stick to our marke up which at the end of the day is more than 50% cheaper than our immediate competitors. However we are still struggling for business and customers are still complaining about high prices.. Like wise with alot of other industries that friends of mine are in. I cant but blame increase in fuel and electric prices, coupled with loadshedding as well as general inflation. Those of you paying a bond and coping with the numerous interest rate hikes over the last 2 years, Hang in there!! Anyway, I haven't shopped the used market in a while as the prices dont align with what I think the goods are worth. Look at the prices of some of the frames for example.

Have you tried @droo at Stoke for a custom Banshee or Transition?

Yes, on long rides along with the biltong.

oh, yes, forgot about the biltong as well.

Any of you use dates?

Rather do the greenbelts and maybe the missing link, not sure if missing link is gravel bike friendly though

Hairy means to embed a clip like we were able to before

alot of places across markets adopt this still of price reduction.

ouch, that was me last year around this time. rest and heal up!!

Have you had a look at indola shorts?

I may have mentioned, I had an accident with a truck a few years ago. At the police station I was astounded by the truck drivers retort when asked "any damage to the truck?" "its a truck, never any damage" I was like that is a bad attitude to have, you can kill people! However, you will notice on the driving behaviour of most heavy vehicles, this is there perception and attitude. Could be the reason why there is so many heavy vehicle accidents.