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RockCoach

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  1. You have to know where to look on the Spruit. Fun stuff is mostly off the main lines. As for events, there are some new cool things happening on the #Enduro side. Keep your ear to the ground for Waterval Boven, Hakahana, Van Gaalens and Swampdog Farm enduros.
  2. Very funny and very true. Can relate to everything but military.
  3. One done last week and we saw where another could go this morning
  4. Congrats Dude!
  5. I hung out In your "VIP" section for nearly an hour: NO chairs NO coffee NO Mr Swane WTF???
  6. The photographer stationed there was very disappointed that no one was hitting it so I gave him one pic . I did talk to one other guy who said he did.
  7. Speed is your friend. I was almost landing it flat when giving it horns. Even medium speed with some technique gets you over. Some hard braking for the next corner though...
  8. Hasn't happened to me on my SS yet but 2 months ago broke my brand new 10 speed chain while sprinting out the saddle for a jump. I must have been doing 35km/h and then I overtook the bike out the front door . Thank goodness for long Spruit grass this time of year. Only bruised knees on handlebars.
  9. droooooool... How do you like something multiple times? It is my next frame!
  10. You can earn some frequent flyer miles. Looks like the Spruit Fairy was busy again today!
  11. Yep. A few grew overnight.
  12. I would rather go for WTB i23 rims.
  13. Earthing? Eish... don't try electrical repairs on the house while riding rollers. Took me about 5 minutes using a counter top about 20 years ago. The above advice is all good.
  14. Any bike shop which orders any Shimano products should be able to order them.
  15. I know you talking about the XC stuff... But a couple of us rode the Klapperkop downhill trail this weekend. There are some ruts that are just about unrideable. A little bit of work on about 50m of trail and even good XC riders will manage it.
  16. Was there a field on the entry form asking DS or HT?
  17. Think I saw that gap over bridge on SCycling XCO race... nice!!
  18. Seems to be the general consensus... even though all our koppe are different sizes and shapes. I personally know five Jhb guys who are now using the Etto. The only issue I had with it was a missing elastic to secure the excess chin strap. This can cause the strap to loosen and to sometimes pull right out, particularly after heavy sweating. Obviously remedied with a small elastic...
  19. I know. Was just making joke
  20. R510 posted to Jhb. There are a number of us who have them and are pretty impressed. I'm still not quite sure why the pricing is so good on them compared to to other trail lids. Seems to be a German brand... Think I should order another one before they realise their mistake and correct the pricing.
  21. Your theory sounds plausible. Although don't assume that all left handed peeps descend with left foot back and visa versa. I have found that after enough practise I cannot tell which is my preferred corner direction. Practise slalom on a slight downhill. That will get your cornering sorted and work on the 'flipping over' transition from one direction to the other.
  22. The flick is different from countersteering. Bryan Lopes describes it well. Capricorn, When entering a left hand turn. Do you push your left hand down and pull right hand up? If you do you are creating forces and tension on the bar which takes away from steering efficiency. If you lean the bike by just falling over to the inside then you not going to be balanced with your weight on the outside pedal. You probably don't realise it but if you are using good technique in leaning the bike over while keeping your body fairly upright, then you most likely are countersteering. It's such a slight movement. Upon entering the lh corner, your body is starting to lean slightly to the left. You turn the bars imperceptibly to the right and you relax your hands and arms and allow the bars to 'flop' into a position where you are not fighting the bars. At the same time your weight is fully transferred onto the outside pedal and you lean the bike down while standing upright (saddle dropped). Throughout this process you are looking through the corner so that your head, shoulders, hips, knees, feet point towards the apex/exit. It takes a lot of practise to get everything working together in harmony but when you do it's all smiles.
  23. I do the following drill with students who have this problem. Find a bit of smooth, flat terrain with some space (garden, park or driveway works well). Place two cones (rocks, logs, indigenous plants) about 4m apart to start with. Now do figure 8's through the cones. Concentrate on keeping equidistant from the cones as you go around them. Move the cones closer and closer together. When you can ride the figure 8's with cones a metre apart keeping less than a metre from the cones, you can consider yourself an expert in tight corners.
  24. Time in the saddle
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