joevan

Just waiting for batteries to arrive then will be fitting E-Assist. Need to be able to do more than the current 10Km and need help up hills!

Sandals with cleats. Due to a MTB accident 3yrs ago that left me with a spina\l cord injury now ride a 3 wheel recumbent trike. Need to clip my feet in but cannot get my feet into shoes. https://za.ciclimattio.com/s/shimano/sd500-shoe-2019/?id=20202&m=31226&d=108338.

Forget to add, you are only allowed two "GIFTS" per year.

I brought in some Shimano sandals from the UK last year. Invoice must be clearly marked GIFT, and value must not exceed R1500.00. You are not charged VAT or import duty, They still tried to charge me VAT and duties and I had to phone the shipping agent and tell them to read the invoice properly!!

Hope it works for you, rode my bike for 5yrs with no cable rattle and it was a cheap solution.

Thanks. Now I need to figure out if there is a way to avoid the 15% duty if I import a recumbant trike from Taiwan which is shipped in one carton with complete parts since it is for use by a disabled person

Just received this article from EBay regards imports new regs https://www.gov.za/services/import/individual-or-personal-goods Do you now need a permit to import tyres??

https://www.facebook.com/groups/339245799519995/?ref=bookmarks This is the local group group to join!!

Some pics to give you a better idea!

Get some soft plastic tubing from local hardware store, or pet shop that supplies tubing for fish tanks. If you don't want to remove cables, first slit tube in it's length and feed it into the frame over the cable, taping it with insulation tape every 100mm or so. Works perfectly. Had the same problem with my Trance, nearly drove me crazy.

Think you reading the winds speed in knots not km/hr my friend.

As far as I know the "Freeway" only starts at the Koeburg interchange and there are signs posted at the bridge. From there into town is not highway, hence the reduction on speed limit as well. Be interesting to get some opinion on this. Also rode the cycle track into town on Sunday Morning and was shocked by the amount of "homeless" people occupying this area. Does not feel safe riding that area at all as incidents prove!

Anybody ever bought from these guys?? http://www.asiancyclexpress.com/ Prices look good, but is the free shipping really free?

http://cyclefactory.co.za/index.php/bikes/27-5-mtb/giant-trance-275-4-detail Pic from Cycle Factory site, advertised at R18500 less R1000.00 on the sale

Decided instead to fit a steel hose clamp, and donated it to my gardener who has to walk about 8km from where he stays to come and do my garden, he is now a very happy chappie :drool:

Cycle factory R17490.00

Will do , should get it later in the week after they finish prepping it. Not going to put it on the couch though, wife already not too happy with me

Thanks Sampras, good idea with the steel ring, Glad to get a decent reponse from the first two responses thought I had posted in the Friday Funnies by mistake! But went out this morning and bought a new bike anyway, decided to try the 650B club Gaint Trans 4.

Is this Repairable? Anybody in Cape Town that can do decent alu welding??

After doing approx 5000km with this bike many of them fast downhills, a few months ago while going down Vissershok, as I reached 73km/hr the bike developed a severe front wheel wobble. This was so bad that I was all over the road, fortunately no other traffic around. Managed to get it under control by clamping the top tube after seeing life flash before my eyes! Very strong South East wind at the time, did not hit any bumps or potholes, it just started this scary wobble. This has spoiled my experience riding this bike, and unfortunately I love the fast downhills! Have checked over everything, wheels, tyres bearings, headset, frame, forks, and found nothing to give any clue why this happened. However everytime i go down a hill now very nervous and worried that the incident will repeat itself, this spoils my fun!!!!!! Any of you technical minded Hubbers got any ideas?

Went from MI to MH, Road went from P down to S. Can understand if your seeding gets pushed down if you don't do races, as guys doing races will be moving up pushing the non-racers down but then the MTB one makes no sense since it is the MTB season. Has anybody received thier new numbers from the July registration yet?

I'm too old and unfit to keep up with the top seeds, but how can a seeding drop from P down to S in one month, and at the same time the MTB seeding go up? Makes no sense to me!!

I give up with the PPA seedings. Have not done any races since the Agus, but Road seeding went up after the Argus, and has now come down. Also done no MTB races, but MTB seeding has gone up! If seeding is going to change every month they are going to make a fortune out of selling new numbers!!!!!!!!

Bump Any bright ideas on my chain experience. Have now bought a SRam chain and fitted it Sunday, works perfectly, no "skipping" on any of the gears.

Had an interesting issue with a chain a few weeks ago on the road bike, 9 speed. Had a new 9 speed chain that had been lying around for about two years, bought on a special, and decided to fit it although the old chain ws not really that worn. (Yes, I was bored!) Fitted the chain and went off the Saturday for the club ride only to find a severe case of chain slip. First suspected a sticky link, no sticky link. Finally found that the slip was only occuring on one cog the 14 tooth. Swopped this out for a new 14 tooth, same problem! Tried a 13 tooth, same problem! Laid the old and new chains side by side, and found that the new chain had a completely different pitch, this was over a section of about four links. Put the old chain back, problem solved. Anybody ever had a similar experience? Is there a difference in pitch between say an eight speed chain vs a nine speed? Don't think so, since the tooth spacing on the gears is identical?? (Thought that maybe it was a packing/labelling problem) Shimano chain by the way.