ZorgusPrime

The Route Then ALL the way to the top Returning via the singletrack ZorgusPrime2008-03-26 08:04:31

Here are a few reasons why you might not want to try that...

your Stellenbosch options Green - Road Red & White - Dirt Yellow - Singletrack (+/-)

PappaBear, what is the route from Brackenfell to Stellenbosch ?

anyone been past this lately ?

...... I don't see a chain breaker ?

Hey SlowBee, I live in your area, and got a new bike in January. (My old one still goes fine, but is a Giant Yukon 1996 hard-nose) I went to most of the bike shops in the area ( Somerset West x2 / Stellenbosch x2 / CapeTown x4 / Tigervalley x2 ) and what the people have mentioned above is pretty much spot on. The best bikes for R5000-R5999 commonly found at these places were: Giant Yukon GT Avalanche 1 Merida TFS-100D Merida SubXX Scott Scale80 This price point is just about at the point of Hydraulic vs Cable disk brakes, and lower vs mid range shocks. My decision was to go one bracket up in my search as a result. I can pm you some more details (& spreadsheet I did) if you want..ZorgusPrime2008-03-13 14:52:07

The new Edge 605/705 units now include mapping, and as a result have more internal memory external expansion via microSD card. Here the units come bundled with Garmap on a 512mb card, which leave a few hunderd MB for saving the track data. A quick calculation based on my Forerunner/Edge files (saving heartbeat, cadence, speed, and gps data every second) should get you somewhere in the region of 10'000 km, more if you use the units "smart save" function (save only points where direction/speed/etc changes). The manual has just been uploaded on garmin's website for reference https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/manual.jsp?product=010-00555-20&cID=160&pID=10885 In addition to what you can do on the current Edge/Forerunners, there is the mapping functionality which opens up a whole new myriad of options. For example you can now create custom routable maps and now load them onto the microSD. Previously these custom mapsets could only be used on the PC, and then loaded onto the unit at a course/track. I'm busy with mapping every MTB route I get to ride, and have had an Edge705 on order since Spetember 2007 waiting to try out my custom maps. Have a look at http://www.easygis.co.za/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_7&products_id=23&zenid=80e093ec07653bfd0f5721fd0e66ded8 as they are taking pre-orders. (Current ETA is end March, but you can check with them)