Kuys

Ah I remember the days of running laps around the old pump track at Wolwespruit, and my wife and I splitting up, one on foot with the youngest and the other on the bike with the oldest. Now I need to ride hard to keep up with my oldest daughter on the DH's at Thaba Good times, enjoy

I see you do seem to get a 11-51 11spd Deore cassette. Anyway let him ride what he has, and try with 32t, if he still need lower then try the Deore 11-51

I would stick with the 11spd 11-46. 11spd Shimano is bomb proof and cheaper to replace. I would however get a 32t chain ring and see which works best. and as pointed out make sure it is setup properly, chain not worn etc. Keep in mind to change from 11-46 to 10-50 you will have to replace rear hub freewheel body which add significant cost. So even if the 11-46 is worn, I would stick with it and replace whats necessary. 11spd Pro's Cheaper than 12spd Not as finicky to set-up and maintain Con's less gear range 12sp Pro's More gearing range Con;s More expensive Finicky to set-up and maintain Required special freewheel body

Im curious to see how long drive trains and freewheel bodies will last with these >100 N.m motors.

https://www.autobarfitment.co.za/p/497149/towbars Contact them and ask if they have an extension that can fit in the square interface And they can probably make custom unit or adapt existing design to fit on your vehicle

Since you have the square interface, it is much simpler to extend. The gooseneck on your vehicle is removable and you can easily replace it with a simple square tube extension while on the Defender the gooseneck part is not easily replaceable.

What does the towbar look like on the Jetour T2? If its the square interface, you have many options to extend. If its a goose neck like on the Defender, youre screwed. I had Autobar towbar on my Prado with the rear sparewheel and the standard towbar extended just far enough for a standard Thule to clear the sparewheel

Ive had bad experience with Look pedals adjustment screw stripping and you cant replace them. I wont consider them ever again. I would only ride Shimano if you want to stick with SPD's. XT or 540's. I wouldnt go a level lower than that.

Any idea how much this bike would worth? From what I could gather the Flyer was pretty low end, but the groupset is pretty good?

As far as I know number plates and lights are not a requirement in the USA (at least not all the states) And Thule do not import this type rack to SA

My daughter, 12, 1.47cm, rides a small 29er with a reach of 420, 45mm stem and 650mm handlebar. Perfect fit. Dont underestimate effect of handlebar width, most kids rides bikes with handlebars too wide for them which makes the bike too big for them (their arms are too short to move through the wide arc the wider handlebar makes when turning)

The Titan looks like a good bet (27.5). Pretty good spec and geometry. I would buy as is, and upgrade fork to something lighter and better at a later stage (if necessary)

How old is he and how tall?