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First you pay for the otter walking fee(cause there is no hikers on the day) All in all you pay to have the trail open for 4 days since that's how you normally walk it Then you pay for the 2 night camping in a tent that they supply anf for food-not sure if its free this year Then you pay for the company that drives you to the start and back Not sure what's all the costs involved but you simply can't compare it to kloofing or running a normal trail with mates I life in george and run trails a lot for trianing but this is racing against the best and the elite I agree its expensive and it will soon be more expensive with less value for you money but there will always be a huge demand Same as events like the poineer and the epic you pay lots to race with the best and it will never be cheap End of the say its simply a business for the owners and no one does it for the love of it All I can say most of these high profile trail races is wort it but its flippen expensive I resently did the swartberg treverse- a 4 day event orgenized by drylad(same okes that does the pioneer) It was an amazing race and worth the money-made some great friend there

http://www.solisbikes.com/mtb/pyrolite/pyrolite.html Maybe this-not sure yet

One of the best trail races in sa Next year it will be the other way around, naturesvalley to stormsriver The sub 8 is for the more expierenced and elite and the ramble more for the slower guys and first timers It a hard race with lots of stairs and in my opinion anything below 7 hours is great, sub 6 then you know you good and sub 5 you're just in a dif class You have a short prologue the day before the time and the main race is the next day There a few water tables along the way -also a few river crossings and its all happening in one day Train and be prepared if you wana do this one-its not normal road running

Thanks for your replies and input There seems to be a lot of nice bikes floating around in that price bracket

Like most of you know I am in the market for a new 29 er hardtail I have heard of a bike that goes for r30000 The owner is selling to buy a tandem for him and his wife He apparently paid 40 000 for it and whant 30 now its mostly xo snd the bike weighs 9.9 kgs What's the new price and do you think its a good buy Bike has done about 300kms Thanks ouens

In the next few months i will be buying another bike I am 1.93cm, weigh 90kg's and are fairly competitive I dont like the thickness of the frame on the new giants and i have seen a few nice scotts and meridas, the new rocky moutian also looks very nice , not sure about the ride but it does look like a nice bike It must be a 29 er since i have a 26 allready also something i am not to sure about is the wheels, seems like most of them has dt swiss wheels and alot of okes talk good things about the ztr wheels Can you guys please let me know

i grew up in Kruger and those old dukwiel swarfietse seem so go on forever Hulle maak dit seker nie meer soos in die ou dae nie, hoe meer basie shoe beter, jy weet mos dit nie jou eie fiets is nie sal hulle nooit goed na dit kyk nie

Thanks ouens will check it out

Hi gents, i am currently out in west africa for work and looking at getting my next bike for somewhere beginnning of Jan at the moment its between Scott and merida, looking at about R30 000 for now Do any of you ride this big nine, what the different price levels for this bike and do you know how much it retails for i also like the black colour on this bike, dont like the light colours too much it must be hardtail, 29'er and in xl size, this will be used not only to ride but to race quite alot thanks ouens

Sorry nie mooi gelees nie

julle moet miskein julle feite agtermekaar kry voor julle vingers wys 5am in die oggend op n small bruggie ek gaan nie eers oor die brug in my kar as daar n kar van voor afkom nie , dis baie smal en nevermind die feit dat daar gereeld ongelukke is as 2 karre aan mekaar raak nie weet ek nie wat n fietsryer op daai bruggie maak nie Net so vir julle wat vinger wys, ek het so 3 weke n lonrun op daai pad gehad en moes 2x kyk hoe n groep fietsryers langs mekaar ry in n bondel dat die kar wat van agteraf kom heeltemal moet stop todat n kar van voor af verby is so meeste fietsryers is nie so onskuldig as wat julle wil voorgee nie...let wel ek se meeste het gehoor dit was n pa en seun wat saam gery het en die seun het kaar op die bult gewag bo vir pa toe die ongeluk gebeur, Sterkte vir die familie in die moeilke tye

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We had great fun, will post some pics later in the week

shot okes, thanks for great advice

you het these bikes in a silver colour sprayjob that i dont like too much, the sell for R19000 http://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/giant-xtc-0-29er , then you get exactly the same frame in black with the specs not as good as the silver frame for R14 700 http://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/giant-xtc-1-29erIt exactly the same frame and both bikes weigh in on the shop floor at about 11,kg's I am thinking of getting the black on but will change straight away to a better, say xt 2x10 Frames are alu but i dont realy want carbon this bike seems like an ok bike do any of you have one? My aim is to get it just below 11kg's and it should be good enough for me All in all with the changes it should be about R17 000 the wheels on both these bikes is also the same Any other option you guys would look at, spez is just too expensive for me for now Thanks and have a lekker week

just dont see the point of riding a mtb on tar, it's like all the wanabee yuppies with their 4x4's in the big cities

out of all the compression socks i have tries i found rockets to be the worst, their after service also stinks Took me nearly 3 months to get replacement socks from the rep

http://www.drylandtraverse.co.za/ Are any of you doing it, both me and my wife will be there but were both running as single entries Looking very much forward to it, since i couldnt make the Otter this year , i hope i can do well in this one

Thanks everyone, i just got a call frm her and she is very happy about her watch You guys rock Will let you know how it goes

Thanks eveyone for helping out, its really nice to see hubbers with this kind of attitude. I have passed the right address on to the appropiate person We will keep you updated with her progress Thanks again

780 might work on jeep track and the open road, i will hook into trees all the time when i ride up here in the forest, jimmy hartail whats your lenght?

i resently got a new bar and i decided to keep it a bit long for the first few weeks Now it bothers me a bit, it measures 68cm end to end without the bar ends ,i am quite tall 193cm and also have long arms Is this a good lenght? it feels fine on jeeptrack but i am always worried that it might hook on trees or bushes when i ride narrow single track here in the forest if i have to cut it, how much would you take of? thanks

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Morning weight Weenie Sjoe, running is basic, she has got some shoes for now and normally run in club colours so she pretty much has everything excepth a proper timing device, thanks for your help