Melch

Hey if you keen to ride in Tokai on Saturday morning or Sunday this weekend LMK, Im keen for a ride.

What is the points break down for placeing at province and SA champs?

Thanks for the heads up. If the weather is bad I wont be there but was wondering whats it like to push up the track?

Hey Just wondering who is thinking about going to contermanskloof for the shuttle day this sunday?

I remember reading about this topic applied to track cycling years ago, might of been in the cyclists training bible. What the author said was that track sprinters like to run small front chain ring / small rear sprocket as it feels more responsive while the track time trial specialists tended to run larger front chain rings and rear sprockets. The argument for the larger front chain ring/ rear sprocket combination was that it was more efficient as the chain links did not have to bend as far as they moved around the chain ring and sprockets. Not sure if you will find any real information to back this up though.

I can get lenses of CRC, I already have one spare. The shops I popped into in cape town all said they stocked lenses for the goggles but did not have any in stock at the time. They also mentioned they were struggeling to get the oakley goggles and lenses from the supplier so I desceded against that option. It will probably take the same time to get the stuff shipped in that to wait for the local shops to get stuff in stock that they dont normally store.

In the end I got some No fear goggles of CRC for R200 and bought a dual vented lense for R100. No import duties charged luckilly. I have used them for one ride and they seemed to work well. I guess ill wait and see how well they last.

Hey Me and some friends are meeting at tokai tomorow at 9 to do some DH riding. Anyone is free to join if they want.

Just saw this on gumtree it is old but a cool way to get into DH. Might even be an upgrade from my ralie RDH 7 come to think of it but i have spent enough money on my bikes lately. http://capetown-westerncape.gumtree.co.za/c-Stuff-for-Sale-sports-bicycles-fitness-Giant-DH-Team-Downhill-bike-W0QQAdIdZ278163874

I got the old magura Julies ( I think 2002) on my XC bike. They are still the low pressure ones and I am happy with them. I should point out that I have not riden with any other brakes on a xc bike though. All I have to compare them to are the hayes 9s I have on my DH bike.

Hey guys. Thanks for the inpu it is very usefull.

Hi I will need to replace the tyres on my DH bike soon. Was just wondering what tires you guys are using / have used and what you though of them. On a slightly different note what tyre pressure do you guys typically run? I do most of my riding at tokai. Thanks in advance for the input.

That sucks. Hope replacing it does not take to long.

Cool Guys. Thanks for the advice. I want to try the road caset some time. Will just make getting uphill a bit more chalenging. Anyone know if you can run a shimano derailur with sram shifters? At the moment I have a sram x7 derailer on the back tith x5 shifters, I think. There are just more places I can get shimano stuff. Anyway it is not an urgent upgrade at the moment.

Hey Noob question but I need to replace the derailer on my DH bike. Which cage length should I get? I would guess a short cage should work, and be less likely to get caught in stuff when I'm riding but thought I better check. Thanks in adveance for the advice / opinions.

Hey guys. How was the race? I went through for practice on saturday but descided to skip the race. had a lot of other stuff to do and I felt I got my moneys worth of riding in on saturday. Anyway just wondering how the race went and what the final turnout was like.

Hey guys Who is planning on going to the race this weekend? I will probably go through. Never ridden the course at Eden, anyone know what it is like?

No I ended up replacing the clutch on my motorbike instead. Hopefully I will make it out this weekend though.

Bleak only got this now. Good to hear you riding again after your fall the other day.

Hey I'm keen to do some more DH riding this weekend. Im free saturday and sunday morning this weekend. LMK if you are keen. From Melch

Hey Guys I am looking at getting some goggles for DH. So far I have looked on chain reaction cycles. I was told I should try and get Oakleys as I will be able to get the replacement lenses quite easily. Anyway the options available in my price range are the Oakly O frame, Proven, Proven otg and L frames. I was wondering if anyone has used any of these and what you thought of them. I have a bel helmet. Not sure how that compares to others with respect to the goggles fitting properly. I read somewhere on the hub there is no import duties on goggles, have any of you guys imported a set befor and know if this is true? Anyway thanks in advance for the advice.

Hey Was just wondering what people thought of dirtopia. I went through for the "DH" race as it was originally advertised. It was then changed to an all mountain race. In the end the course was a section of the xc marathon race was very smooth, not technical at all and quite flat.Tokai has some all mountain trails and they can be quite fun on a dh bike but this was closer to the fairy garden than any of the all mountain/DH trails. Was wondering what peoples opinions of the event were? I will be avoiding anything with their name on it for a while.

Hey Was just wondering what people thought of dirtopia. I went through for the "DH" race as it was originally advertised. It was then changed to an all mountain race. In the end the course was a section of the xc marathon race, it was very smooth, not technical at all and quite flat. I was a quite disappointed, I did one practice run and went home. Got better things to do with my Sunday. A bit annoyed about the wasted morning though. Was wondering what peoples opinions of the event were? I will be avoiding anything with their name on it for a while.

Hey Anyone got any idea what to expect from the dirtopia DH race coming up, whats the course like? I'm planning on going but just wondering if you can enter on the day and if there a penalty for doing so? Anyway I will be going through from the Kenilworth area and will have place for 1 more bike on my bike rack if anyone is going and would like a lift.

hey Pittstop. I got one or two other people who are keen but no confirmed times/place yet. I will let you know when we go.