BergForce

Lots of complaints about the flex in the Reba 29er, so if Reba, maybe a thru-axle will help resolve this issue, but you cant go wrong with the Fox with thru-axle.

It leaves us with Enduren as the energy drink to use.

No man it was before the bomber we talkin MOUNTAIN BIKE here can you tell the difference the bomber is a pavement cruiser.

I think it was about 86. I remember people always asked about the sloped top tube.

Not only was my 1st bike a mountain bike, it was also the 1st mountain bike to land on African soil.

I dont give a crap some mtb dude fronting as a roadie I guess and @davidgeorge tried to slipstream his teamie in the epic cause he was just trying to hang on to a real mtbiker and then hit the tip of a bushmen spear rock and ended their epic dream.

But he is just a roadie, we talking mtb here not whus roadie crap.

You can get 2kg Enduren on buycycle.co.za for about R320 I think, which works out more or less the same price as Game and Energade, but works better. Water does not give energy and for mtb climbing you need plenty energy, I see people on only water drink a lot more than me on Enduren. I also have a small bag of Energade jellies (available from Game (the store)) in my back pocket.

But if you had a good 29er dually, it would be the only bike you need.

Where is your 29er dually? BTW its nonsense that you need a hardtail to ride hard, riding hard is about how hard you pedal, but yes a hardtail rides hard on your arse so just get a 29er dually 120mm if you want super smooth/ trail or 100mm if you wanna go fast and smooth.

Dammit Berry you wasting bandwidth here...Berry Stander?

Ye its a race to finish before the epic riders, your prize will be a cup of coke and a timed time.

Even on rocky/bumpy climbs I leave my rear shock open on my 29er dually, and also on long rides my rear shock stays open most of the time. It really is nice to have the soft rear on longer rides, a hard tail will bump me tired within 30kms.

The new Silverback Storm carbon 29er. Storm1 10.6kg will go for +- 23k and Storm2 10.8kg for 20k, both got Stans ZTR crest wheels. The frames look superb with metal protection in the right places, a triangular down tube and some give in the rear triangle along with the narrow 27.2 seat post will add some comfort.

29er is thus then better for the consumer cause they ride enduro endurance (50km+) type events is this not so? I rest my face, 29er rulez!

I think its great to have more options they should make a frame in all sizes for each wheel size, so you can choose like: I want a 27.5 wheel size large frame, or I want a 29er small frame - the more options the better. And then you must choose the crank length also. I don`t know why people are so uptight about this wheel size thing you ride what you wanna ride nobody says you must now go buy a 27.5er, but if you do want to buy a new bike, it`s nice to have options to suit you.

Stens my bru

And there we have it, 27.5 is just a little better than a 29er and both of them are much better than a 26er.

This is going to be a seriously good bike, it has a triangular down tube and both models comes with Stans Crest wheels at a very good price....Momsen has got a problem here.

I know I was getting tired of typing all the great options we have, in Grabouw there is Lebanon, Oak Valley, Grabouw MTO, Groenlandberg, Thandi/Paul Cluver, all within 20mins drive.

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Road helmets should be smaller, car proof, and full face with pollution filters, MTB helmets should be rock, mud and dust proof.

What about medium aged and light?

The new Silverback Storm is lighter and much cheaper I would rather go for that, even the cheapest model comes out with Crest wheels which saves you a wheel upgrade.

Anywhere outside the Western Cape fails in terms of safety.