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thoughts on 1x10 set up for the race, 32 or 34 upfront, how brutal are the hills ? where would the mast feature in comparison to some of them ?

short and not so sweet !

Thanks :-) Paced myself well and managed to finish strong compared to last couple of races.

results available here. http://great-time.mobi/.cm4all/iproc.php/GREAT-TIME%20RESULTs/Slanghoek%20Mtn2Mtn%20MTB%20Results%201.pdf?cdp=a

and results ? are they engraving each name into a framed certificate ?

Ya, that I can imagine taking awhile, manually capturing 25/30 000 finishers into their system years after the fact. But a couple of hundred names should be chop chop done in a flash nowadays.

Shot. Like the old days when you had to wait a week for results for Argus !

think I did a 2h48, amped to see results finally.

tx

ok. do you know what winning time was ?

Anyone found results yet ?

any know where to find results ?

La Bomba one of my goofy Weimeraner's

what this course like ? rocky, muddy ?

So I got to ride my XX1 set up today ( gripshift was replaced by Jason at Olympic no problem ! ) Thought I would test my mettle with ride from town over Kloof, through Camps Bay to Houtbay, riding 34 up front, Kloof no problem. Then hopped in car and drove to Tokia and went for burn up to mast..again 34 upfront no real problem. I'm using XT crank with wolf chainring ( no guide ) hammered the rough section after tar to see how chain handles and no problem, infact didn't even hear the chain 'slapping' around like it used to! Enjoyed the clean look and feel of handlebar and single blade upfront.

All sorted, shop replaced ( kudos to Jason at Olympic ) the gripshift and tomorrow I will be up and riding. Pics to follow of 1 x set up.

Hi, so in the quest to try new ways of getting my 'fat kicks' I tried peppermint tea ( woolworths ) with full cream cream and coconut fat yesterday... Surprise surprise was pleasantly palatable, will be mixing this with my morning 'bulletproof' coffee as a variation for breakfast from time to time now.

HI All, anyone got any more info on this race, done it before ?

Thanks Rob, but think I will take it to shop I got it from to rectify.

I wasn't trying to disassemble, I was sliding it off handlebar and it came apart in my hand. And trust me if you have never worked with a 'gripshift' it is anything but intuitive as to how it goes together, it all fitted together fine, but with the first twist there was a 'cracking sounds' and that was that. I have stripped and built many of my own bikes, have yet to completely 'duff' a installation though like with this one. And it seems with a small amount of searching various bike forums that I am not the only person who has experienced this with XX1 gripshift.

Hi, just got XX1, whilst putting on and adjusting gripshift it came apart when I slid it off handlebar, couldn't get it back together and now that I have it made a loud crack when I twisted and is effectively F@cked ! Very irritating not having even ridden it yet. Apparently I'm not the only one having this experience, cut and paste from another forum, And it seems I'm not the only one...copy and paste from another forum. BTW, my grip shift came apart, exploded the spring and was decommissioned before I could even ride it. Spring flung on the driveway. 2-1/2 hours and no fix. I turned it in and I heard gripshift is sending me a trigger shifter for temp use and a new gripshit is due out next month that alleviates this problem. My brand new bike is sitting. I was looking at another thread and tons of people are having trouble with their gripshift so SRAM is engineering a fix. If I have any more issues I will switch to trigger. Anybody else experience this ?

If you winning most of them, why change the recipe ? Have you tried finding a sponsor ?

Got XX1 today, fit went well until I pulled the gripshift off handlebar after checking position and it came apart in my hand Cant get it back together...so now I only get to test it after it take it back to shop to see if they can put it together ! grr

I'm not very religious...but when I see Buffoons like this I do send out a silent prayer for their demise from the human gene pool sooner than later !