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Absa Cape Epic‏@AbsaCapeEpic Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite · Close Open Details Lead group thins out. 36ONE, 360Life, Bulls 1, Stockli, Merida, Topeak #absacapeepic

36ONE-SONGO‏@songoinfo Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite · Close Open Details It's 4 teams racing full steam to the end, it's going to be an exciting sprint finish! Can't wait, just 10mins away

I thought most had already

Sean Badenhorst‏@Mr_TREAD Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite · Close Open Details Four teams in it for the stage win now! @songoinfo @Nedbank360life @TeamBulls 1 & Multivan Merida.

1 January 1970

Absa Cape Epic‏@AbsaCapeEpic Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite · Close Open Details 360Life + 36ONE give the throttle a twist. BMC, Songo and MTN are off. Still over 20km, but could end in a rare bunch sprint. #absacapeepic

How 'hard' must you be training to need 'something' to help? #wondermaarnet

Just replaced the Merida HT frame with a 'Ma se' HT frame

In my totally unprofessional and inexperienced opinion I guess that besides racing 36one, 360life would also like to make as much time on the other contenders as possible so as to at least try to get a podium at the end?

DON'T YOU START WITH ME (only 1 mon ami!)

Hopefully they don't come up with a 750.73 or 31.5 standard cause there's very little 'clearance' on my standard 29r Momsen with Specialized Captain Control tyres

Yoh Cap now you 'vat me sommer in the gesig' - It's an RL so has no compression and it for sure is not locked out Will do the whole setting thing from scratch again ..... thanks for all the advice gents!

Site back up!

On bumpy terrain (rough jeep/single track) the bike seems to jump around and be tough on the arms ..... like I mentioned maybe the 15kg's I've lost the last 8 weeks means anyway re-setting the sag at least?

That's what I 'normally' do Bob but it seems to me that's not the rule for everyone ... are there different 'sag' rules for better/faster riders cause they sure as hell are not running the recommended!

Mmmmm Cap, makes sense but difficult to somehow 'feel' what's good when you're as ham fisted as me on the bike ... Lets take the example of my Epic that has a Fox Talas 32RL ...... I have been pumping it to 90PSI and the rebound is just 2 clicks toward slow from the mid setting. As Heman mentioned I have however lost the weight of a small farm animal in the last couple of weeks and clearly this is also affecting it. I ride an XC course in the week that is not particularly hectic and then on weekends it's mostly long long rides with bits of technical/singletrack thrown in.

I thought 'if it doesn't bottom out now and then you not getting your moneys worth out of the fork'

I notice that many of the faster/better riders seem to run their forks pretty soft - are there any specific pros and or cons to doing this? Will it make any difference to an untalented 'weekend warrior' such as myself that rides long 'non-technical' rides on the weekend and short stumbles through the Rietvlei Zoo Farm 'XC' course in the week?

According to the 'old coot' they will stay with the Ikon

just 'semantics' mate, still avoiding them specific occurences

Dude no one is 'waxing' anything near my 'moon'

Honestly? Errrmmm maybe just a teeny weeny bit but the memories of the pain and effort have not faded yet .... the emotional scars will take long to heal

There is so much total k*k spouted about the apparently enormous differences between wheel sizes that I won’t buy anything bike related until they invent the variable size wheel so that my kit is perfectly matched to the terrain/trail/humidity/global economic situation/phase of the moon

Burry did mention the heavier 'Renegades' - Specialized obviously

- runs out and smashes that tarmac frame