Leon Pretorius

Hi Hubbers, I'm fairly new to road riding, so I am looking for SAVE routes (40km-90km) around Pretoria East? Would you guys consider the Delmas road as save? (there's a small shoulder most of the way) Thanks! Cheers, Leon

Hey guys, Picking up my brand new AR4 tommorow. Really excited! Thanks for all the advice and replies! You guys were great help. Big thanks for BMT cycles aswell for the great service and price they are giving me. http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/images/product_images/big/FELT_AR4_2011.jpg Will keep you guys updated! Regards, Leon

I am not sure. The reason why I am asking this is that in the case I get fed up with the Tri-positioning, how difficult would it be to switch over to a road bike with the components I have. Someone mentioned in a previous post that they bought a Tri frame and transformed it into a road bike.

Can you repost these links? I cannot seem to open them. Thanks

What would you need to change a Tri-Bike to a road bike? Just handle bars?? Regards, Leon

I guess if they are shown in google maps it should be legit! For that price I can buy the AR5 (2010 model) & a MTB...Shouldnt forget about import duties etc, but it will still be alot cheaper than buying one here.

Has anyone ever imported a bike? AR5 for $1,600 (And other bikes) A closeout sale...Might be abit dodgey?

Hi guys, thanks for the reply's. I really like the AR4 idea (I will look into the AR5 though unless I get a great price on a AR4). Its a beautifull bike aswell! and I am doing the East London 70.3 in January. I will look around and if I cannot find something in my range, I recon I will try to go the tri/mtb route. I am not in a hurry since the bikes I am borrowing now is sufficient and the people I am borrowing from aren't in a hurry to get the bikes back. Thanks for the great help and ideas!

Hi Guys, I've recently completed my first Olympic distance triathlon, and the bug bit so I am going to start doing these as a full time hobby. My main aim is to compete in half IM's (and laaaater sime full IM's) and will do more olympic and sprint distance tri's inbetween. I am not really interested in doing cycling only races, but might do the odd one (if I do not buy a tri-bike), like te Argus, 94.7 etc. I am currently borrowing a road bike. Before the triathlon, I probably havent cycled ANY bike in 10 years. Basically all of my training has been done in the gym. My budget for a bike is around R15k-R18k. My first thoughts were that I will choose between a second hand Tri-bike, a new giant trinity, one of the Felt B16's (2012) which I can get for about R16k, or a Trek Speed Concept 2012 for around R19k...and I was kinda sold into buying a tri-bike. But over the weekend I spoke to a friend of mine who were quite big in cycling...and he said I should definately buy a road bike. He claimed tri-bikes are way over priced. If I go this route, I can buy a road bike for around R10k and then buy a second hand MTB with it, which I enjoy alot aswell and I find it easier to go out on the MTB for some training & fun. So my options are these: -Buy a road bike (I allready have tri-bars which I bought for the bike I am borrowing) AND a MTB (I am currently borrowing an awesome MTB which the guy offered to sell to me for a great price..for around R6k) -Buy one of the abovementioned TRI-bike only. If I go with the road bike, which bikes would you guys recommend I get? Thanks and regards, Leon