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I say.. Natural selection, let others do what they please, they are not interfering or hampering other people in any way.

Cant remember if this has been up before, but its all about the pictures anycase:) http://www.mountainbikebitz.com/images/products/Evil-Uprising.jpg http://ep1.pinkbike.org/p4pb9319115/p4pb9319115.jpg

Lucky that you are able to buy a decent bike to go to collage! Not like us, having to go cheap for when it gets stolen. But agree with 1st reply, see what goes for what, once that side. As for when you actually find out you need a bike, I would go something reliable, that doesn't need too much maintenance. Like singlespeed of internal gear bikes (rear hub as internal gears)

Think that sound is normal, when I hold my front break and move my bike foward and back ward, you hear a sound sort of like a "loose headset", this is the movement of the two materials in the rotor, which makes that ta-ta. Movement shown here in this diagram: http://www.hopetech.com/webtop/modules/_repository/documents/Technicalnotediscs(2).pdf

Haven't ridden long stems since my trials days, but if I were to invest in stem now, would be renthal. Stems are one of those components, which all of them will work and you wont break them, so it all comes down to personal choice and how much you want to spend. Nukeproof warhead stem, also pretty good, but cant say it will be any better than the FUNN

but they rise?

For wheelsets, I only like one Brand, Spank, love them and they cater for almost any riding style. http://www.spank-ind.com/ For hubs, most brands are good, I personally like nukeproof generators, but depends how hard you are going to ride

easily do-able with patience, and not to finicky about parts. my build was round R10k (Without new Lyrik and Hope M4's) What I did was buy a Dirt jump bike (usually insanely cheap), and replace the frame with full sus frame. My build was from giant STP to intense. From this (R3400) To this (R3400 +R4500 frame - R900 (selling STP frame) = R7000 What I ride at the moment (R7000 + R5500 (Hopes) + R3800 (Lyrik) = R16300)

That santa cruz looks awesome and would work, maybe ask your friend to bring a drive train and fork with as well, to save on some costs and doesn't take to much space, concealing it with bike.. (Maybe also look at Intense tracer, but im biased towards Intense, haha) For wheel size, that's whatever you want. I ride 26", but I have no experience with other wheels sizes.

Tried doing some work up in Eden, but will have to wait for forestry to finish up, as there cutting down, is closing/destroying everything. But, I'm not complaining, if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have spots to ride.

Wet weather --> Soft ground, go and build/repair/maintain some stuff you can ride when weather clears up

come now; Dropper Post + XX1 = enduro, cant question the definition haha

what to make of this:

I just HOPE you guys come right

bought them.. sold them (Ice tech even)

XT's are completely over rated!

Just check on survey, you cant just type in only reason on "other", it doesn't accept, so perhaps add an "other" option to the answers, not just the "other" block

Also this one: Mx helmets are made for high speed motocross racing and therefore are designed to protect the head from high speed crashes. To do this they use harder/denser internals which dont absorb much impact at slower speeds so wont offer tonnes of protection at low speed crashes. MTB helmets use the softer/less dense internals that protect really well at slower speeds but offer a lot less protection at really high speeds

No, think MX lid is over kill and much more heavy. My MTB FF is under 1kg, 2/3 of a lightweigt MX helmet. pretty big diff to your MX, and less padding and narrower, I think

Soos die ouens deesdae op die veld lê en huil, lyk my rugby gaan ook sokker se kant toe. Eg. Dagg wat op die grond lê en huil soos baba na habana hom vas gehardloop het.

Inbred, awesome bike, excellent geometry

Not sure what bike, but just makes you want to hop on and ride

Some of those bikes look pretty XC orientated. Remember to put money aside for proper wheels;) This one has been on Gumtree for a while: http://www.gumtree.co.za/cp-sports-bicycles-fitness-in-rondebosch/giant-reign-x-and-more-521933139

Seems like a nice bike. Build to suite your riding style, I used to do street and little DJ, and build my bike with semi DJ geometry and love it. Was also my 1st full sus and too say the least, felt like cheating, haha I bought a frame and added parts to it, much more fun that way, might work out a little more expensive, but you wont have to replace all the generic crap you get on a showroom bike Edit: Like this frame: https://www.bikehub.co.za/classifieds/47302-turner-5spot-frame-killer-deal/

Real mountainbikers Dig trail(Will keep that topic for friday) and knows what effort goes into building trails thus knows not to comment on something someone else put their time and sweat in. If you cant ride it, get off your bike and walk round. Most trailbuilders are considerate with regards to chickenruns, but to make trails accessible to rookies, because you don't have basic skill to roll your big wheels over a rock garden is ridiculous. Walk up a trail, know before hand what you can and cannot do... and progress.