MK Killer

Trying to figure out if that advice helps me

Hey all.... Broke my collar bone Sunday... Going in for an op today to put the plate in. Doc says its not so bad and that i did have the option of just leaving it - however the plate has a better and quicker heal time.... My question to fellow "breakers" is this - i have a ski trip to Italy booked for first week Jan 2013... thats 7 weeks away. Will I be ready to ski? I havent ski'd before so im worried falling may put me at too much of a risk that it may not be worth trying. zthis is rather depressing considering the trip is non refundable and there is a whole host of us going....

Can this be converted to 2 day even the week after?

Absolutely phenomenal race... Could not have been a better day out... Like someone else said - would be awesome to be able to ride that trail weekly?

Any info on the MTB route? Also it says it is point to point - so what are the recommendations in this regard?

Wow wonder how strong the 3000 one i then????

Agreed.... I'm not sure how many people were hit by cars but I personally saw 3 separate incidents of persons calling for an ambulance.... Great race otherwise. Superb fun.

Hi Dirtchild, where about are you looking to acquire the bike from? Sounds like a sweet deal and I want in!

Thought the race was superb! Cant wait to come back with my mates to ride there. Is there a website? Also when I come with my mates will there be a map indicating possible routes, levels of difficulty of some trails etc Would love to do the 20km route again just not sure I will remember it. By the way I also got 25km on my GPS Thank you again. Best race in a long timea

Thanks man. Unfortunately being new to the sport all the bikes I look at just seem awesome....

Thanks. I have considered, and set aside a budget for the extras. Also from what (little) I understand it would seem that a 26inch bike would be fine. All advice is really appreciated in this respect.

In my limited knowledge I am looking at the following types of bikes: 2012 Trek 3700 TREK MARLIN 29er (2012) MERIDA MATTS TFS 100 (2012) Felt Q600 2009 Felt Q520 2009 Am I looking in the right place? Any advice on these or other bikes?

This is very helpful thank you. Budget is up to R5000 (but if an increased price makes such a difference would consider) In terms of the racing we initially looking at I dont forsee us needing the bike for any distance longer than 50-60km.

Myself and a friend are looking to start mountain biking. The main reason we would like to start i so we can enter adventure races that generally have a mountain biking leg to the the race. So we looking for advice on what bike to buy (what should we be looking at) and where to buy. We only look to use the bikes maybe twice a week... once to train and once to race. That being said we dont want to spend a fortune but just need to know that what we buy will be suitable... if it means spending an extra grand for something MUCH better then we would do so.... Thanks