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Also Titan, absolutely no regrets with mine.
You can't control what people will offer, you can only control what you'll accept. Pick your battles.
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I bought my Titan because value for money wise they couldn't be beaten and their service is outstanding.
Just realised I've been a member here for 18 years. About time I scam someone! 😂
In all seriousness just use Bikehub Pay. Especially if they're in a different town.
Interested to hear peoples experience with support regarding Tacx trainers. I bought a Tcx Neo 2T a while ago and called their support centre to get advice with regards to changing the freehub for Campag and was quite surprised at the poor assistance and arrogant attitude, never mind. Recently I had trouble with the trainer not changing resistance so I decided to get in touch via the Garmin site for support. Received an email saying somene would get back to me. Over a week later and after having sorted out the problem myself, not a word. This is quite concerning considering the price of these trainers. I'm hoping I just had an unlucky experience and their support isn't really this pathetic? The trainer itself is generally fantastic so it would be a pity for the product to be let down by such useless local support.
13 minutes ago, Koos Likkewaan 2 said:Need a little bit of advise.
What is the longest loop one can do now at Taroko, and what sort of elevation would that loop have ?
Have not been there for a while. Website does not help much with this.
I guess they are open tomorrow ?
Yellow trail is the longest, its about 34 km with 450 m of climbing according to my Garmin. There are two shorter trails if you want to add distance though. This was in January, not sure if anything has changed since then.
Thats a beaut! Congrats!
5 hours ago, Koos Likkewaan 2 said:What would final cost on this be when it is finally in your hands ?
https://evobikes.co.za/product/shimano-slx-m7100-1x12-transmission-groupset/
AFAIK CPA is relevant here and OP could get a refund. I must say I'm surprised people being so understanding about buying a bike advertised with one spec and being sold with another, even if it is equivalent quality? Unless it says in the ad that specs can vary, this is not on as as far as I'm concerned. Regardless of whether its a good buy or not, or cheap or whatever. They advertised as such and should deliver.
"Under the CPA, consumers have the right to a refund when they purchase goods or services that are defective or not of good quality. They also have the right to a refund when the goods or services were not delivered as promised or within a reasonable time frame. "
Retailers can't just invent their own returns and exchange policies.
They're trying to corner everyone into signing up for their banking. Slowly but surely all the benefits are becoming redundant if you don't have it.
8 minutes ago, Mountain Bru said:I'd recommend doing the Van Gaalens Trailseeker later in the year. Probably one of my favorite MTB races around Gauteng.
Firstly - It's in June (I think), so it's not so hot.
Secondly, the route is far more inspiring and interesting. The route also has numerous short gravel road sections which allow the bunches to spread out a bit, and for faster riders to easily overtake slower riders, so there's less bottlenecking and getting stuck behind people who get off their bike and block the trail every time there's a rock or an uphill or a butterfly anywhere near them.
Awesome, I'll check it out - thanks!
21 minutes ago, Steven421 said:Hi All,
Tried searching web (and on here), and contacting organizers of the event. No Luck.
Anyone know where I can get the GPX file for both the 48km & 98km routes.
Thanks
I can only help you with the long route.
Didn't enjoy it at all, only did the half marathon. I don't understand people constantly pushing bikes uphill or over the slightest obstacle. I'm not that technically proficient but if you can't ride a bike up the slightest incline then you should be training more before you attempt even these fun rides. 80% singletrack with stopping before most uphills. The seeding for MTB rides seems to be even worse than road. I won't be doing another one of these. There did seem to be water though. maybe they ran out later because it was ridiculously hot.
Well we're going to find out one way or another I guess. Still better than spending a morning on the couch.
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Excuse my ignorance but I'm not sure if I have one of these boards. I got a board for the 947 mtb ride, is this an SAS board? Can't keep up to date with all these different boards and chips and companies changing names or buying each other out. More tiring than the races.
These have to be the WORST timing chips ever created. Used one last week for the Montecasino Classic via the zip tie/holder jobby that I was given and that ended up coming off in the middle of the Cradle after hitting a bump, along with that result. Yesterday I decided to rather put the chip in my pocket and play it safe and lo and behold I have no result yet again. There isn't even a proper contact method on their 'site'. Please can we rather have ONE PERMANENT timing chip thats used for all races that is actually reliable and not a piece of utter *** designed on a MS DOS platform In 2024 surely this is not a big ask.
Rant over.
47 minutes ago, Spinnekop said:Safety was no issue. Good hard race and I really enjoyed it.
I have decided to not do this race again for the following reasons.
- Race number pickup bull ****. I sat 4 hour in traffic on Thursday just to pick up a piece of useless paper.
When are these organisers going to be held accountable for wasting peoples time and money??? And VERY important, where is the environmental responsibility......???? I would love to know how much EXSTRA fossil fuels were burnt just to pick up a number that I can print at home??? Give me a QR code that I can scan at the starting block to gain entry to the event. I can print my number for 50c in color. I spent R200 fuel plus half day leave at work just to get a number. Boils my blood.- Seeding was CRAP. South Africa cycling does not have a seeding system anymore. We are forced to pay CSA (racing license) to get a better start time.
- Timing system can improve. The chip is horrible. The mounting system is cheap and can be improved a lot. Give me a permanent chip and number (while you are at it) like 94.7 that I can use every year for your series of races.
The results were not correct for the A batch and I can only imagine for the rest of the groups.
For me it was the generous 5 toilets for I don't know how many people as well as the late start. The announcer preferred to focus on making jokes and talking *** instead of actully clearly announcing who was starting and where to go. I must say the cost of these races is becoming a bit obscene and I won't be doing as many as I'd like to. It was well marshaled though so big ups to those involved there and I do realise thats where most of the cost goes, it definitely wasn't for the medals.
Kickr V6 or Tacx Neo 2T
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Personally I can only vouch for the Neo 2T which has been an absolute pleasure for me for over a year. Its like choosing between a Mercedes and a BMW though. Theres a lot of tests and comparisons on both, check Rainmaker DC but I don't believe you can go wrong with either.