V12man

last time I bought was from parkhurst hardware - comes in 2 tins

Can't you put a bushing in? If not I would use a 2 part epoxy - epidermix - not cheap - but the mdf will break before the epoxy.

Wasn't Rossi riding one of these on the street for a while?

Yours wasn't a dual boiler machine - the BES920 is the predecessor to the Oracle (sort of, because the dual boilers are the same - just no grinder and auto tamp)

Nice machine - it's predecessor has a good reputation too - never seen one in Sa- not imported..

It would be worth what you can sell it for - so maybe R30k.... Are you asking for something else? like what the rate of return is? Edit - ok - 8% compound annual growth - give or take a few fractions of a percent - you would have to compare that against something else - like a property investment or stocks or interest on cash to see if it is good or poor - let me just say it will be better than diamonds though.... PS - NEVER EVER invest in diamonds and expect real growth when you sell them.... Edit the edit.... I changed the % because I made a typo in the calculation - sorry. http://topforeignstocks.com/2014/01/08/south-africas-ftsejse-all-share-index-returns-by-year/ will give you a relative benchmark to use to calculate the growth using an all share investment. Edit the edited edit.... I did the calc using the numbers - assuming the full amount is invested, it would be worth 251 thousand plus whatever 2016's return is... so yes, it's a relatively poor investment.

Nope - it's a 1 off..... but it sure is pretty.... and I pretty easy to mostly duplicate by the right builder.

Maybe - will pm

I know a tube frame race car builder.... he is a cyclist.... maybe you can ask him....

Iron Bike.... :ph34r:

I just want one of these.... with a more modern motor in, but still air cooled. http://brand.bmw-motorrad.com/en/stories/design/r5-hommage.html

Unfortunately sometimes I think she is part bulldog.... never lets go....

Of course..... she keeps trying to "fix" me......

You could probably try steam them out - but wait 10 years till the kids are grown up and stop dinging the table.... my yellowwood table has about a million small dents from my son banging the back of a fork or something on it - mostly this behavior has stopped now - but I am not fixing it until he is at least 12 - he can damn well sand it down himself.... following my motto of "You F,,ed it, you fix it"

Suitable for cliff riding - straight off the edge...

Of course - you can ride faster and just do 5 hours a day...... that seems like a better idea to me than racing the FC - treating it as a bit of a tour more than a race. My brother in law has a blanket - so I have a very good idea what the FC takes, aside from a very accommodating wife/partner, and one day I will give it a go - might need to tranquilize the wife first before telling her..... and for a long time afterwards....

The Ena is pretty small and will usually pass the WAF test You can program different settings for each type of coffee (cap/latte etc) but it only has a single hopper - so if you like 2 varieties of bean you might want to consider 2 devices... the ones that have 2 hoppers are generally pretty big, and more suitable for office use. I have seen couples program 2 buttons with different versions of settings for the same drink - to suit their individual tastes - on my siemens btc machine, the settings are not programmable, but you just twist a dial to change strength settings and cup sizes - and that works fine for us (seeing as my wife won't use the espresso machine unless I am standing behind her "helping")

It's bean to cup - what were you expecting? a slayer? OK - I know iteachcoffee has one of those... bean to cup has limits - but some advantages too - ask my 2000 cup a year drinking wife (ok - some of that might be her friends too) https://za.jura.com/en/homeproducts/Machines/ENA-Micro-9-OT-MicroSilver-EU-13691/Specifications#tabs is the one I would buy for the wife - does everything, small, stylish, programmable

The most expensive one of their smallest range - give me a few hours and I will look it up to be exact.

Jura Jura.. repeat after me... Jura...

That's not a climb - flat like the spruit...

yup - but it's been fairly easy to get companies to pay for the charity entries - ask nicely well in advance if you work for a corporate is my best suggestion.

Damn but that's nauseating to watch on a phone.

And how many times have you ridden it that you can make this assessment? TransBaviaans is a roadie race - Epic is not - it's always full because it is a challenge - more of a challenge than any other mtb race in SA - from every aspect - distance, technical etc, and it is unforgiving - 1 mistake of any type can end your race. So sure - some roadies do ride it - many of them drop out pretty quickly - as do many mtbers.... Perhaps ask some others for their opinions - try JCZA... ask him about day 2 this year... there is a little decent he commented on to me... edit - got the day wrong - day 2 - the segment on strava is called "extreme speed" - let me know how it goes when you ride it (PS - you have to ride it both up and down)

Not really at all - Epic is not a roadie event by any means - it has some of the toughest technical race routes around in SA - it is not as technically easy by any means as your local mtb marathon or xc race - not by a long chalk. Clearly not every stage is equally difficult, but the bits you see on tv are not really reflective of the average difficulty - only the easy places to access get tv cameras Sausers partnering with Rabon was driven by Spez - their reasons for it are their own - but please don't for a moment think that pro roadies don't necessarily have off road skills - plenty of them do - watch this and you will see.