Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

That water is always warm... Pretty shallow in terms of dams, anyway, so it gets heated up rather quickly. And with the heatwave as it is now, you'd be baking in a wettie after a few strokes.

Thought that was already announced & out? EDIT: I see it wasn't. Must have been another one...

Yech. Yes to that... Pacestar is the devil. Trailstar or SG casing for me thanks!

My vote on the options - Intense 275 carbine. It's just awesome. Out of your options though...Bronson. Longer travel than the TBC, and newer tech than the Nomad.

That is true... Saw them on Saturday. DEFINTELY not for the faint hearted or carbon hardtails...

If it is personal effects, then it's hardly a wangle, isn't it? It's hardly as if you went there with the express intention of defrauding SARS and importing the bike. The personal effects argument would fall apart if you only went there for a month or so though...

Lexx, just out of interest - what is the statute of limitations on this one? If I, for example, buy a bike over there while I am studying, how long would I have to have been living there in order for it to be undutiable?

Worst advice ever. Especially seeing as he's going to be studying and living there...

If you can prove that you bought it and paid tax (vat) on it while you were living there, used it there regularly and we're staying there for a while (accounts in your name, proof of address etc) then no problem. You just won't be able to claim the VAT back when you leave. It's effectively yours and no import duties apply as you're bringing your assets / belongings home with you. If you just go there for 2 weeks and buy it to bring back here then yeah, the same rules apply as ig you buy it online as you're effectively importing it as a new bike. Full import duties apply.

+1 on the Intense. They're built STRONG@

On a full bike? 30% plus Vat calculated at 15.4% of the total value including duties. So total cost would be ex vat amount plus 50% to get the after vat and duties amount. Then add shipping to that...

Sigh... That would be All Mountain Enduro is a race format based on all mountain riding.

Lol. Yeah bro. It's pointless when people put incorrect info out there. All the more important when it's based on 3 ring drive trains which (at the time) had about 6 rings on the cassette with a max tooth size of the mid 20s. So yeah. That info graphic is now effectively obsolete. And if used now should only be on road bikes with an 11-25 cassette and short cage rd where there are no instances of cross chaining at all.

Veonix - that's generally for road bikes or hardtails, which gave no chain growth on activation of rear suspension. For a full suss bike you need to depress the rear suspension fully and run the chain through the RD with the RD at its most forward position. One of the exceptions is the Spez,which apparently has no chain growth on suspension activation. So you need not de pressurise the suspension and go through that exercise. So - put the chain in big ring back and front, run through the RD and put the jockey in the most forward position. Mark the chain at the point where there are 2 links overlapping (including quick link) and break there.

Yes, you'd need to remove a few links. The change to a medium cage derailleur means the chain has a smaller length to pass through. Probably a couple of links at most. And no you won't need a tensioner. Just get the chain length right and you'll be golden. Also look at the limits on the fd to ensure there's no problem there.

Very good grip but you need the snakeskin version if you're doing tubeless otherwise you'll be looking for trouble.

Jonkershoek

CSA only have themselves to blame here. No use getting hyped up by an organisation standing up for themselves in what was an attempt at getting control of their funding power and reserves.

Closely followed by THUD groooooooan... I seriously think there should be a trailside recovery warning system in some places, activated by thud and then allocates an urgency rating according to the level of groan following the thud. Louder the groan, and the less guttural, the less severe it is. But a loud thud and an "nghhhhhhhh" issues the alert for a full on medivac.

Amazing how few people actually have the patience and understanding to bleed and service them properly...

There's your problem... snakeskin tlr is the only way on schwalbe Or in my case supergravity

Going there tomorrow. Will send you what info we get...

Yeah dude. You should be able to bring the negative all the way up to the same level as the positive.

Rebleed, de glaze the rotors and check the pads for corrosion.

Oh, the horrors!