Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Same same, dude.

yeah, it is kinda... rutty. And agreed on that. I may in fact start there earlier in the morning, if I can, due to me having to leave earlier than expected.

Fixed. Got both of them at home...

IIRC he passed away not so long ago. Was a shame, really. Loved his one line on the amount he stopped in the london marathon... I stopped 5 times. That was 5 fags, and 5 pints!

DO I detect a hint of sarcasm there? If not - dumbest idea ever. The front of the bike is where you want the rolling ability & obstacle munching wheel. Exactly the reason that Trek brought the 69er to market. Bump compliance at front, normal size at the back. Also exactly why MX bikes have bigger front wheels than back.

Hahaha!!! P(l)us!

Just learn to bunny hop further than half a metre!

followed by.... BRAAAAAP!

Ouch, dude... Not cool. And here I sit with my leg up after re-injuring my knee on the squash court. Moping around like Quasimodo right now! So, in other words, I may not be that useful on Saturday. Still gonna pitch, but will be running in cripple-mode.

A la Ryan Sandes in the running world, who totally decimated the field in all of the Super Ultra Marathons in his first year of running them. Some people are just freaks.

Okay, I'll bite... I want a 26er as a hardtail because I use it as my all mountain machine. It has a 150mm fork on the front, and big ass burly tires front and back coupled with wheels that can tale a pounding from my weit and any obstacles that I don't miss. I also use it to practice jumping and so on. I would not do that on a 29er ht. no way in hell. Can you imagine the geo on a 29er hardtail with 150mm up front? Pus, it's more lively on the 6er, i have a better choice of strong wheels and burly forks, and I have far more fun on it than I would on a 29er ht. tried, tested. No likey. Yes, for boring jeeptrack and dirt roadie style riding, I would get a niner ht. but then again, I wouldn't, because I'd rather get a long travel 29er full susser. Your comment is redundant, Berg Bok.

I know that all too well... It's just that I get handygrabbybrakey syndrome. Know all the technique, just need to practice it and grow themballs!

May have to cut my visit short by a bit, but will be up on the mountain anyway... Lady scheduled an early dinner. Meh.

Also - far easier to upgrade a fame than buy a whole new bike.

Go for the scott then. Also, being in jhb will have distinct advantages for the 9er ito terrain and so on.

ROFL. Sometimes one has no choice! Anyway... found a lekker little 2 foot kicker on the way to tokai that I'm getting my confidence up on. Lands to flat, and there are no obstacles around at all. Lekker little thing...

Adding on to that, Dangle, the haters hate the lovers and the lovers hate the haters. Each group of "disciples" will constantly try to out-prove the other, and p1ss on each others arguments by saying that they are either jaded fan-boys, or vitriolic piss-cats intent on pulling down a sporting superstar. It's a sad thing when informed, proper, logical debate is just pulled down like that.

ROFL. Geriatric spines FTW. But hell yeah. Need to find a section of paving or dirt that has a relatively flat landing that I can just session over and over and over to get the confidence & technique going...

Hot ones. Bigger breasted cockgobbler, to be exact. okay - mind distinctly in gutter now.

fixed EDIT: If somebody whoops my a$$, I'm not bitter about it. I want to get better so I can whoop his / hers in return, and get more skill / balls / courage or whatever. This whole thing just smacks of one-upmanship.

precisely. Lofting a BMX is a helluva lot easier than lofting an MTB. And I need to find me one of those... I still get the dreaded lip-tremors at the edge.

ROFL! I know how you feel, don't worry! My worst off was as a lightie, impressing birds at Midmar. Cue skateboard. On belly, from top of hill, screaming past looking all smug. Needed to stop at the bottom of the hill, otherwise I was going straight for the wall. So, guess what muppet does. Uses the pavement to stop. Well, the skateboard stopped. I didn't...

LOL! Poser!

Yeah, he is. And he's young as well! Lots of talent there.

Got my Brave Monster bars for R 200 on CRC. 750mm!