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sadamhussein

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  1. I really like this - nice and simple. Anyone know it it's available in SA? http://allensportsusa.com/products/compact-carriers/aluminum-compact-1-bike-al01
  2. "In short, the greater offset reduces trail which helps offset the increase in trail due to the slacker head angle" the offset in trail is offset by increasing the decrease in offset which offsets reducing the increase in offset. simple really.
  3. AMEN to that! I find it disgusting to see our roads in Joburg after the 94.7 - GU wrappers EVERYWHERE
  4. I've considered getting a gopro too but know too many people with gopro's in their cupboard gathering dust. after the initial novelty has worn off and you realise no one cares about your mediocre training ride footage, the last nail in the coffin is the laborious task of editing. so it ends up in the cupboard. keep this in mind: i. after sifting through hours and hours of footage, you can finally start your edit. ii. for any decent video with music and proper editing, you are looking at 1 hour of editing per one minute of actual final video. now ask yourself, "is myname jeb corlis or steve peat?" because if it's not, chances are that no one out there will want to see the video you poured hours and hours into editing. and, if you didn't edit it, they (including yourself) will want to see it even less. save your money. ps. I know you are going to go ahead and ignore uncle Sadam's advice and buy one anyway, so please for the love of all things holy, if you do get a gopro with a helmet mount, learn to keep your head still.
  5. Thanks to those working so hard at securing proper long term access. I do appreciate what goes into that as I have been involved in similar fruitless attempts to secure similar access to the Drakensberg for another adrenaline sport. By doing this I properly put the sport in question on the parksboards' radar and made it even harder if not impossible to do it there without attracting some very negative attention. thus my conclusion - it's often easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission, because permission is not forthcoming. I do not condone trespassing on privately owned land, but I do have a serious problem with large wilderness expanses like the drakensberg or table mountain being declared a no-go area until further notice by government, leaving you with no similar alternative. Kind of like what's happening with e-tolls. You have no alternative but to submit to the system until it changes, which is not likely.
  6. Here's your answer. This is what people want to do on their mountainbikes. No FS required. They do one race, get their asses kicked, then focus the rest of their lives training for gravel-highway races.
  7. the earth is 4,500,000,000 years old. will all of this even matter another 4.5billion years from now? NO. Land ownership is a myth. it belongs to no one, time has proven that. my point, ride where you want.
  8. too many people use the excuse that you are holding up the negotiation for permission process to chastise those who have balls to say - screw the system, I'm not waiting for something that's never going to happen, I'll ride there anyways. there's always someone who's allegedly negotiating permission on behalf of others, but it's always someone I know who knows someone who's cousin is working on it. Parks can't generalise - what logic is there by banning law abiding riders on account of the actions of other illegal riders? does the government ban all motorbikes from the N2 because some other bikes were speeding there? No. TMNP needs to get their heads out of their asses and realise that sports like base jumping, mountainbiking, paragliding, etc. are no more intrusive and damaging to the environment than horses that defecate all over the place and cause serious soil erosion with their hooves, or hikers that fall of cliffs and cost the tax payers millions in search and rescue efforts. these laws/rules were drawn up long before these sports even existed and now, some 20 years later they still haven't caught a wake up and allowed these harmless sports to have their fair share of participation. With the current state of our Zumocracy, I'm not holding my breath for change either.
  9. hmmmm.....come to think of it, I've bought some brand new unused parts off the hub that may very well have been stripped off a stolen bike. I mean who sells a nearly new XT rear derailer with red anodized rollers for R300? the fact that it had red rollers points to the fact that it was customized to fit in with other parts of the "donor" bike. thinking back now, the rollers alone would have cost close to the asking price. scary thought!
  10. interesting topic! I personally think the answer lies in why people get into mountainbiking: The "why" will usually determine the type of riding they do, and the type of bikes they aspire to. Most people here are heavy into stage racing,or training for stage racing, on the dirt highways we have around here. In Gauteng you are not having fun unless you're suffering and training for something - simply riding your bike is not enough. There's always that unspoken competition, even in casual rides. Having a heavy "cumbersome" dual-susser will see you falling behind so the trend is heavily perpetuated through peer pressure. This trend has become so commonplace that most shops look at you funny if you say "all-mountain" or "enduro" to them. A novice in Gauteng will 9/10 times be set up by the shop for racing. Because of this, sadly many people miss out on the joy of simply riding and enjoying life. It also puts them at a disadvantage when they seek out more challenging terrain and stray ever so slightly from hardtail-highways. It's changing slowly though. ps. i ride a 27.5 140mm dual-susser enduro
  11. cheap vs expensive is like saying a 7 series bmw is safer than a toyota yaris, when both have seatbelts and airbags and might even have the same ncap rating. at the end of the day one helmet maybe offers 3% more protection than the other, but the bottom line is to be wearing one in the first place. this topic is debated endlessly on motorbike forums. a lot of people say stupid things like "if you have a R600 head you should buy a helmet of similar price". others say that cheap helmets are actually made in the same factories alongside the expensive brands. if both have met and passed the same independent safety standard, who cares if one is cheaper or more expensive. you're paying for a name.
  12. agreed. if you are that bad at off-road technicalities, a race is hardly the place to now practice and hope to get better. practice at home. do the race when you dont have to stop and cause a 7 rider pile up.
  13. agreed. if you are that bad at off-road technicalities, a race is hardly the place to now practice and hope to get better. practice at home. do the race when you dont have to stop and cause a 7 rider pile up.
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