MTBeer

Jeez its *** in Cape Town hey?

I knew there would be mud so only went down to the first stile and then back up again. But jees the corridor from Conters to Hoogies was super muddy as well.

What a day to be out and about

Slowbee, you're heading to New Zealand. Here's one for you

Anyone want to see what this Silk Road race is about

that is awesome. I have seen the documentary on Youtube about the race. Looks bloody tough. Good luck

The person to ask would be Copperhead - the bikepacking guru of the Hub

that looks pretty decent

deep into Peaky Blinders at the moment. Really is very good and as someone else mentioned, the soundtrack is brilliant

you know what they say - "go to Bellville and CY"

never quite understood what a 'fast bike' is? The reason that bike is 'fast' is because it is being ridden by a superfit professional athlete.

it's not either/or. You should do both.

believe what you want. I use my dropper even when I have the misfortune of finding myself on a tar road descent. It make every corner just some much more comfortable.

to be fair most bumbling around is more rider than bike. a extra couple of mm isn't going to change that.

Hatherly 8th in XC. Not too shabby?

A normal 100mm / 120mm XC bike is more than capable of handling most trails in this country. So unless you are only going to be focused on Enduro type riding, get a 100mm or 120mm bike with decent components and definitely a dropper seat post.

Early morning on the way up to Conters mast

Just cruising around Stanford. Love this village.

Yup. 4 peeps = R380.00pp. Happy to pay that

Thanks for all the answers. I will advise him accordingly

mainly weight loss for health reasons

except this thing is not rigid. Has some sort of dodgy looking shock and fork

I was joking. I didn't really tell him that. Did you see the link to the bike he wanted to buy?