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of course you can put a price on it. As mentioned, 2nd hand market or using your bond are better options than turning to Wesbank or the likes.

Superb bike shop

That is too expensive for a 2nd hand carbon frame (road or MTB). Unless it's something really special. You'd be better off buying a complete bike and selling all the parts except for the frame.

Also been pondering over this lately. I'm however leaning more towards trail applications. What I could find is: - Lyne (30mm ID) - Csix (30mm ID) - slightly heavier than the Lyne. Following this.

- Gloves too small. - Hard grips (think ESI extra chunky or Wolftooth Fat Paw). - Bike setup/fit (heavy upper body, too much weight on hands, saddle too far forwards, stem too low, etc)

I don’t think it’s your rim width - no matter how hip wider rims are nowadays. Ikons have less grip than Racing Ralphs, so I would stick to the current config. Maybe watch some youtube videos on cornering - it’s something I still need to work on quite a bit but have come to realize the value thereof. Tire grip will unfortunately only help us as far as it can.

Entries for W2W open on the 28th. Would have thought that it qualifies? Unless it's only going to be added once entries open.

Where is the Team Vitality race calender for cyclists? I don’t see anything on the page: https://www.discovery.co.za/vitality/race-calender

I would too..

Flip this makes me remember the Camelbak chill bottle I lost a few ago on the 2nd ride after I bought it on that Takealot special in Paradyskloof.

Last time I was here they had stock: https://www.outdoorescape.co.za/ - it's in Stellenbosch

Sad that Bikemob no longer imports them. Any other people buying Niners in SA - if so - where?

If the selling point for a R200k Mountain Bike is that it has a 27.5"/29" config then you know the rate of bike-tech development is slowing down.

Is this the fastest way to get to Momentum Multiply’s Platinum status (650 points)? So it takes around 90 days. 50 - Having cover 60 - Complete all 3 questionnaires 40 - Safety score result 100 - Health assessment (Dischem or Clicks) 40 - Safety check (Tiger Wheel and Tyre - R99) 80 - Fitness assessment (R420) https://www.multiply.co.za/engaged/health-professionals 100 - Financial adviser review (R?) = 470 points (180 points outstanding) (90 days to platinum) 90 Safe days 90 Active days

Discovered the best value for money Coffee Roasters.. https://gegrond.co.za/ They have a special running until end of March 2021 - 10% off if you use Coupon Code: Carb10. Medium roast Speciality coffee - I especially like the Natural Nicaragua Marsellesa (I prefer natural over washed though). I mean you just can't beat this quality at R240-R300/Kg

Didn't know - thank you for this!

Thanks for the feedback. Have talked to Fedhealth and Momentum and their call centres aren’t very well informed about the options they offer - even less so for the reward programme, so maybe a good broker would be more useful. I decided to do the work and go through each of the options I’m interested on my own - as in read the entire brochure to understand extactly what you’re getting for your money. I would imagine that between the big providers there wouldn’t be too many issues - they’re all reputable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRqFVNV7ii0&ab_channel=WorldwideCyclery

For your use case there's no reason to spend above and beyond Shimano Deore (best value for money brakeset IMO). Rather spend the leftover funds on other upgrades. I haven't read or done scientific tests but I highly doubt there is more braking power between Shimano brakesets, if you keep the number of pistons the same. There's a difference in look, feel and weight (different materials used), but the braking power difference would probably be placebo, or negligible at best.

Is there a verdict on Fedhealth vs Discovery vs Momentum? Edit: Obviously not trying to compare specific options - just referring to general experience.

Nice - thanks. Ordered them on Saturday. Will be a great deal at R720 if they work as well as I think they will. Grips and saddles I want to get right - the rest of the components I can deal with but if those 2 things cause pain then MTB'ing isn't as fun.

The SA distributors are now more established. Are there any of you riding with SQ-Lab's grips? https://gpm-sports.co.za/

Any reviews on these grips? Nogals inexpensive.

I also own some. Great rand hedge and insurance against global currency debasements, massive money printing, overinflated sovereign debt levels, etc. But creating some fringe alt coin is very easy to do. Cryptocurrency scams are rife nowadays - so please don't trust the links to exchanges or random crypto coins people post here. - If you currently want to buy Bitcoin in SA, you can either buy Michael Jordaan's EC10 ETF (available from the website or Easy Equities) or you can buy actual Bitcoin from an exchange (Luno is the most established local exchange).

You sound a lot like the regular snake-oil-salesmen I have the pleasure of meeting every now and again.