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Sorry for hijacking, but can you tri okes maybe give me a website where I can see a race calender? Bicycling's doesn't to work.

Same boat as you are. Why not just go with a bb30 crank and remove the small chainring? My x9 crank is 26/39 so that is 1 tooth more than you want, but if you are talking about xx1 then the pap must obviously be duk. In that case I would buy a sram x0 downhill crank. You can keep your chain and it wont cost that much. What crank do you have now?

I have a x9 crank on my cannondale frame, it's bcd's are too small or too big for me to get a 30 or 32t chainring. Also running 1x10 on the 26t chainring, not ideal since I spin out at around 37km/h. But my alternative is to get a pressfit bb30 and buy a shimano 3 blade crank or buy a sram s2200 bb30 crank. I don't run a chainguide and my chain has never fallen off. RD is a med cage and I have gone down single track I thought it must surely fall off now, so I think that is just a gimmick, in reality chains don't fall off that easily. What crank and bb configuration do you have now?

Heres a map and website of all the trails you okes are mentioning http://www.mtbroutes.co.za/cape-peninsula-a-winelands-all-mtb-routes.html

I have no idea where 80% of those trails are. All I know is Paarl berg and routes in it. Jonkershoek Bottelary Hills Can we not maybe post google maps images of the routes? Half you okes mos already have edge 500's?

Got me this little handy toy today. Very nice watch, even if it doesn't have gps. Prefer it that way, don't like running out of battery. http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2011/10/22/8901704/Garmin%20FR70%20Men.jpg

Minimal, Places to save weight on a mtb: • frame • wheelset • shock • handlebar • stem • seatpost • crank Places to not save weight on a mtb: • tires • cassette • chain • saddle The rest of the components you pick according to reliablity, durability and personal preference. Just my 2c.

First off, get all your components and get out of that bike shop and stay out. Secondly buy a rockshox sid RLT from cwc for R3700. You can thank me later .

When training, no. When in a race, maybe.

Just take a set of long nose pliers and pinch on the opposite corners of the link. Easy. ie: on your pic you pinch on this side on the right corner, and on the back on the left corner.

Heres a good deal on XT brakes. R2400 for front and rear: http://www.buycycle.co.za/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=1911

In what back gear where you? Maybe your rd is touching the spokes when on the highest gear?

Weight ?

With cwc's SID for R3700, racing ralph for R450 and easybike's brake special to come along with evo bike's Crest rims for R720 or something I would highly consider building rather than buying. Building is not only more fun but you appreciate you bike much more and has more sentimental value. At least for me...

This thread just reminded me why I am a dog person. So thanks!

I think you can expect a klap from oom Chris.

Oh.....this isn't the FLBP thread on the chive?

Any recommendations on a lightish, robust and good gripping 29er tyre? Been very happy with the wear of my conti's. Previous schwalbes with around 1/4 of riding on tar was heavy wearing on the knobs. My feeling: Maxxis Ikon Specialized something Conti mountain king (740g for the protection is very heavy)

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I am a weight weenie but when it comes to tyres I also choose reliability over anything. But maybe that is why I fall so much. Sometime, mind giving me some tips for a nice tyre in western cape, karoo2coast conditions If I can put it that way. Terrain is hard but with small loose rocks, dry and dusty. Running conti raceking protection front and back, had absolutely not a days trouble with them but they don't grip lekker around corners.

Interesting, thanks I will give it a try!

Problem is theres only 20 answers per question, otherwise the poll should be all the tyres out there but then each person adds the terrain he chose for his tyre?

Schwalbe rocket ron - Rocky/Loose gravel Continental Mountain King - Dry/Dusty Maxxis crossmark - Wet Have not been riding for long enough to test many tyres but I don't like continentals in the wet, Race kings are excellent as a rear tyre but grip on loose gravel and dusty hardpack is very bad when on the front.

Always questions and opinions on mtb tyres but they are very terrain/location specific. So please select your favorite tyre (presumably front) for the different conditions, feel free to add others. Just chose these based on The Crow's mtb tyre brand poll and these were the most common. The choices are biased towards XC...sorry DH folk. Also recommendations regarding the poll will be would be appreciated. In all the topics it takes lots of time to read through everyone's tyre suggestions etc so when posting please start with your favourite tyre, can be front and/or back and then the terrain you mostly ride it with, followed buy a comment.

Great idea but it won't work. With a driver mentality of South Africans you have to start sorting these types of things out at the bottom. First get people to obey the common road rules before you just add to that heap.