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Agree 100% with awesme and grebel. The majority of the people in this country has no respect for another persons life.
Look at the gang rape in india, HUGE news, here it's a weekly phenomenon.
Rules won't change anything. The mentality of our population has to change first.
IMHO, only way of making our roads safe for cyclists is to not use them...get a mtb and keep off the tar.
What is the feeling on a Saguaro upfront
Nice anecdotes voluminous so you can run at low pressure
Th e only down side is that it's quite heavy
I run a s works fasttrak on the back which I love but no good on front in sandy loose conditions
They are damn heavy.
Also reading up on tires nowadays. Running race kings but I am going to swap the front for a ikon. Since the race kings are protection they are rock solid on the back for sidewall cuts and the ikon costing R390 at cwc will save be about 130g's!
Found myself screaming to the top of my lungs and nearly cried along my very long mtb ride yesterday.
Was on a big road for a bit and road on the wrong side of the road, staring every single taxi driver that passed out of his taxi.
Also going to cut the tar to a bare minimum, and ride on the wrong side when I feel unsafe. Seems cars don't watch out for us so I will rather see the coming, then at least I can swing out.
When I saw this thread title I hoped it was a very silly prank. Felt like my browser loaded forever. I too feel very sad, I am not a emotional guy or one feeling all torn up over deaths but this has struck a nerve very close to my heart. Feels like a very close famaily member died.
I for one will be out riding for tomorrow in the wind, wearing black.
We should start to create awareness and not just comments on those "cyclist killed" threads.
Let's take those free ppa 1.5m stickers and slap them on to random cars and taxis. On the windshield or bumper or whatever when you feel like it. Maybe even add some strong adhesive and make the mark stay there, a reminder for how cyclists feel when our friends are being ignored on the roads.
RIP my fellow avid cyclist.
Hi!
I have also been told that I need to change my chain. How much should this cost me?
I found slx chain and xt cassette your best value for money combo. slx chain is about R300 (R100 cheaper than xt chain but I have found it somewhat more prone to rust, this is however not an issue if you like to maintain your drivetrain). XT cassette about R750. Easybike had a special on xt cassette and chain for R700. Best deal on a drivetrain I have seen for a long time. Go check out thieir website.
I have exactly the same issue! I have had my bike with many experts and they cant find the issue! Replaced pedals, replaced bb set, head set, it just does not stop! I have redone my saddle post and added carbon paste, new saddle thing ontop where the saddle gets attached to the seat post, stil, no success. I am in utter disgust! I have a Argon 18 Gallium Pro 2012 model with FSA Crank Set and Look Blade Pedals.
Check your rear hub, I think it needs some lubrication.
Katotter do you still have that plastic ring attached to the cassette, if so I suspect it could be that.
Check that the skewer is tight and wheel with skewer solid in place.
Check that the screetch is not your disk brake pad rubbing against your rotor (this happened to me a few times).
Eg (75kg x 2.2) = 165 / 1.85 m = 89.18 * 39.37 = 3511.37.
Is this the right answer?
Exact same specs as me.
Whats your body fat %?
On the topic of heart rate zones, is it actually as beneficial to your training as the marketing makes it out to be?
I watched that way too many times.
I wonder how the rest of the clip went, as you can see the last bit the guy went down and he was on his way to beat him more...he got some proper shots in!
Heres the full video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BViueIQfUc
I like this one:
http://www.mxalliance.co.za/img/assets/productitemsgallery/6734/2011-CamelBak-Rogue-Hydration-System-Black.jpg
It has pockets for goodies and a 2l reservoir for drinks. Little tip I picked up, blow back your cold beverage other wise your sips in between will be warm. CWC had a special on them the other day, go check it out.
The 3L's are a bit overkill if you don't drink that much, did the karoo2coast with this one and still had some drink left. It is one of the cheapest camelbaks and unlike the 3L's it is not too long so it doesn't make your lower back sweat.
Thats cool, came across it Googling, but its not cheap.
On homebrewed they are around $45, but they take forever to ship them here. Looks damn sick though 
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Hmmm. Only way that would happen is if you had a type 2 RD, with a top chain guide. And 400mm ain't a very big section!
Chain on it's limit - all slack removed so that when the RD is in the lowest gear (32 / 34 / 36 / whatever) it is at its very limit in terms of length. In other words, it's almost too short, but then not. That way the chain is always under tension and the RD doesn't have to do as much work to keep it tensioned.
Haha, yeah true, chain is the right size (3 links overlap when on biggest and smallest gear). Running type 1.
Been lucky I guess, but I have to say the rd is very tight. Anyway, if the chain doesn't fall of on those roots I highly doubt it will fall of when in a xc race so I am happy.
Those chain tensioners are expensive hey? R600 or so icluding mounting brackets and all, might as well use a fd or a road fd for the weight weenies.
Yeah I might just end up doing that, looks like it might be the better way forward. Current cranks are SRAM XO.
Your cheapest option would then be to buy the downhill spider, unless you want to be the bees knees and ship in this baby.
http://www.homebrewedcomponents.com/sc_images/x0hires.jpg
Dude, if you chain DOESN'T fall off, and you're running a single ring setup without a type 2 rear derailleur, a chain on it's limit ito length and a chain guide, then you're not riding fast at all.
I run a 32t up front with my FD as an upper guide, and my chain literally on its limit and it still comes off on technical terrain.
I used to have my 1x9 without any guides, but as soon as I hit any rocky / rooty / jumpy terrain it (the chain) would come off. I literally had to put the FD on there again just to act as an upper guide, as I was having to replace my chain 3 to 4 times per ride. ALL of that was on the way down Tokai.
Yes, with a type 2 rd you can get away with just running an upper guide, IF your chain is spaced correctly. But at one point it will still come off without a lower guide, unless you're running the profiled teeth of the XX1 setup and the XX1rd / type 2 SRAM rd.
That, unfortunately, is a fact.
Only drove it in Paarl, but here is a 400mm piece of singletrack with lots of ruts, roots and very jumpy terrain, went down there a few times now where I only heard the clattering of the chain slapping on the frame and it stayed on all the time.
Chain on it's limits, what's that?
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.
Its on a Cannondale Flash, BB30, Ideally, I'd like a 34t and 38t that I can chop and change depending on the terrain, but I dont ride light gears so would probably end up sticking with the 38t mostly.
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
Waste of time....buyer
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Not as straight forward. If you give someone bad rep, which he/she deserves, then you run the risk of him giving you bad rep just to be spightfull.