Roneblack46

From registration- If you have a full year CSA licence - you start in the Elite Marathon batch. Day licence start A-D....

If you are used to 34/18 go for it. The flats will be super fast so you will be spinning faaast(also depends on your seeding). If you can I would suggest a 34/17 - flats will be faster and climbs harder. That is also dependent on your goal for the race and fitness/strength.

I was lucky that a cycling friend of mine does imports from China. So we had two frames sent to his agent, who then packed it in the container coming here. That took 5 days. Guys I ride with at CycleLab just brought in 2 frames. I think they waited about 3 weeks for the frames to arrive and clear customs. That was also through Peter at Carbon Speed.

http://joberg2c.co.za/2018-rider-list/

One year on and my SS needed an upgrade. So added - Rockshox Reba 100mm, Marvel Carbon Wheelset with Hope pro4 Hubs, Schwalbe tyres. Doing Joberg2C in this configuration. Bike comes in at 9kg with pedals and bottle cages. Absolutely loving the bike. It is a CS-057.

This thread is too slow... Right so lets see which Hubbers are riding and what are your numbers? Rider list available on the Joberg2C website. I will start - Roneblack46 - 363A

One year so far on my CS-057. Absolute blast too ride, super fast and light. When I had the rigid fork on and Maxxis Ikon 2.35 it came it at 8.8kg. Now it is in Joberg2C trim with a Reba 100mm and Marvel Carbon wheelset with Hope Pro4 Hubs and Schwalbe rubber. Comes in at 9kg as seen in picture. I have ridden numerous trails and races with it and it is holding up just fine to the punishment (that was in rigid configuration). Now for the next chapter with suspension and carbon wheel set...

Heidelberg - 9/22 Partly cloudy to sunny - looking good so far for a nice country ride...

Just some changes from last year and latest correspondence received...

Day 1-4,7 - 34Oval/16 (maybe a 17 for D4?) Day 5,6,8,9 - 34Oval/17 (If the legs are still good)

Second year riding this, first was 2017. Single Speed again. It is going to be awesome. I have a sneaky feeling the weather is not going to play nice. a bit wet me thinks... You Cape Town guys will enjoy...

Thank you

Admin Please double check - cannot find Jolanda Neff and Maja Wloszczowska as an option on the woman's list?

Decided to fly in from JHB to ride the 80km MTB race and give the Knysna folk some support. Will be on a carbon HT Single Speed with 34/17 for the day.

Not International but Safair locally charges R280 for a bicycle one way and you can pack 4 x CO2 canisters.

Spruit portion of Route: if it is the same as last year - out of Marks Park then left up to top end of Botanical Gardens - clockwise along Botanical Gardens out the gate near Emmerentia Bridge - down to under Tana Road Bridge - along Eskom Grid line to Trail Head- under the 2 bridges then along spruit to William Nicol, under bridge, spruit trail to Bryanston road then right through urban section... (apologies if I have some names wrong). So riding the Spruit from Trail Head to Marks Park may be a challenge.

On my steel SS - 720mm Aluminium bar and on the carbon SS - 720mm carbon bar.

Nope. BB30 frame. Using a Wheels Manufacturing Eccentric BB. Runs a shimano 24mm crank. Gives me 12mm of adjustability to tension at the BB. So most likely I can get 2 cog sizes per chain. May have to adjust saddle height and distance from stem length ever so slightly. Luckily I ride mostly in Gauteng so will keep the 34/17 most of the time.

Finally my carbon SS... Chinese CS057 frame and carbon fork Rapide 25mm internals wheel set XT brakes, SLX crank, XT pedals Wheels Manufacturing EBB Absolute Black 34 Oval / 17T cog Maxxis Ikon 2.35 front and back Weight: 8.8kg

Of course. I already have one. It's this N+1 disease...

Any suggestions on a suitable frame for a 29er SS? I read on the MTBR forum that some of the "thinner" chainstay frames flex a bit when used as a SS. looking at a sub 8kg build using a Beer Components EBB for tensioning.

Perfect conditions for bringing the Single Speed....

Ran my Ikons, tubeless ready and sealant over any terrain you can think of for more than a year and no seepage through any sidewalls. These Ardent Races will do the same.

Only saw this post now. Purchased at Solomons Woodmead R599. They specially arranged for me and I purchased 2 of the 4 they got in. I think the other 2 have been sold. Maybe call them and speak to Irfaan. He did a brilliant job to arrange these for me.

Just picked these up today. Maxis Ardent Race 29x2.35. It's going to replace the 2.2 Ikon I am running up front. Needed a more aggressive tyre up front for the loose over hard and small marble terrain on the trails I ride. So new combo will be ardent race 2.35 front and ikon 2.2 rear.