carbon29er

Serious cold turkey has set in. I even read a thread about about a new Cape Epic partner hoping to take my mind off my fix. Didn't work.

I have 1 54cm and 1 58cm FM066 available at R6k each, including fork, seat post and headset. Including delivery.

Apart from the Ama-i'vefinished3epics-babusi kit, wearing an epic branded cycling shirt or bib short is no worse than wearing team replica kit from a pro tour team. It's all about brand building and showing who/what you support. Nowhere on the kit does it say "finisher", it's just branded kit. The finishers T-shirt should only be worn if earned. But not too often as washing it spoils the printing and the colour fades....

Don't think they have fixed the process yet, the old method was faulty with nipples being pulled out of the rim. No production of 29er rims by any one other than light bicycle for a few months while they sorted the process out.

At R400 a end your LBS is having a lend of you.

Unfortunately locally Rock Shox don't import mounting hardware, they rely on Omnico....

Omnico do have the 22.2mm in stock. You LBS can order from them.

Fox has the hardware you need, 22mm x 6mm, cost is about R200 an end. Only problem is, Fox don't have stock of the 21.8mm or 22mm so you might have to get the 22.2mm. This is the 22mm set. http://www.moruyabicycles.com.au/contents/media/fox-mount-hardware-5pc-m6x22.jpg You might be able to find the old style 2 piece units is aluminium at your LBS. But they don't work as well. http://www.moruyabicycles.com.au/contents/media/fox-mount-hardware-8-0860.jpg

There are at least 5 companies that supply each type of frame via the net so it is impossible to tie up supply. Take carbonal as an example: website lists RRP of $599 $379 on the Gaea (this is exactly how it looks on their site, crossed out), a supposed discount of $220. Wholesale bulk pricing is then another $10 off for 50 units and another $10 off for 200 units. The frame can be found on 4 different websites, all roughly in line with this pricing. Rouxtjie ordered a frame from me, including bars, seat post, stem, collar, headset and spare hanger for R7,000 with a local 5 day replacement warranty. For various reasons (which are contributing to my premature ageing) I could not supply his preferred frame and he ordered direct for a few rand under R6,000, without bar, seat post or stem. My "margin" was R1,000 less the cost of a carbon bar, carbon seat post and carbon stem! The importation of frames is a not a viable business, it is offered as a service for those who don't want to deal themselves.

A lot. In 1999 all but one of his samples tested positive for EPO once a test was developed compared to 8% of all other samples taken at the tour. Including samples from Pantani and Zülle.

The trick is to add bars, cages forks and posts to a frame order, they go in the same box and are then freight free.

The frame weight of the 650b and 29er (both dual sus) is 80g different but fully built with similar components this increases to just over 500g, mainly due to tyres and fork being lighter.

App? I'm not leaving a broadband connection and HD TV feed for 3 weeks!

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I have 2 FM066 frames to clear. 54cm BSA and 58cm BB30. R6,000 delivered to you. Includes carbon fork, carbon seat post, headset, spare hanger.

It was the 1st thing I checked. Not a scratch. But 3 weeks in I still feel like an old man hobbling around.

Can't be trusted to tow the company line. Particularly after his quote about "Henao and I are different than Froome. We always work for the team and we’ve never had any problems with the team,” when asked at the Giro if he would challenge Sir Bradley's leadership. http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/05/news/uran-says-giro-will-not-see-repeat-of-wigginsfroome-fiasco-of-last-years-tour_286701 http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uran-unwilling-to-claim-sky-leadership-at-giro-ditalia

As full bike will attract duty at 20% plus vat at 15.4%.

Really? Golf days are mostly about raising funds for a cause/charity/school. Every participant usually pays a nice price (donation?) to be able to play. And sponsors pay to increase the funds raised, not provide freebies to the golfers. Your argument remains all over the place, as stated a few weeks ago.

Reads a bit like a Fat Pat press release. Big on denial. Take this sentence: "The UCI has a rule that prohibits Elite riders from competing in events that are not sanctioned by the National Federation. Elite license riders and teams may be fined or sanctioned by the UCI for doing so, and as the national federation Cycling SA needs to ensure our riders are not placed at undue risk." Worldwide it has not been enforced, in the US this season US Cycling stated they wanted to enforce the rule and the outcry was massive. Resulting in no change to the practice. In SA, CSA claims UCI does the fining? Is this true?

As long as we refer to it as double posting and not by the abbreviation of DP we'll all be safe in assuming the same meaning.

And here I thought this would be about relaxing before a ride....

Me neither, it's physically impossible for a HT to be as comfortable as a dual, the rear suspension is designed to keep the rear wheel on the ground. What does this on a HT? Oh yeah, I remember now, nothing. You just bounce around. It appears you have never ridden a properly set up dual if you think your hard tail is as smooth as a dual.

Increasingly I'm building wheels with silver spokes, one of my customers said he preferred that as black spokes with black rims "look like a hole". However, for Enve I'd go with black CX-Ray laced to a Project321 Lefty hub and Project321 rear with thru axle. Both in red.

18,000 PPA members, a mention here of about 150 "pro" racers. Do the maths, any money spent on racing is a bonus! I love the entitled attitude, because I race I should participate disproportionately in the money paid out by 18,000 members and another 17,000 Argus participants. Shouldn't your gripe be with CSA and how little CSA does for your prize money? Rather than the air of entitlement to a better deal from the PPA at the expense of the other 17,850 members?