Stellies is probably the best venue I could think of but WAY too close to home for me...phone calls beckoning me home, household wondering why I'd rather sleep in a gutter outside a pub than in my own warm bed etc....no no no, that simply won't do.
My vote would be Eselfontein Farm, Ceres. Some of the best riding you'll do, nothing to break, no-one to bother...camping woodstock style out there where no-one can hear you scream. Don't suppose there is a date set for this lot?
Nice to see someone get stuck in aggressively and getting the job done...the frame's looking great, didn't realise you could get something looking that good with a rattlecan.
I still have one of the older Inbred 29s ... I call it my retro ss trail am xc bike...that thing gets punished in all conditions and it just doesn't want to quit. I would probably go for the 456 and put a Revelation on it if I bought another...nice versatile bike. There are loads cheap in the UK...Try get one off ebay?
Steel is real mate! Still wondering why you sold your Inbred and now you're walking down this road again? For the same price I'd personally probably go for the Inbred 29 though your total build is going to end up costing you more.
Ya I've been through one or two of the cheap ones but they are simply not strong enough for riding a SS offroad, one of them actually physically broke apart on a climb. I've bought Shimano DX from CRC and the Token came from Evans but at the rate I'm going a Hope Hub and a couple of decent SS cogs would have cost less. The 20 tooth on a 29er ss is a great ratio for where I do most of my riding but they are quite hard to get. You can get the Whyte ones as well, apparantly top quality but very expensive.
Thank Velo will give them a bell. Will measure the Token tonight and check if the rusty one posted above will fit. An alternative for me is to quit while I'm ahead and just build up a new wheel around a standard freewheel hub which you can easily swap the singlespeed cog around on rather than keep sukkeling with these screw on BMX type freewheels which are seemingly becoming harder to find in a decent range of sizes.
Hi All, I'm looking for a four pronged BMX freewheel socket similar to pics below in order to be able to remove a Token SS freewheel. The diameter of the normal / standard freewheel tool for a 16 to 20 tooth freewheel is unfortunately too big. I've googled my ass off and the www has been shining in it's complete and utter lack of information on the exact spec that I need for the "Token Singlespeed Freewheel" so I'm taking a flyer and hoping a standard spec BMX freewheel socket but for smaller (14 / 15 tooth) freewheels similar to below will be suitable. Does anyone know where I can buy one or have one lying around that I can take off your hands? In fact though the small one is my real problem at this stage, I'm looking for both sizes so if you have either please let me know.
I am tough on seatposts and to date have not found anything that can match a Thompson when it comes to taking full body weight on botched landings. Well worth the money you spend on it.
Pretty much the way I felt since the chaos of day 1. For the amount of money this trip will cost me from the Cape I can do Hell and Back, Wines to Whales, Houwhoek Tour, Karoo to Coast and Baviaans...sure Sani is a so-called must do but hell, sanity must prevail!
That big oke should've spent less on keeping his toes and more on keeping his knees warm. On the way out the Grootrivier gorge we found the amount of destroyed booties / toe caps lying in the road quite amusing...just goes to show they have NO business being out there in the bush!
Saw this one their site re the 10K route...I'm sure there's a couple of SSers here that would disagree! "10km: Advice to riders: Although there are no major climbs, this route is not suited for single speed bicycles." I see there's a bit of rain forecast for Sunday...should make it fun. I was keen to ride but after TB last weekend will probably just hit Jonkies for 20 bucks instead.
HAHA too true my one team mate reckoned he was going to go home and knock his wife up so at least one member of their family will fit into his race shirt.
