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"Woman for fun or cooking..." What a beaut!!!!

Superlight. Too many Anthems around.

They suck and the one at Somerset Mall smelt of serious BO on Monday after work...nice. I'd rather go elsewhere and spend more than walk out of there feeling like I just flushed my bucks down the toilet.

I concur. Dead horse sufficiently flogged. Will put proof to the pudding with a full service after 3 weeks of muddy riding these holidays. hasta la pasta.

GEEGEE you're going to have a tough time supporting them all the way from Joburg if even people IN Stellenbosch complain that the place it too out of the way and much of a mission to get to.

I placed a wanted ad and managed to get a Thomson Elite off theHub for R400.00 bucks...money well spent!!!

Big difference you are out there riding as its a passion, you love it and you want to be there. Lift a finger, share the joy, spread the love...no need to wave and shout "How do you do..." Now shopping, on the other hand....ever heard of Mall Rage? Fark I hate it, I'd rather be cramping while riding up a hill into the wind nursing a slow puncture and a wheel buckle on a corrugated gravel road with numerous bunches of yabos in their F250's racing past kicking up dust and stones than get my ass dragged through a mall.

I had a bakkie stolen at the beach once...cleverly "hid" my keys on one of the tires...let the lesson be learnt...won't be doing that again. One of my colleagues had her laptop stolen from the boot of her car the other night...nothing visible inside the car, so they broke in, folded forward the back seat from the inside, and hey presto! Sucks being violated. The times they are a-changin'

I tend to agree with Wolverine, you cut rates in December you will see some crazy financial headlosing and people doubly indebted by the time February swings around.

Getting back to mining though, it costs mines more to produce an ounce of platinum at this stage than its worth on world markets. The retail markets of mine driven economies are nervous, very nervous. This has already caused us as a retailer to put a hold on expanding in Klerksdorp and a few other mine driven towns. Recession, anyone? XTC12008-12-03 01:13:40

I am not sure whether it was an allegations or truth but I heard about some brain surgeon at SAA that decided it would be a brilliant strategic coupe to hedge by fixing their oil purchase price at $140 a barrel for a year? Ouch ouch ouch!!!

These okes been stuck in St Lucia for a while! If they are still heading south(west) my door / lawn / gate is open from 5 Jan onwards when I get back from the Kei. Anyway I am based in Somerset West so contact me via the Hub (pref PM in case I lose the thread) if a roof is needed. I will be offline from 12 Dec till 5 January.

Eden, Stellenbosch.

Nothing worse than getting to some lekker singletrack after a leg breaking climb and then having to stop start your way down it due to people walking obstacles. I guess that happens when you have experience but not fitness....slow up....fast down!!! keep riding.

I think we saw the same thing with Surski paddling when it first became popular around 8 years ago...lead times for new boats were 10 weeks and record numbers of entrants at Sunday dices. A few years down the line, everyone has their own riding buddies, they know where to go ride, and they can do so at their own leisure, hence less having to mission to races to ride when events are on, rather than when it suits the riders. XTC12008-12-01 01:21:25

Boomshanka you sound as if you have a vested interest here. I agree with Mr. Lem, you are well positioned for a niche of the market, longer trading hours, good service, those free coffees sound good too....

Jongensfontein next to Stilbaai is way better. Stilbaai campsite becomes a caravan city during December, okes pull in and rig themselves up complete with washing machines, satellite dishes, the works, and then sit there parking off for 3 weeks.

If you can ride straight up that gravel road you are impressive. My mate owns Steilte farm, I don't know if you are familiar with the forest to the right of the cement road but there is quite a bit of MTBing to be done there and some nice sneaky singletracks. There's also quite a network of contours that lead up to the level of the masts.

You talking about "Steilte" Farm, with the twin cement tracks leading up off the tar road?

These stats may shed some light on these incidents. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20081126060319760C235514

Whoever has been building trails there....THANKS! Great job, awesome place to get some adrenaline flowing when you don't have too much time on your hands.

I am in the process of sourcing a new FD for a Giant XTC hardtail. The one I currently have on is top swing, I saw a few XTC's on the web with conventional swinging action. My question is which should I get and does it make a difference if the angle of the cable from the cable stop to the FD hasn't been affected too much? Thanks guys. XTC12008-11-18 02:03:07

<P>Mason at Masons Bike Inn usually goes the extra mile and then some. For MTBing he is tops in Stellenbosch.</P><edited><editID>XTC1</editID><editDate>2008-11-13 08:00:38</editDate></edited>

Came from an XTC1 hardtail to a TREK EX8 trail bike...first ride was a bit awkward, havent looked back since. Best fun ever, glad I made the move. Taking jumps and drops that I would've taken the chicken run on before. Pick a line and keep it on singletrack, over rocks and roots no worries. Missed my hardtail dragging my dually over the Swartberg Pass though this weekend...def didnt miss it while smoking the downhills though.