michaelbiker

Try https://www.theproscloset.com/collections/e-bike They buy and sell second hand bikes. Quite a large operation.

Brown belts today for a change

I haven't ridden the Forekaster but seems it is more suited to the wet. I have ridden others Ardent Race, Racing Ralph, Ikon, Conti X-King. I would rate the Rekon better than all of them in terms of grip and cornering confidence.

Rekon 2.4 front, Rekon Race 2.35 rear. Both are 60tpi EXO DC so on the portly side (for XCM/XCO), but they are tough and grip really well. I had a Rekon 2.4 on the rear and the grip was amazing on climbs but on downhills didn't seem to make that much difference and rolled quite a lot slower compared to the Rekon Race. I am running a tubolite insert on the rear too now which allows me to go a bit lower in pressure and also kills buzz, which is quite a nice side effect. These are mounted on 30mm carbon rims. I would definitely go Rekon on the front again. It is such a versatile tire. Probably best front tire I have used.

Tokai

Be careful with different alloys. Some are not weldable and may break under strain. https://www.thefabricator.com/thewelder/article/aluminumwelding/aluminum-workshop-why-isn-t-7075-weldable-

Theoretically they are not an online store since you can't purchase anything through their site.

I once tried to order something from them and was under the free shipping limit by R100. So I literally spent an hour on the phone with the salesperson running through what I could get for R100 that was actually in stock to save on shipping. I eventually gave up because there really was little I needed. The least they could do is post their stock levels on their site. I don't bother looking at their site anymore because it's impossible to determine if I am going to get the runaround. I'd rather use evobikes or summitbikes or trailtech etc. Also, isn't charging an additional 3% over the listed price for credit card not allowed by credit card companies? I seem to remember that being a condition of getting merchant status.

Morning singletrack

Up the Onrus gorge - Hemel-en-aarde

I am in Cape Town. The shipping cost is £10 but the only issue (I see now) is that it comes SAPO. Will see if they can send it another way as it will likely never arrive.

If you want to split shipping I’d like to order something from https://www.racewaredirect.co They might have something that helps you.

If you think the ads should be cycling specific, then you should take a look at who sponsors the pro cycling teams: https://road.cc/content/feature/13-crazy-pro-team-sponsors-and-their-unlikely-products-231534 As an aside, I tried out YouTube Premium for a few months and ended up becoming a subscriber. It’s kind of impossible to use YouTube now without it. I wish more services had ad-free subscriptions.

I am here until Sunday if you want to join for a ride.

Sumaridge - Hemel-en-aarde

If you are willing to wait. I bought a pack of fifty for $1 including shipping on Aliexpress. Took a year and five months to reach me. 😂🤣