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I simply wrapped the fork with an old inner tube and cable tied the bottom of the bottle cage to the fork. I did the whole Plett to CT tour like that and it never moved at all.

Congrats, you can't go wrong with a Revolt, I use mine on road, gravel & bike packing and even the occasional bit of MTBing 🤙

At Eroica SA in Montagu this past weekend, I was reminded once again just how versatile these old steel bikes are. Slap on a set of 28C tires (or 32C if the frame allows), swop out the rear cassette for a 13-28 and you're good it go for a great adventure. This years route even took us up & down Ouberg Pass.

Bottelary Hills last night

FFS, why's everyone suddenly sharing their stats, is Bikehub trying to give Tinder some competition?

I'm keen as well... and I'll be racing it on a vintage steel bike... in for penny, in for a pound 😉

I'm with Abe on this one. A Trail bike will have you working a lot harder over the full week if you're at the sharp end and it's the accumulative fatigue that eventually gets you at the Epic.

Yes, very sad indeed. Good luck getting your bike back, I believe the shop might have been locked up by the sheriff of the court. There's a few suppliers nervous as well.

Sadly it sounds like they've gone bang due to the tough economic times

Leave early, that road gets busy on the weekend.

While on this topic, what is that maroon juice in the plain bottle that all the Pros seem to be drinking directly after they cross the finish line? I saw it again yesterday at the AG race. It looks like beetroot juice but I know its not that. Masking agent 101 maybe? 😉 Seriously though, it looks damn suspect because everyone is taking it, including the ladies.

Maybe of the Tygerberg side. On Bottelary side it's free.

Yeah, that's about as effective as making an ex-convict President.

What blows my mind is when people who have been rogue riders for years get made Marshals and get free permits for the year... #FML

Bottelary is more a XC type route rather than a manicured trail network so I find it keeps me on my toes a lot more that the Tygerberg side. With it being on my doorstep I know all those trails like the back of my hand. On Sat morning I spent 4 hours in those hills and still didn't ride half the network available. There's just so many routes to choose from and they're mostly fairly challenging so you certainly work for your breakfast.

Keep an eye on the Vintage whatsapp group, we still need to make another #steelisreal outride happen before winter hits us proper. Glad to hear is gone to a good home @Paul Ruinaard 👍

That is an absolute bargain for a bike in that condition and with that groupset on it. Pure class 🤙 I certainly hope someone snaps it up quickly so it doesn't haunt my dreams this week 😲

And there Cannondale starts with their pricing restructure as well. I love the way they word it to make it sound like they're doing you a huge favour but when times were good they were more than willing to fleece you for every penny. Interesting times indeed in the cycling industry.

What he said ☝️... safe & secure 🤙

Details on their page... http://www.carbonbicyclerepairs.co.za/

Check out Nooitgedacht Village on the outskirts of Skelmbosch. Close to all Stellenbosch and Bottelary Hills Conservancy trails and very close to the massive new Devonbosch Lifestyle Village currently being built which has its own 7km mtb pump track.

Common problem on carbon frames, James Perry can fix it for you.

Lets be honest here... that advert is misleading, Fun Day and Hill Repeats should not be used in a sentence together 😅

Saddle S-Works Romin EVO with Mirror 198g Wow, they think of everything nowadays, even a Mirror on the saddle to check for saddle sores.

I was reminded this past weekend again of the versatility of a gravel bike. I have an extra wheelset for my bike, the one is running 28C road tires with tubes & a road cassette and the other 45C tubeliss gravels tires and a more mtb oriented cassette. Took it out on Fri for 120km road road with mates and Sun evening just swapped out the wheelset and did a 110km gravel ride yesterday. The best of both worlds, I absolutely love my Revolt 🤙