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CWC's website was a bit shaky during the beginnings of the Black Friday sales, but now it appears to be running oh so smoothly and all the guys over at CWC are working hard and it's all guns blazing. Good job guys!

A 403 or "Access Denied" response is usually the case when something is unpublished.

I bet those developers are working around the clock to get the site up and running. Hang in there folks

Okay cool thanks for the advice all. Will check out some of the LBS's this weekend and see what works. Worst case scenario is buying a second pair of cheapie rims and slapping my conti sports on those.

P.S Rims are 29er

Hi folks, So last year I upgraded my bike's rims from the stock Alexrims to a pair of Stans Flow EX rims as I do a bit of "aggressive trail" riding and sometimes a bit of downhill on my Scott. A problem I had (sadly) was that I battled to get a pair of Continental Sport road tyres onto my bike for the Argus Cycle Tour last year. I damaged the rim's decals and destroyed two sets of tyre levers so in my infinite wisdom I pumped my offroad tyres to their max psi to counter drag and increase rolling speed, but rear tyre went bang 60km into the race as the road surface heated up etc. To avoid that situation again, I would like to know if anyone successfully managed to get road tyres onto rims like the Stans Flow EX which are a little broader than the average rims? Perhaps another brand of tyre other than Continental will have a slightly more favourable dimension that's a little ore accommodating? Many thanks!

ROCKET Compression Socks all the way. You'll feel the difference immediately. I often get disappointed when my rockets are still in the wash before a race and I'm forced to wear my FALKE's...

There is no specific cadence for MTB as its dependent on not only what suits you specifically, but the terrain you're on. It could fluctuate quite a lot as you're negotiating all kinds of obstacles and switching between climbs and downhills. I find that, although a higher cadence and lower power output can conserve energy (proven?), my heart rate tends to be a lot higher and I get a little out of breath as opposed to being in a slightly higher gear and cranking slower.

Doubt it would have worked with my rims - I have extra wide downhill Stans ZTR Flow EX 29er rims which most likely the tyres wouldn't have seated on properly. I asked about it while I was there and the onsite mechs confirmed it wouldn't work unfortunately. Very disappointed.

Very happy with my Rockshox Reverb dropper. 3 things could be improved/fixed: The overall weight of the post, Mine has started to feature a bit of horizontal play which is a bit annoying, and; Sometimes the hydraulics lag a bit when sending the seat back upwards. Other than that, it does exactly what it's designed for and works like a charm during races where the other XC guys are dismounting for a steep vertical descent while I just drop the seat and cruise right though.

Pretty much a given to most of us that have at least done 1 race in our lives, but am I missing that it is not properly indicated to new riders to Keep Left and Pass Right? When I was on the left, I had guys trying to squeeze between me and the pavement, really? When I was in the middle, I had guys try and squeeze between me and someone else, forcing us apart, and; When I was hitting maximum speed down the right side there were people moving horribly slow, one of which did not heed my warning and luckily I had a MTB to go off the road into the dirt and regain myself at like 50km/h... I understand that there are a lot of people doing the argus as their first race of all, but then whatever committee handles the printed information in the race packs and emails needs to put that point across. Oh - And can the repair centres please have spare 29er tyres next year? I blew my back tyre near Soetwater and they only had a mountain of 26inch MTB tyres and road tyres, none of which helped and I was sadly rendered as a DNF following some failed attempts at inserting tubes into my tubeless tyre with ruptured side wall which both blew. You would think they would have more 29er tyres in the pile lol...

Was riding a MTB. Problem is that I had Continental Sport slicks which I used on my previous Alex Rims for road but I buckled both of those due to aggressive trail riding and upgraded to Stans ZTR Flow EX 29'er rims. The geometry of the new rims are such that I broke a set of tyre levers trying to get the slicks on so decided to keep my Maxxis Crossmark LUST's on with my tubless setup instead. To counter the extra drag factor, I decided to pump the knobby tyres to 4 bars each (4.1 being MAX) and didn't account for the pressure increase when I was flying down the hot road on the stretch between muizenberg and soetwater. That extra bit of pressure obviously found a flaw in the tyre and BANG, no more race for me.

The repair center at Soetwater had piles of spare 26inch and road tyres, but not a single 29inch MTB tyre to be had. I guess it was just not meant to be lol...

So at around 60km's into the race, near to Soetwater, my rear tyre's (tubeless) sidewall exploded off the beading and after a couple of failed attempts by bike mechanics to patch me up I went home in a sweep vehicle as a DNF. A first time for me and a very sad ending to a race that's for sure. Were you also a DNF (Did Not Finish)? Tell us about it here...

I was fortunate enough to avoid any crashing and my dropper post allowed me to tackle the steep sections and downhills with speed. My personal opinion is that, after making our way all the way back to the radio masts after finishing contermanskloof, we should have been given a straight ride home following the downhill into bloemendal. All the extra ups and downs around the vineyards was a bit overkill considering the amount of climbing and work already put into the race. I think they're trying to make the route a little more "pro-friendly" lol