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So glad I had a look at the forums, count me in! I sent you a pm!

Hi Rich, sorry for my late reply. Dirty Sanchez and I have been riding the Spruit on Thursday mornings at 07h00, and we are planning to ride on Tuesdays too, not sure if this will be in the morning or the afternoon though. Anyway, pm me you cell # and I'll give you a shout. Cheers, Treb

Whoa, 04h45 is the middle of the night ;P I live just off 12th Ave in Rivonia, so traffic is not really an issue for me because I travel against the the flow. I wouldn't want to start earlier than 06h00, but let's see if there are any more responses, perhaps there could be two groups. Cheers, Treb

Hi All, I'm looking for a group / riders to join on training rides during the week, prefereably 06h30ish for about an hour on Tuesdays & Thursdays. I am flexible though, can be differnet times / days. I used to enjoy the rides from FPC Paulshof when they were still around. Please let me know if you are keen or know of any existing group rides. If there are no existing rides, maybe we can get something started. Cheers, Treb

Eheheh, thanks These pics were taken right after I built it, I've done a bit of work on it since (trimmed the steerer & brake lines, Hope FR Stem & Saint Pedals). I'll take some better pics & post ....

A bit overdue posting this, here's my toy for Farmasutra

I can second that, during my first visit to Mankele my 2-Crap failed right at the very top after the tower, just before you get off the jeep track and drop onto the single track. I think they must have heard me in Sabie .... I had the Dual Position Air fitted after that, no problems since then. Great fork otherwise, the models up to 2010 had issues with the damper leaking, the latest dampers are great. Awesome fork, changed my 575 completely, had a 140mm Revelation before. Well worth the R4k, but I would budget for getting rid of the 2 Step. It should be ok for the first couple of months at least ...

Eheheheh .... ja, the lads were pulling amps I'm outta practice a bit myself, but I recon I'll still make the side as a pinch hitter Sheesh ja, "Hilton by Night" was nogal a PARTAY! Sorry about all the flashing headlights on the way there, my navigator was *ahem* "confused" Now about the midget playing Thunderstuck ....

Note to self: Excessive partying the night before the race = excessive hangover during said race Yours Truly with Brad(JONNIE NAPAAAAAAAAALM!!!!)Hood and kaSSiemier practicing for the "roadblocks" What an awesome event, the trails were sublime!

Kewl, looking forward to it

Oh yeah, will be there from the 21st onwards. Are you going? Will you bring your SS too?

You should be fine with the csixx, the 575 doesn't have ISCG tabs so I have to run an ISCG adaptor that clamps between the BB shell and BB replacing the spacer. As far as I can see the tabs on the Mbuzi are recessed from the face of the BB shell placing the guide more inboard. I'll update my post.

Thanks man, ja, still love her after all these years The csixx is shweet, but what a mission to fit on this bike (or any bike with a 73mm BB and 51mm chainline that doesn't have ISCG tabs as standard for that matter). I had to get an aftermarket ISCG adaptor (DMR) and machine it down by 3mm. This is still the original 32T SLX chainring. Any aftermarket (Hope, etc.) bling chainring will not fit in the csixx chainguide on this bike because they are too wide and the chain rubs on the outer guide Basically the problem is that the guide sits too far outboard, 3mm is all I could take off the DMR adaptor to bring it further inboard. The csixx adaptor supplied can't be machined due to its design, and I didn't want to start cutting my BB shell. All running very smoothly now though Having said all that, I happily run a 2:1 ratio on my SS, and this gives me from 1:1 to 3:1 (more or less) and it's a steel chainring, so I'm ok for now. I'll see how I go, I've only done one short ride so far ....

Nice Deano, gotta love them snowmonsters I've had to satisfy my recent bout of GAS by updating some of the kit on mine, got a short cage X0 rear derailleur and shifter (thanks Adnan!) and ditched the front derailleur, a csixx chain guide, Mallet 3 pedals and some new Goodridge hoses. Loving the 1x9 setup! Cheers, Treb Edit: Forgot to mention that I finally ditched the 2-Step (good riddance) trying my luck with the Dual Position Air. Hold thumbs :/

Shrek will be there

Drool! That is a beautiful frame! Please post another pic of the BB. Is this a one-off frame, the Kwela 29 on Morewood's site has a standard BB, can't find anything like yours. Pity there's no XL Thx, Treb

Thanks Guys, loving it! The 2011 Flint had a Bushnell Eccentric BB, so no other tensioners needed

My Tomac Flint 29er. Still need to trim the rear brake hose, other than that I'm done. For now

Wow, some shweet rides on this thread! Here's my 575 (146mm travel), I use it mostly for places like Van Gaalens and King's Kloof or whenever I'm lucky enough to get south of the Vaal I only really got it dialled once I fitted the Lyrik (160mm), and can't live without the Reverb These days it's a "tug o' war" between this and my Tomac Flint SS though, can't wait 'til Winterton!

Finally got to take some pics

Hey XTC, sheesh, sorry for the late reply, I missed your post somehow. My Flint is the 2011 model which has an eccentric BB, so no magic gear needed I've been very impressed with the chain, I've only had to tension it twice so far, and I'm no lightweight. I've put on some new XT stoppers and 790mm bars since, I'll post some new pics over the weekend. The other bike is a Santa Cruz Chameleon. Cheers, Treb

Kassiemier and myself did our first ever SS ride on Sunday at King's Kloof. It went much better than we both expected, the bikes still need some fettling and finetuning, but all in all it was great fun! Here are some pics of the ride: And here are some pics of my Flint 29er (at various stages of completion): I've cut the steerer since then, bought Ninerboy's Thomson layback seatpost and stem, and I'm thinking about some new brakes .... Chrz, Treb

The graph is from Bikeradar's Review of Shimano Brakes. Sooooo .... if you buy the most expensive Shimano Brakes you get the least stopping power According to this graph, at the same Pull Force XTR gives you the least amount of deceleration, followed by XT, SLX and then Deore. Only the Saint brakes buck this trend, coming out tops with the highest deceleration of all brakes tested. Hmmmm .... I'm sure I saw some killer deals on Deore brakes, anybody looking for XT's .... going cheap Or am I going colourblind

I must have the world's biggest collection of "comfy saddles". Specialized Alias.