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Yebo. New frame and some new parts with carry over from my Enduro for the rest.

Meet Stumpy McStumpface

And then there's Rupert's appearance fee.

And if raindrops turned to jellytots...

Very nuanced comment... For us who live in Paarl though we're incredibly thankful for the explosion of new trails all around our mountain (even though the lower Spice Route trails are a bit, uhm, ja...).

JohanDiv do you know what the situation is now with the Taalmonument trails? I see Petrus (MRace) has put up signage saying permits are required. I heard rumors that he has been given the job of maintaining / managing those trails (although I know it's myself and Francois etc who're still doing that). I now see that MRace is partnering with Hero as a skills and training service provider, which is great, but I am just left wondering who is actually in charge of the Taalmonument trails, including those below the road (KOffiedam XC loop and Needles into Courtrai)? It'd be great if it was actually now in their hands because frankly it's becoming a thankless job of maintaining those trails and I've all but given up.

Decent weighted Kettlebell (20-24kg) 20kg Sandbag Skipping rope Pull up bar. I reckon these tools (and the enormous diversity of strength and conditioning workouts you can do with just these 4 items) complement my cycling the best. From pure strict strength and stability to HIIT / Crossfit type workouts I've seen a noticeable improvement on my downhill riding. Cycling, in my layman's view, tends to neglect upper body strength and stability and unless you attend to it through accessory work you're doomed to being a very fit Dadbod.

Still reckon the Spez Kenevo makes sense to me. It's essentially an unashamed shuttle bike. Big travel, aggro geometry, basically a DH bike with it's own lift system. Even I find that hard to argue with.

Gwinn also replied in the comments.

https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/World-Cup-Downhill-MTB-Race-Talk,10517?page=5

So what I take out of that is that your hardtail now rides better with some suspension...

Yeah I gave up on POV Youtubers when I saw a vid of three of them "collaborating" and all you heard was three guys riding together but each of them chatting to their camera / "fans". I still watch Seth because he does post-production commentary on his vids and seldom POV's and his stuff is actually unique and entertaining, and some of Singletrack Sampler's stuff is cool (van build was interesting). But just watching someone ride a trail from a POV gets tedious. Not much value being added there. All Ride is a cool concept, but the presenter's accent and scripted speech put me off. Silly I know, but those things matter when you're demanding people's attention.

La Bresse was tailor made for Maes. Everyone needs to calm down about him - amazing result, but the track was basically an EWS stage. He won't top 10 at Worlds. Podium will be Minnaar, Bruni and Gwinn.

I think the whole point of the Steve Smith track in Whistler is to introduce a proper WC level track to BC so that they can bid for a WC there. Makes perfect sense - they can afford it and as Duane says, the feet are already there so the crowd will be amazing. Which is why a DH world cup in Jonkers will just be silly. An EWS on the other hand...

The Gods must be crazy is the trail name.

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Hard times create strong men. Strong men create easy times. Easy times create weak men. Weak men create e-bikes.

Wait...that's NOT how you do it????

So much rationalising on the eletric motor cycle (see that?) side. If it's no big deal, just own it bro. It's almost like you're somewhat ashamed of it? It's like this "buff guy who is natural > buff guy on juice but owns it > buff guy on roids and swears he's natural" I only have an issue with the last guy. Fact is the bike industry is running out of variations of the same product to sell and keep the wheels turning. Enter the marketing team to convince you that despite thousands of unfit, fat, old, injured people finding ways to get into the sport and improve themselves to levels where they can ride when and where they want for literally decades, THIS product will finally open the sport to them. Cool story.

Tip #1 - Take your rain jacket. The PDS probably thought I'm coming again this year...

Dislocating your elbow a few weeks prior you probably think "HTFU Aaron"

Bought two pairs in 2015 and they're still going strong. No stretch in the fabric, chamois still does the job, can't fault them.

Also, watch out for the sidewalks. They're deadly...

Well that's the point. Trail bikes are meant to ride trails. NOt green corridors. That trail was rough, but by no means in the DH category of things. This is what separates brands like Pyga from Spot. Suck it up, replace, improve. Not "yes, but..." all the way.

So what Condition is that model specified as? Because that drop that snapped the frame was not of any consequence. Also, attaching a speed to it is bizarre. As for setup, I think the guy that arranged the bike for him works for Spot and he set it up.