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For that money top spec PYGA with dropper post and 1x11 setup is a no brainer for me. Not carbon, but so what.

Oh and BTW, this guys is insane! How fast is that bit down the cobbles????

You get ze bike und zen you go und do zis: http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Fall-Kyle-Warner,23885/kylechs5,5080

I think the event start may be delayed by us lot ogling over each other's bikes and bling. I expect many a "oooooooooooohhhh" when I demonstrate the vicious gonad crunching speed at which my Command Post pops back up...

Yum!

Starting to look like it's going to be a near full grid! Can't wait. All my niggles are healing nicely *touch wood* so looking forward to a sick day out on the bike. Will also "hope"fully have my new brakes fitted by then

Ditto on the trail builders and ditto on Burry and Gregg. I'd also vote for Songo Fipaza.

Yeah I hear you. I'm just paranoid about crap like that. 4pm is going to cut it a bit late though thanks. Will get out there asap!

Really want to come and ride the new trails tomorrow, but feels a bit dodge alone so Jonkers or WVP for me

Nothing in life or law prevented you from telling them they can take their radarlocks and shove it up their unoriginal asses. And then also telling the ballie to go make love to his own person.

It's gonna be good! Will be nice to finally meet some of you Hub giants

And it's actually a really interesting situation this. It's not like miners with fairly commonly available skill sets that are doing labour making people billions. These riders are the elite of their industry, and I'd argue that their skill set is scarce and in demand (otherwise Red Bull wouldn't even be there). So the value of their labour compared to the reward they receive while making Red Bull a boatload of cash seems to be out of whack.

Again, my libertarian mind says that if their willing to risk that much for that little it's their freedom to do so. I wouldn't risk my life for some coverage and a $5 000 pay day. I personally think they're being ripped off, but if there's no gun to their heads, well then they're the willing. I guess that's where the question of catch-22 comes in. Don't compete and go huge and you're doomed to nobodyville. So to what extent is there true volition? I don't know.

Looks awesome! Reminds me a bit of Welvanpas and Jonkers combo.

Well please give me a shout if some hands are needed. I'm in Paarl all December and most of Jan, so I'll be happy to come through and build and "ride the trail in". You have my digits.

Not sure if he's amateur, but Pinner Munik get's my vote!

Exactly! I reckon the trails being ridden on Meurant's circuit are perfect. If only now we could get enough venues to make this a monthly thing *cough Steilte cough*

So it's all insane or jeep track? Those are the two options? 26'er of f-off? Long travel or die? I'm more than happy to ride whatever is put in front of me, and I'll be the first one to bitch about jeep track. But Welvanpas, Jonkers and Tokai are hardly jeep track? Let me explain by way of analogy. You don't see the surfing tour hold events at Jaws and Mavericks every weekend. Some events are at Pipe and J-Bay. Big wave surfing is our DH. Enduro should be our Pipe and J-Bay. Can still bite you in the ass big time, but hospital visits should be the exception.

Definitely not arguing for a dumbing down of courses. Please see my comments on the run up to the UCI Worlds. I take the point of speed making it gnarlier, and if that is the case then fine. I'm the last one that wants to ride glorified XC courses, but I also don't want to have to bomb down DH courses expecting mountain trail. And of course the skills need to be pushed, so tech gets my vote.

Hardly. There's a huge difference between a proper all mountain trail, XC courses and full on gnarly DH runs. The stuff they race on EWS is serious and frankly just a slightly tamed version of DH, which is why guys race in full face helmets out of necessity.

I must say I hope Enduro in SA steers clear of the European concept of Enduro which is basically to ride various stages of gnarly DH runs without jumps on your trail bike. It's just getting a bit nuts from what I've seen on the EWS videos. I like the idea of technical, but still have a clear gap between Enduro and DH.

Man I'm tempted to buy those X2's but with the addition of Icetec rotors my Elixer 5's have been doing the job. So I just can't get myself to drop R4k on a nice to have, when R4k could buy other gear that I actually need (wider bar, Hans Damph tekkies, new brakepads and some riding gear). But damn do they look sweet!

Cameras notoriously ruin perspective of size, height etc. This gap is nuts. Not only the launch and gap, but the landing into berm is steeeeep! Count me impressed!

Great stuff people!

I've found that any question about ball size on the Hub will invariably go South...oops too late