Johny Bravo

Agreed.

Between the Raleigh from Makro or a 27,5 from Giant. Cant quite decide. tough choice.

oh my word, how horrific. I am gonna sell all my Spez bikes and clothing. And buy anther brand who are not focussed on making money and dominating the market. Gonna ride a Raleigh 29er from Makro safe bet.

Yes, I have also seen the bike in the classified section. I went to the Giant bicycles demo day at Delvera yesterday. I went with a open mind, eager to test the 650 anthem and trance. What an absolute let down. Did a loop with the 650 Anthem, then 650b trance, then the 29er Anthem. Was about 2 minutes faster on the 29er anthem than the 650 anthem, trance was nowhwere. Then i took my own bike, 29er Spez Stumpjumper carbon on the same loop after three test rides in the heat, 5 minutes faster than the 29er Anthem. Everyone i spoke to said they could not justify buying a 27,5 over their 26, and no-one wanted to change their 29er for the 650b. So I have experience riding all the wheel sizes, and my preference is 29er by n country mile.

Just entered and booked accomadation in Struisbaai. 64km race with the biggest climb being under 200 meters. Yeeeees pleeaaaaaase. Thankyou.

Proudly wear my Songo jersey. Love what they are doing, spoke to a couple of the young Songo riders at Origin of the trails this weekend. Nice guys, trying to not fall into the nasty habits of their friends. I support proudly them.

Scam for sure, guy used copy and paste on the parts lists. These guys must think we are as dumb as they are. The parts list he put on Gumtree shows it has Maxis tyres. Can clearly see on the photo the bike has Specialized tyres fitted. What a fool.

That looks really unpleasant. Bike took a beating it seems. I think it is quite easy to get carried away on singletrack like that, because its soo much fun, I also came very close to serious accidents a couple of times on Saturday.

Thats the bike yes. Camber comp carbon, just love it. i saw the guy just before the ambulance arrived. He was in a bad state.

G spot made my week. Its just so awsome. By the looks of your profile pic we have the same bike, built for singletrack like that.

It was 2 completely different days. Both incredible, absolutely my favourite race I have ever done. Today was flat and fast and I made up some time I lost on the tough climbs yesterday. G- Spot was unreal, did not even feel my tired legs going down there. Will be there for sure next year.

Well done dude. Having ridden the same course, mad respect. It was not easy.

What a day today, I absolutely loved it. such an amazing route, did not like the bit through Kayamandi, but after that was all brilliant. To end it off with a run down G-spot, probably the best bit of single track in the country. Superb race, waterpoints good, food after the race brilliant, organisation, marshalling everything just brilliant. Watch this space, this is gonna become one of the most sought after races in the country. Hope the organisers give us first option to enter next year, all of us who made the first one so special. What a weekend in Stellenbosch.

Geez it was tough. A little too tough I think, enjoyment factor went out the window when we all had to push at the 27km mark. I even saw some top pros pushing. I was so tired after the climbs I could not even enjoy the single track. And the singletrack was epic, let me assure you. Tomorrow will be easier.

Did a couple of below par events they organised, and then the last straw was the absolutely horrific Monument challenge they organised in June this year. They did not deliver on any pre race promises and a route with loads of traffic, especially trucks, with no marshalling at all. After that, I realized they dont give a flying f$ck about us. My opinion, with so many races I pick the ones they are not involved in.

The Durbanville area races are always very well supported. Loads of people.

I avoided this race. Because of the ridiculous start times, and ASG involvement. I unfortunately think twice before participating in anything they organise. We all went to the Dirtopia event at Delheim, km and km of single track, just amazing. All of us loved it.

I can drink quite a bit the night before a race and not feel to bad, but I have been drinking every night for the last couple of weeks. Its that time of year, year end functions, lunches etc, couple whiskeys here, few brandys there. And I must say it has caught up with me, I was nowhere in my race yesterday.

Eish, I dunno anymore. All to predictable, lets hope next year will bring better racing. Also too many drive through penaltys handed out today. Was hoping the rain would come, but never did. Massive fan, but actually glad the season is done. Worst one for years in my books.

Ou maat, jy ken nie die Paarl hitte nie, dis iets anders. Net soos ons Capies nie donderstorms ken nie. Fietsryers is almal gewoond vroeg opstaan. Ons doen dit daagliks, 99 persent van die races begin vroeg. Vir verskeie redes, wind kom later, hitte, ander verpligtings later indie dag. Vir n race om so laat te begin is onnodig.

Me too, I am not scared of heat, but above 35 in Paarl is crazy hot. Not fun riding a bike in such heat. So i am also skipping this time.

So true. Maybe if you can afford to have your bike repaired every other day, but most of us cant. Riding in mud is so much fun, apart from the damage to the bike.

Yip, I am here too. Just had dinner and a few cold ones at the beach. Hardly any wind and no rain. Lets hope it stays this way. Wind and rain was crazy when I left Paarl this afternoon.

Origin of the trails stage race. And Burger on the Sunday. Why did you guys change the date. Most of us wont be able to make it, which is a pity.

Lekka man. Wil make try my best to make it. Sounds fun