Frohan

Cool, you going to use youre own bike or theirs??

AndrewH I had a Ventana full suspension mtb tandem, what a joll, but it was a 26'er and the guy I bought it from upgraded to a 29'er, he nearly swop me his new 29'er Ventana for his older 26'er afterwards, the 29'er climbs a bit more difficult than his 26'er brother and handles more difficult in the single tracks than the 26'er. For open roads the 29'er will maybe be better, but then make sure the gear ratio is right whenever there are steep climbs. We rode all the single tracks in Jonkershoek with our full suspension, the only places we had to get off was the odd switch back here and there. Enjoy!!

Nick, thanks a lot for this, now one can have a look at one page and plan your year ahead!! If I ever walk or ride into you, I'll get you a big nice cold beer for this effort!!

Will do, planning to go tubeless from day 1, I got a nice video clip on how to do the tubeless thing and yes, looks as if the Silverback comes with 4.7's, so will stick with them! Now just to wait untill the shipment arrives and hopefully that is before the December holidays!!

Very nice!!! Hopefully my Silverback Double Scoop are coming before December, then I will do the same at Struisbaai, planning to ride along the beach from Struisbaai to Arniston, its 27km of unspoilt beach!!

Number 12 and 13 that I owned in the last 17 years!! All were Cannondale!!!

I haven got a clue, will ask my local bike shop!!

I haven got a clue, will ask my local bike shop!!

Apparently you must use a specific sealant for Maxxis tyres! The same happened before with 2 of my Maxxis while using Stans. I've got 2 Ikons on the bike now and are monitoring them, cause this time the bike shop used the Maxxis specific sealant.

I think its a friend of mine...will forward it to him!! One cant have enough lights on the back!

Cool Fernandoxt...a good time also!!

Sorry, I only check this thread now again...it took us about 1h45 up with the tandem from the border post to the top and down it was 20 minutes in the rain...so I had to take it a bit slower...didnt want to crash on our 3rd day of our holiday!!

Frohan, on 07 January 2014 - 12:15 , said: We went through the Lesotho border post and then enjoyed some coffee and biscuits at the “Highest pub in Africa”. Excellent, well done! .... but...., you did WHAT at the said establishment? He..he.. Prawnstar...Unfortunately I didnt take enough money for the nicer things like a couple of beers, they are kind of exspensive up there....so we had to settle with the cheaper option of coffe and biscuits...!!!

Thanks guys, it was a hard climb but worth every drop of sweat!!

We went up to Natal the past Festive season and planned to do Sani pass with our tandem. On arrival at Sani pass backpackers lodge the afternoon it was pouring and the forecast for the next day didn’t look good…but our luck turned the next morning and we started with blue skies and soon saw the pass in full glory. It was mostly granny gear but we manage to ride up the whole way without walking once until about 30 meters from the top when the chain snapped, I repaired it and we rode the last bit to the top. We went through the Lesotho border post and then enjoyed some coffee and biscuits at the “Highest pub in Africa”. The decent was quick and although it started raining we still had a blast.