Sweiss

@RudoJ - Thanks, you just gave me an idea. Jigghead already suggested a chilled ride on Springday at Big Red Barn. Maybe we must make an occassion of it and get all the Centurion hubbers to join. Both myself and Jigghead will be back on the bike from injury which will force it to be a chilled ride. :-)

100% agreed. Since they opened they have been doing all my bike services and they will continue being my first choice when my bike needs a little TLC

To Jigghead: I will definately take you up on that offer. Thanks!

My last ride was on the 1st of June. In the week following that I was diagnosed with some colon issues and that is where my hell started. To cut a long story short, in the past 6 weeks I had 3 operations, spent 18 days in hospital, was on a liquid diet for 3 of the 6 weeks and have lost 13kg as a result. My wife and my family have been great but they could not be around 24/7 and that is where you guys come into the picture. The hub became my daily dose of humour, inspiration, motivation and the place where I could go to for a couple of minutes, sometimes even hours to forget about my own aches and pains for a bit. Just by reading the hub my general knowledge about cycling and just about any other topic for that matter have skyrocketed over the last couple of weeks. I have never met any of you or had any discussions with you and most of you probably don't even know about my existence but to dipslick, cpt armpies mayhem, patches, dirt-rider, grumpy old guy, skinny sweaty man to name but a few and every other hubber out there who take time out of your busy days to post new topics and conversations on this site I want to thank you. Without you even knowing about it you have made a positive contribution to my life and made the last 6 weeks a lot more bearable than it would have been otherwise. A special mention to the admin team for giving us this platform and for doing a great job running it. I will be back in the office from next week and will have considerably less time to visit here but I do hope that somewhere in the future I can get to meet some of you guys and make a positive contribution to your lives in one or another way the same way you did for me. My new outlook on lifeis: Even if Google doesn't have the answer someone on the hub will. Keep safe and keep on riding! See you all on the trials in September when I can get back on the bike. Regards Sweiss

Below is the race info that was mailed out by the Velocourse team a couple of weeks ago: Hi Guys and Gals With just under 3 week to go to the 4th race of the USN MTB Cup, we thought we would send out some information on the route. We are pleased to announce for this race all routes will be a single lap. We are also pleased to say that the split for the 50km and 30km race will be right near the start (after just short of 30km) and the 50km riders will only re-join behind the 30km riders 300m from the finish . The route will still consist of a 50km single loop and this time we have added even MORE great pieces of fast flowing single track. Both routes consist of mainly jeep and single track. There will be one short stretch of district road halfway through the 30km ride. The routes are pretty flat and fast with the 50km event having 576m of climbing and the 30km 371m of climbing. All in all a fun morning out on the mountain bike!! Below is the link to the route profiles should you want to see the elevation levels : http://www.usn.co.za/bulletin/press-releases/race-profiles--usn-mtb-cup-4-2013-R346.html For the first time in the USN MTB Cup series we have added a single speed category which will allow the single speeders a chance to compete for the podium. when entering, please make sure you choose the correct category. Entries are open on –http://cycleevents.co.za/mountain-biking-events/ Here’s the lo-down: Date: Saturday, 8 June 2013 Venue: The Big Red Barn, Olifantsfontein/Midrand Start: 8:00am Distance: 50km, 30km, 10km and a 2km kiddies ride

As per the mails send out 50km will be single lap with 576m of climbing. The 30km will have 371m of climbing But as everyone else is saying the singletracks are awesome and this is one of my favourite places to ride

I know there have been problems in the past with the Scott rear shock but as far as I know they have fixed it on the 2013 models.

I have never ridden the Specialized but got myself the Scott Spark 940 in March. I have only done about 400km's on it but from my experience it is a great bike and good value for money. The best would be however to test ride both and choose the one you feel most comfortable with. Happy shopping!