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Butterbean

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  1. https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/127336-post-your-aluminium-frame-bike-pics/page__st__48#entry1971910 Its ryanpmb's wife's bike... Pretty awesome!
  2. Haven't felt a difference at all... Mines completely black and had a white one before... Only the vent design has made a difference...
  3. Have you maybe considered that all the talent is on the road? So teams have to fish there for new riders... Seems you mtb boys need to train harder;)
  4. That's some heavy stuff right there... Can't wait for the tour! Who cares if someone is doping! Talent and ability are only a small facet of competing at the highest levels anyway...
  5. And then? Was that supposed to be a hijack to punt your site on another shops rave? Or are you affiliated? Cause if you're not... Well, that's douchebaggery of the highest order and you've made sure I will never EVER visit your site again.
  6. Wow. Bunch of business experts up in here! I mean, how dare you start looking for an employee before a shop opens! Absolutely absurd. Dude don't even bother explaining your moves. Good luck on finding a good mech. I can't wait to visit the shop!
  7. Yah I had the same issue with my LBS. Broke a spoke and they insisted on charging me for the whole set. Went to Solomons in woodmead, they charged me for one spoke and trued the wheel. This is on RS 20 wheels...
  8. https://secure.onreg.com/onreg2/front/step1.php?id=1969
  9. So entries are open for the race on women's day! Just entered... Will be my first road race! Anyone else doing this? What am I to expect/be on the lookout for?
  10. As a kid I rode a bike more than I walked. Always a makro cheap as special. Gave I up after a bad bmx fall in high school. Went away for missionary service for two years. Came home, got a job. Decided I needed to get off the couch. Looked at options - hated running. Knew if I joined a gym I would go for he first month and never go again. So thought about getting a proper road bike and so I did! Riding became addictive. So did strava. Now I'm hooked. No turning back now!
  11. The fact is, I have to apply the same people principle to cycling as I do to every other facet of life: EVERYONE ELSE IS A COMPLETE AND UTTER IDIOT, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEY PROVE THEMSELVES OTHERWISE. I use this for work, for social situations, when buying, when selling, when driving, when cycling. May sound harsh, but it saves a lot of crap down the line... And keeps me alive...
  12. If you want to be treated like a vehicle, you must abide by the rules. While it does make sense, the fact is, law says keep left, pass right. Most cyclists who aren't your usual commuter on a makro special keep left.
  13. I use perfectly fitting zip lock bags in the back pockets... Two tubes, mini pump, levers, quick link, Presta adapter, valve key, and then loosely carry multi tool and 2 bombs... Fit nicely, the bike looks clean, and I always have what I need!
  14. Would be nice I think... I known the arguments for and against, but I think benefits outweigh the negatives... Especially for your everyday tool like me... Wouldn't mind more stopping power in traffic and more reliable braking... The rim brakes often make a little poo come out on long decent and a car thinks they can make the "gap".
  15. Contact them. I'm very sure they'll help out immediately! They're also in the process of opening a Ghost concept store in lazer park. If this is the service they give, ghost owners will be swing wide very soon!
  16. Just have to post this because I haven't had this level of customer service for a while. HR strap was giving me hassles for a while. Contacted BRYTON via Facebook and literally a minute later I was on the phone with Jason who tried to give me a DIY fix. Didn't work.. So informed them, they said they'll swap it out for free! So just fetched my new HR monitor at the new lazer park store... Really good service from a company which I never would have expected! Thanks Jason and Adam! Seriously impressed!
  17. Ha! I love the "make a reasonable offer" option! Something very cool in my opinion! Will try them out after payday
  18. That scene where Wiggans throws the Pinarello to the roadside... Made me nearly faint... Good race!
  19. I like that... Do you think the OP gets upset when fellow motorists don't wave? Seriously... I was taught not to speak to strangers. Just cause you're on a bike, it doesn't mean you're not a stranger. Sorry this is an annoying issue...
  20. Why must everyone be a little bitch about greeting? Wtf? I'm doing my thing. I didn't choose for you to be there. I don't have to greet you. The road is not an old age home. Have you ever considered that when you're stopped on your mtb, there's actually very little a roadie can do to help? We don't really carry the same spares... I get offered help by fellow roadies all the time, but no mtbers.. Why? Cause were a different discipline... Oh and one last comment. Why are you passing roadies on an mtb? Wasn't the whole point of your purchase that you would now go OFF road? Then go off road and stop being a lower when 3/100 cyclists don't greet. Oh... And also grow up. This isn't nursery school. Be a man ffs
  21. While cajees have good deals, normally will sell you a Scott... I find their follow up not so great. I've often been foisted old stock that doesn't work like you want it to. Mechanics aren't wonderful either. Tony impey cycles is a good shop, but I find them horribly expensive. Just last week I got ripped off on race tires. 85 rand more than cycle lab! And yes, you get what you pay for, but I'm sorry... That's not right. So go to dangle, see if he's got an entry level bike. At least he's close to the estate for services and such, and he has a rep to maintain on the hub! Good luck:)
  22. Bought a good set of head- and tail lights... Ride at around 6:30... Suburban roads, nice quick hour/hour and a half ride. In between, it's IDT interval sessions. I find if I go before I eat dinner, it's much better. Ride even if you have a had a long day/you're tired/its hot/its cold. Just get on the bike.
  23. Nou soek jy *** meneer...
  24. Wanker. So sick of this roadie vs mtb sh*t
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