leona

im glad someones asked this question coz I'm going there for the end of oct on a 23 month working holiday visa. have absolutely no idea where I'm going to go once i land in auckland tho..

can't you provide anything via email? I had a frame and old parts sent out and had a similar situation. i had no proof of purchase because the frame was a prize. had to send them an itemised list via email of what things cost ( rounded down A LOT) but they still charged me a fortune. free frame and old parts and i payed customs.. what a rip off

I rode ride the rock, tankwa and Sani mtn race the month before epic and I was fine..

Difficut to describe where the tap is.. The sign is really faded now. Maybe someone with the skills can mark a map and post it?

Il be there watching. Don't know the English riders personally but I've met quite a few other riders who are going in my time in sa so il be cheering.

Il be there watching. Don't know the English riders personally but I've met quite a few other riders who are going in my time in sa so il be cheering.

are there results anywhere?

How did everyone find moving the cows? Came through one field and the cows were all on the path. Luckily I grew up on a farm so I wasn't toto worried as they didn't half calves. Just kept going saying 'come on girls, move move'. 2 guys came past soon after and thanked me

yes.. eina... pedalling all the time and that last hill/wall was a brute! id love to know how many people actually rode it. seemed more trouble than it was worth!

Very excited. Mtn series has been such an amazing way to see the country.

ive had an s-works epic for a year now. my first 29er. i didnt look at anything else for reasons i wont bother with. been living in stellenbosch since dec and kept meaning to hire a camber to ride at jonkershoek but haven't got round to it. today is my last day there and I'm off to hire one shortly. should be interesting, just wish it wasnt pouring rain... I'd say your riding goals would dictate which bike. I race and the epic was for racing so camber wouldn't have even come into the equation.

warmish and dry til about 11 when the heavens opened and then it was torrential rain for a few hours

What a disaster. I was so looking forward to this. It was my last race before I leave the western cape for good and I really wanted to win. The briefing was all in Afrikaans so if there was any mention of what arrows to follow then I wouldt know. Got to a junction with arrows pointing both ways and no marshals then later on got to a junction with 5 all waving flags. Some people went left. We got sent straight on which was obviously wrong as after a while we saw a 4km to to board. It was too late to go back by then so we carried on. After the 2km to go sign we met all the runners then there was a 19km to go sign which I now know was for the runners. Was there any mention in the briefing? I don't know.. We ended up riding back in the way we had gone out and coming back with 30km on the clock instead of 60. I got up at 4.30am to come, I paid my entry for he 60km and I was leading which is what makes me so disappointed. I know they had last minute route changes but there can't be any excuse for the marking and for so many people going wrong. I was offered a free entry for next year but I will have long since left the country. What a crap way to finish my time here. Just so disappointed.

How much climbing us there

im not even reading through this thread. don't get xtr!! they are a night mare. I've had nothing but trouble with them. 3 warranties, brake fade, broken clamps.. you name it. go xt. they work