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  1. MTB Cruiser
    I think it is fair to say that this year was an incredibly hard ride! That wind and rain was perishing and stopping at a water point only made it worse to get going again. Started the race on a beautiful clean bike and finished on what resembled a muddy diesel tractor. Horrible hearing the gears just grinding away. Gave them a rinse at two water points but that only helped for a few hundred meters. If the guy on Wapad with the stripped pedal reads this, I am still waiting on your call so I can get my uni tool back. Sounds strange but it has sentimental value as it was a gift from my brother before he emigrated.
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    I really enjoyed the race and the chat's with the fellow riders along the route. Ou Wa Pad was a breeze from B batch! Walkers, and there were not many, all kept left and everyone made it up carefully so there were no blockages. The water tables were all well stocked that I took a pit stop at. The cool breeze near the end was appreciated, played some tunes up Simola to keep the legs turning and crossed the line with a smile on my face. Honestly the only gripe I had was the beer line, it felt like I stood in the same spot forever only to realize I needed a tickets for the beer. Decided to rather go to the car for some ice cold Hansa tinnies! Will definitely be back next year with a bit more training done and aim for a 4:30.
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    I just saw this video, doesn't look like a shifter cable there? Have a look around the 17 second mark. https://www.redbull.tv/video/AP-1UWHZGM8S1W11/andrew-and-nino-hit-the-track?playlist=playlists::aa8e8165-cdc9-4726-8171-1209bf4a249b
  4. MTB Cruiser
    Looks like a typo, event details say Saturday 10th Feb : https://www.entryrush.co.za/event/jackal-dash-mtb-trail-run
  5. MTB Cruiser
    I have one of these, it is not only great for cleaning the car's wheels but I find it gets in behind the crank and in the cassette and derailleur quite nicely on the bike. http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/php/image.php/image.jpg?width=360&image=/images/uploads/watermarked/ez-detail.jpg After each ride I try give the bike a quick wash. If I am feeling tired and the bike is only dusty then it can survive until the end of the next ride. If it is muddy then it always gets a proper wash when I get home, replacing drive train is too pricey.
  6. MTB Cruiser
    Pretty much everything that could be said has been said already. Enjoy the ride. The views, as long as the weather plays nice, are amazing. Also don't feel bad when you are taking a break at every turn on the switch backs at the top. It gets real up there, just keep reminding yourself, a tasty Maluti beer is close!
  7. MTB Cruiser
    The required couch shot. Went for an awesome weekend ride to give it a test.
  8. MTB Cruiser
    Good read this thread. It reminded me of my brothers race. He had a lovely wheelsucker right up his poephole the whole last drag and round the final turn wanted to make a pass. Mike did not entertain it Edit: remove numbers
  9. MTB Cruiser
    Did you do much riding over December? I find after returning from a break the rear is not as tough as it used to be.
  10. MTB Cruiser
    Bit of an old thread revival here. I looking for a bit of guidance of what would be a reasonable asking price for my bike. I have a 2014 Giant Anthem. From Strava I have done roughly 7200 kilometers and had it religiously serviced at Linden Cycles. It just had BB done and bearings in the linkage components. Headset and shocks were done in the service prior to that and the cassette and the large front chainring were replaced in the service prior to that if my memory is correct. I have tried to keep it well looked after and washed after almost every ride. Having said that the bike is a few years old and I have had some tumbles with it so the bike has the usual marking to show it. The bike has been very good to me and if the option for an upgrade was not around I would still be happily riding it. It still goes like stink and is a smooth ride with no gremlins. Any advice would be appreciated!
  11. MTB Cruiser
    I did indeed and my brother too. Doubling our odds, I like the chances!
  12. MTB Cruiser
    Started challenge 4 this morning, only 10 more hours needed. Bring on the weekend...and my Epic ticket!
  13. MTB Cruiser
    It has been a while since doing a Trailseeker, do we pick up our race packs on the day or?
  14. MTB Cruiser
    My brother and I finished off the challenge on Saturday at Suikerbosrand. The wind turned it into quite a ride. I see some people are finishing this challenge just over the 2500m mark, are some devices that accurate for tracking your ride? I used to have a 310xt that measured altitude gain but I don't remember it ever being that accurate, it always readjusted up or down after the ride. Well, with a bit of bad guessing from my side, after uploading our route it turned out we had done an extra 250m.
  15. MTB Cruiser
    I would also like to only see people who still qualify. What benefit is there to showing people who are out of the running? Surely late uploads would just mark the rider as legible to the competition so they would just auto-magically appear in the list.
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