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What are the financial implications of installing more laddered areas over the super soft sand and / or watery areas? Would it need to be a "sponsored" item - i.e. someone outside plumping the cash? Realistically, how long does a construction like that last. The one over the watery area in Jonkershoek had a really good lifespan until the fire. The one in Tokia seems to be taking a hammering...

And I thought the black/red group-o was tight.....Hmmm thats the shiz! Pity its on a spaz....

Yo Dudes, keen for a show, shine, ride, beer drink and *** praat. I have some mates with AM bikes as well so I will convince them to buy beer and bring their bikes as well... Wes, frow me wiff a mail and let me know the details! Sweet

What trail is that Crow? The top photo as well....?

Not that old - yes, but a collectors item as Patrick Morewood has now left the company....last of the truely SA design & built with SA aluminium in PMB. Not sure whats going to happen with the new bikes. KEEP THE ALL MOUNTAIN BKE PORN POSTING! Loving the thread!!!

CROW - Gripshifts.....you should be shot at dawn for that!

Hahaha, thankfully not my own! Don't feel guilty, post the pic - it has more than 120mm of travel (as was the base requirement for this thread...)

And one of the "XC" all mountain variety...

Here's a pic of my all mountain bike - now a collectors item!

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The more the merrier... I will bring the HT for Wes to try out.... did I mention beer too at some point?

And balls to grip it and rip it round the corners too eeck that extra split second out of your mate next to you... BOOM! I am available from next weekend... As for the bike, full sus or HT. Surely an HT would be slightly more beneficial in this circumstance? Either way, i'll be there with a bike, maybe a beer....!

I in for a meet and greet lads, sounds like a an All Mountain blast fest... May have to pack a sneaky cooler box with a frosty or 2 in it!

Cheaper to buy a second hand derailleur and chuck the busted one....

Thats Minaar's pretty much standard combo right there.... think the lad might be onto something, perhaps we should take notice!!!

Grit your teeth and hang on! DH is going to be wicked....

Yip, I have noticed that as well. UST aren't fool proof either, they leak a little as well at times... Just need to choose a tire that seats well and solid on the rim and you happy as larry

You can do tubeless with non UST tires - and it does work.

I have a Shova too - you can keep your gold!

Grip up front and hopefully rolling out back....but it all boils down to feels right for you. If it was me, Maxxis all round...but those 2.5's are heavy

Wes, slap a bigger tire up front and keep the 2.1 out back. See how it rolls? Are you sure they are 2.5's? High Rollers should roll better than the Nevegals

We road Oak Valley Red & Black route once (around 30km's) with a guy on his Makulu with a similar setup. Apart from having a 36T - 11x23t cassette he said it was quite do-able...especially with the Joplin he had fitted. Anyway, one thing that came out of that was he said next time he was NOT going to wind up the compression to the boxxer, but rather have a webbing strap (like on a rucksack) around the arch brace and the top of the fork and just winch it down for the climbs....! Steeper geo for climbing and less bobbing around! Winch it down to like 120mm.....

2.25 is lekker, 2.4 is a bit big. 2.4 is designed with more DH in mind i think. Very good volume to the 2.25 & 2.4 tire and under braking it works really well. The only conditions it doesn't like is loose over hard pack, especially on the front. But in those conditions on the back it can work quite well if you like drifting out the back end a bit. In the winter conditions it seems to hook up quite well, although clogs if the mud is heavy or clay like. Even a 2.35 Cross mark works well I find, if you doing a bit of mileage and climbing on a AM rig. Not great under heavy braking, under cornering I found that if you take a sidecutter and trim all the round edge lugs (it has a pattern of 1x rectangular, 1x round with an X groove, 1x rectangular....etc) off it holds a corner FAR better. I have heard a Monorail is also nice on the back wheel

Just loose the one on the back, put on a Ardent or something that rolls quickly. It will make a massive difference