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From what I heard it was heavy negative racing in the elite men's bunch. Riders ganging up and kept on blocking Alan, Stefan and Reinardt. No one did their turnsnon the front except those 3

specialized epics, pyga stage as they both can take 2 bottle cages both of those you can run 120mm up front to get that more modern travel setup

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The reason being is the brand Manager for Signal bikes has moved over to a different company and is now the brand Manager for a different bike brand in SA. Because of this I think they couldn't get the ball rolling to place orders at the factory in a good time frame

My suggestion is afterwards ask a bike shop to wash and box the bikes for them wile they are away

Just order the lockout interface. Your local bike shop will be able to sort you out.

Have a look at the connection pins. Take the battery off and you'll see 2 gold pins that are spring loaded. It's pretty common for the spring to break off inside them. Best is try a good electronic cellphone shop

Try Ridgeway Cycles, speak to Andre he use to do alot of Ironman bikes when he use to live in Port Elizabeth for IM SA. Tell him Jamie from PE sent you.

A TT Bike is a very finicky bike with all the integrations, fairings and getting the cabling 100s

this is coming from someone that works in the the industry. If you want to buy a bicycle go to a small Bicycle shop and tell them exactly what your budget is and what you're wanting or expecting to ride, play open cards with them. Stay away from Makro and Sportsmans as the salesman are only that they are salesman for everything in the shop from tennis, soccer, swimming and so on and have probable never done any of those activities as the are trained to be a salesman. ounce you walk out with a bicycle from there you're on your own sometimes you walk out with you bicycle in a box from there you're on your own and have to assemble it yourself and it isn't as easy as you think. The bike you have pictured is a nasty bike all it is is a bike built as cheaply as possible with with a design team of 1 guy. The materials are cheap, no thought of ergonomics and so on. it will probable give you a usable life span of about 5 off-road rides before you go to a actual bicycle shop cause you cant go to sportsmans or makro because they don't service bicycles. That kind of bicycle screams the "Buy Cheap Buy Twice" phrase A Small bicycle shop has character, you walk in every staff member rides a bicycle, half of them probable cycled 25+ kms to work its run more on passion than turn over. the salesman knows bicycles and bicycles only, they will sell you a bicycle not only because he wants to make money but to share passion for the sport and grow the sport. He will sell you a bicycle that suits your needs and budget maybe with a bit of deviation from your budget. from there you will walk out with a decent bike, kit and maybe even a new pal that has given you advice on everything, where to ride and has probably convinced you to ride the Argus. Come your 1st service you go back to your new favorite shop cause that's where you bought your bike from, have a long conversation and so on. If you want to be a cyclist, you aren't just buying a bicycle here you're buying into a sport, a hobby, life style, new friends and community

This is where people get it wrong, people think that sponsorship is one way deal where they give out free stuff, money and call it a day. Its not that. Sponsorship is a two way deal where company will give you product or money and expect something back like marketing exposure, product review. At the end of the day a professional athlete is a billboard as they get noticed. Having a career as any cyclist in SA is very cut throat. I know this as I work with them. The Sponsorship pool is very small and income wise isn't very good long-term as a pro athlete reaches a peak point in age. My recommendation is reach out and contact Exxaro Academy and see what their criteria is.

have sent you a message

I had the same issue but later on I realized it was a mental thing because I was so use the the easier higher speed on the road bike.

I came back from Europe in March doing the same thing. While I was there I saw a one of my dream vintage bikes for sale. I purchased it, bought a box from a bike shop, boxed it and flew back. the Airline didn't even charge me for the extra luggage as it was sporting equipment. came through CT international airport, Customs stopped me and asked to have a look inside the box, they opened up and saw a 2nd hand bike that I said is mine and they let me pass through. No VAT and no customs charges.

good old shimano deore or XT (they are always the bench marks on tests) will do the job, easy to service yourself, every bike shop will have stock of brake pads levers can be easily adjustable.

Schwalbe are super fast tires but its because of their super soft compound. I've used both the Thunder Burt and racing Ralph and have torn off Knobs very easily. Have you looked at the standard maxxis Aspen or Onza Svelt?

I personally think the increase in entry level road bikes before winter is because people are wanting a cheap bike to leave on their indoor trainer

Ide be carful of over insuring if I were you. The bicycle industry in SA has had a bad reputation of insurance fraud and there are companies now like Riders At Work that are appointed all the major insurance companies to handle and make sure that claims are legit and so on.

Why not go to Thule and/or Holdfast and see what they recommend. In my opinion the best option will maybe be roof racks depending on your budget

go for a proper bike setup like ergofit or retul.

best option is contact the shop you bought the bike from and see what the brand can do for you. some brands customers support are so good they might just give you a new rim for free and you just cover the labor charge to rebuild the new rim onto the existing hub. there might even be a crash replacement policy where you get like 50% off on a new wheel or rim. Avoid the carbon repair option for a wheel. it make the wheel lob sided and you'll get a speed wobble at high speeds, also the wheel relies on the rim to be equal strength and stiffness through out the radius of the rim as the spokes pull the rim inwards under tension if you do a repair youll have unequal spoke tension in the wheel and will be breaking spokes in the long run. also the cost to do a repair you'll have to dismantle the wheel, get the repair done and then rebuild the wheel.

When it comes to mountain biking for the average weekend worrier power to weight ratio is a big factor. In your calculation that's a 2km climb assuming done on a smooth road surface that is exactly at 10% all the way. take that to a 5km + climb then it will be even more. We are even excluding the technical climbs, gee outs on corners and so on and, and, and. But you mustn't look at time saved you must look at Watts saved as that is a calculation of energy saved. Plus we haven't even taken Aerodynamics into factor, a lot of research actually shows that a slower rider benefits more from aerodynamics and a lighter bike because of the rider being out on the course longer than the Pros and have more percentage of time to save than a pro. eg a pro does a course in 2H and the slower rider does 4H you then minus 5% saving a pro would be 6min faster, the slower rider will be 12min faster. But over the years bikes have actually gotten heavier for good reason. look at the XCO world cups. 26er to 29er, that's bigger wheels and frame. It use to be a hardtail dominant discipline now its just dual suspension. Dropper Posts Wider Tires, Back then 2.2 was considered down hill tires now they xc tires are 2.3 to 2.4 Longer travel bikes. it use to be 100mm travel dual suspensions now Nino and majority are riding 120mm bikes. Fork sanctions are getting wider use to be 32mm in diameter now they are 34 or 35 mm. This is because the need for a Marathon/xc mountain biker is no longer to only be efficient on the climbs and survive the down hills now its for the bike to be a good all rounder. But you must also factor in your body and gear as the rider and the bike are a complete system. the human body has the biggest potential of dropping weight. Losing weigh on the bike is easy as all you have to do is buy the right stuff, but to lose weight on the body and get fit takes time.

Are you also getting super low offers from a particular bike dealer in JHB. I've now ignored their messages but every 2/3 weeks he gives me another low ball offer on a different item. I'm now having to hold myself back on giving him a proper talking to using the the special symbols in the words

you get the ONZA Svelt in a 2.25

First things first, have you gone for a proper bike setup? I'm not talking about the how to ones on YouTube. im talking about the one where you go to a bike fitting specialist and they spend about 45min getting your saddle height, saddle set back, bar height, bar width and so on and so on and and and...................... a proper bike setup is more important than anything.