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Vintage Vespa

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  1. Eben + Lynne + Specialized = Best in Business! Good Luck, i know it will be a success!
  2. Tried the rest, now let me win the BEST!
  3. website not working???
  4. R.I.P Cyclist second fatal on that road in a short space of time! prayers and thoughts to friends and family in these times
  5. Ruan at Spoke works in PTA
  6. i cant seem to enter, as the website doing the entries, keeps on going back to the page where i insert my details, once i have selected the distance i wanne ride and hit next? i have also asked for assitance on the crater cruise / advenduarance website and no feedback??? is it just me or anybody else with same issues?
  7. baie mooiiiiii!
  8. please let us know what the weather is doing, seeing we are flooding up here in jozi...
  9. Team Finishline Cycles only off at 09:55:25...thats seems late? how was this calculated?
  10. that bag is moerse small...that forces me to buy a new down sleeping bag that packs away super small!
  11. i have a bit of an issue with my and my partners DNF's...let me start by saying its not the first time i do the ultra at barberton, so i knew what i was in for from the beginning! the issue i have is that we got a DNF because there was no one left at the school by the time we got back!!!!!! although we had to stop about eight times for fixing a huge cut in my partners tyre, we still managed to get through the first cutoff on 4:40 at the 120/75 (read130/80km) split...we then also got through the second cutoff at 15:00 at the entrance to the nature reserve. by the time we then got to the first watertable after going into the nature reserve for the second time, they also had packed up and left! we even had to whistle to them to get out of the road with the bakkies as we approached them on the dirt road in the "housing estate" we rode through. we got to the end of the race at around 9:45 but there was no one left at the school. no timing people, no sweep vehicle, nothing!!!!! our wifes even asked one vehicle bringing back cyclist that did not make the second cutoff at the natue reserve if they know where we were and he said to her that they know there are two guys still out on the route. with this said, i really think that they should at least send a sweep on a motorbike after the last cyclist and not pack up the water tables before the sweep passes. i will never do barberton again until such time that the race is again taken over by a sponsor who actually organises a proper setup. it is very sad as this year was my seveth and LAST barberton. i think for 300randelas (50for late entry), they can and should offer somtehing better...or maybe just wait for evrybody to finish, seeing that we were still within the cutoff times!!!!! so can the organisers please advise why did this happen?
  12. as jy wil kan ons emial chat en bietjie idees uitruil? spyt ek het nooit daai naweek saam jou gery toe ek gevra het wie ry in potch - daai naweek toe ek daar gekuier het nie. dan kon ons mekaar ontmoet het. maar kom gou weer potch toe!
  13. volg jy n sekere prog? als mtb of ook road?
  14. hoe gaan die oefen?
  15. can we still do line entries on the Friday night at the school like in the past? will be doing the 120km...good Epic training!
  16. speak to ruan at spokeworks...you will never look back after he has built you a custom set!
  17. Hi, I currently have M980 XTR 3x10 groupset and would like to change to 2x10...i have read that you can change the M980 crank 3x10 to 2x10 by using those gear fixing bolt & nut set - (item no. 16 in the link below) from shimano which enables you to run a 104BCD blasde as the big blade and the 64BCD as the small blade. this is the link to the shimano drawing: http://techdocs.shimano.com/media/techdocs/content/cycle/EV/bikecomponents/FC/EV-FC-M980-3086A_v1_m56577569830799250.pdf My question is would the FD that is currently working on the 3x10 work on the 2x10, as the shifter can be changed from 3x10 to 2x10? obviusly i need to buy two need blades for the 2x10 setup. Any other issue that i am missing? Thanks,
  18. Hi Greg, If you say shop around a bit more...what do you know of in that price range that i can compare? i think i should get a ride before i buy organised, maybe that will help, ja! you say you use it for XCO where i will be using it for stage races, as i still race a 26" HT at alll the XCO races i do. so ja maybe the usage i intend to use it for is a bit different from you usage. But thanks for the feedback, anyway. Cheers,
  19. can someone please tell me the diffs between a tallboy 2 and tallboy 2 lt? i am dumb
  20. Can the guys that own a bike like this or has owned one, please give me some feedback? i am told that its a good horse for something like the epic, but since reading the following review i am in doubt? http://www.cyclingnews.com/reviews/trek-superfly-100-elite-sl-review i have always ridden HT, so i am scared of the following: "Such handling traits would generally be no big deal in the Superfly 100's intended context of cross-country racing, where speeds are usually higher and there often aren't as many technical features as in general trail riding or enduro. However, the Superfly also doesn't pedal that efficiently, either. Switching the Fox Float CTD rear shock to its middle Trail setting is a must nearly any time pedaling is required, and we frequently resorted to the firmest Climb position even on short sections of fireroad. We saved the fully open Descend setting for extended downhills only. Otherwise, there's far too much movement and a somewhat dull feel under power, particularly when you're hammering along in the big ring. Nor did we find the Superfly 100 Elite SL's new carbon fiber frame particularly rigid. Front triangle stiffness is admittedly quite good, with the large diameter, nominally round main frame cross-sections and tapered head tube. That's largely squandered out back, though, with an appreciable amount of out-of-plane flex, particularly in high-load situations such as bermed corners or excessively rough sections of trail. Here, instead of the rear wheel tracking precisely behind the front one, we repeatedly noticed the rear loading up – only to spring back when unloaded, which occasionally sent us off-line. One simple test verified our suspicions, too: stand beside the Superfly 100 Elite SL with one hand atop the rear tire and the other on the saddle, push forward on one side while pulling back on the other, and you can see the top of the seat stays moving side to side relative to the seat tube more easily than one would expect from a bike of this caliber. We should note that two BikeRadar testers independently came to identical conclusions on two separate test samples. Naturally" Please advise your thoughts / experiences with this bike on the trails? Cheers,
  21. i am also a firm believer that you bike needs to be spot on prior to the event and has always done this irrespective of the race. let me see what my partner says, but theink i might then just stick to my first thoughts!
  22. hi kandui, that is how i have been doing it on all three joberg2c's i have done! the only issue i had was that the bikes dont get washed properly and the last one i snapped my hanger, so had to get someone to take a walk in, which was a bit difficult. luckily i had spare hangers and it was only gear aligning it and setting the gears. let me think about this a bit more and maybe ill do the same at the epic! any other thoughts / ideas?
  23. Hi Guys & Gals, can anybody recommend a shop/s that they have used before for service packages at the Epic? Cycle lab will not be doing it again in 2014. any thoughts / commenst / suggestions would be appreciated? Thanks & Cheers,
  24. ry niemand in Pocth MTB nie...nee mense, help asb?
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