GoLefty!!

this fred are epic fail

hwo can you add to the polling options when one cannot vote on those options since they have already voted previously typical ANC run thread

there are trails that are now over grown on the northern side of Vasbyt, running close to the fence. these can be reopened (first need to find them again but that shouldn't be too hard) and used as the "UP". We can accomodate runners on this section. SANParks don;t want new trails built but technically these are not new, just out of use... I also strongly advocate the need for all mountain bikers to have a bell on the handlebars. It must also be dayglo pink in the interests of visibility.

Eish, same old vitriol from the Hemorrhage. Get over yourself, mountain biking existed before you bought a trail bike. Those trails have ALWAYS been built and maintained as MTB specific trails. The Horsey trails were always built and maintained for horsey types. Trail runners have ALWAYS used the mtb specific trails, long before you became an important part of the MTB chain. So why should trail runners now suddenly stop having access to the same trails and paths they have been running for years? Lets hear your safety argument not just your sarcasm. All this is going to spark is another fight with the trail running user group. the more fights the MTB community has the less popular we're going to be.

No they're not. The trails that are currently in use have been around for 24years at least! They just get closed, allowed to recovered and then rebuild again. What is now known as Vasbyt I helped recover and maintain in 1991 when MTB was still only alloed because Mr Botes allowed it! Also please define purpose built...?

Safety is the only justification to keep the trail runners off the MTB trails. Signage is needed at both ends of the mTB trail and any junction. There are many. Running clubs need to be informed by TokaiMTB and SANParks. A compromise may be that the runners are allowed to run up and down the trails during specific times of the day when the MTB traffic is less heavy but this needs to be evaluated. it would at least allo the MTB community to be seen to be wanting to accomodate other trail users but safety again must be the primary motivation for any outcome. Charging trail runners for trail use would be a good start. Aren't they supposed to have an activity card? I thought they were level 1 permit? Trail runners should be encouraged to run with huge flags on the heads like the hand cyclists use in the August. This way we can see them a mile off.... every group of trail runner must be lead a lady sporting 32D mimimum.

depends are they oscillating independantly and undamped or in unison and undamped. closer inspection is definately required. As an engineer and tribologist, I need to take things apart to fully understand the concepts beyond a hypothesis. Only then can I assess the wear taking place and recommend a suitable maintenance schedule

depends on demand. usually they arrive in October

nice soft focus but the res is too low and did you hear about zoooomA?

snap!

this fred is no useless without pitchas no pitchas means you didn't see nuffing even better would be gro pro footage turned into gif format to demostrate simple harmonic motion

dum deee dum deee deee dum deeee we need signage dum deeee dumm dddeeeee llaaaaaaah laaaaaaaaaaah laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Yes Niner Bikes creations were the first 29ers that rode like proper bikes and didn't give youhanging on for dear life feeeling

either way its not your problem. not uncommon to have cracks in a Spaz it seems

he's not taking about a Spaz. He would get sued if he was

theres just as much merrit in taking the piss out of the marketing spiel we were fed on 29ers. The only FACT is that one of the biggest manufacturers has said 650b is the future and we will keep 29 for now but we see it dying. Yeah thats probably marketing too because the bike companies all want to position themselves as the brand catering for you needs. The elephant in the room is that a company like GIANT does not make decisions like "We're going 650b because its the future" just for a marketing risk. They have analysed the economics of the decision and that ultimately is going to decide whats best from a manufacturing POV. Then everyone lse who has their bikes built by Giant will see the light and say they've analysed the debate and 650b has more development legs and its better for the consumer to have more standard parts blah blah blah. FACT, whats best for you is what the manufacturers say is best for you......lap it up My next post will contain boobies and will likely not be safe for work

Flow, hang on to those bikes longer mate. On Friday I had the opportunity to ride twoniners and my 09 Scalpel Carbon1 back to back (well almost). Although the niners were really good bikes hen I hopped onto my Scalpel the feel wasn't that different. Now that's a testimony to the leaps 29geometry has taken over the last 9years. Neither felt like a bus but neither gave my same cosy feeling of sitting in the bike either. Compared to the 26er both felt high and at certain points on Vasbyt, I cold feel that slight hesitation to want to turn in compared to the 26er. Been 12 years since I rode a fully rigid 650b hardtail so I can't compare any of the new 650's to the latest (If anyshop has a Scott Spark 700 series or latest Giant Anthem I'd love to compare the 29er to the 650b back to back. why I find it hard to part ith my 26er is because I'm more Schurter like in build than Absalon, so I tend to not like lots of short steep climbs on a trail. The lighter 26er wheels just feel more comfortable to get going over and after the obstacles. Well tuned suspension also makes the descents just as much fun on either wheel size. I also didn;t feel this Roll Over superiority thats often refered to, probabl because my 26er is a medium and therefore has a longer front centre than most bikes a LBS would recommend for me. The longer front centre give me a coupl of advantages: I'm further behind the contact patch so I'm more stable going over things the wheelbase in longer making the bike more stable overall. If I compare some of the number of the medium size rocky mountain element to my scalpel they stack up similarly except my Scalpel is slightly longer in the top tube. So the reason the bikes felt similar has bugger all to do with wheel size but everything to do with where my weight is placed between the wheels. IMO< ride the bike you like but make sure it fits you. a 29er faster in a stage race? LOL really,tell that to the multitude of 26er riders who finished ahead of 29ers at the ACE, and the 650 riders who featured prominently at the front of the race over the last 4 days. Anyone who buys into this crap should take a course on drivetrains, and gearing. A very good reason to buy a 29er is that every shop is pushing it so hard right now. I was watching some videos's on the debate on wheelsize between manufacturers at Eurobike and many are convinced that 650b is the way the direction the industry will settle. No one is convinced that 29er will last more than another 5 years simply because of the number of extra parts for all these wheel sizes that needs to be catered for. Wheel manufacturers want 29er and wide 700c for road because it will reduce the number of dies and moulds they require (A huge factor in the high cost of components today). Frame manufacturers want 650b because they can use parts from their enduro bikes on XC bikes meaning fewer tools and lowing production costs. only thing that they all agree on is that 26 is dead

As the cranberries said, its in your head

looks like the bearing is too tight in the frame

HE should find an employee named Monday because the baggage tag said "Arrival for Monday" so he took it because it was for him.

Nick a better question is :"How tall are you?" [insert Cycleflab bike purchase guidelines here -> ]

To me the F-Si 29 and the Rocky Mountain Element just looks right. and if it looks right, it must ride right

PieterMaritzberg is not exactly the centre of the MTB universe.. They're get a bigger crowd in Cape Town

Nino just wasn't in it today. So happy to see Absalon back in the form of his life. Pity this isn't an olympic year!

What a fantastic Giro! Way better than the last few TdF's