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I ride one of these, great bike, quite a bit faster than my MTB, but it does not enjoy offroad much..
Is the frame the issue with going offroad? Doesn't carbon give a bit more flex, ie assistance, on gravel? Would the Shockstop make a difference in the handling? One would have thought being a gravel bike, it would be able to do some none-technical singletrack as Van Gaalens River Trail
I think he reached the peak of his potential about here:
Hey Dwayne, jy lyk soos 'n perd... Kom gesels bietjie man.
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He MUST be respected because he is police. Dom dronk ****
WATCH | Buttler calls Philander a 'f***ing knobhead' on live TV
shared via @Sport24news
Sign language?
Flipping various fingers at drivers and fellow cyclists (especially roadies that doesn't want to wave) still work the best
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Mountain Club inundated with complaints about rangers after Nic Dlamini incident
shared via @News24
Why discuss other countries? We don’t live there.
Always someone who says BUT in USAor China blah blah. I don’t care about them atm. I care about MY country and what we can do here to make things better
My main concern underlying this video, and evident in all other saps/metro cop videos doing the rounds, is individuals that clearly lack the intellectual capacity to be in a position of authority.
Given our political landscape combined with socio-economic issues (incl dismal education system), incompetent individuals are given a uniform. They hide behind the authority that a uniform gives them. They do not have the intellect nor the training to act appropriately in a situation
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i never said that, nor implied it. that's whole your interpretation,and i'm saynig it's not a correct reading.
What i am saying is there is likely more to this story than what the a video shows, and there has to be a proper accounting for all aspects. To prevent another incorrect assumption, I wouldn't weight them equally, but they are all important.
But at this point, it seems the emotions are centered around just one aspect of things. I personally prefer an appreciation of all truths of the matter, not just the more emotively charged aspects.
So there has to be a justification for what they did to him? So he didn't have a pass/permit with him... so what... how the hell can anyone justify their actions?
They used racial profiling (apart from him not having a pass) to target him. A black man on an expensive bike racing downhill on his way out of the park surely must be a thug...
We should arrange a protest ride.
And all attending should go without their permits....
Challenge the incompetent parks idiots to break everyone's arms
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if you look from the rangers side, it could have been thug who was on way to stab someone? One dont know what happened before they manhandled him. From rangers perpective he was just another trespasser without permit. We all know thugs dress up these days to blend in
Will rather wait for full report before blaming anyone,
You can't be serious!!!! For real???
The video only shows unschooled employees taking their uniform way to serious. They (all useless law enforcement) think they can manhandle everyone because they have some sort of uniform on. Stupid becomes stupid
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Perhaps the secene of the latest power supply sabotage?
Spot on. Exactly. I have always enjoyed his views in various matters.This echos my views to a large degree and I believe this is part of the problem.https://youtu.be/JJmtEG6_Z64
The original video posted by the OP seems to be a publication seeking to create, and blow up, an issue. Being an athlete in itself is narcisistic. Where did athletes originate? In Rome, and it was only males at first. And how did they compete? Butt-naked.
The same today. Have a look on Instagram and FB - male and female athletes (irrespective what sporting code) over-emphasize their physical appearance, ie they themselves sexualize themselves. And our plastic society embrace that because vanity fuels escapism. Individuals want to escape from their own existence and emerce themselves in others' lives.
So to start jumping on a sexualizing bandwagon, and beating the drum senselessly, is a bit late. NO PERSON, MALE OR FEMALE SHOULD EVER BE SUBJECTED TO SEXUAL ABUSE
And then you get that other one, Mckinnon I think it is... that is bitching about being sexually deprived and ignored because lesbian women don't want a willy on a "lesbian"...
Society is just stupid
It seems that Benky is hammering it now. Please don't crash. Push it! Up the tempo!
Nail biting stuff
Edit.... nevermind.... stupid crap trackers...
Hi Stuart. Clearly you can ride a bike, but is it sustainable? Being pro/ semi-pro in SA is a bottomless pit. All I can contribute is to propose that you get back into building a career outside of cycling. Maybe laying low for a year or two (well, you can still do your races) whilst finding your feet in whichever engineering field you are, is not such a bad idea.
It is hectic to sacrifice what you love, but keep your extended future in mind.
All the best. I truly hope you get helped
I see you mention you are looking at the 1.5DCI Qashqai.
I drive a 2015 1.5DCI Qashqai (it is the new shape, however there was a face lift about a year or 2 ago), I am very happy with the car, I bought it as a demo with 65km on the odo, and it is now just shy of 120 000km, I have had no issues with it. It is light on fuel (have averaged 5.6lt/100km) over the last 4 years. It has all the nice features (except maybe for a rear camera there is a model that comes with the camera I just bought one that did not have the spec feature installed), it does however have PDC so no issue for me. Power is also ample even in 6th gear
The only "real" issue I have with the car is the rims and tyres, the car has the design spec which means it comes with 19inch rims and fairly low profile tyres (225/45 R19) for a SUV, and privacy glass and roof rails. It is great for road handling but not so great when driving on gravel roads, and unfortunately going to many bike parks in PTA there are a few gravel roads. You feel every single bump in the road and can't really go faster than 40-60 depending on the road condition. And they are expensive to replace (Original Conti's is about R2200-R2500), I replaced them with tyres that are +/- R1700 a tyre. Therefore my suggestion if you buying a Qashqai and will be taking some gravel roads now and again, look at the one with the 17inch rims.
Sorry for the long reply, but back to your original question. I have the same feeling about the CVT gearboxes although I have only driven them in test cars so can't really comment from a personal perspective.
I have however heard the new generation ones are quite a bit improved than the previous generation.
A friend of mine drives a 2.5 X-Trail with the CVT gearbox, he says he is very happy with it and doesn't feel the gear changes, and it doesn't feel like you are stuck in a gear (like the old CVT gearboxes). He says depending on how nice you drive and the amount of traffic (he stays in Cape Town) his fuel consumption is between 7 and 8.5 (lt/100km), if his wifes drives it is between 9 and 11
Thanks. Yeah, replacing tyres on any wheelsize larger than 17" is just plain madness. My Amarok had Continetal UHP on - useless nonsense tyres. Decided to go General Grabbers AT. I will keep wheelsize in mind.
My wife had the Audi for the 3 years it was under warranty/service plan. While we had it, I had to fight with the dealership to replace the clutches as one of them was stuffed, there was a serious vibration when it changed to 2nd. Then there was some mod to do with oil level in the gearbox and they had the car for 2 days. Then the mechatron(brain of the gearbox) died and left her on the side of the road. That took like 3 weeks to replace due to no spares kept in the country. All of this was fully paid for but had we had to fit the bill it would have cost us over R100k. No ways we could afford that car out of service plan.
I have always driven German cars. But I think I am cured from that now...
We currently have a little 2010 MB B200 Turbo auto. The gearbox is going into limp-mode.. it going to be a R35 000 fix.
I am not getting an auto gearbox again very soon
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My wife has the new Qashqai, 1.6T manual. She had an Audi A3 with a DSG box before and missed a manual so she wanted the manual. I also said no ways will I ever let her drive a CVT. I have driven a CVT Honda and it was probably one of the worst driving experiences ever. I get that it is less maintenance and more economical blah blah blah but its not lekker to drive. The engine just seems laboured to me, it won't rev nicely and just seems very lethargic. We have had no issues with the Qashqai and it is very well specced for the price, but so are the Hyundai and Kia's in the same category. The rav4 for eg is more expensive when you spec it the same. We looked at the rav and things like cruise control and BT were not standard.
My personal opinion, automatic options are fine but don't go CVT.
We are going through the same exercise now. I am leaning towards the 1.5 DCI Qashqai.
I read an article at some point comparing the various gearboxes re:replacement costs vs issues etc. CVT and DSG were on top of the list to avoid
Does anyone have some insight on the 2018 and newer Nissan Qashqai/X-trail? Specifically the cvt auto? And how thirsty is the x-trail 2.5
And any input on Hyundai Tucson 2.0?
Has anyone done the BIG snip?
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Spousel concent is not needed, but the doctor did have a discussion with me on why I wanted the procedure done, what the outcomes are, that reversal is not guaranteed (and bloody expensive). He also asked me if my wife knows that it is being done. Then he documented it all and I had to sign it.
I do not regret having had the procedure.