Pikey

NSBB has turned his merida big nine in to a monster cross / gravel / go anywhere do anything bike ....

This thread made me take my gravel bike in road trim down here today ..... damn it was fast . Luckily no punctures . Although having the panaracer gravelking 32’s on,is not exactly a full on road tyre like the schwalbe pro ones . But it certainly ain’t a gravel tyre for anything other than flat dirt roads (well for me at least )but it held up just fine and hauled along at some pace ....awesome fun ???????? Another string to the niners bow ✊????

My Niner has doubled up as my road bike for the last 10 months . I do have a road bike but having been in the uk for the last 10 months it just makes sense . The 1x is at times a little difficult to find the perfect gear but I just spin more and save my legs. Have road specific wheels & tyres as well as gravel. The rlt in sa is brilliant . If mostly gravel 42 sawtooth,brilliant to absorb some of the bumps. Half road half gravel spaz trigger 38’s, so much quicker . And really a great all round Tyre , probably my fav gravel Tyre . I ride my gravel bike more than any other bike and have now owned it for a year. By my standards that’s a fair bit of time. And it ain’t going anywhere . Fav bike ever ...Built it from the frame up and there’s nothing i would considering changing unless going 2 x & getting rid of my road bike permanently . 2nd last pic exploring jhb south early last year ...last pic walkerville road route. So are they versatile,Absolutely if you not racing . As for the adventure factor, not sure they beatable .

Thaba can be very humbling. Regardless of fitness,skill or the amount of times you ride there . Love it ????????

So Back country looking ????

really like those tunnel pics ????????...... makes you want to ride the roller coaster ????

flippin awesome ????????

Snow where ❄️❄️

Out for a run... IPhone 6.....

Thanks dude,so versatile and bullet proof.

The sun showed it’s face today,so took the RLT to do some roadie km’s in the hills of our local village. Been itching to try out my road wheels with 32 panaracers ,way better than the sawtooth’s for road duty. Our village Christmas tree ????????

(Yesterday) Just climbing around the Peak District...900m of ascent in double quick time. No flat roads here . Beaut,loved it .

Not sure I am brave enough just yet. Will check it out though ,maybe ???? Sounds pretty horrible ...

Peds one looks sweeetttt.....steal is real, right mate ????

Sevenoaks....found some nasty climbs with parts above 25% ...????

I am not on any social media platforms unfortunately,wish I was now. My wife posted on Emirates Facebook page twice . They eventually gave us an email address to send my complaint to. So far f all,after 2 mails . They say “Thank you for your recent correspondence. The events that you have described are being looked into and a member of our Customer Affairs Team will write to you once our review is complete. For any future correspondence on this matter, please click on this link. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to write to us. Yours sincerely, Customer Affairs Emirates Group Headquarters” What a load of bollocks. Reposted on there facebook again and they just replied the same. They will fob me of and wrap me in legal jargon until I give up. Maybe I need to start a thread and see what happens . Apologies for the hijack on this awesome fred ????.......

Thanks mate it’s cuts me deep.

Graham as done work for me before , he’s top class. I would of had the bike to him already if I was back in sa ????

Thanks dude,she is a beaut ,even with that ????...had it checked out locally at dale shop and seems ok. Trying to source carbon expert to make sure .

Yeah it’s proper ugly.....hurts more on a new bike .

You might not want after you see what Emirates did to it ????????????????????????????... 56 Otherwise I love this bike so much,comfortable,fast and brakes like a demon .

It truly is,such a sense of peacefulness.

Awesome ride starting at 19h00....quick 45km . Such tranquility when riding is so good for the soul.

A bit more exploring......and getting lost. Every country road look’s like the next one . Getting lost is part of the fun . A lovely summers day at 14*c......apparently summer is this wkd ???? yah (Sarcastic font)

Thanks dude certainly will try ????????