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I weigh 93kgs and have the American Classics on my Zula. They are better than my Eastons XC One's and my XT's by some distance. My training partner has the Mavics. Awesome wheels too. I paid about 3k less for my American Classics, so I recon I got the better deal.
... it could have been worse. He could have done the Bees Roux thing or even the Bakkies Botha thing, but that sort of behaviour only flies in Pretoria.Now.... Why do the Schalk Burger thingy ...
Are you members of Tygerberg MTB club? They have a "slow coach" ride on Sundays. Get her to do a few of those to get used to riding in groups and meet other riders. Just try to remember what it was like when you started mtbing. We didn't know where to go ride, how to approach races or even how to do basic repairs on our bikes. Someone had to show the patience to coach us and do the easy rides with us before we became accomplished riders.
I really enjoy riding wih my wife. She's slow and unfit, but hell does she have fun! There are the days where she struggles and lost her sense of humour. I remember taking her to Welvanpas for an "easy" lap that turned out to be a 18 km - 3hr nightmare in 40deg heat. We still got married after that.
There are the odd races you can ride together. Do something like the mtb argus 25km route. This year they split the days, and I took the opportunity to ride the short route with her and do the long route the next day. Pick some of the less challenging short routes and do 1 race a month with her. Soon she'll tell you to go ride your own race, she's riding with her friends...
cool, so santa Cruz coughed up the 3 bar then - nice
i think they gave him the best DH bike out there. Winning is more imortant for these guys. It means endorsement deals x10 of their contract value.
http://www.imbikemag.com/issue8/
the future of magazines...
Can't go wrong with the Zula. Its the best R16K you'll spend.
When people ask me to describe the bike, I say its like its got a split personality:
Lock the front and the rear, and you go up stuff not realising that the bike weighs 12.5kg (it feels like a real XC bike going up)
Unlock the front and rear and you feel like you've got baggies on riding it like its a 150mm travel bike.
What fork does your current bike have and are you only buying a new frame? I'm asking because it would be wrong to slap on a 80mm on a Zula.
Close shave it sounds and glad you could take evasive action...
I call Cape Town motorists "turndicators" ...it's like they only swipe the indicator stalk on the way round as a result of turning the steering wheel.
Cape Townians are advised not to use indicators... it gives away your next move. Only to be used to confuse other road users.
Try indicating before changing lanes and the guy 100m back will push the nitro button to try and close the gap between himself and the car infront. GUARANTEED.
Good to see that there are still some decent small-town operators out there that's doing it for the love of mountainbiking, rather that to turn a huge profit. I used them during last year's sabie experience and the prices were reasonable and the service was good.
I've found that most of my gears on my middle blade gets me comforably up and down most sections of singletrack. When in doubt, select the lighter gear and move to a heavier gear if you are doing more than 90 pedalstrokes a minute (not an exact science, but after a while you'll know what a cadence of 90 feels like). More important is pre-selecting your gears for what lies ahead in the trail. This is another reason why you should look ahead of you when doing technical sections. It helps you to pick a good line and select the correct gears.
How does David shape up to Kevin, especially on a race like the Epic? David is a fantastic cyclist but how would he do with Evans looking for the win?
Anyhow, congrats on the team and all the best to David and Kevin.
They've been there and done that before...
2008 - 3rd overall - many thought that if KE had a better stage 1 they could have come close to winning it this year
2009 - 4th overall - I think DG was already on his way out of MTN Raleigh team this year. I think that KE also realised that Raleigh was not going to be at the forefront of mtb R&D.
XT is definately the most robust of the Shi(t)mano range. You need to narrow it down to the shifter or dereuleur that is faulty:
Easy way to narrow the problem down is to release the cable tention on the dereuleur and see if the shifting is working smoothly or not. If it shifts smoothly with no tention on the cable, it should be the dereuleur.
Did you perhaps knock the dereuleur or had a fall? It could be that you damaged the swingarm or the spring.
If the dereuleur has external damage to it, you'll not get far with agents replacing it.
Commin fokker
Come-on Oom H. As jy dit wil uitdeel, moet jy dit kan vat ook.
Ek neem aan jy skree vir die sjaaks Saterdag.
The point of riding singletrack at public trails like Tokai is not to gun down the trail as fast as you can. I see so many good and not-so-good riders picking their braking points so late, that they end up sliding that back wheel all around the berm. Who cares if you made your run in 5minutes20sec iso 5minutes30sec?
If you ride the singletrack at a controlled pace you'll have enough time to stop for riders coming up.
Another thing that we should start doing is saying thanks.
So few guys say thanks, no matter who has right of way.
Certain sections at Majick has also been marked "one-way" I posted the IMBA link as a guideline, as AMA Rider are members of IMBA and do a lot of the trail building work and maintenance in Tokai.
Trails are bi-directional, unless otherwise marked. I agree that there are a few sections that should be marked one-directional to ensure rider safety and enjoyment, but until its done, we have to ride with caution around those blind turns.
http://www.imba.com/about/rules-trail
This is what IMBA has to say.
This is also one of those recurring topics of who has right of way. Anyway, let me get the popcorn...
Hi DMD
Helmetcam is my partner's and he is at CPT this week, I'm also looking at getting a helmetcam so that we can double up on the footage. Will make for better viewing.
Sorry - hub won't take kml files.
here is our easy-loop for the newbies.
I had my outing at Jonkers on Saturday. Did the Singletrack section on the right (rode up the s/t), took the contours on the southern side to the s/t section (where the trees were felled a while ago), took the newbies back to the entrance as one had a bit of a fall and wasn't feeling too fresh anymore, took the loop up to the middle canaries and down to the entrance again - bzzz- out of time! man time flies when you are having fun. Even with the fall, the newbies seemed to have fun in general too.
Based on Saturday's performances it should be Province in 2 weeks time, but a final is a final.
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a box of smarties say that Oom H is going to blame the ref or something... 
I'm not sure where in JHB you should go, but remember that servicing a bike is very similar to servicing anything with moving parts.
A few pointers:
- ask for a detailed quote to see what a normal service entails
- ask that they phone you if anything needs replacing
- point out what issues you are having (spin the wheel for them so that they can see what you are trying to say)
- ask about warrantees on items replaced if applicable
- inspect the bike when you collect it to ensure that problems were fixed and that your bike was not damaged in the shop (it happens more than you think)
- ask for an invoice
- some shops give cash discount, use it.
- ask for replaced parts to be given to you to inspect.
- give the shop owners / management feedback about your experience, be it good or bad.
CL is finding ways around the whole price fixing issue by trying to create a temporary monopoly. Not Ayoba at all! They seem to have a following (you must drive a Porche Cayenne or Range Rover Sport to qualify), but for the rest of us the interweb and the good ol fashioned smaller LBS still ranks #1.
How many Hubbers actually buy from CRC.
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I use it when I want something specific. I've been giving CWCycles preference lately. Those guys are trying hard and pricing is compeditive too.