Boesman Benson

"Topsport Cycles in Harrismith you wont find any bike cheaper in SA. I bought my 3000d for R22000. " At that price I will take one 2morrow.! No - sorry I'll take it now!

Dirt?Girl - Are you stirring a bit?

I started riding a skinny bike as well a few months ago. The responsiveness, lateral stiffness and the lack of weight of the roadbike compared to my DS MTB made me think about going back to HT. Tomorrow will be my first ride on my new HT and Sunday MTN Blockhouse my first race. Will see how it goes.

A similar specced DS would typically set me back R20k more than this HT. Sorry - no can do! Age - Well if you're fit enough to do a 75km marathon race or a 3 day stage race in a decent time on a DS, you'll probably survive it on a HT as well. Time to get out of the comfort zone!!

After I was forcefully relieved of my DS about 4 weeks ago by the you know what have yous. Partly due to a bit of financial constraints, I decided to give a fairly light HT a try. All my spares etc arived today so I will be building my new bike 2night. The HT will be at least 2kg lighter than the DS. I'll tell you in 2 weeks time which one I prefer.

Hella - my name is Rex and live in Pierre van Ryneveld. <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> All MTBers in Centurion area - it happened again this morning about 8h40. Where: Where the 2 spoor track splits off from the dirt road next to the R21. The track underneath the power cables. Next to the mielie fields. This route is a very common track used by many bikers - direction Bapsfontein and back. What happened. We were 2 riders that wanted to do a longer ride than the rest of the club. 2 black men came walking towards us along the 2 spoor track. I was a bit suspicious about them but rode past them. About 200m later 4 guys jumped from the grass/bushes. They were armed with a BIG RAMBO style knife, hammer, pipe and smaller knife. My buddy could ride away buy I was too close. They were extremely aggresive and kept on attacking me. Thanks Ingo for coming back to help me. I'll ride with you anytime!! At one stage I was on the ground fighting off the guy with the big knife and the one with the hammer. The 2 that we passed earlier came back and set off with my bike. Ingo had to drop his bike as well and then they took his bike too. Anyway - thank the LORD we are OK!! I took a few shots from the hammer, but thank God not a scratch from that knife. The bikes: My Bike: Giant Anthem 1 with SID and SRAM XO Groupset + Polar 725. Ingo's Bike: Standard GT Avalance 1.0 + Polar 725. If any of the group that came past us about 10min after it happened reads this please give me a call: 072-3472636. Guys please be carefull. We were lucky today. I guess I will become a suburban MTBer now. Seems like soon the only safe places will be Groenkloof, Northern farm and maybe next to the road in the suburbs.