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  1. V18
    Lol. I too enjoy being over kitted most of the time. Recently I've been klapping the steel HT with bare knees/elbows and halflid for funduro days. Its just lekker chill and I have the excuse to ride past big drops and pallet jumps sans shame. The guys I know with big boy bikes definitely put them through their paces every now and then. But not at the frequency you'd expect.
  2. V18
    Funny because it's mostly true. Credit my maatjie Theunsie (who rides a Capra).
  3. V18
    Just pitching to the cycling croud. Riding with earphones in on public roads is dangerous and probably illegal. Found a way to kinda circumvent that. Ordered those aftershokz trekz titanium earphones. Use probikekit from UK. About 3k cheaper than here. Thank me later.
  4. V18
    I'm appalled by what I'm reading! Can't believe doctors talk to people like this! There is no excuse.
  5. V18
    I keep on getting issues with my slx clutch and oval setup on my full sus. My bike doesn't pedal bob as much as the oval ring causes back and forth oscillations of the derailleur arm. The wear on the clutch only started becoming noticeable after I switched to oval rings. Even a new rear derailleur quickly fell victim. Luckily the serviceability helps a bit. Unfortunately it doesn't ever become good as new. Oval definitely doesn't love clutches or vice versa.
  6. V18
    Durocs on some hopes. Evo2 or 4 is fine. Wait. The high engagement lyne wheelset is looking great.
  7. V18
    I enjoyed this thread too much.
  8. V18
    When my (now 3yo) son was 9months ish,I used to work on my bikes with him in a bumbo seat on the garage floor with his toys around him. His first (still favourite) word was "k@k".
  9. V18
    Learnt the hard way to remove brake pads from calipers when doing bleeding. Also. Wear gloves or super clean you hands when installing discs/new pads. Some drive train nastiness can contaminate the scene. Sometimes sanding/burning/isopropyl simply won't do.
  10. V18
    Probably not. Depends on your voice. If you sound anything like Wackhead's "jaeniffer", I'm in.
  11. V18
    Think you'll end up loosing dime here regardless. Get new frame. Sell it. Get similar but threaded BB. Support your LBS for the build labour and small other parts. It's really an investment in the sport. Money WELL spent is money to your TRUSTED LBS. Particularly into labour costs. They don't make massive markups on parts usually.
  12. V18
    I would go 1x11 with a 50t cog. The 12 is great but I can't recall wanting that extra gear. And being a big guy... Maybe a x11 will be better. More pin material to wear through than the x12.
  13. V18
    My new toy. From bits and second hand deals. 3x9 nogal.
  14. V18
    Just bought a cotic solaris max frame. Gonna build a lekker mtb commuter. Something about a 29er HT. With the right tekkies, I think ittle be a nice alternative option to the cotic escapade. Switch things up.
  15. V18
    Propper guilt trip for not commuting today. Visibility was fine. Have full fenders and lekker jacket. Friggen lazy ass
  16. V18
    I would buy the Farr frame kit so long. Unbeatable price. Hang it up in the garage. Source parts as time goes by. Nothing more satisfying than building something over time and it ends up being a MASTERPIECE (in your own opinion) I'm VERY tempted to do that myself but my cotic escapade still fills that niche.
  17. V18
    Steel has better fatigue characteristics than alu. It doesn't work harden as quick (or at all) as alu. So if 10y is your thinking. Steel would be it. The fork I think is a bit of a compromise/gain. Carbon for weigh. But more jarring ride. I ride a steel commuter daily. It's comfrikkenpletely different to my alu roadie.
  18. V18
    I like the plank idea.
  19. V18
    Following. (not there yet myself, but investing in a light weight build with juicy tyres and decent brakes is important. Hell, even a custom build jobbie may do the trick)
  20. V18
    Reason I went full length is to truly prevent my bb becoming a fountain of nastiness, feeding my cranks alternatingly to enschloppen my shoes.
  21. V18
    Used crc ja. Wasn't too long. 2weeks I think. Skynet is unpredictable though. I hope they go back to DHL.
  22. V18
    Thats a flippen nice bike. Or build up a nice Farr steel bike. With brakes that don't need fiddling all the time.
  23. V18
    https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/za/en/sks/mudguards And sure. They don't look great. But this is my comnuter bike. It must get me to work dry and on time and bonus if that is in a good mood (always is).
  24. V18
    Just full length mudguards on my gravel bike (cotic escapade). Keeps the spray in the wheelwells and not down your backside, bb, crank, face etc. Clean drizzle from the top is not the least bit distracting. Kinda nice really. It's usually the ocean of filty streetwater in your shoes/down your back/into your mouth that ruins a drizzle commute.
  25. V18
    Bit late. But did the Tuesday drizzle commute. The SKS bluemels I put on a while back kept me nice and dry. Honestly don't know why it took me so long to get them.
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