dave303e

Nothing wrong with Torx, I am more a fan of T-handles than screw driver format, especially working on dirt bikes.

I bought a few meters of thick clear vinyl and covered the outer part of tailgate. I do it anyway and refresh yearly. Helps with tool scratches, gumboot scuffs climbing in and out and things like that as well.

I have the titan one. I always put a single strap on to hold the bike down. We live on a dirt road and it is always extra bouncing around. I am also nervous someone walks past and picks the bike up off the bakkie at a traffic light. Strap takes less than a minute to do.

Hi Everyone I have a perfectly functional set of Avid Elixir brakes that is missing the mounting bracket for the one lever/master cylinder. I literally just need 1 bracket as per the pic below. New I can only get the matchmaker version as a pair, which cost the same as a basic full set of Shimano disc brakes. So does anyone have a single bracket lying around? Maybe someone who went to a matchmaker and has the original lying around? Happy to pay for it, just need to find someone who has one.

the issue comes when all the other riding venues can double their price and still be seen as 'cheap in comparison' and we as riders then end up forking out above inflationary amounts because of 'industry trends' Remember then the most expensive bikes were 70k so most of us rode 10k bikes, 15 years later and you can easily drop over 250k on a top end bike so a 70k bike is seen as a well priced mid level bike... You see it in production animal sales... Bunch of guys club together and spend a million at auction on a cow that they already own through some way or another. Boom it goes through media and the next week at auction stud bulls are selling for 30-40% more...

or is it a wire bracelet to scratch the headset area? This is a concern. We will all end up riding gravel, no one can charge for public dirt roads

honestly those clay pigeon rates are also ridiculous...

you know 947 ride joberg is coming up when all of a sudden all 4 wattbikes at virgin active are always busy. Middle of July they were barely touched.

go watch Syd and Mackey on youtube for some good race coverage as an insider.

doesn't stop the die hards riding/running where they want too. Like the N4 between PTA and Harties, plenty of segments that are usually fairly busy, between the blue freeway signs. I think the bigger deterrent is now the amount of informal settlement along that road more than the legal aspect

most trail ultras locally are around 5k an entry(usually with shirt) but also a lot lower number of entries...

perfect to get a dr/lawyer/accountant/tenderpreneur through CTCT in 5 hours for an IG post

honestly, if you live in GP and ride anywhere else, you need a few setups to get the most out of a 1X drivetrain. SRAM AXS app has proven this to me with data. Mostly gravel around GP I run 36t chainring. Van Gaalens, Breedts, Buffelsdrift or for longer gravel type rides like Cullinan to Tonteldoos - 34t Most of your bigger hill areas, clarens, george/knysna, magoesbaskloof, mankele, sabie etc- 32t Expedition Adventure Races- 30t This is on a 1x12 setup 10-52 cassette. But you can apply the same logic to any 1x drivetrain Each front chainring has a chain the right length for it, they get stored together and I swap them for whatever race is happening. 90% of my training rides are from home with the 36t. It can get expensive to have them all, but then your rolling replacements take longer as the mileage is spread between setups. It also means the distribution of wear on your cassette is more evenly distributed.

ya that is a big limiting factor, but as stated in my opinion the way of moving 4 bikes I have found to be most effective. Again if you read, that is for day to day, like popping to a race close by or to the trails with family for the morning etc. If it is a trip(where you may have luggage) then as I suggested in the second part of the post a 4 bike platform rack works better but it is a lot more of a mission to pack, park and drive with. Also a lot more expensive...

Also one to note, there are a lot of trail shoes with lower or even zero drop in them. Yes in the long run(pun intended) the lower drop can strengthen your feet and and and. But if you have even slightly strained calves or plantar going to a low drop shoe will cause issues.