SpiralS

Hi all I might be moving to Durbanville and was wondering who is doing the commute into town. My current commute is Table View to Paarden Eiland and I am just about getting used to it. I had a crappy winter with flu and started again today. Was wondering what will be the best route from Durbanville to Paarden Eiland be and if anyone is doing it everyday?

My Oakley Antix started doing the same after 3 years. Was fortunate enough to be gifted a pair of Jawbones with photocromic lenses. Now just to get an extra pair of polarised lenses for the jawbones and it should keep me for a while. Buy yeah are far from the quality sunglasses they were a few years ago.

Where would I be able to find one in the CPT area?

Can anyone recommend me a floor pump for a mountain bike. Not too expensive. Maybe sub R300? If anything that half decent like that does exist in the wild? All recommendation appreciated.

Couple of weeks in now and feeling a bit tired. Taking a rest day today as work is also a bit hectic at the moment. Also a bit low on power yesterday on the ride back but I am loving it I tell you. Damn its much better than sitting on the stuffy bus. Got some old epic hand me downs that helping with the cold and the arse pains Will be going over to clipless tomorrow and see how that goes.

Hi all. Finally got my bike and set to do the Table View to Paarden Eiland commute. Would there be any special recomendations be for someone who is new to commuting? What will be the best remedy in the first couple of weeks be to recover properly. Do it every other day at the start will probably be a good place to start I guess? What will the timeline be for an unfit individual to get up to a fitness level to do it every day? All advice will be appreciated. PS have read all the commute advice thread. Most valuable thread on the net.

Haha you'll be quite surprised as to what a good argument can do to a mans persuasion. But then again the argument in this thread tends to make me go have a pretty good look at the Momsen bikes.

Hi guys thanks for all the input and advice. I will go take a drive this weekend to go check out the Momsen and maybe look at a second hand bike as well.

Hi everyone. Glad I found this site. Looks like the best place to ask this question. I am looking at commuting to and from work every day. That will be from Table View to Paarden Island. Its about a 10km trip each way. There is a bike trail all the way from my house to work so every day on the bus I see people riding their bikes and thought hell I could do that. Put the money I use for transport towards a new bike and get fit at the same time. Now the big question is what will I need in order to accomplish this without any hassle. I will probably need the gear and all that and then of course the right bike. I am looking at spending all in max R10 000 with gear included. I have been reading up on the pros and cons of buying a 29er and 27.5 and the 26ers. Dont really know what will be the right one but lets meet the middle ground and get a 27.5er for now. With that said the 2 bikes I have narrowed it down to within my budget range is the Momsen 650B AL651 and the Silverback Slade 3. They are more or less in the same price range and will probably do the commute with no problems. On a side note has anyone dealt with Cycle Teknix in Table View. All input and advice will be greatly appreciated.