Sparky and the Warden

Serious FOMO! ignore the nay sayers this is EZEL DAMMIT! need to earn that donkey t-shirt, the distance/elevation looks legit... One could almost think you guys are trying to get one up on kingdom(ps.I was there and that was some seriously tough hike-a-bike/trail)... either way bring on the GNAR for 2019!!! See you guys at the EWC ????

Completely agree, with the bigger suspension statement. I also beefed up the stopping power and I'll never look back... quad piston for life! As for JH some guys have said that they've smoothed out some of the gnar sections, not sure how true this as I've been grounded while waiting for my coil to arrive. Now let's go find some gnar!

Haven't even started to turn any thingys yet, I'm trying the base tune for a bit. Yoh that ccdb looks sweeeeet!but over kill for me (I weigh a little more than a bag of cement????)

You won't regret it. The climb switch is an awesome feature.

I'll just leave this here... she grew a coil. Too much travel? What is this blasphemy

What was the cost per person? How many riders made up your group? Oh my F..k my mind has been blown by seeing all the pics from over there, not only the amazing trails but the architecture and landscape is just wow!

My advice.....Lube.... lots of it????

I'll do you the honours and let you loan me the bike for this weekend ???? I'll be gentle

Let's just say all that grip comes at a price...but that said it's not terrible... I climb sloooooooow anyway (strava will confirm)

It appears that with the evolution of AM riding the hoops have gotten wider making the tyre sizes go bigger and bigger and we're not even talking about plus size tyres anymore... 2.6-2.8 is like the new standard. Before embarking to Lesotho for the kingdom enduro I was left in a predicament, (huge maxxis fan) I couldn't get my trusty minions in the size I wanted, no one had stock... so I did my usual online homework and couldn't find them anywhere. It would appear that maxxis only goes to 2.3 then there after it's their "special wide trails version (once again the industry pushing riders to buy into the latest tech) I then got hold of Brenton from trailtech and he hooked me up with some e-thirteen 2.35 rubber... here is my quick review (remember big maxxis fan) Fitting the tyres is easy...like really easy... you don't even need a compressor to mount them to the hoop. Weight, they're not the lightest but they roll beautifully. They look "moto" and they stick like poo on a catippilar boot. Out the box for the first couple rides they're almost too grippy but as they wear in they get better and better really inspiring confidence not like the minions are by any means any less grippy however there's a section of the minion between the side knobs and centre knobs (No man's land) that is not for everyone as it forces the rider to commit to the corner and rail hard otherwise you're buying real estate. (Those of us who love minion know what I mean... that brief moment when leaning the bike over you drift into the berm before the side knobs tear into the earth causing near cardiac arrest ) In short if you are looking to buy some new rubber but not looking to beef up your hoops look no further the e-thirteen. Just get in touch with BIBI here on the hub.

How much buck for all this bang?

Apparently if your order is over R500 then it is classified as a high value item and you're forced to use a courier to receive the goods... (use lube before hand... hurts less)

PM if you feel like you NEED to part with the vivid????

I didn't necessarily agree to the admin fees but I was over their BS so I paid there fees to be done with the whole ordeal... won't be using CRC if this is how it's going to be

How's that x2 compared with the debonair? I must admit I found my fox kashima HV on the trance smoother than the RS Debonair on my reign.... decisions... but then there's the mrp coils mmm dreamy

Not sure if he's still active here but I saw him just the other day building his evil up... Hopefully we'll be seeing him and his evil out on the trails soon!

Hopefully Brenton posts his Evil here, maybe one when I'm big I can also ride an evil until then I'll have to just drool over this thread!

How many randelas for the tool? How is it quality wise?

Sooo my parcel arrived yesterday.... 200 odd bucks for the usual duties and 350 for the skynet "admin fee" all in all not the worst service ever but CRC have lost myself as a future buyer(I've bought a couple things from CRC over the years) in short I chose the standard shipping option however apparently if the item is over R500 then it goes via the courier.(probably something to do with to many parcels getting "lost at SAPO) SO included in the admin fee was the delivery to my door. Tip: When dealing with skynet follow up everyday!

#kakkingforklippies coming to an Instagram near you soon!

And just like that all is right with the world (well yours at least) nice looking PYGA.

They are charging me a "admin fee" which is ludicrous when I specifically asked for standard shipping so I wouldn't incure over inflated courier fees... waiting to hear back from Ruben.. something tells me I'm going to end up coughing regardless

Thanks I've emailed rubens@skynet.co.za with all my correspondence between myself and Dalene.... how can you have someone emailing one word emails? WTF! Hopefully things get better now... Waiting for an answer from skynet whether or not I'll be charged their "admin fee" as I chose standard shipping

So I ordered from CRC 6 May and received this email last Friday however I chose standard shopping to save some cash on courier fees so why is skynet involved? Shouldn't this be going through our old friends SAPO?

Chewing at the bit! #minikingdomenduro