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I think that fork has been advertised since 1842? This one is going to be around for a while in my humble and biased opinion. https://www.bikehub.co.za/classifieds/306714-trek-superfly-100-elite-gary-fischer-collection/ GLWS.

I have now twice tried to buy a small 26'er on the Hub for my son, both times suddenly the seller experienced seller remorse or something, and the price jumped because they felt they did not do their initial homework. On the selling side, I always offer my stuff at prices which I will be comfortable to pay for them, and I have been swamped by enquiries and then they just go quiet after asking and pushing 300 questions. I actually just took all the smalls I wanted to sell on the Classifieds and threw it in our recycling skip at work.

Will your shock fit a 2.6 tyre..... ?

When will you have your fancy bottle cages with integrated CO2 and inflator available?

2.3 in front (even 2.4) and 2.25 at the rear. 2.1's are for dirt roadies.

Looking at your response to Nofearnofun above, I’d like to apply it to my own experience. I might even have read the same article you are referring to, but they also speculated that there was a point of diminishing returns where your contact patch width will overcome the benefit of a longer footprint; because remember that a larger tyre does not just have a wider footprint, it also has a longer footprint, and there is a ratio where the benefit of the length is overcome by the friction of the width. My experience of an increase in speed since fitting the Rock Razor was not based purely on the sensation of speed (or lack of fatigue), but based upon riding times and average speeds. Since I’ve fitted the Rock Razor, I’ve smashed a couple of PB’s and even got a Top10 KOM on Strava. On routes/trails where braking is not a life or death situation I’d even consider a Rock Razor on the front also, but it will have to be the Soft Addix. It is way too easy to drag wheels with proper brakes. If there is a tyre which I’d rate as the undisputed tyre that you can lock and drag the easiest for the longest distance it is the Maxxis Ikon…. I’ve not been able to scare myself that much due to a lack of grip with any MTB tyre.

I've switched out on the rear from a 2.6 Racing Ralph to a 2.6 Rock Razor, and there is a very big difference in speed and cornering grip. Those big side knobs do grip like crazy, and the tyres are slightly more quiet than the RR's, so I am not checking if a truck is coming past me. I did notice though that sliding the rear of the bike around corners is not exactly that easy with the Rock Razor, in the case where it is leaned over it does grips substantially more than any Racing Ralph. On the front I am still on a Nobby Nic, which I have found more general purpose and faster than the Magic Mary. It is also a 2.6, I tried the 2.8 but it felt a bit too sketchy when pressures were low. I’d comfortably state the reason why the 2.8’s felt more sketchy; was because at low pressures the 30mm rim was not sufficiently supporting the tyre and therefore I started to experience tyre squirm as the tyre was rolling laterally. I managed to completely reduce the squirm by increasing pressure. But at the higher pressure I found that the tyre was not conforming that well to the trail and with certain impacts it was rebounding too fast from the surface and it was not absorbing the shock. The 2.6 carcass on the other hand is perfectly supported by the 30mm RF ARC’s and at low pressure I experienced now lateral rolling of the tyre. I do believe that by fitting 2.8’s on 35mm rims the issue I had of tyre roll would not be of any consequence. All of them are the "new" SpeedGrip Addix (blue stripe) compound with Snake Skin sidewalls. I am considering the orange stripe Soft Addix for the next rear Rock Razor.... If you do not mind the "old" compound, Evobikes recently had Rock Razors at really reasonable prices.

Front Onza Ibex and rear Onza Svelte - 120tpi (29x2.25) &; Front Schwalbe Nobby Nic and rear Schwalbe Rock Razor - Speed Addix & Snake Skin (27.5x2.6)

Tempting, and would love to strap a Leatt DBX 3 to my dome, but that will have to wait for another day. The Turbine technology is particularly amazing. Also cannot complain about my Bell, it is super comfy and I know that when I happen to put my head into something, the Bell will do its job.

Anybody have any idea which bike shop takes customer serious? I need to order replacement pads for my Bell Super 2. But the shops keep writing my name into their “Forget about it book”.... I am aware that the importers are Omnico.

Top Fuel.... Think there is a reason why plenty International Bike Magazines voted the Top Fuel the best bike of 2017? I am just biased like that. But again, go through the process of riding them. A riding buddy recently wanted to replace his Top Fuel with his dream machine, a Tallboy CC. So he got his hands on a Tallboy CC and rode it for 2 weeks. He then compared his Strava segments after a week of hard riding. ..... he only went and bought himself the Top Fuel 9.9 .....

Go and ride them and buy which you enjoy the most. Both are from major brands, so back-up is there. In the end, no matter what biased recommendations you get here on the Hub, you’ll have to live with your purchase. Faced with these, I’ll buy the Scott. Cannot really justify my reason, I am just biased like that.

Perhaps contact either RBC or Cogent: https://www.robbiesbicycleconcept.co.za/ https://www.cogentindustries.co.za/ For anything suspension related I would not go anywhere else.

Not the first post of my Habit. I showed it on the previous page. Since then I've had a set of RaceFace Arc30 wheels fitted and wrapped them in 27.5 x 2.6's tyres. The handling with the wider rims and tyres is seriously impressive indeed. Ride after ride, I am just amazed by this bike, it is not suppose to be as fast as a XC bike with the longer travel; however I can keep up with the guys without straining myself. The design is just so well executed. And compliments to Cannondale for the very quick way in which the Lefty 2.0 bearing travel can be addressed; literally under 3 minutes from when you start until you are done and all the travel is back and the bearings where they should be. No need to take your bike to a shop.

Have the Fabric Scoop on 3 bikes. Before the Fabric I had tried many models and brands. I have found none of them as durable and comfortable as the Scoop without comparison is the more comfortable. It has also proven very durable, surviving a number of tumbles without a mark.

Would love to fit a 27.5 x 2.6 combo, Forekaster and Rekon.

There are some crazy deals on OneTen's at the moment. A year ago those same bikes would have sold in a couple of days at R10k more. Prior to October 2017 I had never seen a sub-R30k OneTen, the average price was closer to R38k. The replacement value on the parts & frame on my OneTen is R69k; looking at some of the bikes advertised on the Hub I can am just stumped. After speaking to a number of the dealers, new builds are basically R16.5k (frame direct from Pyga) and another R35k for the rest of the build, that will put you in at R51.5k.

My OneTen is an awesome bike, it was made more possible to build due to pricing I got for a medium frame at the time at Valencia, which was about R4k less than any other shop I contacted. It rides amazingly, handles like a dream and makes one feel as if you can ride over everything, an amazingly stable bike for many applications. I wanted to build a 650 OneTwenty recently, but the pricing shocked me. Just a frame alone costs more than what the average used Pyga sells for. Due to budget I tricked out a Cannondale Habit for way less than what my budget for the OneTwenty would have been. I am still a massive Pyga fan, however do not see myself being able to afford the Hyrax when it eventually comes to market. Not if you also throw the prices of the YT range into the mix.

This is my Cannondale build on it is a Habit 4 frame. Upgraded brakes, drivetrain, bars & seatpost, Only kept the frame and the wheels as I bought it. By the end of the week the rims would also have been upgraded to RaceFace ARC30's. Never thought that I'd enjoy a "small wheel" 27.5 as much. Climbing is really amazing, and maintaining speed with a group of 29'ers is no real challenge either and handling through the twisty bits the bike just excels.

Unless any bike is specced with Onza Ibex/Canis or Canis/Svelte I’ll always replace whatever is on a bike. Usually the Racing Ralph or Nobby Nic tyres on most OE specced bikes are lite skin anyway so they are only to roll the bike around on.... Useless for anything but riding on the carpet in your livingroom. So give Titan a break on the tyre issue. Tyres, saddles, grips, handlebars & pedals are all personal choices, which everyone will replace anyway. Good work Titan, and that green is Killer!!

And Hyrax?

My OneTen, I've posted it before, although it looked slightly different at the time. Bought the frame new from Valencia in Nelspruit early 2017. I just love this bike. Really is a dream machine, and it does everything that I ask of it and more. I cannot comprehend riding any other brand but a Pyga. My son jokes that I would probably wear only Pyga clothing if they ever were to do a range of clothes. For rather obvious reasons, it is called "Green Goblin". To drive the point home, I've thrown some custom green goblin stickers on the fork and the cranks. Fox Talas Fork, Fox Push Tuned Shock, Loaded X-30 Signature Wheelset, Magura MT5 Brakes, 180mm Brake Rotors, Lyne Components Crank, SRAM GX 1x11, cSixx DM 34T Oval Chainring, Sunrace 11-46 Cassette (CSMX8), Easton Havoc 35 Carbon bars, ODI Rogue Grips, DaBomb MP8 Impact Stem, Giant Contact Switch SL Seatpost, Crankbrothers Mallet Pedals, Fabric Scoop Saddle, Specialized Bottle Cage

Came across this old thread/topic. Got wondering, the most I ever got out of a cassette was on my old Giant NRS. Made just over 8,000km’s on that cassette (9spd), however, I have no idea how many chains and chainrings I went through, I just know it was quite a bit more than 1. I must add that I probably did not ride that bike more than twice in rain & mud. My current MTB cassette has 4,078km’s on it according to Strava & I do not yet have any sign of significant wear on the sprockets and have not yet had any jumping of the chain. During this time I have replaced 3 chains (SRAM PCX1) & 3 chainrings (various brands). Current chain is a KMC X11-93, with life left, and a cSixx chainring, seems to be holding up well. What is your experience?

Looks stunning!! That colour suits it perfectly.

Have a helicoil inserted. http://www.boltit.co.za/p/297951/click-to-view-inserts-self-cutting-helicoil-wood-inserts-etc https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/119927-where-to-get-a-helicoil-fitted-in-cape-town/