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Am I too late for this? If not then... Starting weight: 110kg's Height: 182.5cm Target: 80kg's

Wow that's nasty! I wonder where in Shongweni, Also sounds like he was alone, not very clever in Shongweni. Hope the dude makes a full recovery though.

The future... http://bicycledesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Rael_PG6_101310.jpg http://bicycledesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Rael_PG2_101310.jpg More here.

Isn't smoking in the car with kids under 12 illegal?

As far as I can remember the investigation resulted in a number of fines for those involved. However most if not all of those found guilty have appealed and so we waiting patiently for that to be over with. I remember the shops involved flat out refused to pay the fines regardless, they're convinced they were doing nothing wrong.

It's not a half-link chain, but rather a link that removes a half-link from the chain length... check it out here. Your best bet is to use a chain tensioner. I was lucky in that after converting to ss I din't need a tensioner or even a half-link, it just happened to work out okay. But after 6 months or heavy riding, my chain has started to skip which I attribute to chain wear, a tensioner is now on my shopping list because the new chain doesn't fit the same.

I share your sentiments there, but the law is the law.

I know, I'll hang my head in shame the whole time I'm sure

Actually the law states underage kids have to be released into the custody of their parents.

I think you've got quite a good point there @101scc; question is, how would it work? I foresee a number of problems with that model.

Choice of 20km or 40km, since it's my first ss race, I'll probably go for the 20. It's outside Pietermaritzberg so there quite hectic hills (so I'm told anyway). To try get some sort of training in I've been riding every single hill in sight! First race goal is just to finish in the top 3/4 of the field.

I don't know why there always has to be this big debate... Try riding a single speed bike, if you don't enjoy the ride, then don't ride it again, stick to your geared bike. I tried a single speed, and I enjoyed it so I ride it. I have no problems with gears, they just not for me. But I don't go around making fun or insulting the geared boys, it's uncalled for. On a side note... my first ss race will be Wartburg in February which I don't mind saying is scaring the cr@p out of me! I'm told it's hilly so I'm planning on going in with a 34:16 or maybe even 34:18 - either which way I'm guessing that I'll be riding by the single speeder's declaration: sitting, standing or pushing

I agree with JB. I regularly rebuild old clinkers but what you got there is definitely not worth it. If you really that keen on a bike project to restore for your youngster, shop around at 2nd or pawn stores, with some patience you'll pick up something awesome I'm sure. Just out of interest, it looks like the seat stay's are bolted to the seat post, looks like a little shine there?

That is beautiful! My commute consisted of rain, lots of rain But on the sunny days it's beautiful too. Really nice picture.

Absolutely correct! Nice one

Once I got the worst of it off, I got some 180g wet paper and started sanding with some soapy water. The left over paint was coming off really easy but I was going through paper quickly as it clogged up fast. After a good couple of hours, this is the result of 180g. Will go faster from this point though. After all this I think it will be far better to just sandblast or get a spraypainter to dip the frame. I don't mind chemically stripping myself, but it is a pain, literally since I got plenty on my hands and the odd drop on my face, ouch.

I got some of the products mentioned early in the posts and tried them out over the weekend. At the end of the day, they all worked pretty much the same, none really working any better than the rest, the gasket remover seemed like it was doing the best, but really just softened the coat like the rest. I ended up just using a Plascon product to finish off since I had plenty left over from a past job. This with the plascon product, it's like gel that you put on really thickly. The instructions said to leave for 15 minutes at a time, I found ten minutes actually worked best. After the 10 minutes, the coat softened enough to start scraping off. After loads of different tools, I settled on a paint scrapped that I sharpened up and a razor blade. Took about 3 coats of the plascon gel to get down to almost bare metal.

I would clear coat it, alu is pretty soft so scratches show up really quick. Not sure about your question thee of "why not warm water"? I think you could get it powder coated clear after that, not 100% sure about that.

I rode with a mate, we picked a place round about 80k's away with the intention of riding there, camp, then ride back. We ended up taking a "shortcut" and getting hopelessly lost, camping in the middle of no where in the middle of a torrential rain storm (weather is forecast as clear), and then finding our way home, with nothing but really soggy rolls to eat. Was frigging awesome two days, planning another tour over a long weekend.

Pick a town 80km's away, ride to the town over the course of a day, overnight there and chill out the next day, overnight second time then ride back over the 3rd day.

You can use a heavy duty oven cleaner. Read More Here 1. Clean the part, just not warm soapy water, then flush with plain water. 2.Put the part in a glass container with the pat. 3.Cover with the oven cleaner and wait a few minutes, you should see the 'color' bleeding off. 4.Rinse off oven cleaner, clean with a brush and see where you stand. 5. Repeat until clean/shiny. Note: I didn't know this and used Brasso to try and polish the aluminum up, bad mistake... don't use Basso. I've read you can get a aluminium polishing compound. I used 1500g paper, then rubbing compound then car polish, ended you looking like a mirror. My alu silverback is going to be polished like that when the DB is rideable.

Have a look here, really nice looking stuff iRide Africa

Just send pm to admin, I'm sure he'll move it for you. If I was you I'd write them a letter and ask for my money back. Write to tread as well.

Ohhh, that looks baie nice!

I agree, sounds like TW knows a little more than he's telling. I definitely am interested in hearing more!