There will be those that mock it, ridicule it, find fault and make up false facts about it to knock it down some more.
And then there will be those that will sleep outside the shop to be the first to have it on their bikes.
This stuff may be clever and beautiful, but OMG its expensive!
Great racing tactics from the women as well!
(cool interview)
Amazing effort from Amy to hang tough like that.
Amy: 'I'm not Super Woman'
Candice: 'Yes you are!'
Another good starting point is to run a search on the classifieds here and compare yours against what is for sale.
Make sure that you have your apples, oranges and pears in separate piles...
https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/c/dual-suspension-bikes?s=methanol
I see that they are still running a sanity check on the Elite ladies category as there are several men in there!
(and that is not an invitation to a conversation about who identifies as what...)
I don't think that there is a way of checking the amount of accidents or incidents, but I would say that its the same every year.
The Argust thread has been full of those comments since the beginning of the Interwebs.
The front groups are full of 'idiot racing snakes' while rest of the groups are full of 'inexperienced newbies with no group skills'.
A crash in 1 or more groups coming down hospital hill is common practice, if not some kind of tradition.
I know that Racetec is still processing the results, but I am very interested to see how many finishers in each event there were.
At the moment, it's sitting at 768 for the 42km event and 18481 for the main event.
Spot on for frame price!
Seems like reasonably good value.
The complete GX built is a bit more that you thought though.
https://beta.pygaindustries.com/product/tig-trail-downcountry/
I found myself going back to that page a few times, and then thinking about all the ways I could make this work...
XC or Triail
Painted or raw
Stay on main Rd and head out past Simons Town.
Should be no issues there.
Don't go before 8:00 if you can help it - there is a lot of traffic heading towards Simons Town (Navy ?)
Have coffee at Salt in Kalk Bay on the way back.
If you are lucky, they will still have some almond buns left.
