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JohanMalan

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  1. I think the HTA is slack enough, not a fan of the super slack trend. 2.6 tyres and a dropper post and you're sorted. As long as the chainstays are robust enough.
  2. That was, hands down, the best Atta yet. The veld was amazing! Hardly saw anyone. Weather was great, -2C going out of town, but warmed up lekker. Please move the event to August!!
  3. Perhaps the new Venom compound will have better puncture protection. I have just removed the previous Mezcal as a back tyre, 4 rock punctures in a month. The tread pattern was great and the outer compound nice and grippy, but it wore down very fast and unfortunately many punctures on familiar rocky terrain. Good weight and volume.
  4. I'm interested in a spare hanger for the STF frame, anyone?
  5. I also prefer flat mtb bars, more confident in tech terrain and much simpler/cheaper. Carbon fork drops a good kg off the weight.
  6. Yes! I have Str and stf as my 2 bikes, gen 2, 38 will fit on both.
  7. The name is just too open to misinterpretation in South Africa. Product looks good.
  8. I have their hubs in both Shimano for SS and xd configuration, for gears. I think you will be hard pressed to find a decent shimano hub for less than R800. They are also some of the most robust, with big pawls, I've seen. Highly recommended.
  9. Wow!! Richard has built some amazing new trails at Honingklip. A lot of effort has obviously gone into them and he's had help from professional trail builders. Proper, proper stuff. Awesome views over Botrivier lagoon. We measured just over 800m ascent in 28km. R50 day permit next to the brewery, Snapscan, easy. Lekker beer after the ride.
  10. Day1 is going to be a fair bit tougher than usual. Make sure your Granny gears are working well! Enjoy!!
  11. Get a new hub. I'd recommend rapide. Great hub, excellent service, very good price.
  12. I have probably used a thousand plugs. Never use the reamer, or glue. This looks beautifully made, but I usually want to get to the plug ASAP, so screwing attachment is not ideal. A two sided tool, one small and one big, would be great, holes vary in size.
  13. Hi Victor I owned 2 of the previous Str frames and now one of the new. 1. ST-R PLEASE, SS is Not fringe! It is great to have SS or geared option, and I often switch between the two. Perhaps add the option of a Boost slider to swop out, if that is needed. 2. Keep 29er, and yes 2.6 clearance would be great, pretty good on the new frame already. 3. HA of 68 is great. I think the current trend is getting too slack. The Cpt crowd like their trail bikes, but the rest of the country still want to do marathons. 68 degrees should be OK up to 130mm travel and still fine on 100mm fork. 4. frame sizes Small to XL, I have friends across this spectrum, all wanting 29er. 5. Up to 2.6 would be great but 2.4 is fine ( as is at present) 6. 30mm inner rim width ( 26 to 30 mm is , I think, the sweet spot) 7. Current pricing is awesome, stay below 8k. 8. Colours need work, raw with clear coat ( perhaps a nice colour contrast logo) would be my choice. Thanks for the personal interest!
  14. Lets do it in Hermanus next year!! I'll try to to get some more converts by then. We need a lekka farm location, maybe outside Stanford.
  15. This is what you need https://www.bicyclepartsupply.com/product/american-classicboost-12x148mm-thru-axle-kit/ I seriously doubt you'll get it locally. The other option, is to buy a new/ different boost hub, eg. from Rapide, and build it over on your lekker rims.
  16. Yes, excellent combo. I have been using it for a while now. Ride it on rigid SS and full sus. Forekaster has A LOT more grip than Ardent, use a 2.35 on the front. It weights exactly the same as Ardent race 2.35 and Ikon 2.35. Especially good in the Cape for loose over hardpack. Run it at pretty low pressures.
  17. Did this event on AM Wide lightnings. They may have a fairly soft side impact resistance but they can actually take a huge amount of damage before they fail
  18. Crikey!! That is the weirdest decision I have come across in a long time. Each to their own , I guess..
  19. Track below Summaridge( includes the whole blue and green routes, start of red and black) is basically destroyed, bridges burnt , trees over track, so that 1st part of the Hemel en aarde track is closed, for now. Track open from Summaridge into the valley, except parts through the horse farms ( bypassed aro young foals) Power is back on, Hermanus very much open .
  20. I am doing the SS gravel thing at present, lots of SS MTB in the past. Difficult question to answer without knowing your abilities/preferences. If 32/18 on mtb is good for you then I would go with a 32/16 on gravel else you just spend too much time spinning on the flats. How much extra weight are you carrying, how steep/ long are the climbs?
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