Nick

Isn't the point of gravel racing to pitch up with whichever type of bike you think best suits the course laid out by the organisers? But more practically, the bike you own.

Late to the party but I see that Downhill has added another qualifying round to the elite races. Qualifying Semi-final: top 60 men and top 15 women Final: top 30 men and top 10 women

There's a new(ish) website for all the MTB World Series events: https://ucimtbworldseries.com/

Everything that you already knew is over here 👇 https://bikehub.co.za/news/specialized-epic-wc-wants-kill-hardtail-racer/

We're always going to moderate the forums to our community guidelines. This means posts will disappear and often without explanation. Excluding spam and scams, there are very few comments being removed. It's civil around these parts nowadays. The open platforms are horrible places that leverage intolerance, falsehoods, and abuse to drive outrage and engagement, while veiling it as free speech. Bike Hub is a bicycle hobbyist forum, not the town square.

Same same but in a different triangle.

Sorry to hear about this. I see that you were approached by the wanted advert scammer earlier this morning. We flagged the account very shortly after it was created. Wanted adverts are an easy target for scammers. We always advise that wanted ad posters: Be extra vigilant. It's easy to fake knowledge when the seller knows what you want and can research it and find photos online. Avoid including your phone number as a contact option. The scammer wants to get you off Bike Hub and into unmoderated communications as quickly as possible. Use Bike Hub Pay.

My insurance offers daily but that's not really why I use them. The rates are decent and the convenient app. Short answer, it depends how confident you are they won't get stolen when not in use. I'm too paranoid that my bikes will go missing from home which isn't covered while off, so the insurance remains on at all times. It also isn't truly daily. Even just 1 day a month has a fee close to half my premium. I've only ever turned mine off for two months while I was stranded at home (guarding them) after surgery. It makes a little more sense for cars where the parked insurance (like theft) continues while the moving insurance is reduced.

We push some changes to the site this morning including a Coffee category in Classifieds: https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/c/coffee The relationship between cycling and coffee is very important for many cyclists (see this thread as proof), so we thought we'd create a trading home for that passion.

Second hand gets you a lot more bike for that budget: https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/c/mountain-e-bikes?maximum_price=60000

The most affordable I could find: Lots of super bargains on 26er tyres too.

What'd they cost if the market expected them to weigh 1.6 kg instead of 4.5 kg?

As I said earlier, please report the offending accounts and point out the manipulated reviews. And we'll investigate. I'm not keen to talk to you on the phone with the aggression you're displaying here.

Just in case we missed something, I reviewed all the accounts that contacted you in March. There were 12 which is a great return on 3 adverts. One account was created today which is always a concern. We're investigating that one further. But no immediate red flags there. The other 11 accounts all appear to be legitimate. Three of the accounts were created in last few months but no obvious signs of fraud. One of them already has two good community reviews. The remaining eight accounts are years old. Most with good reviews from other Hubbers. Three of the accounts have over 100 reviews from the community with another having over 50 reviews.

Hi Morne1102 If you suspect a user is acting fraudulently, please report the account to us. There are report buttons on the user account pages and under the Actions button on the chat screen. It will be dealt with urgently. We're constantly monitoring for scammers and have number of automated systems in place to detect them. There a few new one's each day which we mostly mange to remove within minutes to a handful of hours. We also warn any user who has interacted with one of these accounts on the site. But we're pretty confident that the vast majority of the users are genuine. I'd confidently say that your 90% estimate is wrong.

That's an odd one. Can you post (or DM me) a screenshot, please? It could be a zoom setting on your browser. Is it zoomed out?

Start list says they kicked off at 7:45 today instead of 7:00. Is that usual for the last day? Or something to do with the conditions?

They've definitely got the attention of the European cyclo-cross pros now! Pidcock and MvdP next year?

I've missed a turn, gone into the grass and wrapped a discarded fence wire around my cassette. My fault for not staying on the course. It can happen (to me) 🤦‍♂️ But yeah, in most other cases those pesky sticks that love to jam things up are not my fault.

Some riders choose to ride in a way that has a higher or lesser risk of causing mechanicals (crashes, knocks, going off course, avoiding mud and rocks, bad shifting, etc). Largely it's plain bad luck. But assuming that a mechanical is always faultless is not correct.

I'm working on trying to let things go 😆 I needed a distraction from the heartbreaking sight of Amy riding that rim.

Is Lourensford a playground for the wealthy or is it an untamed backwater? 🤷‍♂️ Should a foreign owned company be labelling a whole continent as untamed, especially considering that the private farms the route goes through are far from it? Also, the untamed route has been shortened, which I support in these conditions, but goes against the untamed marketing message somewhat. This is Africa!

2017 and 2019.

The official answer: "Any frame that fulfils the “UDH Specification” featuring a hanger-less interface can be upgraded. Complete specification information can be found at universalderailleurhanger.com" If you've bought a new bike recently, there's a fair chance it already has it.

Hi there Anyone attempting to give an estimate will need some more information to start. What is the overall condition of the bike? What components are on the bike? Which year model is it? When was it last serviced? Pictures will also help a lot.