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Wil jy rerig net copy/paste wat jy klaar gese het? Onthou wat die conclusion was oor social media. Jy’s obviously verveeld. Gaan hou vakansie 😆

Duck. Water. Back. Dont let crap like this live in your head rent free.

This. They are pricing themselves out of the local market a bit and i think it’s purely based on perception. There is money here. People pay stupid money for desirable bikes…and there lies the rub. Maybe they dont care…but the prices of their alloy frames rival some exotic carbon versions…and unless you are a die hard fan…choosing between a relatively ‘vanilla’ Pyga branded bike and something more exotic is not a hard choice for many…even though the pyga will cone with epic local support. I think thats why they also don’t hold second hand value that great. And I say this as the owner of a 2024 v2 hyrax which i picked up on here for nearly half price for the wife. I built it up into a superbike and damn are they awesome bikes. Well built, reliable, versatile, ride great etc…i just think they are not playing the marketing game right when it comes to selling themselves as a niche, cool local mtb brand. Look at any other foreign boutique brand out there…they flog the cool, upstart factor hard, as they should, they dont have the brand loyalty of the cookie cutter brands (spez, trek, giant etc). They need to be cooler than those brands…so that suckers like me who likes having weird things fall for it. Pyga, we need you to try harder please. Be a cool mtb brand again, do something!

It’s because nobody really cares about these stats. The only stats that matter on bikehub are the ones which prove who was talking the most k@k during the year 😊…thats what we are waiting to see. my bet is on @ChrisF again😅

Also brings it back to the actual problem in that spot….local gov has no pull to remove people from that PRASA owned land. Ive already mentioned it but It took years, an election, a coalition government and new ministers for national gov to finally agree that a national keypoint, heritage and tourist attraction (the castle) shouldnt be a squatter camp - which finally gave local gov the scope to get vagrants moved. we all know WC government has been lobbying for years to be allowed to self regulate local rail infrastructure too - you know, to hopefully get it to a point where it actually is useful to the people of CT again. The fish unfortunately rots from the head….

We complain a lot, guess its also just complacency, but yes - we forget we are lucky with what we have available on our doorstep….and tygerberg is just a scratch in the surface. If you get bored you just choose another trail network and go.

I dont thinks its this. Society has always been sh!t. People are sh!t. Bikes have just reached a point where they cost more than cars…and they are easy pickings. What changed is, the skollies and the syndicates who pay them also know now. If bikes were macro bike money, i doubt there would be as many incidents. They would be aiming their talents at the next big/easy score i stead. i bet you everyone in a VW or Toyota forum also thinks the world has gone to sh!t😅

As a pedestrian, I once got held up at knifepoint near town hall. We stayed in obz back then and on my way home stopped at woodstock police station to report the crime. I was told to go away because it happened outside their jurisdiction….. my wife once got in a fenderbender with a foreign uber driver. He drove into the back of her. CT metro cop was the most helpful person you could want on the scene. Go to city police station….first thing the arrogant twat behind the counter asks me os where it happened as they first need to work out if its their problem. The metro cop told us to go to city. I told the guy the metro cop on scene pointed me there. He proceeds to tell me ‘they dont listen to WC metro police’ and even though i told him the address, he made me show him on google maps where the accident happened. tells you what you need to know about the bunch working at police stations in my opinion. Don't expect them to do anything imo. They are likely still trying to figure out on google maps if maitland, woodstock or milnerton SAPS should care, although we all know it’s woodstock. If this is their approach to ‘protect and serve’ - as in when and how it suits them…dont expect much. its questionable how some of them make it past the physical to become an officer. Never mind their questionable ethics. Its just a 9-5 to them. No higher calling here.

Id be willing to help out by enhancing it digitally while also showing you what it could have looked like with your photo and ID number on there👀

Not to mention during school days there is actually a ‘pad patrollie’ helping at the turn-offs

Saying there is no other option is not true. Other options have been communicated on here already. Koeberg, cannon, Berkley being one since the road opened into obz. That gives you a few options going into town too. Navigating the bit from parden island over the interchange will be a faf sure, but no more dangerous than navigating marine drive onto the ‘highway’ in peak traffic and past that **** show. But i mean hey, if the extra effort and few extra km is not worth it….🤷🏻‍♂️

https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/12/11/n1-highway-into-cape-town-cbd-fast-becoming-a-smash-and-grab-hotspot i particularly like how vague it is🤣. Guess the clowns at Woodstock police station don't want to look bad.

Anything and everything between Marine drive bridge, Lower church bridge and a few 100m past lower church. Basically the whole stretch of road next to PRASA land on the “N1”/FW de Klerk Blvd

They’ve been asking…but cant until national gov/prasa agrees. Remember how long it took to clean the castle grounds? Wel i suspect this will take even longer, and get way worse before it gets better. National gov couldn't be bothered by a smelly dustbin in WC’s kitchen…some would say they prefer it that way. Once those fences go down proper, theres scope for a whole new suburb on that land.

Can people just circulate on these same groups that its not safe to ride there currently? Is it stubbornness or Ignorance? There is a ‘viable’ alternative as someone already mentioned (via Berkley and Amazon) yes its a detour and likely has its own issues yet to be unearthed. But still. I see people riding in/out from lower church at least 2-3 times a week while sitting there for that short bit. I always wonder to myself if they are oblivious, just blind to their surroundings or perhaps think they are Chuck Norris? Why even risk it? None of the guys/gals I see look like commuters either. Not worth the risk.