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Sorry, it’s friday and i’m going to call out your BS😅. This bit is factually incorrect. A rebuilt MotoGP bike yes, but not a full freshly, no NIB bike per race. Teams are allowed 2 bikes per rider for a race, and fly around about 2 bikes worth of spares just in case they need it. Engines are homologated and they are limited to only 7 a year per rider. Not even in formula 1. It’s not the late 90s early 2000s anymore. The days of disposable race equipment has passed. At 22 races per year for MotoGP, that would mean 44 new bikes for a standard team of two riders, we aren't even talking about customer bikes/teams. Even if they were allowed to they probably wouldn't. This is just not financially viable even for the top teams. Although it’s a prototype series, MotoGp is relatively ‘poor’…or ‘under utilised’ as their new f1 overlords like to say. Not nearly the amount of money you find in F1 or even WEC. Suzuki sank, KTM busy sinking. Yamaha prolly next. No NIB bike per race.

This is the one. The 255 comes with better GPS and HR sensors than the lower-mid-end new ones, so this means they are more accurate too. It’s considered the best bang for buck by many and it punches way above its weight for the price. You also don’t need a battery drain OLED screen on a simple fitness device. Its a generation older but that means you can find them relatively cheap on takelot etc.

🤣 So the best kind then? If it is servo or tv remote noises you're missing, you can always vocalise the beep boop when you press the lever? You don't even have to charge a battery that way

…buy a Bikeyoke

Conties to hoogekraal via Anna Beullah is covered under the Conties day pass as far as i know just fyi. I think this is an agreement between the farms.

I’ve spent many company hours in the past watching W&M course previews during the week to prepare for my own weekend warrior-ing ahead of WC enduros lol. Their more ‘careful’ approach means you can digest specific trail features and lines easier on video than some of the fasy guys going 60kph barely touching the ground. There’s this one specific spot at conties on BR2 i saw them session on video once and i thought hmmm…at speed that looks like it could be faster than the other side everyone defaults too. I…and a few friends now colloquially refer to it as the ‘Melissa line’ in that spot and it deffo sets you up better for the next turn! you can learn from anyone.

@Warren Melissa Go Riding, Considering how bad most of the club websites are, and how convoluted the info is for people who don’t know, i’d say you did a great job of summarising all the useful stuff in one convenient place…Well done. It can of course be inproved to be even more useful - maybe that can be the endgoal..a one stop shop. As already mentioned, keep going. The videos are also a great way of providing a new rider with context. A coloured snake on a contour map does nothing to explain the subtleties of trail features and line options. Your passion for this whole project of yours has been cool to observe over the past few years. I’d say you are doing more for the mtb scene around cape town than most. More so you guys are showing that it is accessible if you try. @Robbie Stewart https://wmgoriding.com

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Edit. Didnt read the oneten sorry. Most the new pygas share the same kits minus one or two bearings.

I can tell you that yes, it will “look nicer”, but you’ll be left utterly disappointed by the shifting performance going from XT to GX 90 mechanical imo. I honestly feel the normal eagle GX shifts better than the 90. Almost all the reviews support my opinion too. I kind of feel Sram rushed 90 to the market after the industry imploded and they quickly realised not all of us want superficial, overly expensive, electronic stuff on our mountain bikes. Then, there is nothing wrong with the hanger concept and its purpose as a sacrificial part on especially a mtb. How on earth did we make it through the past few decades?? I personally have only ever bent one in a fall that had the mech hit the trail. I replaced the hanger and the mech was fine for years after that. Also, you are considering transmissionn, that means your bike is UDH and uses the sram UDH hanger. They are plenty strong, and i swear you can buy one at McDonalds probably, they are available anywhere. There are stronger, blingy-er versions available too from Burgtec etc if you really are bending them as you claim. But it sounds more like you have upgradetitus and WANT a sram fix if you ask me😇 this is valid too…i get it. Just dont do it blidly, try it out first. As slready mentioned. XT is working class hero, the gold standard against which value vs performance gets benchmarked for a reason. XT is rock n roll. PS: XX1 axs also wont solve your hate for the hanger either.

I always used the biggest most visible cable lock in addition to the claws on those racks. Those claws / clamps are so easy to break and their locks mean nothing. So easy to just slip a frame out too, these days with carbon bikes most people wont crank those down hard anyway. A visible 10-12mm cable lock snaked through the frame, wheels and rack should at least serve as a deterrent for opportunistic traffic light shoppers.

Shhh. Stop broadcasting this…especially in a forum topic aimed at the local distros lol BUT… Historically merlin have always opened the gates around this time of year to move stock. Enjoy it, keep it on the low down…they will ‘pause’ it again 😉

Ask the suspension guys. @droo i’m ignorant towards anything hydraulic lockout. The only thing i know is that i dont want one😅

Cut it up into 160W sections and give each one.👀 Thats the max size/capacity lithium battery airlines who allow it (not all do) will let you bring on a plane in a fireproof container. but seriously, as above…realistically not possible by air.

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