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2 hours ago, madmarc said:I think BikeHub needs another name change
CPO = Cycling Prosecuting authority 😁
The sad part is that the CPO - a bunch of casual cycling forumers - has proven way more capable of finding/exposing fraud,skollies, dodgy deals than actual authorities in many instances….purely by intuition and black belt google-fu.
5 hours ago, Adeeb SSZA said:It was definitely the bike in question, had it for sale for 25k. Said something about needing a new battery as the previous battery was faulty and did not work. Was active about 30min ago.
This.
reeks of being caught red handed dealing in stolen goods. If you know about taking bikes to CWC for a service, and know about ebike batteries being faulty, you also know that if you are buying a spez e-bike in Kylemore for 4.5k, you are buying stolen sh!t!
i hope people get taught some serious life lessons out of this…
Not gonna lie, i recently had a silly fall (broke my scaphoid), but i scratched my brand new oneup carbon bars across the front as they tucked and slid along the ground. The controls also all rotated on the bars.
i now trust them as much as politicians a month away from election day 🤣…
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21 hours ago, TyronLab said:I've project managed capital items worth a few hundred thousand USD, to commodity items made by the container load from China / Spain / Brazil / Russia and from local manufacturers.
I think some logic here would help. Bundling manufacturing in China together in one big lump makes zero sense.
Are there dodgy, kid-based, zero-safety shitholes making millions of parts for a few cents? Yes, 100%.
Are there high quality, cutting edge manufacturing facilities that are world-class in terms of quality and are just smart enough to leverage the Chinese government's powerful pro-manufacturing policies, and an abundant and driven workforce? Yes, 100%.
I've been in shitholes and beautiful facilities in every one of the countries I've mentioned above. "China is shitty cheap stuff" is as logically sound as saying "All South Africans are racist", "all Brazilians samba to work" and "All Americans are overweight"...
Would I buy a carbon handlebar from Temu for a downhill bike? Nope. Is that decision based on perception and gut feel more than any technical reasoning? Yep.
Instructions unclear. Installs no-name carbon bar on downhill bike.
12 minutes ago, BaGearA said:Then a crunchy BB is very surprising, got little over a year now on the same BB and mine has been flawless
Perhaps then a pre-load issue? Or even some grit between external spacers. If im not mistaken, those transmissions are Dub-wide 55mm chainline, so takes a few external spindle spacers on both the drive side and non drive side. I know my xx1 dubs do. (4.5mm drive side) for 52mm. I ‘stick’ mine together with waterproof grease.
8 hours ago, BaGearA said:What BB shell is it ?
On that frame, likely the “P” word?
The wheels-MFG BSA bb on one of my bikes is going on 5y old now. Never been opened. Smooth as a salamander dipped in KY. Remove chain and watch crank spin for days. I have them on all my bikes, including a back up one in my parts bin i found lying on the sales table at CWC one day for half price - like nobody knew what it was. Never grabbed sonething so fast🤣
Id take the z2
On 4/20/2024 at 3:11 PM, Jewbacca said:I've built my own carbon frame out of hacked up carbon frames..... I also won't use no name carbon bars.
I'm not so concerned with cranksets, but bars are a no no.
I also don't really trust 2nd hand carbon bars. The guy who owned them before you could have been a ham fist and over torqued his brakes, gear clamp, dropper clamp etc so the bars could snap there.
Most failed carbon bars I've seen have snapped at an over tightened clamp point.
3nm is not even finger tight.
It's funny how 'the west' and the media are making such a song and dance. I saw an article by the Daily Maverick that came across as a disgruntled teenage girl who had just discovered a thesaurus.
Published 'whataboutism' based on no fact.
It's a direct to consumer Chinese market shopping hub. A large part of our consumer oriented economies have been based on exploiting cheap labour and manufacture sold at a huge markup because of Brand Name shipping restrictions and an ease of use scenario where you're paying for someone else to deal with the sourcing, shipping and risk.
Rebranded Chinese parts and branded east made clothes and socks has kept food on SA tables for years.
Suddenly these manufacturers have said 'hold on, we can take on the shipping and create a platform that allows people at home to do the sourcing'.... THE DEVIL!
There is always risk when importing foreign based manufacturing, hence trade shows, QC visits and supply meetings.
I'm all for it. I've ordered a few small bits and pieces like a Taylormade driver sleeve adapter, some corded grips and a set of hosel cleaners.
Nothing I'd bet my life on, but stuff you can't get here or is ludicrously expensive due to a protected market
500 cable inner end caps…R100. No need to beg the bikeshop for a few loosies like a hobo everytime.
Enough for the rest of my time on this planet.
Came here to confirm the culprit. Was not disappointed😅
anyway, if you have been keeping an eye on classifieds you would have noticed the trend of stuff not selling and prices going lower every second week or so. There are amazing things on here that have seen a reduction in price of nearly 50% since end 2023.
Great time to be a buyer for sure. Amazing deals to be had especially if you are building.
only advice I can give at this stage is it’s not a great time to sell a full bike. Not even a frame judging by some of the adverts.
Doesn’t matter what your feelings are towards the brand…truth is they’ll likely sell more of these than SRAM can ever wish for 🤷🏻♂️
And then here I am, sold my AXS, went back to XT because i couldn't care about charging a bicycle AND just bought me a Linkglide XT groupset to replace this when the time comes. I’m over paying sh!t tons of money for consumables like a drivetrain. Imagine having to replace the gearbox in you car every 5k km lol. ( probably would still be cheaper than bicycle drivetrain thats the sick part. If we had permanent shuttles around i would run my enduro bikes single speed. Added bonus of more efficient rear suspension. R2k for a chain, 8k for a cassette etc etc…nah, im done.
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10 hours ago, Me rida my bicycle said:To my new rubber, may you miss all nails, glass, sharp rocks and only need replacing when bold or because I want to. 🤞🏻
Silver/raw csixx speedring to complete the look👀
Ok ok..
40 going on 41
197cm (96cm inseam)
size 13-14 UK shoe
87kg
XL mtb’s
64cm+ road/gravel bikes
Metal head, but i’ll listen to anything good.
30 minutes ago, V18 said:
18-19cm
Pretty small feet…
👀🤣
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First world problems…
i buy bikes like I have to buy shoes…
Ask what they have in the biggest size🤣
XL/S6
some xl’s are smaller than others too…so i shop for 520+ ish reach
If they existed and could fit in frames…id be able to use 300mm droppers lol. Have 210mm one now and it is still ~100mm from being slammed.
ps, csixx cage fitsg
waiting on the lg700 casette. That aircon place doesn't stock them locally so did what any normal person would do….get it yourself. Got the mech and shifter locally at 50% off…so far R3000 all in🤣
2 minutes ago, Jako De Wet said:Lekker. I've never ridden ContermansKloof.
I guess a recce is in order.
WHAT!?!? You are in for a treat then if doing the full
ps: forest frenzy only gets opened on events. Not ridable on normal days. The rest are. Steep rocky and some flowey fun
And just like that:
Go go go!!
For the full:
Training Camps, Freeride>Supers, Forest Frenzy, Revised, Mast>BR1>BR2>Happy Hops
For Lite :
Training Camps, Freeride>Supers, Forest Frenzy
On that note, this also almost happend to witfontein last year if you recall. (Getting approval to host an event from the city/forestry overlords)
31 minutes ago, herrowpreeze said:Agreed it's not very well planned if lose ends have not been tied up 2 weeks before. I understand it takes alot to organize but that shiuld of been planned long ago
The turn out is sure to be less for round 2
The later it gets in the month to buy a ticket the less money people will have to buy the ticket.
Personally, I'm a planner. I like to know what's happening and the longer it takes for details the less I see myself attending the next one
Hoegeies was rad BTW. Had a good time considering the circumstances
Its after pay day for most (28th) and im sure if it gets pushed for whatever reason they’ll allow entries right up to the morning. Its the worst kept secret where it will be, everybody has known for more than a month. It will sell out again. The council red tape is out of their control and they are expecting approval shortly (i have it on good authority)
23 minutes ago, Jewbacca said:I think this sort of marketing/exposure is endemic to the cycling industry in SA.
The information is there, but it's only available IF you're already part of the inner circle.
Road events are the same, those who know, know, but if you're not on the whattsapp group or active on the right social media platforms in the right circles, it's like looking for Wally without your spectacles on.
I have no idea how to rectify it, but it seems to me like organisers cry about not getting enough 'bums in seats' but do absolutely nothing to attract new/more people than those who will be there anyway.
Agree, they do a decent enough job on the gram (the only reason i have it) and we try and do our best to circulate around internally and on here. But it is what it is i guess. They still sell out at this stage according to organizers. This one is apparently having some administrative speedbumps related to council permits or something. They are obviously too pre-occupied with politicking at the moment lol.
anyway, some new sponsors on board and the previous one at hoogies was well run, even with the unfortunate incident on stage 3.
you should come do one again! We can suck together!
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Stolen: Specialized Turbo Levo (orange) - without battery 2016 (Western Cape)
in Stolen Bikes
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Have these people gotten hold of each other? @MTBAustria?
Theres obviously a case number. The people and serials are now all known. The seller, the people and now parent who bought the stolen goods and its also not so hard to get @CWC Online involved to share info once you let them know they’ve almost unknowingly been made part of a dodgy love triangle.