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The math is more involved, but the price you see there +/-25% (excl shipping) is landed cost. Thats 15% Vat plus around 10% service charge. Bike parts do not attract duties. Other things do. Theres a few hundred page SARS doc on their website if you are interested. ive answered this Q 3 times already via PM in the past week lol. So easy thumbsuck is just +25% on listed prices there. I say before shipping because over s certain amount, shipping is free. You get 3 goes a calendar year on your ID number, total 50k value. More than that you need an importers code…or SARS will ask questions/possibly fine you.

@Snaagi?

Ive seen one or two small niggles with the OLD freehub, but never a wheel rim. In the one group i ride with they are all on Lyne wheels, carbon and alloy versions, Hi-per and the old hubs too. They take all the beating in their stride. Whoever suggested Lyne don't entertain warranty claims might need to check their nose in the mirror. It is borderline blasphemous i would say lol. Im sure they have to consider and need to take into WHY it failed too…but in my experience they tend to either swop it out or provide you with a new one at vastly reduced prices. Service is great and i mean you are generally dealing with the owner himself. A few years ago i had some issues with an out of warranty 170mm dropper and they nevertheless replaced the internals for free to get me sorted.

Ive said it before on here before but when i decide to sell things, it’s because i want something else or i’ve decided i got my value out of it and just want to sell it for something reasonable. I’m not looking to recoup 75% of what i paid for it. I see it as kind of paying it forward. i usually list them at roughly 50% what i paid, sometimes less based on condition, Which i always feel is a good deal (based on what I would pay). Considering how fast they then usually sell, buyers tend to agree. I almost never get offers on things, just confirmation that they’ll take it and a request for bank details. My personal record was listing a GX AXS kit early on a Saturday morning (best time window imo) and between clicking post advert and having the money in my account took less than 15 minutes🤣 But when i list a custom built bike with less than 1000km on it at 50% what it cost to put together, and get an offer at 25%, yes that can be…mildly annoying to say the least. Sure, its business, make an offer, haggle a bit….but these guys have been in the game long enough to know when something is a good deal and already priced to sell fast. We all do when we see something priced really well, you jump on it if you were even remotely thinking about it. Don’t take the piss then by trying to offer the guy 50% less. I also politely declined their offer once saying I was pretty sure I’ll sell the bike at full asking price by that weekend, and ofcourse it did. It was collected and the buyer was so happy with his purchase, it made me happy that he was happy. They already have a certain reputation among venerable sellers. It doesn't take long for opinions to spread, like it is here…

While this obviously has some humor/sarcasm mixed into it…i like what i like, and when i decide to do something, I don't want the tools to have a part in why i might not be improving. I want to drool over my own things too, it makes me want to use them more. So I always get the best things i can reasonably afford at the time (i don't buy on credit), because i also know myself relatively well after 40y on this planet: i’ll buy the budget friendly version and immediately start planning how i can get the better version. It’s a disease unfortunately haha. In that sense…’goedkoop koop is duur koop’ for me. Now im not saying I’ll pay 200k for a bicycle (yet👀)…but i won’t be wasting any money on things i feel i will 100% want to upgrade/replace within 6months either. Thats also why i dont buy complete bikes off showrooms. They are almost always a compromise somewhere. get what you want (within reason), not what you need!😅

There are some whispers going around on the groups but will not post anything as it will be pure hearsay at this stage. But a teenager in a spot of bother. Strongs young man💪💪 you got this.

yes master

Interesting. Please go on..

It’s the gift that never stops giving. Eternal. Lets be stupid about bicycles, together, always. The real world is hard enough. It’s fun having a dedicated stupidbox.

*Klean Kanteen. Nobody is dumb enough to ride with glass bottles i hope.

Well no, but i think i’ve run out of wishes and feel you are just using me to rub your lamp vigorously…

@BikeGenie, you still riding?

Bump. Guess those who need to know, do already. For the rest, come try some ‘XC-duro’ if you think you’re fast down Hoogekraal! Related thread: Leka!

Have you seen the roads in the rest of the country? When last have you been to the EC? GP? NW? LP? hell…london UK?? Lol The roads here are great. We all know some of the roadworks around the peninsula are due to recent flooding and fires. A few months ago roads around chapmans peak and other parts weren't even open, not even traversable due to landslides. I think they did pretty well given the hand they were dealt. Im sure we can buy you a coke and a water if it will make things better?

And geometry. Way too cramped for my liking to be comfy for long rides even though it’s a 62cm.

I still have a vintage road bike with accompanying man gearing (54-42/12-21)i need to try the CTCT on but i am yet to be drunk enough to commit to doing it on that thing and its 23mm tyres. I dread doing 108km on the bone rattler. It really just hurts sitting on it 🤣. Ive said it many times…it’s from a time when sex was safe and racing dangerous.

Machine! He’ll kickstart a 747 lol

42/19. 4h 3mins moving time. 4:39 official. I stopped and took lots of videos and pictures to document the experience for the mofos at work ( to convince them to join me next year for a charity) was surprisingly easy to be honest. I expected to explode before the end but it was fine. You get murdered on the flats and downs because you spin out at 35kph ish but you catch up on the hills. I klapped all the climbs in one go except for suikerbos…which i did in two halves. I can 100% do under 4 hours on this if i ride straight through to the end like i usually do. next year.

Half the beach is on the promenade. Doesn't help…

Ive trimmed mine as small as it will go…but it’s still coming off and into my pocket as soon as im through the gates lol.

New mk4 has been fine (touch wood), although wheel builders seem reluctant to tension them up too much due to their older siblings bad reputation for cracking lol. So difficult to say i guess.

Yes, a plastic one! (ps: I've actually had it for 4 months now..time flies when having fun right)

Ive found all the bits between two or 3 online stores here in the cape, which tells me that silly aircon business must have brought some in at some stage