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This gives me an pseudo-OCD fuzzy feeling in my naughty place…

Thats nice. I imagine that's a faceplate sitting in a channel in the frame? As in when removing you are not just looking at the i side of the downtube. Then on the back it, or in the channel you would have clips holding the hoses/cable housings in place. Thats how i would do it anyway. Best of both worlds.

Like those who dont know that sram transmission (shifting) is basically linkglide but in AXS format 😅. Still they’ll want GX mechanical though because marketing. Im with @BaGearA, my next groupo on my big bike will be xt linkglide (if i can find some ofcourse)

I know this trick, doesn't make it any less of a ball ache though. Especially if there are internal ported sections that wont take foam. Anyway, i got mine quiet after 3 weeks of it sounding like a sack of bolts. And it sounds so much worse inside carbon. I also just still don’t like the fact that i have to cut a brake hose if i wanted to tinker with parts (which i do a lot)….or bleed the rear brake property without mounting the bike in some kind of akward position😅

Exactly this.

….i hate internal routing

Nice, clean looking machine, also nice to see a bit more of a restrained, minimal approach to the branding on the bike. It says Titan Racing now, not TITAN RACING HELL YEAH!!!!!!! Nice.

Screw that, why would you haul an extra 20g of dead weight👀

I ‘avoid’ riding my hardtail too much…it keeps on reminding me of the amount of money i waste on suspension for my big bike. Im not really that much slower on it either👀😅

30mm works perfectly on everything down to 2.35 ish. As mentioned earlier, smaller and yo’ll start squaring the tyre off too much. Nobody runs 650b+ or 29+ anymore so the recently discarded ‘sub-fat’ standard of 2.8 -3.0” means there aren't many reasons to run anything above 30mm ID either. 35mm+ ID rims are a remnant of that.

The bike board is thankfully zip tied on, but you could if you choose to collect the wayfinding sticker on your top tube incase you forget which direction to go🤣Ive seen bikes that even horde those Anyway, im not judging. Thats what makes it a cool event, it means so much to people for different reasons. For some, that sticker collection is a badge of honour when they take their bike and helmet out the garage once a year. To that, i guess if i manage not to explode this year doing it on a single speed, this one would also mean more to me than my others…regardless of the time i do. To many it's about conquering the challenge of an ‘almighty 100km’ lol. Go around the office and talk to people, 100km to avarage joe is like the Munga to most of us. Seems impossible. Ps: hey I said Munga… You better be going around telling people you are doing a 1000km bike race later this year @Jewbacca

My OneUp v2 just cost me R350 in parts to service myself after a year of not really caring for it that much. Didnt really need it, just thought id spoil it haha. I agree with @BaGearA. I also own a Bikeyoke revive from 2020. It has never been opened, still works flawlessly. That self bleed valve business is the best thing ever and it literally takes longer to take your multitool out to do it. if I had to ship something somewhere to get it serviced i’d bin it😅 im also of the opinion that if you run something like the lyne ones you can almost run it in its moer for 2 years or more without servicing and just buy a new one. They are basically cheap enough.

Mine always ‘accidentally’ gets torn while in the chute but i always put it in my pocket as proof that i tried. You cant control when a shirt hooks it? 👀 People are very inconsiderate in there. It only matters if you want piktjas i would think? And for the tannie at the entry to the chute

I hope not, the stress of finding a needy person on the way to the car is just too much….and the shame of just chucking all that soon to be expired stuff it in the bin if you don't is unbearable (for 30sec)

Ill use the maxxis minion SS as an example what happens when you put a tyre designed for narrower rims on a 30mm internal rim (from experience) It squares off the profile just enough so that you end up running on the side knobs too, rather than just the faster rolling centre ones, negating any of its supposed benefits as a semi slick that corners great. It ends up having a very floaty feel and also sucks in corners as the side knob is not pointing in the direction it is supposed to. Yes narrow tyres will fit wider rims, and look fine, but that doesn't mean they end up working how they were designed to. 2.1-2.2 XC tyres = 25-27mm internal 2.4+, 30mm+ rims.

Mentioned up top by Nick. All great suggestions, (don't forget Banhoek Afterburn for flowey jumpy fun) but i mean most of them arent exactly a quick pop out to the local trailhead from Hermanus😅 we are spoilt this side of the cape.

Same here. Polar h10 = gold standard as far as I am concerned. Im nearing 5 years on mine too. Only 1 battery swop.

Those ‘performance line’ ones without the color stripe also have literally 0 protection against punctures. Just a polite warning 😊 they sell them at sportmans warehouse too for reference. Should be fine for road use though, just don't think about doing any XC-duro’s on them though. You’ll destroy them on the liaison to the first stage….

Here’s my weather prediction. (Ill remind you again that ive gotten it right now for the past 3y😅, no garentees though, ill just come here on the 11th and be smug about it. It will be windy, but a lot more for everyone starting around 9. You better be past Simonstown before then i guess🤷🏻‍♂️ Other than that, sunny and mild. See you at the start - on this beast. (42/19) 🤘🤘🤘

I have No skin in this here game… i’m just here to tell you that you better have been klapping zone 2 for 4-hours a week by now and that you also made space on your 20” bike for old wives cramp remedies like ENO and rennie too…

https://www.summitbikes.co.za/index.php?id_product=1740&controller=product grab em while they are hot. Garenteed to be the cheapest set you’ll find in store😅 Quite a substantial set of things though. If you consider the rotors around 1k each and you get 4 in the box, including adaptors etc, i guess the price isn't too hectic. At least not Dominic’s. You’ll pay 5k more at other stores soon lol. Pitty it’s the pikey red though.

If that cockpit (saddle height, stem length) is set up where you feel comfy, that bike is NOT a size too big for you imo. then, what makes you say 100mm travel is not enough for 78kg? 78kg is light in my books, especially if you are riding an XL bike and are most likely tall. Are you blowing through the travel too easily? That suggests a fork setup issue more than anything else. anyway, those are internally adjustable to 120mm from what i read. I dont think it will change the feel of the cockpit too much…as with more travel comes less air pressure and more sag too. Think around 10mm probably.

What is this?? Thats not an e-bike?

Started clear, ended wet. Still got a PR in that🤘Loved it. Reminded me of being a kid and riding in the rain/dark. Felt like you were breaking the rules somehow😅. IMG_0957.mov

Plus ceramic pistons are now common, which also help isolate heat to the rotor/pad interface. I was breaking in a new set of pads a while back and after a few loops of riding, braking hard, letting off, rinse repeat i squirted some of my water on the pads and it sizzled and steamed like I was frying eggs lol. I thought this was the perfect opportunity to feel how hot the calliper gets and it was barely noticable. anyway, this is now a few years old already, but i keep referring back to this as it was a substantial lab test. There were not a lot of DOT filled systems at the top of the pile when it came to pure braking power. https://enduro-mtb.com/en/best-mtb-disc-brake-can-buy/ Also, objectively the most powerful bicycle brakes you can buy (Trickstuff) uses Bionol now (sunflower oil lol) as fluid. Need to try some, apparently it can be used in any mineral oil system: if the color of the bottle hints at the color of the oil, then we know what sram now uses in their ‘mineral oil’ brakes. “Hydraulic disc brakes typically use either mineral oil or DOT fluid, but the Maxima brakes are filled with something a little different – sunflower oil, or Bionol to be more specific. Created by Danico, the initial boiling point of Bionol is said to be 300-degrees Celcius, which is higher than mineral oil and DOT 5.1. It's not only for Trickstuff brakes, though; Bionol will also work in any mineral-oil operated brake”