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Volgende jaar kom ry ek saam. Serious fomo.

Depends on the value. Ive had people ask because at larger numbers…BHP adds a not insignificant amount to the transaction. What usually ends ip happening is, they negotiate the price lower to compensate. Is what it is.

Ill put this here as a reminder for first timers and since a few of the German store names have been mentioned above. DHL shipping does not mean DHL Express. DHL shipping will hand your package over to local postal service..ie, SAPO. DHL Express is a courier-to-your-door service, as is UPS or Fedex. if you are willing to gamble by allowing SAPO into the equation on expensive packages, then thats a risk you need to consider. R2 Bike (also german) is one of the few german online retailers who ship here with DHL express as an option, but then only up to a certain value. its always worth emailing a store and asking for express shipping. Some of them do entertain you in this regard. PS: the yearly limit on personal imports on your ID number has been increased from R50k-Max 3 purchases…to R150k-Unlimited purchases. More than this and you will need to register a import license with SARS.

Well if you bump membership fees to Lourensford levels, you pay your bond off in 3 years 😉😇

Dont worry, they’ll never reach even reserve😅 thats….enthusiastic. You can buy a proper wine farm for less than that. Anyway, the person who ends up buying it for whatever price will redevelop. Prime location for another clara Anna…and with the influx of northern semigrants, there’s no shortage of people willing to pay to live in an overpriced gated communities.

I’m by no means a Sendy McSendface, but I agree that once you sample how a properly built jump should feel, going back to Bloem just makes you feel like nothing works and you cant do anything properly. Maybe if you rode a bmx or skateboard… Theres a subtle art to building good, safe mtb jumps that instills confidence and promotes progression. The ones at bloem are not them. They probably have their place…but i dont think they are as beginner friendly as people try and make out purely due to how their transitions are built. PS…saw this at Rheebokskloof the other day. Looks a bit dirtjumpy but probably worth a try:

What a load of horses**t… Couldn’t help myself. Sorry (not sorry)

If they have stock….3 working days max across the country. More than that and I start chasing and being a thorn. I blame the good stores I deal with regularly for these high expectations 😅 Local to your city store = same or next day depending on when you ordered. At least here in CT. 11 days is obscene. I order stuff from us, europe, uk or oz and get it within 5 using DHL or UPS. There are slackers locally…So vote with your wallet.

Came here looking for this comment… Edit: not to mention that 2.2 tyres on 30mm ish rims will inflate pretty square and probably feel weird. Also, If you are going by feel…you’re likely running the narrower tyres harder…

Then there are guys riding around tygerberm on 2KW modified e-bikes that can quite literally wheelspin aeay from a stop and they are proud to tell/and show you too.

Thanks, now everyone knows what i know…that im average at best😁 But someone else said something this week that resonated with me after my crash, you cant ded this hard riding slow steep tech….but going mach3 on a flow trail ( where most e-bikes live) and crashing will almost always result in serious injury. Tangent - more proof that if you feel a trail is too easy…go faster, because the consequences will grow exponentially.

Sure thing! Look, i was not looking to question your skills as a mechanic and I obviously hit a bit of a nerve claiming what you do for a living (assuming) isn't ‘that hard’. Sorry, and im glad you are passionate about it. I get it, i would too. All i’m saying is, bicycles are not that complicated (to me) and not EVERY home spanner is a complete and useless noob to mechanical or electrical systems. There are people out there, on here, who design, build and take apart way more complicated things for a living. 💪🙌

Like the old lyne ones…

‘Some home mech’ would not even know how to get to a pawl in a hub. a home spanner who knows a thing or three though would probably not even own these in the first place. Bicycles are basic, simple machines. I own more complicated lego sets😇

You must be new here?🤣 i got about 5 of these last week alone.

How many of you have seen these delivery ebikes on the N1 in the yellow lane? (In CT) Something will be happening soon enough. They wont leave it free for all…and those e-delivery things will be the reason. Whether or not your R300k turbo Levo ends up as collateral will probably be an unfortunate secondary effect..unless you could prove you use it ‘offroad’ like a MX bike i guess?

if everyone who reaches for the “marvellous free market” or “glorious capitalism” memes - could please do so in a less communist way…that’d be great thanks😇😁

Swipe, swipe, click….ignore. Bye now.😉

Sorry, did you say FRONT freehub? I am now intrigued🧐

Ive been a long time enduro seal user. But since this My-cycle-life points thing nets you credit at cwc/cycle lab…ive been going there to fetch me some ‘free’ Stans every few months. Its all they have worth getting (except that expensive pink unicorn pee that is Muckoff) So this past weekend i was cruising along with a friend and we were discussing how long its actually been since our last punctures and whether it was actually needed to top up after that initial seal (gravity tyres dont see many holes). I recently fitted new tyres so i was 150ml in on both wheels. Well, Murphy was obviously hiding in the bushes…because i nice neat cut between the blocks meant it was now raining Stans sealant every rotation of the wheel. And thats as far as it went…stans all over my frame all the way down the trail. That watery crap takes forever to plug a hole. I wont be bartering for it again… i’ll go buy an enduro seal 5L instead.

To be fair, Theo would probably make the sharp end of the epic field, look similarly ‘silly’ down those trails. 😅 Most people, wouldn't even attempt the stuff these guys get up to most weekends, minaar included (he’s on video saying as much - at the hardline road gap…it’s an absolute chasm) i think when you are like these guys and actually closer to being a ‘pilot’ than a cyclist most weekends…its easy to make mere mortals look l like absolute peasants down a mildly techie trail thats actually so far below your pay grade…you can send it on a bmx while hardly touching the ground.

(sorry for the thread derail) Yea it is quite a mess i’m told. And cost the medical aid a good R300k…just so i can fulfil my dream of becoming the wolverine. No Adamantium available apparently so titanium had to do😅. I’m taking it super easy, and not taking any real risks. I’m literally just plonking along for my own mental health more than anything. I’m fully aware that there will be no riding in anger this side of 2025. I listen to my body first and foremost, and yes…it’s 100% not ready for me to be irresponsible yet. (Its been 12 weeks)

Huh? What? The only thing holding me back from sending all the lines at the moment is a totally useless/unstable shoulder🤣🤣. Docter told me 12 months….ive already gone down some blacks to try it out👀 (Luckily they dont know my strava handle) But in my current mildly disabled state I go down blue trails, hit the brakes hard and feel like i want to go over the bars because there is almost nothing to push against😅 look at this mess:

Still good to know that its as commonly available as a quick link or tyre lever though. You can even take one off another bike in a pinch. I hear what you are saying, but I always used to buy a backup hanger “just in case”. That anxiety is not a thing anymore😁

Yea, ive also had two bikes with UDH now and ive never had transmission. And i only buy bikes with UDH purely because you can walk into a cycle lab and get a ‘hanger’. No more proprietary frame specific hangers please. Probably not a thing yet in road biking😅.