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New bikes are longer in the reach department. Great for tall mofos like me who ride XL, XL or XL and never really had bikes roomy enough. My wife is 1.7m and I agree that new mediums are too big. Her next bike will be a small. A large bike from a few years back is as short or shorter than current gen mediums.

Not really allowed to say anything more. Those are the rules👀 thanks @AndrePretorius and AP cyclery in kzn for the hands on service over the phone and for hooking me up with these things we aren't allowed to speak about😅 also, thats all you’ll get from me. If you want to see more, see you on the trails merry x-mas to me, from me… love - me. xxx

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I have some…but not these peasant things. Yokozuna Ultimo. In silver. Google them. Let’s just say they use shimano Saint brake pads. PM me and we can haggle…. also available are some Curve Walmer bars and TRP carbon levers.

We coerce him almost literally every day… All in the name of fun though. He’s perfectly cabable on that bike, has more skills than I do for sure…and doesn't really need anything else at this stage. ‘Want’ is a different animal though haha😅

jy bly naby genoeg…en ry roadie😅 my ‘road’ riding is limited to gravel roads these days. Ook, eks nie deel van @V18 se exclusive club nie so hy sal nie willie anyway🤷🏻‍♂️

Also in a privileged position to own all three and then some. The road bike lives in the garage now and gets used on rollers. Not interested to ride it outdoors at all anymore. Couldn't care less about riding on 28c rubber in lycra. I flip a coin to decide between enduro bike or hardtail and go ride the same trails on either or. I love it. Obviously the hardtail is a lot nicer on the climbs and most of tygerburm’s manicured trails. My gravel bike I have a weird relationship with. It’s my chameleon bike and can literally be anything from drop bar fully geared to a single speed flatbar 50c commuter toy that a jump off sidewalks. I thought about selling it….but i cant, i have attachment issues. I think It’s by far my most versatile bike. The hardtail still sucks on gravel roads because of the small chainring, riding position and big tires. Granted it’s a trail hardtail and not a XC WeApOn. Nothing like pushing 42/19 SS on semi slicks in total silence… ill probably keep it for those reasons… it was my only bike for a split second in history too. I can confirm there is no such thing as a quiver killer bicycle haha. Just bikes that make you feel a different kind of good on different days in different locations.

Did this the other day while chasing down a mtb on my single speed gravel bike. Once passed, i was also sure not to stand and mash the small rolling hill in the way…’calm and steady watts’ haha burned like hell….

No roadies. Just mtb’ers😅

Out of principle, i don’t ride places like Jonkers on my own anymore. If you fall and hurt yourself all the way up the 6th contour, it’s going to be a painful 1.5h long mission making your way down if you happen to be conscious lol. Been there, done that. But i ride alone a lot…i just actively take less risk when i’m alone on the trails - just in case. Even the smallest feature you’ve done a million times can catch you out, even more so if you’re tired. Leave the dumb sh!t for when you’re in the herd mentality and everybody is there to laugh at you when it goes wrong….and hopefully help you afterwards. Emotional damage is a lot easier to deal with than a broken body part and a heavy/broken bike a few km from civilisation.🤣

It all starts with one part. Ive built whole bikes around a rogue stem or BB lying around in the garage. An extra helmet is a perfectly good reason for n+1

Lies…nobody rides my other bikes. They can go buy their own crap😅

@Jewbacca, stop leading the people along and show them the Mintsauce….it is technically a drop bar bmx and im convinced YOU can do munga on that. Ill support your cause later this month…

Everybody knows what your bike looks like is way more important than how it works or how you can use it…. I really really really don't like messing up my painstakingly color coordinated bikes haha. It hurts me on a deeply pseudo autistic level. Anyway, im being pedantic, i know.

Ok…

Look at these sexy numbers… simple, elegant.

Wys. Horrified at the prospect of what the design could be considering rebrand.😅 i really don't want to put 3 more colours on my bike….

Mintsauce can do munga!

I do…i’m booking/paying for 666 this year🤣🤘👹 Edit: website is broken…waste my time to go through whole process…get to pay….AAAND ‘basket empty’…(TWICE!) Screw that, sort your crap out first thanks and ONLY then come ask for my money….

This or Panaracer 40-50c. Pirelli are just much easier to set up tubeless (and look way nicer) You can run them around 3bar or even less and they keep up with roadie groups in races (if your bike is geared properly of course) just fine. i also rode a set of panaracers bold without ever puncturing them once. BUT. its a mountainbike, ive ridden many a road event on 29x2.6 offroad rubber and have done so on the Cycle tour more than once. Sure the rolling resistance makes a difference…but depending on how strong you are…gearing will hold you back the most. pump those mtb tires 3 bar and just ride. You can only go so fast with a 32T ring up front anyway. Lots of people dont bother and ‘run what they brung’. A decent XC mtb tyre also rolls pretty good on tar. and i mean on a offroad tyre you can really piss them roadies off and pass them on the gravel shoulder 👀😅.

I have one of those too👀😅

Everyone should own a HT imo. Build it up with whatever stuff you have lying around…or go crazy. Either way…they are the embodiment of silly, no fuss - fun on bicycles. I love mine more every time i choose it over my mattress bike…which I decide on a whim the morning i walk into the garage. I did a jonkers enduro on my 140mm paradox and thoroughly enjoyed myself!