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Oh no! Gutted. I really enjoyed purchasing from them. Obviously not enough though! They had the best service from any of the online stores around.

I have the xtr di2 and have only charged it from a wall socket. I have charged from adapter plug and from a wall unit with usb port. Could have been that both had low enough output to not give issues. Could also be that your version is perhaps newer and has this built in as a safety feature? Sorry, this is zero usable information, other than my assumption that it's supposed to work because it works on mine.

My dad has had one for more than 10 years now, longer even. It's been our de facto carrier all this time. Issues we've had with it: * If the bike closest to car is put on so the front wheel is near the exhaust, you are going to have a melted tire. Switching around is fine usually, but just check. * This might be an age issue (like I said, thing is OLD), and isolated to the type of car dad has (oldish merc a class), but when I got my new bike (long wheelbase, 29er enduro bike), and it was the only bike on the rack the front wheel was sticking out on one side a bit, and the drag this created on highway caused the rack to swing out. Wasn't unsafe, but super nervous. * Depending on what bikes you have, it's a bit of a faff to get them on nicely, especially the dual suspensions with their angles and different sizes. They all go on, but it's a hassle sometimes. Definitely get: * a pool noodle if you have more than one bike on. * A bungee strap to keep all the moving bits not moving (pedals move, can scratch car) * A good lock to keep bikes on the car if you are going to stop somewhere. We usually park super close to a wall or tree. On the whole: Never had any major issues. I have the saris bones one, and I never use it. I've never been able to trust the straps and how it sits. Not saying it's bad, it's probably great, but I can't feel comfortable with it.

Finally worked up the courage to enter a local enduro race over the weekend. Learned things: Firstly, this was my first time riding the bike in anger, and it was awesome. The bike is such a beast at speed. Very few obstacles slow it down. It was a super wet, muddy day, and the wreckoning is not great at it. It collects literally all of the mud, and after 2 lines I had clogged up everywhere around the suspension and crank. Not lekker when you spray it out and see all the little stones that's collected in between all the expensive carbon. This has nothing to do with the bike, but I had to replace my tires before the race (maxxis dhf2 up front / aggressor rear). Bike has Derby carbon rims, and it was SUCH a lol to put them on. I literally washed out the rims, seated the tires, and pumped them up with a floor pump. I only added in the sealant a few days afterwards, and they were still pumped hard. I only mention this because I have literally never had a good experience getting new tubeless tires up and running...

wow!

So gutted for Myriam, but holy wow Marina rode like a demon. Can't hold anything against her. Wtf rain now. Really wishing for another Greg show. Weird day compared to Friday.

Digg that orange man!

Roughly 14-15kg. XL frame.

It's awesome. I need to have it tuned still for my weight and stuff, and I reckon it can get somewhat better, but as it stands it's awesome. First time riding a coil shock, and the plushness of it is amazing. Between the suspension setup and the shock, I get a definite moving forward feeling when I pedal on flats and stuff. Managed to stick to an oke on a fairly long flatish single track without too much hassle, and he was on a hardtail. I'm sure I had to work harder than him, but nothing that made me feel like it was massive effort (also I'm heavy unfit) Climbing is harder, but that's a whole bike thing, it's bulkier and bigger than anything I've ridden before, I don't ever feel like I'm bobbing or anything. Only weird thing is trying to climb out of saddle feels meh. I find that just slowing down, getting comfy and spinning my way to the top takes waay less effort than trying to rush up. Going down is weird. Mostly it feels great, but every so often I get some track where the bike feels off. Not sure what that is as the trail conditions are mostly consistent. Generally I'm still trying to figure out how to dial it in along with the mrp fork, but I'm taking the approach that I just need to ride a lot more before doing stuff like that makes sense. So for the time being it's going to a bit weird and whatnot. I thought about replacing it for an air shock that's half the weight and you can lock it out and stuff, and decided against it in the end. This shock is a beast, no point having it if I'm not going to use it, the price of having it tuned is a lot, but it seems to be a one off thing, and I've already adjusted my riding to it and I enjoy it. Also it looks badd. ass. Only thing left is to get the skills and balls together to have it live it's purpose fully. Took it to an enduro trail close by, and boy do I have a ways to go. Left broken but happy.

My new-to-me 2017 Evil The Wreckoning, bought of a hubber! First time on a super bike like this, almost didn't buy because who really needs a monster like this. Lucky my want decidedly outvoted my need. Such a beast. It's going to be a long time before I outgrow this one, if ever. I have a lot of skills to learn to do this girl justice, but that's what it's all about amirite? Sucks to climb steep hills with her, but to be fair, I would be miserable climbing on any bike. On flat stuff she pedals like a dream though, super comfy ride. First time ever that I found a bike that fits me so well. Finding a good fit for tall people sucks. Now I need to go learn to corner fast and jump without killing myself.

Ah mate thanks. I figured they were good tires, so even though I really do want to go tubeless (previous bike was tubeless), I thought I might as well ride these tires out first. Now, it might just be worth the upgrade sooner. Yeah, weight does not matter that much to me. I'm always going to be slow on the ups, not matter how lightweight the gear. Thanks for the direction, this makes a LOT of sense.

Hey guys, I came here to ask a question about exactly this, and luckily saw this thread before posting. I weigh roughly 108kg (2m tall), and I'm having such a *** time with my tires. I recently got the giant trance, and it comes with pretty bulky tires (way more bulky than I'm used to). I pump them to 2bar generally (anything lower on tar and it's like riding on a spunge), and it rides fairly well like that. Until I get to a steeper climb... When climbing the rear wheel rides like it's flat. Makes noise, slurrps around. Feels like it moves around when I shift my weight. Thing is, took it out to meerendal yesterday for the first time, and kept to 2bar, and it rode VERY nicely on the dirt. Singletracks were awesome, but I felt a bit iffy in corners and berms, feeling like it might slide out on me. Climbing up stairway to heaven I had the same climbing issue where tire felt / looked flat. Question is: Am I just being scaredy-cat in corners, and I can safely increase the bars on the rear? I run: Schwalbe Nobby nics 2.25 650B Tubed (still need to do tubeless) The tubes pump up very thick outside of the tire, and always feel soft if that helps at all.

Stoked for this. Kinda keen to do the Enduro ride too! Does anyone have any info on that?

Haven't dealt with them before. I can say though that Cycles Direct is pretty awesome.

I would love to see Platt taking it. I digg that team's attitude and the way they carry themselves.

For me: - Boston IPA Draught - CBC Pilsner Draught - Citizen Saboteur IPA Bottle - Black Label Draught/Bottle omnomnomnom And then hopefully my homebrewed beer tastes okay!

Lol. I suddenly have a vision of the future: Commuting air traffic congestions. A bunch of guys on bikes, all being followed by drones. Almost like a swarm of bees overhead. The ZA version of course running a set of tazer armament. If this doesn't show you how far into the future we've gone, nothing will. Where can I sign up. Asking for a friend.

From what I have understood about rebound is that it's setting is completely up to you. I guess it will take some experimenting to find that "sweet spot". I personally don't enjoy too slow rebound so much, so I tend to have it faster. I have struggled with this question too, in the past, and this is the end I came to. I hope this helps? I remember in the beginning it would bug the crap out of me though, and in the end I am pretty sure I started imagining the "I can't ride on this setting, it's making the bike jittery" feelings, so eventually I just left it be.

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I'm about 2m. I ride a XL bike, but I have had a L before. I found it fine for the most part, except that it felt very short, and on longer rides my back and wrists would start to hurt. It was fun on technical bits, but yeah, you can't really buy a bike just for singletrack. Once I got on the XL bike I was a much happier guy. The bike shop can do tweaks though, like adding a longer stem, spacers and whatnot, but it's much better at the end of the day to just go get a bike that fits you. I do get that the one you want is the smaller one, but rather get the lesser bike in correct size.

Howzit guys, Been living in Cape Town now all of two weeks, and already some interesting observations have been made. I haven't got the courage yet to do the full commute from Table View to Woodstock, but I am building up to that by afternoon rides to Milnerton and back: 1) There are a LOT more cyclists out and about in the afternoons than I usually had to deal with back up in Gauteng. 2) The cycle lanes are AMAZING! 3) The wind is k@k! but great when you turn around to go back home! 4) Fellow cyclists are really friendly, most of them wave and greet as I come huffing past. 5) A LOT of cyclists riding sans helmet... whaaaat?! All in all, amazing time here so far!

https://www.google.com/maps/preview?authuser=0#!q=53+Athens+Rd%2C+Cape+Town+7441%2C+South+Africa&data=!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x1dcc5f0dd2019803%3A0x21b265ae6949b8ec!3m8!1m3!1d2078!2d18.4854159!3d-33.8251931!3m2!1i1920!2i963!4f13.1!4m2!3d-33.82457!4d18.48435 Athens Road, close to sea.

I am so excited about moving. It sounds like it's going to be a blast. Lot's of new riding buddies!

hahaha there we go! Feeling much better about my impending loneliness already!

That's the aim. I wen't down a couple of weeks ago, and the traffic was amazing... ...ly bad. I always thought the Capetonians were just moaning. Nope, they weren't, the traffic is rough. I would rather spend that hour on the bike. I also think that there will be guys on the road with me, but you never really know until you get there and live there. Thanks mate!