Stoffel76

For pizza loving hubbers... http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/gift/fixie-bike-pizza-cutter

I wouldn't exactly run out an buy their album, but in terms of improving on the original, Vanilla Sky vastly improved Rihanna's Umbrella... (although the same can't be said for the music video... )... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvC6VS4Np4U

My 3 year old daughters favourite song right now... but because a Tina version is used at the end of the movie Flushed Away (also one of her favourites). And as I have a CCR cd in the car, every morning on the way to crèche I hear "Can we listen to Flushed Away daddy?" from the back of the car. We had a great sing-along this morning...

My son got some nice deals too... Only his birthday is in June... And he'll be turning 1... And I bought the Technics set with the 8 wheeled truck with pneumatic's bits and a motor... It's an investment, right? And it will make an awesome set to form the basis of his collection to add other sets too. And it was half price! I couldn't turn down a deal like that. Well, that's what I'm telling the wife... And I also bought him the police Duplo set to bring some 'balance' to the Disney princess themed stuff his 3 years old sister has...

Kalahari have a sale on Lego - 50% off certain items... Today only. Pay day isn't too far away... Just saying...

If you've had to endure Frozen as many times as I have, this will give you a laugh:

For all the Grammar Nazi's... This is a priceless Weird Al...

Close but wrong precious metal... Goldwing, not Silverwing...

Definitely try to get to Rotorua... It's about an hours drive south of Hamilton I was there beginning of last year. I was fortunate in that we were staying with friends and he organised a bike for me to use, so can't comment on hiring etc but there are loads of places that offer bike hire... We spent most of our time in Auckland and I wanted to try Woodhill as well but we were on the eastern side of Auckland and it was quite a trek to Woodhill which is on the western coast, so didn't manage to get there...

Mines an '81 R100CS - had it for about 15 years now. Has the same handlebar fairing as the R90, but was off when I took this photo to replace the screen: http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn94/stoffel30/IMG00099-20111020-1740_zps0cf311c2.jpg Also had this '99 KTM200exc for a few years - wow, for a 'fun per cc' factor this was hard to beat! http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn94/stoffel30/KTM.jpg Miss the smell of burnt 2 stroke oil...

I found using varying sizes of sockets worked well with a long bolt and washers to get the pivot bearings in and out...

Nicely done! Great to see lots of new trails planned for the future!

It's because you're claiming as a third party from someone else's insurance policy. That means you're dealing with the insurers legal department, and generally the gears turn very slowly in all insurers legal departments. If you were claiming from your own insurance policy, it would get sorted out quickly...

There was a spate of muggings up there a few years back - they were targeting tourists hiking higher up in Fernkloof and then escaping down Rotary Way. Sad to hear they're back... Hope the cops can catch the scum...

Arrgh! Was trying to organise a bunch of mates to enter a fun team, but we have to move office premises over that weekend!

Amazing building that! When I visited it, I spend more time photographing the building than looking at the stuff in the museum!

Finally (after a bout of flu) got to try out Boomslang over the weekend! Looking good! I also realised you have a far greater appreciation for a trail after you've wielded a spade to help make it happen! I'll definitely be back for more build days! Thanks Deon and the guys for all your hard work!

Rotorua has some incredible mtbing! I spent a couple of days there in Dec/Jan when I went over to visit family. Had a jol! Enjoy!

And 2 (so far, I'm still working on some others ) of my buddies will be joining us...

I'll be there. Trying to rope in some of my non-Hubber mtbing buddies as well!

I had a great ride - did the 38km, took it easy as I've had a really bad winter with flu etc so my fitness is way down at the moment... My buddy I was riding with took strain so I hung back and waited for him. Just enjoyed an awesome day out on my bike, perfect weather, getting muddy etc etc My only complaint was the 57km okes on their 29er hardtails that were holding me up on the single track... I wasn't in a rush so being held up on single track etc didn't bug me, but it does seem generally that technical skills are lacking at the back of the field... I was behind one guy who was crawling along, yet still managing to lock his back wheel into every corner... Still, I'm sure I held up my fair share of people when I first started!

Those 'horn'/handle things look really uncomfortable to hold... Although maybe it will serve a purpose... Imagine a future Schwarzenegger/Van Damme type movie... The villain is fitness obsessed with too much money... The final fight scene could end with the hero flinging him across the room and the villain getting impaled on the stationary trainer. As he hangs there coughing up blood, Arnie would say, "Your life cycle is over..."

It's not relating to your claims, it's purely about the value of the bike - those are just their underwriting rules on the domestic policy... (different rules apply to the commercial type policies)

I would think so too... It would be a bit like claiming for a new cellphone and keeping the battery of the old one... Your friend could try speaking to the assessor to find out if he can buy the salvage back. Handing the old shock back is no loss to your friend - he's getting a brand new shock to replace his second hand one...

It's simple economics for me - I simply can't afford the new version of my bike... My last 3 bikes were all second hand. 2 were absolute gems and one was a total lemon. The lemon was bought on more of an impulse and my gut was telling me I should have walked away, but I didn't. Fixed it up and sold it on for a loss, chalked it up to experience...