scotty

Perhaps my size XL but i had no problems in getting my Spectra and Modanine.

I dibs shouting YAY

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Nog a "bump" Nearly 13 pages, come on we can do it.

And pay a lot, the metro also dicatates the number of officers required then on the day often dont supply that number.

12 pages going on 13, i'm sure there will be lots more

Dibs Bump

Try Finish Line Cycles in Kempton Park (011 391 6912)

Suggest this also becomes a sticky topic

I'll ask admin to make the post a sticky topic.

*Bump*

Place for both road and MTB, MTB is fun but if you looking at improving your road seeding and racing then you need a road bike.

Rietvlei it is

"Bump" In case this thead dies.

We ride in that area quite ofeten, will keep lookout

Beat a man when he's down

My info must be out of date, in Feb after he did the 26 vs 29 test he wrote on his blog "Sauser goes on to say that the Epic 29er will be his weapon of choice for endurance races and rougher rides, but for World Cup XC racing Sauser says he’ll stick to his tried-and-true Epic 26er."

Sauser is also sponsored by Specialized and he prefers to race 26.

At registration they could not find my entry so they gave me a start group D, on the results they had start group B, as there is no timing of which you batch you start in i've got 10 min added to my time. This could easily have been avoided had they had a list of riders at reg to first verify i had entered and second check the batch i was allocated. The reverse is true for riders reg to start in later batches but then jump batches and so end up with faster times than they actually rode (one guy in i saw in B batch had F number, that gives him 20 min) But no sweat, i enjoyed the race and will do again.

Cant comment on the Phoenix, but i have the Spectra and Modanine and have no regrets.

R1000 rand for tools, i'm guessing you have proper tools which works out much more? Sure one can always improvise with some tools such as home made cassette , headset and BB remover but the days of fixing a bike with shifting spanner and screwdriver are no more. To add I do my own garden (including 2 Koi ponds)which keeps me quite busy weekends, while others pay for garden service and I hear charge R300 upwards per month, at that rate i can afford to have a full service done every month on my bike.

I'm one of them. I have bike maintenance books and DVD's, borrowing tools I've stripped a road and MTB bike down to minimum and put it together again so i know what goes where and why but 1 can think of better things to do but at least i know how to if i have to. I have a LBS that does a full strip service for R250 which is far less than a good quality single tool i would need .

I would agree and disagree, you have to understand your bike and part sizes (seatpost, stem, bars, 8,9,10 spd, Shimano, SRAM, Campagnoala and what is compatable to what, low rise, high rise, top pull, bottom pull, different BB's, wheel hubs, triple crank, double crank, shifters, clusters (min and max) derailers (long, medium, short) just to mention some Once you mastered all that and have the right tools its a breeze.

You should not have to but i always check. It takes less than 5 min to check basics such as shifting, steering and braking then if any issues it can be rectified, saving a return trip to the shop if found later.