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Since when can you buy products and accessoried direct from Coolheat? I have been reffered to a distribute in the passed?

Well the only valid thing any amateurs should complain about is getting the distance wrong and safe parking. That is just inexcusable and downright rotten. As far as the rest I am only too thankfull that someones doing the hard and thankless job of organising a race. Any race under a R100 is great value for money. Now f you are riding copetitively it's different, but then again competitive riders dont ride races with poor prizes. As for the rest we ride to have fun, get fit, get outdoors and ride new tracks not accessible to the public. So if your not competing to win then stop complaining and enjoy the ride, have a beer afterwards and leave the "I take things seriosly" for Monday.

Well in that case I sincerely hope your guardian angel continues caring for you

Frail. YOUR STORY IS INCREDIBLE! It sounds like something out of a movie script. Boet seriosly why dont you rather take up MT Biking or someone said Downhill racing. At least that way you only blame yourself in a fall not some numb nut brained idiots!

Nice bike! What tyres are you running on the back and what on the front? Also I cant see very well what type of front and rear deraileurs you have? Did you choose the components yourself or did the components come out standard?

Will keep a look out. Bikes like these will show up locally somewhere. With all those bikes it's no doubt that the scum plans on selling them. Yep they are too hot to sell locally. It's seriouse bikers that buy bikes like that..Like someone said the hubb is big and has eyes everywhere. This is about as stupid as steeling a Ferrari...it's just a matter of time and the bikes are worthless to the thief or found. Thats just too many for you own use...mind you who know? Or it might be someone willing to strip the bikes and sell the components...once again keep a look out for odd adds. Hey Chris maybe its the competition?...sounds like they are driving tired Toyota's as thats all they can afford these days with all the specials you have been having lately.

atraut you beat me to it. Damn I always get beat in the races . Now i get beat on the forums as well. The link is https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=82628

Are there any MTB clubs or organized groups based in the <?: prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Somerset west area? <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I have been in SW for over a year and have ridden the Hottentots Holland, Oak valley Lebanonon>, Grabow country club. I have ridden Lourensford only in organized races. This would be a great place for me to do mid week rides? I am an intermediate level rider and do 3-4 hour long rides and cover 50-65km depending on terrain every weekend per ride. I do both road and mtb but my preference is MTB. However I spotted some very interesting routes from Google earth by Steen brass dam! Don?t yet know who to contact to get permission to ride there? Can anyone help me out here with this one? I am looking for new but challenging routes and can see loads of places from Google earth...but I don?t want to be trespassing private land without permission. My options are: Join a mtb club if it exists or get permission to ride from the land owners/authorities. Joining a MTB club is always easier as one does not have to duplicate the asking for permission process but who to contact?? I see paarl has a riders mtb club, why not SW?

Nice running. Its always nice to think of running races. They are always such good value for money compared to cycle events. As a triathlete running is the toughest workout hour for hour even compared to very technical mtb riding. However cycling is always soo much more fun. I gues thats why cycling is always45-75% of any duathlon/triathlon even go cycling!

I recently (6 weeks ago) started to repair bike frames in my spare time and do both alu and carbon. The tally so far: 1x Raleigh RC7000 roadbike frame (magnesium/allow) chain stay dammage by car accident 1 x cervelo carbon road bike(chain stay) dammaged in fall 1 x Specialized XC Pro MTB (alu chain stay) stres dammaged 1 x Specialized Roubi road bike(4 places) accident dammaged So far I have repaired more alu frames than carbon though I know there are more request to repair carbon. My receommendation is for you to buy the bike that rides best for you. To be frank these days it does not realy matter too much. The majority of bike frames (alu and carbon) are broken during accidents. The new top of the range alu frames can be realy thin in some places for the cross country enduro type of bikes as the manufacturer compete for the weight weeny business that there is hardly much difference in my opinion between Carbon and alu strength wise. Also if your not a super fast race snake then a bike of say 1kg more will not make a big difference to your position in a race. I do allot of mtb riding and have ridden all sorts of bikes. If I was you I would stringly recommend you test ride as many bikes as possible. One of those "Ride before you Buy" organised by Bicycling is great. DONT WORRY ABOUT IT BEING CARBON OR ALU. Worry only about how well the bike rides and bike comfort. A properly dialed and set up 14kg Dualy suspension bike will get you to the finish line much faster than a 11kg badly dialed wrongly setup bike. So dont worry much about weiht and what its made of. Concern yourself with ride quality and component quality more than frame raw materials. Downhill bikes which SantaCruz are famous for should only be metal types in my opinion. If your concern is total break proof then in my opinion it does not matter If its alu or carbon. The alu is so thin these days in some of the upper end bikes that they can crack just as easily. It has become clear that the majority of broken frames are due to accidents rather than simply breaking due to "riding the bike too ard). We all like to think we are hard riders but at the end of the day most of the above bikes are upper end bikes that broke in accidents. Santa Cruz is a reputable bike manufacturer and any bike on this end give warrentees on their frames. Personaly I cracked Silverback hard tail alu which cracked on the weld. The frame was replaced right away without question with a later year model after 2 years of riding. Well done Silverback! Unless you buy used they almost all give warrenties, unless accident dammaged.

Ok so lance is coming to Town! Finnaly some competition for me

OUCH!

I Moved to <?: prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Cape Town a year and a half ago from Centurion. I used Mervyn Dinkelman and no one else. I am shocked to hear this. In December I paid them a visit and could see that the shop was a little under stocked compared to how I knew it before. <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> The best part of Merv, his Dad and Jaques Oberholzer(obie) is that they always gave me honest advice and my bike was fixed right every time. Their goal was to give advice not to sell you the most expensive products. At the end of the day I supported them 100% and did not care if his gloves were slightly more than Grants etc. Many of the items were well priced so what you loose on the down you make on the up. They always knew me knew my bike and gave me all sorts of tips that made a difference in my cycling. I am sorry that I have not found the same caliber of bike shop in Cape Town. I am sorry too if it's true about their service. I have lots of good memories from group rides that they organised. They got me in to enjoying cycling.

mtb Josh is spot on! I developed great technical skills(relative to the average mtb) on my hardtail. You will learn to respect the dirt and get a VERY good feel for loose stones, mud and slimy rocky climbs on a hardtail. But buying a hardtail for developing this skill only is a total waste of money! Buy a dualie and then train on it the first couple of rides with the rear sspension locked out. Then when you move to full suspension you will then apreciate the sudden extra traction on climbs especialy when your bike is dialed right and how you sudenly float over the gnarly stuff whilst still being in control! Otherwise i would say everybody gave pretty good advice in this thread. Or simply Well I supose

OK guys 06:00 AM TIME FOR A RIDE.....GET OF THE COMPUTER!!!!! EVERYBODY NOW ON THE COUNT OF 3!!! ONE...........TWO..........THREEEEE

I have just received Tyger Wood latest book "MY BEST 18 HOLES". Dont even bother! Its all about golf!!!!!

Hey Jaco I stay in SW. But I like my long rides on weekends. Will keep your number. Have not been there for a few months though.

Its a problem i always experience in wet and mostly muddy conditions. For this reason i always cary chain lube( specificaly the oily type) not the squirt or "dry lube". I generaly solves the problem till the next river crossing

I use CWC as well. I think they are great as well. However I wonder what the real reason for the general overinflated prices are in the industry in general. Does anyone know why a "Vuka Scooter sells for R6000 has a gazilion times more technology in it than a "top of the range " R60 000 pedal operated contraption. It smacks off pure exploitation and sheer ignorance of consumers willing to take this up the naught. Dont get me wrong. CWC have better prices in most instances and in general for components have better service, dont talk to you like youre an ignorant ass for wanting to work on your own bike etc. For that reason I support them. But still I know for sure that somewhere between the manufactuere and all the middlemen in between there is plenty of screwing the cyclist over. Please could the rest of the bike industry follow CWC example. A little vaseline whilst screwing the seriouse cyclist will go a long way

If you think thats bad watch out for the dudes wearing compresion socks and booties with arm warmers!! And they think we look weird

HELLO MR BORNMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hmmmmmmm these tips that I learnt from your truly! How are the coarses.going? Fully booked no doubt. I have had a great time modifying my bike. By the way I have succesfully repaired a cracked alu mtb frame with carbon. I cracked it on the SABIE EXPERIENCE on day 2. Took plenty pics and plan to post the thread here. Im not sure the specialized guys will like it very much but I still love my Specialized bike.

Yep this is why no one like roadies except roadies .They break all the important rules such as dont ride on the right hand side of the SOLID WHITE LINE" in races. They also look at you like your some kind off alien when you rock up in baggies for the road ride and and off coarse disqualify you for putting yourself at a disadvantage because of your CAMELBACK. Those rules are probably to keep those out who DONT LOOK THE PART

Good tip Mecnic. Also you can try the followng: From my experience ensure the basics are done first. 1) Loosen the caliper bolts, then pull the brake lever so that calipers "grab rotor" and keep them clamped whilst retightening caliper bolts. Release spin wheel and check alignment and spacing between the pads and rotor whilst wheel rotates. The pads and rotor needs to run parallel to each other. 2) If this is done make sure that your caliper bolts also have "loctite blue tape to prevent loosening whilst braking. The calipers are exposed to lots of vibration and this can cause your bolts to loosen and misalighn causing rubbing during the ride. 3) Make sure your rotor is not bent. Those fancy dainty looking rotors with the lizard designs might look cool but they bend and warp easily if exposed to exsesive braking. Forget the fancy pansy weight weeny crap and go for heavy duty rotors that wont warp and bend easily if exposed to a bit of heat. 3) If all the above is in order and they start off perfect and at the end of the ride end up rubbing it means you have air in your hydraulic line. Its not catastrophic as with a car but can be disconcerting. What happens as the pads heat up the oil heats up. Then the oil heats the air trapped in the line causing the air to expand which in turn pushes the calipers up against the rotor. However if this is the case you should have noticed that at some points you have to " pump" the brakes occasionaly. To solve simply blead the brakes properly.

Mr Brunsdon We need to go for a ride again me and you.I know you got an injury but....talk 2meeeeeee. Lets become champion mt bikers or dream about it next we do a lunbusting tech ride. My race went very well at Franschoek 2 hours 35 minutes! My best ever