The expat cyclist

So there I am waiting for more than two months for a replacement frame. Phone the LBS. Speak to the sales guy. Sales guy not sure what is going on, bla, bla, bla. I tune the sales oke: Gimme the number of the rep. Not to k@k him out, but just to find out what is going on. Rep tunes me the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Also, he tunes me that he will strip one of his bikes and give me that frame for the time being. The very happy end.

What I can do is tell you what I did in the same situasion: My wifes MTB had that octalink ten ton BB in. It started grinding after less than 8 months. I opened it up. It was rusted and dirty. I went to my LBS to get a replacement. After 2 weeks, I was still waiting. So then I purchased a SLX cranckset and BB for R1000 at CRC. It was lighter and a whole lot easier to look after. Problem solved. Why was this a better option? Well, If the bearings in the BB are now KAPUT, I order new one's from RUSH SPORTS for R230 incl. postage. The very happy end.

My Raleigh is stukkend...toe gaan moan ek op Giant se website.

Dink jy die mense wat hier is gee om of die "ander" site werk of nie? As ek so kyk na die "replies" wat jy uitlok, lyk dit nie so nie...

So nou kom kla jy op die hub oor die "ander" website nie werk nie...

Oh. So ALU also cracks? Now let me hear one of those carbon jokes... Good luck with sorting your bike out though

I have an IDT that I bought here on the hub. Some advice I can give you is to get a training bike for the trainer. I have put my road bike on it - raleigh RC3000

Which is worse: 1. A dry chain 2. A chain with sticky oil attracting alot of dust/sand which acts like sandpaper on our gears.

We did ride to the rice as we live close enough too. Was friggen cold though... Although things didn't work out, it was still good.

Uhm...no... Sucking dust and trying to keep the sweat out of my face didn't work...I stopped so many times trying to get my eyes clean that i had no chance of doing well...but that is the way it goes...

Something worth watching: Maybe you have heard about this guy - Cobus Potgieter. His dad was at our wedding and he told me to go check out his son on youtube. This guy is AMAZING!

Dunno what the chance is for getting them back but here goes: If you happen to pick up a pair of Evileyes at the Hazeldean MTB race, please lemme know. Lost them about 10km into the race or so.

Jip. Sannie first look at me like I asked her for sex right there on the office floor... But nontheless - I found it. Now I can go put my GT back together.

I FOUND MY PARCEL!!!!!

And I am still looking for my spares. The lady tha "signed" for it, is in a meeting. But this morning someone else asked her if she signed for a parcel for me, she said "No". Imagine that.

So I ordered some spares locally from an online shop. I send an e-mail enquiring when I will receive the much needed spares. "Tomorrow" So "tomorrow" came and went and I phoned the store. "Where my stuff dude?" The courier company requires a physical adress to make delivery. I gave them a postal adress. No where on the website were I ordered the parts does it indicate PHYSICAL ADRESSES ONLY!!! SO the courier company "tried desparetly" to get hold of me. When the couldn't, the y contacted the supplier who again "tried desperataly" to get hold of me. When hey couldn't, they shipped the parcel to my office in Midrand. And there it was signed for by "Sannie". There are 1000 people working at the office, and I have to go with "Sannie" But what really just boils me over is that I paid R65 so that I have to go and search for my own damn parcel. I have to go and collect it 70km (140km roundtrip) away from me. Have a nice day man! Really!

IS there another kind?

Start Procedure: 70km Marathon A + B = 7h30min C + D = 7h37min E + F = 7h44min G + H = 7h53min X = 8h00min Z = 8h07min 40km 1/2 Marathon A + B = 8h30min C + D = 8h37min E + F = 8h44min G + H = 8h53min X = 9h00min Z = 9h07min 21km Fun Race Seeded = 9h27min Unseeded = 9h20min 8km Fun Ride All = 9h30min

Try Singletrack at the Hazeldean centre. They have group rides on Saturdays etc.

You are a nicer guy than me B&G. I would have given him the finger - for damn sure!!!

Going from dart to tora isn't really an upgrade...More like a swop...