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  1. Fat Boab
    Yip horses for courses. Maybe try an overnight tour with mates and/or solo to test the water? For me very long days in the saddle are more about cycling, which can be satisfying. But shorter days can also more be about the journey and the stops in between. Piece all that together in a tour and it's tremendous fun.
  2. Fat Boab
    Having done it, solo, I'd suggest bringing the daily mileage down (100-120km max) so you can appreciate the journey. Aslo then moderate fitness required only.
  3. Fat Boab
    True. Tell ma the 6-string is not being used as a door stop!?
  4. Fat Boab
    True. Cos neat brandy is a killer...
  5. Fat Boab
    Can I ask why the steep stem? Couldn't the bars have been placed in the prefered place with the frame go without going for that stem?
  6. Fat Boab
    Plus one for the Flare. Highly visible from a long way away even in the daylight. Great battery life too. Don't leave home without it!
  7. Fat Boab
    I ride with Spez AWOL handlebars. Only 12 degs of flare so quite road-like but with a bit of extra width. Sitting in the drops is actually quite comfy.
  8. Fat Boab
    Took the plunge a few years ago and went the 2nd hand self-build route to keep the cost down. Steel frame and fork. 2x10. 50-34 and 11-36 (about to go 46-34 and 11-40). Drop bars, STIs. Love it! I tour on it on tar/gravel and train on the road too. Love the ability to run from 25 to 38mm tyres. It's comfy and handles well enough for a confirmed roadie. Yes it's heavier than my carbon road bike and hence slower but not all rides need to be about speed. I wouldn't easily be parted from it...
  9. Fat Boab
    https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/113116-berge-and-dale-ride/page-2?do=findComment&comment=3614375
  10. Fat Boab
    https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/113116-berge-and-dale-ride/page-2?do=findComment&comment=3614375
  11. Fat Boab
    Thought it was only me that was special ... (Nice route though. Hekpoort and Honingklip - proper bumps!)
  12. Fat Boab
    What is your trigger level of percentage defects in a batch before you recall the entire batch?
  13. Fat Boab
    Throw in canti-mounts and non-taper and my X would be newly adorned!
  14. Fat Boab
    If true, that's a sad indictment of an industry that places no stock in someone's intellectual capital...
  15. Fat Boab
    Or...? And, unless IP is appropriately protected and enforced, similar looking products pervade the market. E.g. wide bars? https://bikepacking.com/index/gravel-bars/
  16. Fat Boab
    Lekker! Ta muchly.
  17. Fat Boab
    How did you fit the small cross bar?
  18. Fat Boab
    Whereabouts is the concrete? On the uphill section heading to Dainfern from the Estee timbers side?
  19. Fat Boab
    I liked one of the comments..."I assume that everyone who overtakes me is on an ebike. Hurts less that way."
  20. Fat Boab
    No worries. I missed the frame in the classifieds anyway...and it would have been a perfect fit! ????
  21. Fat Boab
    As you were lads...don't need the info anymore.
  22. Fat Boab
    Would anyone have the geometry chart for the CrMo frames?
  23. Fat Boab
    Why oh why, did I pull the trigger on my order yesterday? ????
  24. Fat Boab
    Can I ask where the bad road surface was? I should be out that way soon and would appreciate a heads up...
  25. Fat Boab
    I've ridden more or less that route ie from Muldersdrift, Randfontein, Carletonville, Fochville, Parys. All on the road and all was 'safe'. I've also driven an alternative route to Parys for a future solo ride. PM me if you wish and I'll ty and dig out routes and am happy to share or chat about them.
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