mrbaker

There is a Thaba trails night ride tonight starting at 18:00 We usually have 1 or 2 groups and ride until 19:40 / 20:00 Everyone is welcome to join - the more the merrier

I would hope they get the hubs replaced without the hassles I've had...And if they do - there would be no reason to go to another brand.

Forget I asked

Can you elaborate??

I built up a second bike which is why I needed the second wheelset. I mentioned it to show how bad service can make a customer choose another product instead of sticking with the same brand.

I would obviously be refering to the local agents as I said brand back up. Now they represent the Mavic brand internationally - so would it also not be fair to take a dig at them?? You could try and argue long shipping times etc, but isn't 4 months for an axle for a very popular wheel a little excessive?

Hey BigBen Sorry for the late reply...I was indeed there... It was quite an eventful evening what with the hedgehog & the hare!!

MAVIC Absolutely rubbish, pathetic, disgraceful back up with regards to their wheel parts. My LBS has had my SLR rear wheel since July and are waiting for the correct axle from the Bloody Agents But it's ok - I have already convinced three guys I ride with not to buy the Mavic brand and rather go for XTR or A/Classics. I'm sure I can improve on this figure too - why should we support companies who don't offer us decent after sales service. I was also looking for a second wheelset whilst my wheel has been MIA and I bought an awesome set of Cobalt 3 wheels

I've also been looking...can't find anything... Lets all move to KZN!!!

The one in JHB south - just off Swaartkoppies Road

Good stuff!! The more the better...

Hey Everyone!!! Is anyone coming to do the Rietvlei night ride tonight?? Starts at 18:00 until about 20:00 Cool trails and usually a variety of skill / fitness levels It should be good fun

If anyone needs to get a carbon frame repaired... I would definitly recommend Pro Cycles in Benoni. I got my frame back from Paul @ Pro Cycles today and it looks like a brand new frame!!! It was ready in the time they quoted and there were no calls to say there was this problem or that problem...What a pleasure. Well done Pro Cycles

Hey Guys Is anyone going to do the Rietvlei night ride tonight?? Starts at 18:00 until about 20:00... Should be a few people there, the more the better

Guys - the trails are awesome - if you're in the JHB area you should definitly make it a must ride in the very near future... And after the rains it will be even better. The night riding is also great fun - it's amazing how much stronger & better your ability seems when you can't see everything you're riding over

If you do the maths... They say on the walkerville mtb race website that they have in excess of 1700 riders. Lets say for 1700 riders they charge R130.00 ea This totals R221 000.00 One of the farms they go through is owned by someone I know and they don't get paid for the access. At the most they get offered 2 free entries (when I tried to get my hands on one of these last year nothing materialised.) I can understand the need to pay the guys working for the day and also make a profit. If they pay 40 people R500 per day that is R20 000.00 and you pay the trail builders R20 000.00 (thumb suck)... Maybe they pay the venue R25000.00 for the day? Why are more of us not organising races????? The profit seems huge - unless I'm missing something...???

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Hey guys I did the last two night rides & they were awesome... The group is split into ability so it is good riding for everyone...Also good to get an idea of the routes before the racing starts

Sad news guys... I was riding home at about 17:30, crossing Klipriver & Swaartkoppies in JHB south. I came across an accident where a roadie had just been hit by a truck. The paramedics were there, but he didn't make it. I didn't go to close to the scene, all I can say is he was a roadie, probably 35-45. My sincere condolences go out to his family...

I don't buy at Cajees - will never buy at Cajees... I just wanted to hopefully prevent others from being ripped off. And why should you have to haggle for a better price - if they are overcharging unsuspecting customers who don't know better, then those of us who do shouldn't support them purely based on principle...

Cajees cycles in Fourways are asking R750-00 for a Conti Race King 2.2 UST... CW has them for R450-00 + postage Westdene has them for R450-00 The sad thing is that people obviously pay the price at Cajees without realising the ridiculous markup...

I had the same problem with my eggbeaters... The creaking did go away when the whole eggbeater part stripped off the spindle though I had serviced them twice already so I put it down to rider abuse

I've just put my new carbon handle bar on my bike & when I tighten the bar ends with the torque wrench (to 5Nm) they still swivel when under a medium amount of pressure. I don't want to over tighten the bolts as this might crack the bar... Any suggestions???

Good morning everyone Could anyone give me an indication of what a decent asking price would be for the following entry level road bike...? Giant OCR1 frame (medium)(almost new-ridden 3 times) Tiagra groupset (used, but in good condition) Mavic open sport wheels, 105 hubs. Going to sell it, just want to ask a fair price...