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Tubeless is easy guys don't go the stans or joe's route it is expensive and those tubeless strips don't last. Get yourself a good fibre tape from your hardware store just wide enough for your rim, prepare your rim by cleaning it properly and then tape the rim twice, pop in the tubeless valves and ind inflate. If you want a conversion that will last for ages, get the DT Swiss tubeless rimstrip as well you will never have any hassles, sometimes you need to remove the valve core to inflate the tyre and co2 bombs should not be used use a compressor

Good for you it is not rocket science to do it though

I use all the PVM products and I am very happy with it aids recovery and gives me the energy required while training I have used USN cyto power as well as I got it as a gift and it is also not bad.

Power meters are great but how can you constantly keep your watts where it needs to be a road bike with a power meter is a much better option, this is only my opinion though

Get yourself a chain checker if it is worn to .75 on the tool replace the chain only, if it is worn more than .75 and maybe even 1.0 then in alot of the cases you need to replace the cassette and the middle blade. If you change your chain on .75 wear you can normally put on 3 new chains before the cassette and the chain rings need replacement

Excellent tyre

I will pass on riding on Christmas Day...luckily it worked out to be a rest day on my training schedule. Doing a 150km on Sunday though

26" dual or hardtail for me just don't like the feel when riding 29ers, personal preference though so don't slay me

Value for money go for either GT or Merida

You can get a 2011 GT Avalanche 2.0 Disc for R5450 all the requirements you want but lock out not remote lockout

Should only apply it once so its strange that it slipped and the rain should not do anything

I have seen a couple of 96's that have cracked on the rear stays where the pivot sits behind the BB, Scott has the twin lock option which is very nice. The fork on the Scott is Rock Shox and on the Merida its Magura, you will not struggle to get parts for the Rock Shox. Last I heard we did not have a confirmed local stocker of Magura parts so the fork and brakes may be a problem on the Merida when parts are needed

I don't like Egg beaters at all, the pedaling surface is to small for me and I just like the SPD's more robustness

I will go for the Spark, have a buddy that had a 96 but he bought himself a new Spark 20 and he says its better than his 96 carbon he had. I have owned both Merida and Scott bicycles and the Scott's always performed better for me. They are pretty similar Scott has 110mm of travel compared to 96mm on the Merida. Take the one where the dealer gives you the best deal

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Awesome race just a pity its so hard on the bike

You can't go wrong with Vredensteins as well I am only using them on road bike and get good mileage, I love the Vredenstein Forteza's. They not as expensive as they use to be

Get yourself DT Swiss rimstrip, worked like a dream on my ZTR's I had

I also have KCNC but I am going to get myself Tune skewers with my new hubs I want, the hubs are going to be Tune as well

MTB, remember a muddy ride of 25km if the chain was not properly lubed does effect a chain's life and later on it gets proportionally worse. Certain items do not carry a warranty and if I remember correctly chains don't

Well I replace my chain when its 70% worn(+-850km), then I put on a new one change it at the same time again as previous. Normally I get about three chains on a cassete and middle chain ring in front before I have to replace the cassete and middle blade. It really depends on your riding style, if you cross shift your chain, lube it every ride and even while you ride on long rides, if you clean your chain to well(you can do this as well and remove the lube in the chain pins).

Its all bout your riding, how quick or slow do you prefer it to return to its normal travel

I would for the Garmin, just as good as the Polar if not better and offers the GPS and Garmap function. So many cool functions on the 500, you can download routes from Garmap of routes others have cycled and recommend and then their is a ghost rider function where you can race against them and see where you are quicker or slower, works great on cross country courses.

Go for Profile Design they awesome quality and good value for money

Their is one company I know of think its called Sure Assist if I remember correctly, Wesbank and some other finance houses wanted to start a section fr bicycle purchases not sure if they did though