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Peruvian fun time,

LOVE that...look's like a sick ride, all those who had nasty things to say about handbags and Intense bikes are just suffering from Yeti envy! If you cant say something nice, STFU!

Also used to ride down the old Downhill track on my crusty old avalanche reflex...that was a cool bit of dirt!!! there was a newer DH course built for nationals a year or two ago...think it is still there and I used to see groups of car's and riders sessioning it Sunday's, don't know if that is a club or just a bunch of blokes organizing it or how often they go, but I'm coming back to P-town December and bringing my DH rig, so I'll be keen to session the hell out of klappies!!! who's with me?

NICE!!! I take it you are a member of OREC: The Official Rules of the Euro Cyclist...LOVE that page!!! https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2258201150

Urban Downhill, they have one in Valparaiso, Chile every year. first one in South America was a couple of years ago in Cuzco, Peru i think Matti Lehikoinen won that one on the G-cross Honda

Personal preference win's it....whatever works for you! I'm running a 9 speed road cassette on my DH bike, gets you up to speed pretty quickly it does, but then so do the steep as hell Andes!

SICK VID!!! Nice one. Keep it up! ^5

Looks as if it's gonna have to be wetscreams for me...did a quick walk-by some bike shops in Buenos Aires this morning (uptown stores with top end bikes) and all I got was the usual blank stares, followed by the usual "de donde sos?" (where are you from) and the inevitable "porque no te negro?" (why are you not black?) when I told then I'm from South Africa...never a dull day in South America...So back to the tires, Schwalbe is South America is a Hell no...can look more but the further downtown you go the less likely you are to find what your looking for ,and I don't have the time to explore the outer city suburbia's where their is a slim chance I might find some but will probably have to swap a kidney for one as they will be priced out of the stratosphere...MAXXIS it is, easy to find, and WAY cheaper here than from Chainreaction!

oop's...read the reply properly before you post! my bad (it's the idiot gene!) Actually got a question on tires, in anticipation of the rainy season I'm gonna pick up some wet weather tires but am having a hard time deciding which ones to get...the wetscream looks good to me, as we do have plenty of seriously muddy boggy sections in most of the track's in the area...but one trail especially, the near 20 km Abra Malaga, also has a K$KLOAD of wet rock...really, is some places the rainy season turns the trail into a flowing river over billions of little (and big) wet rocks, so how would the wetscream handle this? The Maxxis webpage suggests the swampthing for that sort of terrain, but if the wetscream can also give good traction over wet rock's, it would be a much better idea given the levels of mud... Any suggestions?

Naaa, tubeless is just not viable where i ride, some 2 ply DH casing maxxis' and them extra thick tubes are perfect, have not had a flat or pinch flat yet running them as I do, one of the other guides runs tubeless and is always having to stop to repair or walk down because he ripped his tyre's on some loose rocks...just not worth it! Also, I dont think the 729's are tubless compatible... the 823's are, but don't think the other's are (729 & 721)

New back wheel in the house...Hope pro 2 on a bomb proof Mavic 729....almost time to get back to the mountains so I can rock it!!!

Aaahhh AWESOME! I think I just wet myself I was laughing so hard!

If you don't mind me asking, which part of Peru did you descend 2000m? not by chance Abra Malaga?

Ha...I used to wax too....not been riding the lycra bike for a while, so i'm back to my gorilla roots, but if your leg hair is short a wax is not at all sore....and you get to make chit chat with the pretty girls who work in the salon so it's a win win!!

Ha! That used to be me (for obvious reasons I have not been riding groenies for more than a year and a half)...at least 4 times a week I used to be there at the crack of dawn! It is the best time, fresh trails, no one around so you can go like hell and all the spider web's you can eat!! Damm I miss that place!!!

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OK, A: Pointless debate (but aren't all debates pointless as they express personal opinion) B: Instead of being for 26'ers or 29'ers or roadies or mtb'ers, how about just being CYCLISTS, as we all have that in common (I know, it is about as likely as Christians worshiping Alla and Muslims praying to Jesus, but it's worth a try) and that way we could project our collective hatred towards motorists or the ANC or triathlon, whatever! I'm not a Roadie or a DH-er, or a XC-er, or a Street trials rider, or even a Dirt jumper or Cyclo-crosser or someone who rode a BMX when I was 6...I'm ALL OF THE ABOVE and therefore consider myself a CYCLIST...Where is the love people? If you like a big wheel 29'er...COOL, if you prefer a 26' wheel, good for you...Ride a road bike, NICE! or a MTB, Kickass, no one is better, better or worse is all about the rider My link My link

It's like the Wild West and Never Never Land all rolled into one!

Coca tea actually!!! at last years race there were no injuries, just a couple of cases of hypothermia!

Nope, they ran it similarly to a megavalanche, after qualification there were two race runs, with points for each and the best points score took it, this year's winner was the Chilean national champ, seriously, I don't know why there are not more South American riders on the World cup tour, these cats are FAST!

One of the fast parts...on the right, look for the trail running at a nice little angle on an old inca road...we call it the autobahn