lowracer

I have a few steel frames, and bikes for sale. all should be in the 54-56 cm range. 50 anniversary daccordi, with 8 speed Athena groupset, can pop on a rolls, or a never installed brooks saddle Bianchi, repainted in apricot orange, with a combination of nuovo record/record/super record, (downtube shifters) except the cassette is suntour iirc eddie merkx, set up with newish 8 or 9 speed campagnolo Pinarello frame daccordi 58cm frame will have some loose parts as well I have not been on here for a while. Might do a drive to Pretoria if enough interest.

something like 90% of stolen vehicles that are picked up at borderposts in South africa have the original keys in them = result of hi-jacking so yeah, you can buy vehicles with coded uncopyable keys, microdots, etc, .. no use if you are hijacked (so just make sure that you do make sure the next of kin knows about the dots, serials, etc, so if you do get jacked and cannot speak for yourself, at least the recovery chances and conviction rates can go up)

picture of the bracket and the damage?

my opinion would be as follows insure the bike for whatever you deem it worth like fandacious' 25000 if it is stolen, they only pay out what it was insured for, not replacement value it doesnt make sense if i insure for 25000 (but the real replacement value is 50000) and it gets stolen, and i claim my 25000, and they only pay out 12500 the insurance so allways hit us with a double whammy . when it is overensured, they only pay out replacement, not the unsured value = they score as well

yeah, but some of us dont have over 10K to spend on a bike. my wife is an estate agent, her first commisions in more than 8 months is coming in now in march. My first expensive road bike, the daccordi, secondhand frame, with brand new chorus groupset and brand new rear wheel, was approx 8k My second expensive road bike was the lowracer, that I imported myself from the netherlands, was about 12K with only new parts my third expensive bike (a trike actually) I bought secondhand for 7500 My two expensive mtbs, was for 4500(trek 6500 hardtail), and 5500 (gt full sus) respectively all other bikes were 3500 or below

Most of my bikes end up waaaaaaay under the 10000 bracket. typically less than 3k for road it ends up a nice steel frame with 9 speed chorus, no fancy wheels. Just because someone needs to have the latest 10 speed, doesnt mean to say I can afford it as well, but if the secondhand price isnt too bad, i am willing to relieve the seller of them. I have bought a few 9 speed grouppos for under 1500 (and most was waay under) i have also sold 9 speed ultegra-mix equipped bikes for around 3K on bikebay

well, if you look at how many small brands allmost went belly up before being bought out, i think a lot of the companies will be assimilated by bigger or more profitable companies. think about cannondale and their fiasco with their motorcycle. how many bicycle brands does pacific cycles own by now?

jip, sommer ook iets wat mens op 'n goedkoop manier 'n mens se kinders op 'n veilige manier kan laat fietsry, sonder om baie geld elke week te spandeer. ek sal die vaderlike ding doen en saamry.

One of the sad things about this, like every cycling doping scandal, is that once again Cycling loses a supporter or sponsor. Cruxpearl, Please stay with us!

recumbents are better

Ignorance is just a really crappy excuse. in which world do you life? any professional athlete should know the rules. heck, even I know and have heard about people busted for over the counter cold medicine, using cortisone cream for saddle sores, astma pumps. And I am not even remotely close to even think about competing seriously or even getting a position in the results. a good start if you're an athlete and completely clueless , is to ask if a pregnant person can use it, and not use it if a pregnant person can not use it. use in moderation if you are allowed to use

And to confuse the issue, rake, trail and offset means different things to motorcyclists and bicyclists. lowracer2009-01-16 09:02:05

Daccordis rock, I have 7 of them

and while we are at it ... in the olden days, people suposedly used to heat paraffin wax in a tin, and put the chain in that. presumably by doing that, it filled the area where dirt normally enters, so makes it stay cleaner for longer question, it it worthwhile doing it? question, it it worthwhile doing it on a mtb?

please look at the original link, this is the 15% off sale ... so the local pricing is actually better than the overseas sale price 2 months ago it also means your local reseller typically make less of a profit on it, than ifthe overseas reseller Where do you get R13k difference? If I look at the numbers I get: Base price: ?4' date='037.00 Less UK VAT @ 17.5%: ?3,435.74 Convert @ R15.21/? (Today's Visa rate with typical 2.75% bank charge): R52,257.65 Add 15% customs duty for complete bike: R60,096.25 Add 14% VAT assessed on value + 10%: R69,230.88 This gives me a difference of R4k before I've even thought about shipping charges, agents fees etc. Also note that to legally bring in shipments over R20k/year you need to be registered as an importer with SARS. [/quote']

True... there's even a hubber who puts his bike in his pockets... ... .. dangerous

because the pro's change the bikes regularly, and taste differs (and the pro-okes bikes are more expensive than us mere mortals can afford)lowracer2009-01-08 04:08:02

1 question : why take it up here? (I could have been nasty and said 2 questions, of which one is : who cares? as you should ride for fun, not for the money. ) Most organisers does not read this. if you actually want something done about it, take it up with the csa, and the organisers. The cyclists should take their ideas to the csa, (for example first 20 places, from the bottom up, include development riders, smaller divisions, per seeding category, etc) who SHOULD formulate a compensation/reward structure in order to promote cycling, and pass that through to the organisers of races. yes, there will besome unhappiness, and mess ups, but you should learn from your mistakes, and improve the payment structure the next year just throwing ideas, moans and gripes around here is not going to make any difference to next years races. getting the csa working for their 10% of the prize money for affiliated races on the callendar and passing the feedback to the race organisers, and assisting them in creating a fair renumeration structure to promote cycling from the bottom up can create the desired results.

My wife is an agent, and this is what i picked up over the last 3 happily married years You can negotiate the agents commission. sometimes the estate agent will drop the commission in order to get the sale. my wife rarely if ever gets full commission, most of the times it is 5% and less on an erf, and it drops with the total value of the sale Some agencies like Pam Golding supposedly does not drop in commission, so you look at paying 7.5 % agents commision + vat = 8.55 % commission. You have got to be vat registered with sars to charge vat. best is to negotiate a fixed percentage or amount. best is to include it explicitly in the contract for a fixed amount. if you get a lesser offer and they want the sale, they might sometimes negotatiate a drop in commision, of you are willing to take less.

mine expired in feb or march this year, and i renewed it in november. if you dont go the specsavers route, at least get an eye test done, that will save you half an hour or more in a queue. take 4 photos. an extra 2 wouldnt mind they dont take debit cards. i'm not sure about credit cards, but rather take cash and remember that you will need a bit extra as you need a temporary licence. i went to randburg, and renewed my vehicle licence and my driver's licence in about 2 hours. supposedly at bronkhortspruit, they are quite quick.

ja, en as 'n poefadder jou pik, kan jy vigs kry

no it wont'... Grocery stores like Pick & Pay' date=' Shoprite, Spar won't bring their prices down now that they can score millions![/quote'] they cannot sell any item at a lower price than they pay for it.