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They are intended for forks that are desinged to run a 20mm clamped axle to increase strength and stiffness. Mainly intended for freeride and downhill applications.

Understood....thanks

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Lefty....You mention Nicolai and you've mentioned being in contact with him before. What's the deal with the 2x drive system they're developing? The system that's similar to the Hammerschmidt? Also, a friend is a regular customer of theirs and when he recently changed his G-Boxx freeride bike for their Ion DH bike, they suggested he not get the G-Boxx II but rather get the standard derailleur type drivetrain and 'wait' before going to G-Boxx again.....found that rather interesting that they'd suggest a customer not get their own system, especially as he was a big fan of his previous G-Boxx? What do you know?

Do it.....even if only because they are so damn sexy! Was at Bowman's in CPT two weeks ago when the owner was finishing up a set of gold Pro II laced to Stan's Race(I think....the really really light ones) rims. Total weight....1300 grams! That rear hub is so damn loud....makes a gorgeous sound and looks beautiful!

https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=36925 bit slow today BB....getting old

I really do like Parlotones, but the Koos Kombuis version is just on a whole nother level. Love that song!

I'm pulling these figures off the top off my head' date=' but in 2004 I was quoted the following by my LBS: Chris King rear hub R 4800 Chris King front hub 2000 DT spokes x 64 +1000 Mavic XC-717 rims x 2 +1200 Total + 9000 In stead I ordered a fully-built set of wheels from Chain Reaction Cycles comprising the same components. Landed cost after shipping, duties and VAT was under R 5000! That's pretty simple math! And really....how many times have you had to warrenty bike parts....? I have once. It was purchased from JensonUSA. My crank-arm had developed play on the pressed-in spindle. They requested me to do what they termed a 'field-destroy'. This required rendering the entire crankset useless by whatever means at my disposal and sending them pics of the destroyed crankset. This was simply so that they could cover themselves from litigation in case they didn't remove the defective part from the market and someone then used the broken component, causing injury and then suing them. Due to the customer service rep being an idiot, I waited 4 weeks after emailing the pics for them to send me the new crank. Was it worth the hassle of being without my crankset for 5 weeks total? Well....erm....it was a Race Face Deus crankset. Local retail price R 4500 JensonUSA price including shipping, duties and VAT R 2000 The answer is HELL YES! Like I said....the math is pretty simple [/quote'] WHO THE HELL QUOTED R1000 FOR A SET OF SPOKES????? It's a fair price for top-of-the-range spokes You can spend even more than that

I guess it has it's advantages....no 'issues'

Damn....I miss my girlfriend now

I'm pulling these figures off the top off my head, but in 2004 I was quoted the following by my LBS: Chris King rear hub R 4800 Chris King front hub 2000 DT spokes x 64 +1000 Mavic XC-717 rims x 2 +1200 Total + 9000 In stead I ordered a fully-built set of wheels from Chain Reaction Cycles comprising the same components. Landed cost after shipping, duties and VAT was under R 5000! That's pretty simple math! And really....how many times have you had to warrenty bike parts....? I have once. It was purchased from JensonUSA. My crank-arm had developed play on the pressed-in spindle. They requested me to do what they termed a 'field-destroy'. This required rendering the entire crankset useless by whatever means at my disposal and sending them pics of the destroyed crankset. This was simply so that they could cover themselves from litigation in case they didn't remove the defective part from the market and someone then used the broken component, causing injury and then suing them. Due to the customer service rep being an idiot, I waited 4 weeks after emailing the pics for them to send me the new crank. Was it worth the hassle of being without my crankset for 5 weeks total? Well....erm....it was a Race Face Deus crankset. Local retail price R 4500 JensonUSA price including shipping, duties and VAT R 2000 The answer is HELL YES! Like I said....the math is pretty simple

Wie gaan nou watse girl pomp...?

I don't think they were able to cope with the rush generated by the flood sale. We've had similar issues with a group order but they've been a bit more communicative and we have now made several changes to the order. I guess you just had a chop handling your order and he wasn't about to go the extra mile.

I hope you're not complaining...? The last hospital bill I had came to 23k and I got the wonderful amount of 18k from them! Understandably, it depends which medical aid and which package. Of course....the salesman guarenteed me they pay for EVERYTHING! BTW....what did you do to yourself that cost 107k to fix...? EINA!

It's all about the music

Mmm....toe overlap issues there for sure

... And you my friend , have not done DH I have riden a 29er and it is too bulky for me. Takes some fun out of the ride compaired to the 26". Having said that is was more comfortable... So... Yes... I can voice from experiance... Out of curiosity, what 29ers have you ridden? A lot of companies do not have the geometry completely dialled yet and as such, some bikes tend to feel very 'bulky'. I was refering to your last comment...."as long as there is not too much technical stints"....because I find a 29er to be faster in technical areas. Actually, in just about all areas except acceleration. It is always going to feel slightly(and I mean very slightly) more bulky, but I find it so slight that it becomes a total non-issue after just a few rides as you learn to compensate for it without thinking about it. As for DH, I have not done a DH race since the mid-90's when we were using bikes with less travel than todays XC bikes and similar geometry. I don't think the gyro-effect would be that noticable. The times when you really have to turn the bar a lot are in technical areas where you're not travelling fast enough for it to have much effect....IMO of course. At higher speeds you'd be relying on leaning the bike to steer more than actually turning the bars. In tight, technical sections the problem with 29ers has been caused by the drag of having to turn a wheel that makes better contact with the ground and also because of the different geometry. From what I've read, the general opinion seems to be that Niner is leading the pack with regards to geometry. I have ridden two and they are as close in flickability(is that a word?) to 26ers as to not be any different. They are currently working on a 160mm travel bike that should be available next year. Will be interested to see how that turns out. How the geometry affects a DH bike will remain to be seen once more companies start experimenting. 29ers generaly have steeper head angles to speed up the steering and DH bikes obviously lean towards the other side of the spectrum in order to improve stability at speed and on steep terrain. Will be interesting to see how it develops.