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We are keen to hear what you guys think of Titanium frames and this option through the various disciplines in the SA cycling. We will soon offer Titanium frames and complete bikes from Skyde, a French manufacturer http://www.skydecomp.fr. Your input will help us determine our approach to this market. For your most valued input , we will choose one lucky poster for a prize/product of their choice valued at R500 from www.performancebikes.co.za Winner will be decided at our discretion on 1 March 2015. The prize is not cash redeemable. Below are pictures of a couple of Skyde bikes as well as an interesting chart on the different frame materials and their properties. Please feel free to also post pictures of your own Titanium bikes and the reason Titanium is your choice of frame material. Cheers from the Performance Bikes team!

Firstly I am an absolute newb or noob, so your advice is greatly appreciated. Currently ride Giant Reign adv, looking for a fun second hardtail bike under 20k. Love fatter tyres of all sizes, but we do a lot of climbing. Will consider full fat if anyone has survived a steep climb on one. Like the idea of frames that allow different sized wheels, but 29+ will do. Medium frame will work. A lot of the stuff I've seen under 20k don't have great forks, but I can replace this at a later stage if necessary. Thanks for this forum and this site, helps nooooobs like me be better. Peace

https://gearjunkie.com/all-wheel-drive-fat-bike-cristini?utm_source=Gear+Junkie+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2a5ce330e5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4761d8db2c-2a5ce330e5-22931637 Some nice precision engineering done to have all those CV-joints and gears align.

Outride date: 7 May 2016. The first big, phat Winelands Fatbike get together. Ride your fattie (or regular MTB) on the Wannabees Cycling Club's Fatbike Patch and single track trails. Share the love of Fatbike riding with fellow fattie pilots and savour the delights of the coffee shops along the route. This could also be your opportunity to try out a Fatbike before you decide to buy one. The outride playground is about 35 km long, consisting of farm roads, single tracks, climbs, and the delightful sandy Fatbike Patch. (A R40 day-permit fee for non-club members will apply.) Please book at: secretary.wannabees@gmail.com, before 4 May 2016. (Limited numbers can be accommodated) Parking at Vredenburg Manor House (https://goo.gl/maps/ci9GLK5YN6P2), R30 (will also buy you a coffee and muffin), free for club members. Arrive at least 30 minutes early to socialise, install Java (coffee), buy a day-permit and to hear about the route plan. (We will visit the Burry memorial tree, ride all the single tracks we can find, draw a really huge fatbike outline on Strava or any other favourite sports tracker, enjoy the delights of two coffee shops, have a fat chat, and get to ride a fatbike if you don't have one yet). (Refreshments at other route stops will be for your own pocket.) Fatties brake for cake, and play in the rain.

Thought I would share news about a new trail section, part of the Wannabees Cycling Club in Somerset West's trail network. It doesn’t matter if you’re Mandy or Andy, the patch will introduce you to Sandy. A 2km labyrinth of twisty, sandy tracks on a meadow, designed to outline the shape of a really huge Fatbike. The trail section is called the Fatbike Patch. The club managed to obtain permission to utilise a fallow piece of sandy farm land for the establishment of a fatbike trail. The novelty of the Fatbike Patch is that it outlines the shape of a huge Fatbike, just over 2km long. The trail is negotiable on any mountain bike, but is much more fun to ride on a fatbike because of the sandy soil. (On Strava, the segment is called "Dawie's Fatbike"). Non-club members may ride the trail provided they purchase a day-permit (R40), available at all the LBSs in Somerset West, also available at the Lord Charles Hotel reception desk (24/7), Campus Solutions at Waterstone Shopping Centre, and Somerbosch Wine Estate. We are also planning a Fatbike outride in May, riding the Fatbike Patch as well as the single tracks/Jeep tracks of the club, stopping at coffee shops on trail, altogether doing about 35km. It will be an opportunity for Fatbike owners to share ideas, swap high calorie stories about gear and trails and sharing the love of fatties.

I have just created a package for people wanting to try out a fatbike! We have the most awesome fatbike trails here in De Kelders. have a look! https://www.sharkbookings.com/shark-diving-packages/new-fatbike-tours/ EXCUSE THE PIXILATED CRAPPY BEGINNING.. I am not sure why YouTube did this as it is fine on my computer? Perhaps because it is @ x25 speed??

I see that Silverback made a top-10 honourable mention for one of their fat bikes. Seems like Silverback has done really well at Eurobike this year... What is the feeling about fatbikes in SA? I would love to ride one of these beasts in the dunes.

The Juggernaut by Rungu was announced. Interesting concept. http://riderungu.com/models/juggernaut/