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[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Awesome! Just put some better tyres on it for him, please!!!

['Dale]

To all the haters.......................

 

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If you absorb heat the way I do then these are perfect. Some hidden and some ankle socks. Perfect for summer rides and to wear to work when the temp inside is avg 33

 

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[splat]

Awesome! Just put some better tyres on it for him, please!!!

 

Got some ZTR Olympic wheels lined up so that I can go tubeless and do a 1x10 conversion.

Hydraulic brakes will go on before he gets the bike (those cable disk brakes   )

 

On the hunt for cheap tubeless 26" tyres and a 10spd chain.

Oh, and a crank that I can put a N/W chainring...

Edited December 17, 2017 by splat

[DJR]

Got some ZTR Olympic wheels lined up so that I can go tubeless and do a 1x10 conversion.

Hydraulic brakes will go on before he gets the bike (those cable disk brakes   )

 

On the hunt for cheap tubeless 26" tyres and a 10spd chain.

Oh, and a crank that I can put a N/W chainring...

As fathers go, you rock!

[BSG]

As fathers go, you rock! [emoji106]

It's only me and the youngest cycling, I've been warned of a very painful, very slow death if I buy any bicycle add-ons in the near future.[emoji6]

 

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[DJR]

It's only me and the youngest cycling, I've been warned of a very painful, very slow death if I buy any bicycle add-ons in the near future.[emoji6]

 

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Soon enough mine grew bigger and my wife started appreciating me taking them off her hands and out from under her feet......and she started encouraging me to buy them bike stuff to compete with the malls and the movies. Before I knew it they were riding the same size bike as I........which meant I could upgrade and pass my old bikes on to them.....win-win situation if ever I saw one!

[Eddy Gordo]

sizing looks spot on for you!!!!

[gazzacpt]

Decided to get into this road riding thing a bit more seriously.

New to me Giant Defy. Should be a good starting point.

 

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[JuddMan]

So I got myself my Xmas present on Saturday! 

 

Took it for a 25km induction on Saturday, was great fun! 

 

Bike is second hand through Bike Market (Good bunch of guys, worth a look) with some upgrades already. Tubeless and 2x10 Slx/Deore   

 

 

 

 

 

[JuddMan]

*obligatory couch pic*

[Capricorn]

sick! how much damage and wherefrom? i'm keen to get meself one.

[Reme Le Hane]

My new little accessories from ridefarr.com arrived this pm.

 

Scott Scale 960 (2017)

 

MTB Vids: ltstyt.be/@remelehane

[mecheng89]

Been thinking for a while to get a BMX to sharpen skills. Nothing beats an old skool bunny hop and manual! 

[popcorn_skollie]

sick! how much damage and wherefrom? i'm keen to get meself one.

 

Facebook gelukkie. Paid R900. That's right baby. 3 figures for a 2012 Giant Modem. This one came with the giro headset and brake contraption too. But I'm far from pulling off any bar spins.

It also has the axle stunt pegs but I took them off for the time being.

 

I saw the ad a few hours after it was posted and brushed it off as probably stolen. MTB buy and sell group I think it was. No ad for it on bikehub or gumtree. Then I stalked the sellers profile and saw enough evidence to convince me otherwise. Turns out the guy just bought his laaitie a mountain bike to join him on the trails. He outgrew the bmx. Since I was in no danger of outgrowing it myself (its a 19.25 which is bang on my size) I pounced.

 

So Saturday night I send the guy a message on Facebook. Sunday morning I get a response saying its available. I had a ride planned for Sunday afternoon with a friend so I asked if he minded us venturing out to Stellies since the bike was thereabouts. I had no number. Just the guys facebook. With no prior arrangements to meet up or anything. But we skiet to Stellies anyways and messed about in Eden till about 7pm. I forgot all about the bike but when I checked my fone after the ride I read his response with an address and that he would be home by 7. I gps the address and it turns out he was only 8 minutes away. Still no fone number I dash to the bra's plek. Facebook him from outside his house and out he comes with the bike. Some small talk about local the trails later and she was on my bakkie. Probably my luckiest purchase to date.

 

Get this though. On my way home I drop my buddy in Hazendal and drive through Bokmakierie to get to Klipfontein road. At the robot some asshole tik kop tries to swipe the bike off the back of the bakkie. I tied it up pretty vas though. When he realised it was tied up he ran away. I may also have reversed into him a bit just to give him a fright. Man I'm glad I tied that bike down the way I did.

 

Been thinking for a while to get a BMX to sharpen skills. Nothing beats an old skool bunny hop and manual! 

 

A couple months back I rode an old Supergoose. It felt both familiar and nostalgic (I last owned a bmx in 1994) but also completely foreign at the same time. I'm so use to the geo of a mountain bike that it feels almost strange to be back on a bmx after so many years. I will always recommend a DJ bike for anyone that wants something cheap to mess about on. Sharpen skills and so on. But as far as fun for cheap goes. A bmx is in its own league. Been youtubing way too many bmx channels in the last few months since riding that Supergoose. 

Riding it took a while to get use to. But after about 20 minutes of messing about I could bunny hop on and off my stoep which is about 2 steps high. 

 

If you are use to a mountain bike. You're in for some re-acquaintance before you get comfortable. For some perspective on just how different it is. All my bikes are the right size for me. But compared to the others. Just look at how tiny it is!

 

[Capricorn]

a gelukkie you say?    Yo. a skill for understatement! but congrats, crazy bargain. little bike looks super!

and i know watchu mean about going from suspension to nix. Now that i think back how it was going from full sus to DJ, it was a strangely welcome experience. Not having to accomodate for suspension squat. Manually and bunny hopping so much easier. I've never had a BMX though, and its been too long since i remember how it rides from when I bummed a ride on one.