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[RustyHWR]

14 hours ago, 'Dale said:

3 months of high mileage and hilltops and mountains with Crystal - happiness. What a machine that ticks all my boxes. Ze Germans can engineer, hey. ⚡

Blouberg?

['Dale]

1 hour ago, RustyHWR said:

Blouberg?

Strand / Gordon se Baai

[RustyHWR]

Just now, 'Dale said:

Strand / Gordon se Baai

Thanks. I see they doing the same thing at Blouberg in front of Blou Piet.

[MongooseMan]

After a year of doing the whole “gravel bike with 2 wheelsets” vibe, finally got a road frame.

Elves Falath Evo in Lake blue & Nebula 😎

 

[dexterdent]

My Redshift Shockstop stem arrived today from the US site. They have a 25% off sale, but the delivery is a significant portion. Worked out at:

USD 143 Stem

USD 66 Delivery

R795 for taxes

Ordered on the 7th, arrived on the 15th. Amazes me that something can travel that far in such a short amount of time.

[Pure Savage]

On 11/15/2024 at 11:15 AM, MongooseMan said:

After a year of doing the whole “gravel bike with 2 wheelsets” vibe, finally got a road frame.

Elves Falath Evo in Lake blue & Nebula 😎

 

These bikes are lekker, although could be more slammed

[mecheng89]

My third TR bike, but the first road bike from them.

First ride today, and it was a pleasure. I've been riding a gravel bike for 2 years now, so the differences are noticable, it's going to take some getting used to.

Thanks Bike Addict in Malmesbury!

Edited February 1 by mecheng89
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[mecheng89]

On 11/15/2024 at 12:19 PM, dexterdent said:

My Redshift Shockstop stem arrived today from the US site. They have a 25% off sale, but the delivery is a significant portion. Worked out at:

USD 143 Stem

USD 66 Delivery

R795 for taxes

Ordered on the 7th, arrived on the 15th. Amazes me that something can travel that far in such a short amount of time.

But does it perform as promised?

[dexterdent]

On 2/1/2025 at 6:53 PM, mecheng89 said:

But does it perform as promised?

Yeah - I wouldn't say it is a silver bullet, but I certainly no longer need double-wrapped bars and gel gloves for long rides. I'm keeping the stiffer elastomers for now, but might play around when I have more gravel coming up. I'd say the biggest difference is when hitting corrugations at a reasonable speed, it takes much longer to get that "out of control" feeling - so the damping is working.
 

Also, there is no disconnected feeling between the bars and the bike, which I was worried about. Might change with some less stiff elastomers though.