Jewbacca Posted June 10, 2022 Posted June 10, 2022 Lifestyle, professional and practical choices...... Walk/ride to work. Walk to the beach to surf in winter. Ride from home to Tokai, run from home up the mountains. Road ride from home. Walk to the shops unless big shop, then drive 3km to big shop. The wife spends 600zar a month on Petrol getting to and from work in a tiny 900cc Volkswagen Up. I spend a bit more than my tank of Diesel every 6 weeks in Summer as I drive to Noordhoek/the reserve to surf. Otherwise work, play, hobbies, schools are all within comfortable walking distance from us. It came at cost and sacrifice, but the best decision we ever made. Frosty, Patensie, DJR and 1 other 4
Robbie Stewart Posted June 10, 2022 Posted June 10, 2022 14 minutes ago, Jewbacca said: Otherwise work, play, hobbies, schools are all within comfortable walking distance from us. It came at cost and sacrifice, but the best decision we ever made. I live 5km from the office, so cycling would be my go-to, but now I need to drive average 500km per week to the client's office in the northern suburb's. I don't have an appetite to cycle past Dunoon twice per day to the client every day at 4am and again by about 6:30ish pm in the evenings on my way home again. Perhaps it's time for that African Twin I've been wanting . . . mazambaan, MTBRIDER1234 and Jewbacca 1 2
Riaan H Posted June 10, 2022 Posted June 10, 2022 6 hours ago, Jewbacca said: Lifestyle, professional and practical choices...... Walk/ride to work. Walk to the beach to surf in winter. Ride from home to Tokai, run from home up the mountains. Road ride from home. Walk to the shops unless big shop, then drive 3km to big shop. The wife spends 600zar a month on Petrol getting to and from work in a tiny 900cc Volkswagen Up. I spend a bit more than my tank of Diesel every 6 weeks in Summer as I drive to Noordhoek/the reserve to surf. Otherwise work, play, hobbies, schools are all within comfortable walking distance from us. It came at cost and sacrifice, but the best decision we ever made. Jeez, I wish I could get to work for R 600. I commute between Pta and Jhb daily and almost R4k will flow through my Up's tank between that and weekend trips, FML. ChrisF, mecheng89 and Steven Knoetze (sk27) 3
Vetseun Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 I'm hard! Lauf TR Boost. DJuice, peetwindhoek, justinafrika and 7 others 9 1
Fred van Vlaanderen Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 5 hours ago, Vetseun said: I'm hard! Lauf TR Boost. Nice books 😉 Vetseun and Scary Rider 1 1
Wayne pudding Mol Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 9 hours ago, Vetseun said: I'm hard! Lauf TR Boost. I want that old technics sound system if the turntable works Scary Rider, Fred van Vlaanderen and Vetseun 2 1
swingTOpeddle Posted June 12, 2022 Posted June 12, 2022 Got me some new wheels so I can be no faster and marginally cooler. Wayne pudding Mol, Riaan H, Jackal355 and 8 others 6 5
Chadvdw67 Posted June 13, 2022 Posted June 13, 2022 On 6/11/2022 at 7:21 AM, Vetseun said: I'm hard! Lauf TR Boost. Are those rims beingbused as book ends?
mecheng89 Posted June 13, 2022 Posted June 13, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 10:28 AM, MongooseMan said: With winter fast approaching, and some muddier offroading in my immediate grave future, I wanted more grip than the stock WTB Byways on my Rook. I've posted in the past about the difficulties of finding a grippy 650B tubeless tyre that'll fit in the Rook, and eventually settled on the WTB Resolute (42mm). One ride in, very happy, handled the slushy and sandy greenbelts far better than the slick Byways did. I;ve been looking for the tan side wall ones for ages, where did you source them from?
MongooseMan Posted June 13, 2022 Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, mecheng89 said: I;ve been looking for the tan side wall ones for ages, where did you source them from? Bike addict https://bike-addict.co.za/products/wtb-resolute-gravel-tyre Edited June 13, 2022 by MongooseMan mecheng89 1
Boktiet82 Posted June 16, 2022 Posted June 16, 2022 Nothing like new bike day....🥰 TheoG, SundayCycler, Riaan H and 18 others 21
patches Posted June 18, 2022 Posted June 18, 2022 I bit the bullet and procured some bike transportation for the vehicle. Black Thule Wingbar Evo Edge racks and a Thule Proride 598 I think the blacked out rack, carrier (and even bike) look pretty good on the black top roof. FYI, got a VW branded Thule 598 from the local dealership, which was $70 (approx R700) cheaper than a regular Thule one. Wayne pudding Mol, Riaan H, Maknash and 6 others 9
Pieter1 Posted June 18, 2022 Posted June 18, 2022 On 5/6/2022 at 11:12 AM, Pieter1 said: Giving goggles a go. Used the goggles for the first time the other day. The anti fog is AMAZING, good ventilation and super comfortable. Thanks https://www.gravityhub.bike/ Riaan H, patches and Boktiet82 3
Jay F Posted June 20, 2022 Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) Picked this up last week, first dual sus and incredibly happy so far. Now to start tinkering… Edit: also picked up an Edge 130 Plus on the same day Edited June 20, 2022 by Jay F Forgot to add details mecheng89, Boktiet82, justinafrika and 8 others 11
Bloukrans Posted June 21, 2022 Posted June 21, 2022 When Im not riding😁 mecheng89, SilverRider, Fruity and 1 other 4
porqui Posted June 21, 2022 Posted June 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Bloukrans said: When Im not riding😁 ???? Warmed potty with lid for winter ??? Hairy, Scary Rider and Bloukrans 3
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