Boast about your latest purchases here...

[Jackal355]

On 12/19/2022 at 3:29 PM, MORNE said:

https://www.slikgraphics.com
 

enjoy spending the rest of this afternoon customising your bike🤣. they are licensed so everything is ‘factory spec’ ito quality etc.

Thanks for that😄

Bit overwhelming tbh

[ChrisF]

5 hours ago, 'Dale said:

What a machine - my first Cannondale that is not black! 

Credit to @Vlam1zn for being a solid trader. Respect.

 

CONGRATS 👍👍👍

 

Will keep out an eye for you on the road when out on my e-rides 

[mecheng89]

Be lekker, says Daryl. 

[mecheng89]

Safety first. Banger of a deal, with a little added extra that the Varia cannot do - a brake light! 

[Theunissa]

Bought my self some day and night glasses 

[justinafrika]

 

Started with an insanely good deal from my LBS on a 140mm Marzocchi Bomber Z2 that came off a new bike.  I paid four times less than the usual sticker price and quickly also nabbed another Z2 and a Rockshox Pike that also came off new bikes.  Prices were so good that nabbed seems the only appropriate word.  One for my son and the other to sell on.

Could not find an in-stock external cup 44/40 lower headset, to fit a tapered steerer to a 44mm straight head tube, in SA.  eBay to the rescue but rather using my original dust cap and top cap and bolt.  Hub to go from non-boost to 15x110.  Cut spokes hopefully arriving next week and can hardly wait to rip this upgrade on the trails.

Edited December 30, 2022 by justinafrika

[MORNE]

13 hours ago, justinafrika said:

 

Started with an insanely good deal from my LBS on a 140mm Marzocchi Bomber Z2 that came off a new bike.  I paid four times less than the usual sticker price and quickly also nabbed another Z2 and a Rockshox Pike that also came off new bikes.  Prices were so good that nabbed seems the only appropriate word.  One for my son and the other to sell on.

Could not find an in-stock external cup 44/40 lower headset, to fit a tapered steerer to a 44mm straight head tube, in SA.  eBay to the rescue but rather using my original dust cap and top cap and bolt.  Hub to go from non-boost to 15x110.  Cut spokes hopefully arriving next week and can hardly wait to rip this upgrade on the trails.

Since I see you got the zitto one in your pic….here you go😅:

local and in stock

https://www.summitbikes.co.za/index.php?id_product=1382&controller=product

Then, more expensive but here are the cane creek ones, i prefer them for serviceability. 

in stock if you buy bottom and top separately:

https://isikosports.co.za/Cane-Creek-40-Series-Bottom-Assembly-Headsets-p91158449

im not being a smartass, just giving you more places to look next time😊

 

[justinafrika]

4 hours ago, MORNE said:

Since I see you got the zitto one in your pic….here you go😅:

local and in stock

https://www.summitbikes.co.za/index.php?id_product=1382&controller=product

Then, more expensive but here are the cane creek ones, i prefer them for serviceability. 

in stock if you buy bottom and top separately:

https://isikosports.co.za/Cane-Creek-40-Series-Bottom-Assembly-Headsets-p91158449

im not being a smartass, just giving you more places to look next time😊

 

Despite checking perhaps a dozen LBSs and online sites I somehow didn’t think to check Isiko and simply didn’t know about Summit, a bit like Cloudy...  

I’d have gone for that Summit offer instead of waiting as long as I did from an Asian retailer on eBay at half the price including S&H.  Will mostdef remember to check those sites in future, thank you.

 

Edited December 31, 2022 by justinafrika

[Cordell]

Back to flats, HOPE they serve me well, with Ride Concepts elite on their way. Most upgrades are with big thanks to Coopetto Parkmore 

[vanniri]

On 12/19/2022 at 5:26 PM, MORNE said:

Again…it’s a sin that most of the work is already done but they exclude that feature for a part the cost of some takeout. Epic for you if you can see through their BS…but silly nontheless The world is broken.

PS: its a thing in computer hardware too. They’ll sell you something 2/3 the price of something topend but peg it back with software🤷‍♂️

It shows you that value is only what it is perceived to be

The latest trend with vehicle manufacturers is for hardware to come factory fitted, you buy (either one-off or subscribe) the basic or the enhanced and get the functionality, for e.g. fancy LED lights, etc. This means the car come pre-fitted with ALL the hardware! 

Don't know about you but I am not looking forward to have similar issues with all my stuff as with software subs like Acrobat, etc. 

 

[MORNE]

42 minutes ago, vanniri said:

 

Don't know about you but I am not looking forward to have similar issues with all my stuff as with software subs like Acrobat, etc. 

 

Like how you cant even have the Pantone color books in Adobe suites without subs anymore 🤣

they deserve all the piracy they get

Edited December 31, 2022 by MORNE

[Me rida my bicycle]

So I started with a new frame just planning on building most of my bike over.... Or so I told myself 

[Me rida my bicycle]

Thought a few new parts will be nice and I have always wanted carbon wheels... 

[Me rida my bicycle]

And blew past my "budget". 🤣 

[Theunissa]

43 minutes ago, Me rida my bicycle said:

And blew past my "budget". 🤣 

Like the pedals

[Me rida my bicycle]

4 minutes ago, Theunissa said:

Like the pedals

Anything that rides lekker has a little pink 😜