Stretch Posted September 15, 2012 Share When I started mtbiking we used to ride in all conditions regardless of the weather. With the dreadful weather in kzn I have seen a lot of people pulling out of the hill2hill (myself probably included) due to the concern of having to replace our drivetrains due to mud damage...the cost the overriding factor. Before this was not an issue because the costs were not such a factor. So it's not about the rain and the mud but more about the wallet that is making us "soft"..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranga Posted September 15, 2012 Share I think you have hit the nail on the head.I have just bought a new bike and there's no ways i am going to ride it in the mud tomorrow.I dont nedd the extra expense of replacing pads, chain and cassette so soon!XO cassette these days costs about R1800, not cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance Dance Posted September 15, 2012 Share I think you should be asking 'why do we need to ride with xtr or x0 kit in the first place when slx is more than good enough?' That said, I often choose not to ride in tokai in the wet due excessive wear on my drivechain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arendoog Posted September 15, 2012 Share You KZN sissies .In Gauteng we lick our bikes clean or we carry them over the finish line Pieter1, b-unit, Skylark and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ew Posted September 15, 2012 Share Spot on - I used to ride and race irrespective. It got ridiculously expensive. I now do 80% of my training on the road on a road bike and save my mtb drivetrains for skills sessions and races - in the dry and occasional damp race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavian Posted September 15, 2012 Share Perhaps the question is then, aren't you riding a bike that is to expensive for you to afford? Micha-wp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BushGoblin Posted September 15, 2012 Share You KZN sissies .In Gauteng we lick our bikes clean or we carry them over the finish line you going to have to do a whole lot of licking tomorrow if you riding in the H2H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelass Posted September 15, 2012 Share good point here,I have also learnt the expensive way,after doing last years trans lesotho ride ,one wet afternoon cost me R2000 in repairs.Although I am most likely riding tomorrow hill2hill.A friend has twisted my arm.The more costly your bike the less you want to ride in bad conditions.Reminds me of years ago we used to go to some really rough places in the berg, guys with the expensive cars would not go because of the bad roads.I heard the hill2hill today was supposed to have 1500 riders,only 480 rode,of that only 25% finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cycho Posted September 15, 2012 Share We buy expensive bikes so we can enjoy our riding more... there is not much enjoyable about riding in hideous conditions... hence we choose to save the bike jules1976 and ChUkKy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushilele Posted September 15, 2012 Share I agree. The more expensive to buy the more expensive to run. I have a brill 2007 bike with XT. I am keeping it for as long as poss because it seems to cost a lot less to maintain than my friends' more recent models with 'same' ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ew Posted September 15, 2012 Share I think the cost of things has just increased so much. Cheap kit can be a false economy - expensive kit often unneccessary for the mid packer. XT or SLX level of kit is adequate for most of us. A chain and cassette at SLX level is just shy of R900. Personally I can't justify that for a few races in the mud. Never mind the wheel bearings, brake pads, chain rings, free hub bodies etc. ChUkKy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braailegend Posted September 15, 2012 Share What!? muddy riding is the most fun you can have! Rather ride my parts into its chops than missing out om some sweet wet single tracks. Riding a Xt/Saint mix at the moment. TYGA and Pieter1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranga Posted September 15, 2012 Share Perhaps the question is then, aren't you riding a bike that is to expensive for you to afford?I don't agree. My second bike has "cheaper" components but I'm still not happy to trash it in poor conditions! ChUkKy and 428 others 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Crispy Posted September 15, 2012 Share You KZN sissies .In Gauteng we lick our bikes clean or we carry them over the finish lineWe had such a ride this morning..... Rain, cold, excessive wear...All good. Love it Leonard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanpmb Posted September 15, 2012 Share good point here,I have also learnt the expensive way,after doing last years trans lesotho ride ,one wet afternoon cost me R2000 in repairs.Although I am most likely riding tomorrow hill2hill.A friend has twisted my arm.The more costly your bike the less you want to ride in bad conditions.Reminds me of years ago we used to go to some really rough places in the berg, guys with the expensive cars would not go because of the bad roads.I heard the hill2hill today was supposed to have 1500 riders,only 480 rode,of that only 25% finished.There's approx 1500 riders between both races. Roughly 500 in the 45km and 1000 in the 105km. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheV Posted September 15, 2012 Share Buy a Yeti and put Shimano XT on it. Ride it in the mud. Tomorrow you get hit by a bus and then your wife (or girlfriend) will just give your clean, unused, pristine MTB to the new shag in any case, then what do you have to show for it? BikeMarketcoza, Jigghead, Dirty Sanchez and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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