Bikes for Enduro... The restart

[Duane_Bosch]

Not that I'm aware of...

oh. Hahaha. I was thinking the restaurant in Kloof street. Got it. Is that still for sale? And is it a 29er?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

oh. Hahaha. I was thinking the restaurant in Kloof street. Got it. Is that still for sale? And is it a 29er?

HAHAHA! No, not that. 

 

And no, it's the 2016 Capra afaik, so 6 fiddy 

Edited September 1, 2018 by Cptmayhem

[Hairy]

Aaaah. 

 

There was a super duper mega sale on a new old stock YT capra at the Black Sheep Bike Shop at Hoogies last weekend. Something like 24k or so. But I see now that it was the yellow & black one, not the blue and black.

 

Still - dig those capras. 

 

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A friend has this one .... and she rides the hell out of it ... did upgrade the yari with a https://vorsprungsuspension.com/ unit though

 

EDIT: ... at least I recall it being a https://vorsprungsuspension.com/ kit ... will confirm later

Edited September 2, 2018 by Hairy

[Hairy]

[Dexter-morgan]

What do you guys think about the Scott Randsom?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

What do you guys think about the Scott Randsom?

LOVE the Ransom. 

[stefmeister]

What do you guys think about the Scott Randsom?

As a n+1 bike (where n>5) it’d be great.

I’d look at the Ibis Ripmo first in the long travel 29er category, although the Ransom has a lot of appeal for due to it’s low weight.

[Hairy]

What do you guys think about the Scott Randsom?

Too much bike for me...Genius would be a better bike for CT riding I recon ... but then again if you can get more travel that can pedal well then why the hell not!

[Grease_Monkey]

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Edited September 3, 2018 by Grease_Monkey

[T-Bob]

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Mysterious! 

[BSG]

LOVE the Ransom.

GMBN has got a video out testing it.

[Grease_Monkey]

Mysterious!

Commented the wrong thing in the wrong place.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

As a n+1 bike (where n>5) it’d be great.

I’d look at the Ibis Ripmo first in the long travel 29er category, although the Ransom has a lot of appeal for due to it’s low weight.

I reckon as an N=1 bike it'd be excellent. 120mm mode for long days in the saddle, open her right up when you get to the fun bits, light AF, sexy, whatever. 

 

Bike park days, firm up the suspension rate and away you go. I really really like it. 

Edited September 4, 2018 by Cptmayhem

[stefmeister]

I reckon as an N=1 bike it'd be excellent. 120mm mode for long days in the saddle, open her right up when you get to the fun bits, light AF, sexy, whatever. 

 

Bike park days, firm up the suspension rate and away you go. I really really like it. 

If the suspension is really as effective as they make it out to be, then perhaps. But unfortunately there is little available trails locally that really warrants 170mm of travel. 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

If the suspension is really as effective as they make it out to be, then perhaps. But unfortunately there is little available trails locally that really warrants 170mm of travel. 

you know, I really despise that attitude of "too much travel" for local trails. If a bike pedals properly, and behaves nicely, there's no such thing. It's just a different taste thing. Buy what works for you, and ride the fecking thing. Don't say that there's little available that warrants a certain type of bike. For YOU, maybe. For others? 

 

In Jonkers, you have all those trails. Iron Monkey. Armageddon. Status Quo. You have Steilte, Table Mountain (which has some PROPERLY tech stuff) and then Vuurberg. If you're talking Tygerberm trails, then yeah sure cos only a small portion of the trails could "warrant" a 170mm bike. Tokai? Some of the stuff, yes. 

 

Could you do it all on a 120mm bike? Yeah, sure. But you'd be a helluva lot more comfortable on something bigger, which could switch to something smaller when the trails "warrant" it. 

 

As for it behaving like they say it does? Well, if you restrict the volume of the shock significantly so that the progression limits how much travel you've got, and it alters the BB height (whilst seated) and HA & ST angle (due to the higher BB) then it's doing what it says on the tin, right?

Edited September 4, 2018 by Cptmayhem

[Capricorn]

you know, I really despise that attitude of "too much travel" for local trails. If a bike pedals properly, and behaves nicely, there's no such thing. It's just a different taste thing. Buy what works for you, and ride the fecking thing. Don't say that there's little available that warrants a certain type of bike. For YOU, maybe. For others? 

 

In Jonkers, you have all those trails. Iron Monkey. Armageddon. Status Quo. You have Steilte, Table Mountain (which has some PROPERLY tech stuff) and then Vuurberg. If you're talking Tygerberm trails, then yeah sure cos only a small portion of the trails could "warrant" a 170mm bike. Tokai? Some of the stuff, yes. 

 

Could you do it all on a 120mm bike? Yeah, sure. But you'd be a helluva lot more comfortable on something bigger, which could switch to something smaller when the trails "warrant" it. 

 

As for it behaving like they say it does? Well, if you restrict the volume of the shock significantly so that the progression limits how much travel you've got, and it alters the BB height (whilst seated) and HA & ST angle (due to the higher BB) then it's doing what it says on the tin, right?

Meowww! hand bags at dawn and it's only Tuesday. Where's that low carb popcorn...