Makro Cannondale

[Kranswurm]

Anyone who has bought the Trail 5 and tested it proper care to report back?

 

Build quality?

 

shifting precision?

 

What would you improve/upgrade?

The Bike Radar review does all that

Why would you want to upgrade.Buy it and use it for what it is

Bargain starter bike

[Jaco Steyn]

Anyone who has bought the Trail 5 and tested it proper care to report back?

 

Build quality?

 

shifting precision?

 

What would you improve/upgrade?

I got mine at Makro Vaal, they only received 10, with a waiting list of 20. They phoned me on Tuesday at 11:00 I arrived there just before 12:00. Assembled it that afternoon after work and fine tuned everything the next day, once again after work. I used it to commute to work and back on Thursday and Friday, and, what a pleasure!   This will be used to replace my daily commuter, a 10 year old Cannondale F7 (26"). Therefore no real MTB'ing will be involved most of the time.

 

Build quality - Excellent! I would almost say a little better than my old 'Dale.

Shifting precision - As good as can be expected from the Acera R/D. I have not really made use of the F/D.

Brakes - Those Tektro hydrolic brakes stops on a dime! I almost fell my a$$ off the fist time, being accostumed to the older mechanical brakes.

What would I improve/upgrade - For what I need it for, nothing, except tomaybe put in sludge in the tubes and a tyre liner to protect me from the thorns and small pieces of glass on my way to work and back.

 

I almost was tempted to put up a photo of my ride as well, but then remembered the MTB purists here on the Hub will have a field day commenting on the reflectors on the bicycle...... This unfortunately is a factory requirement at Sasol that it must have both front (white) and rear(red) reflectors on it according to the Road Traffic Act.

[RocknRolla]

This is pretty cool, as much as massmart is an evil megalomaniac that devours the little guy, they know how to find a gap in the market.

Hopefully this will be a lesson for the local distributors to not only target the upper end of the spectrum, not everyone can afford to, or want to ride a 100k bike. Or even a 20k bike.

[Tabula Rasa]

I got mine at Makro Vaal, they only received 10, with a waiting list of 20. They phoned me on Tuesday at 11:00 I arrived there just before 12:00. Assembled it that afternoon after work and fine tuned everything the next day, once again after work. I used it to commute to work and back on Thursday and Friday, and, what a pleasure! This will be used to replace my daily commuter, a 10 year old Cannondale F7 (26"). Therefore no real MTB'ing will be involved most of the time.

 

Build quality - Excellent! I would almost say a little better than my old 'Dale.

Shifting precision - As good as can be expected from the Acera R/D. I have not really made use of the F/D.

Brakes - Those Tektro hydrolic brakes stops on a dime! I almost fell my a$$ off the fist time, being accostumed to the older mechanical brakes.

What would I improve/upgrade - For what I need it for, nothing, except tomaybe put in sludge in the tubes and a tyre liner to protect me from the thorns and small pieces of glass on my way to work and back.

 

I almost was tempted to put up a photo of my ride as well, but then remembered the MTB purists here on the Hub will have a field day commenting on the reflectors on the bicycle...... This unfortunately is a factory requirement at Sasol that it must have both front (white) and rear(red) reflectors on it according to the Road Traffic Act.

Well that's a good sales pitch. I'll be looking to buy one or two this week!

[Allrounder]

According to the okes at Makro Milnerton, this was a once off, and they wont be bringing in cannandales again. 

[DieselnDust]

6 of my pals have bought the Trail 5 from Makro for themselves, wife or kids. That's 6 new mountainbikers that the "official importer" didn't bother trying to capture. Somehow I think they missed the boat badly on this one.

[nickc]

According to the okes at Makro Milnerton, this was a once off, and they wont be bringing in cannandales again. 

 

Mixed reports from different branches - others say they are getting more later.

 

I suppose we will have to wait and see.

[Barry_W]

I just saw this on Gumtree what do you guys think, seems like a good deal?

 

https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-mountain-bikes/higgovale/cannondale-trail-5-29er/1003255824940910183719309

Edited October 15, 2018 by Barry_W

[Jacoo]

This guy is trying his luck too

[CAAD4]

Now that Sears are closing down in the USA, they simply need to reassign one branches allocation to our 20 Makro stores and we will be sorted.

[Wet Ears]

This guy is trying his luck too

Nico is a tjop!

[MORNE]

Nico is a tjop!

It's ok, the Daspoort tunnel is a oneway trip. It is that 7's forever home now. It is said that things that go through there, never return.

[LeoKnight]

I just saw this on Gumtree what do you guys think, seems like a good deal?

 

https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-mountain-bikes/higgovale/cannondale-trail-5-29er/1003255824940910183719309

Well hope for that price he at least have set it up, do a tubeless conversion, some proper tyres

[LeoKnight]

Wondering when the first one will appear on hub classifieds

[DieselnDust]

Well hope for that price he at least have set it up, do a tubeless conversion, some proper tyres

R7000negnon gumtree means he is advertising it for R4499.99

 

Got to read between the lines on these things

[scotty]

Was at Brakpan Makro earlier and passed their sports section, no 5's left. It's obvious that whoever is buying these knows the difference between the usual "makro type" bike on display and these.