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Posted (edited)

I am pretty sure I saw you okes waiting at the end of the Bloemslang near Bloemendal Restaurant.

A white Toyota Hilux V6 picked me up. 

 

Well, to be honest, not quite sure. Went down Bloemslang, approached the first jump into the wood section and when I landed my front tyre went of the rim. I then found myself on the ground. 

 

So really not sure what happened. Did took my bike in for a basic service afterwards. No damages, very glad to hear and I really thought it could have been my rebound speed or my fork air pressure. Also, I was riding on a lower PSI upfront (not sure how much, did the old hand tester). So yeah, freak accident.

 

 

 

Sounds like you're front rubber was a bit under-inflated hey

What pressure do you run and how much do you way weigh?

Edited by 'Dale
Posted (edited)

Sounds like you're front rubber was a bit under-inflated hey

What pressure do you run and how much do you way weigh?

 

Thinking the same in my head Dale.

Pressure, really unsure (tested it with my hand) and I weigh 58kg.

 

EDIT: Any tips you would recommend to prevent my front tire from burping again. Really wasn't happy when it happened to me,

Edited by Andrew_Smith
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A, hot-n-humid, club ride/recce of the R4S route. Lots of potholes along the route, which the organisers need to fill rather than just mark (too dangerous).

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQaGtvvFJ6k/

wish i had joined you,did a 124 km ride with trailer park as a distance ride for R4S...and I'm not even racing ????... must say furthest ride I have done and wasn't as bad as I thought .

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Posted (edited)

wish i had joined you,did a 124 km ride with trailer park as a distance ride for R4S...and I'm not even racing ... must say furthest ride I have done and wasn't as bad as I thought .

Come join the club and you won't miss out on any rides.

Long MTB rides from mid-April onwards as we recce the MTB route again for (end of) October's race.

 

Edit: joining doesn't mean you HAVE to ride with club every time.

Edited by geraldm24
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Thinking the same in my head Dale.

Pressure, really unsure (tested it with my hand) and I weigh 58kg.

 

EDIT: Any tips you would recommend to prevent my front tire from burping again. Really wasn't happy when it happened to me,

Andrew

I'm sure there's a thread on tyre pressure somewhere

 

I'm about 69-70 and run 1.5-1.7 depending on the terrain

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Andrew

I'm sure there's a thread on tyre pressure somewhere

 

I'm about 69-70 and run 1.5-1.7 depending on the terrain

I run 2 bar... But I'm 125kg so don't take notes from me! [emoji2]

 

https://youtu.be/YBUilx1WDbg

 

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Edited by brucem76
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Fairly new to MTB and this morning was my first time at Hoogekraal with my kid. We really "enjoyed" Spyker's Hill...well the view from the top anyway.

 

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The ride down to the parking lot was great, only spoilt a bit by over-caution that turned into over the bar on the damned wooden ramp thing. Only bruises and scrapes, a dusty bike and hurt pride and hopefully a few lessons learnt along the way.

 

 

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