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Hey guys.

 

Anyone looking for a neck brace?

 

I am now the MTB dealer for Omega brace so if you are looking for some neck protection that doesn't look like a toilet bowl give me a shout.

 

www.omegabracesa.com

 

Duane 083 457 1923

 

 

 

How much?
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Yeah the first round of DH race was awesome and bloody cold! But how many of you guys went off the track?? Was irritating to be going off the track at full speed and then to clear the last doubles in the wind!

My brother and Eric took lots of photos of the race and will be uploaded on www.pinkbike.com.

 

Geeez Duane what did you drink to snap your chain right at the start!!!

You got elephant legs :) Like your racing kit.

 

Good news...

We got permission to extend the vineyard side track (Late Harvest) all the way to the Taal Monument fence. Building will start in this week. Hope it will be ready for the Shuttle Day. Shuttle Day this Sunday, R80.

 

Some track info:

At the moment the track got major changes. A new rock garden to keep you on your toes. A new 8 meter gap, the landing is not tall, but is long. A drifty corner follows after the landing and to a rock drop to a compression to a bermed corner with a jump inside the corner! All the corners have been fixed. A huge hip jump near the bottom of the track, at the big bomb hole. This thing is balls to the wall and BIG!!! The landing is steep and very soft, so please take care NOT to walk on the landing!

 

Future plans: Build the new start area, then connect track to a big, rocky step down, build a new off camber section with tight switchbacks which will take you to the new rock garden. At the bottom near the finish area, we would like to build a big step down, double thing.

 

Hopefully this track will be used as the race track in September.

See you all this Sunday!

Cheers

 

 

Flat_0ut2010-05-31 10:35:32

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flat_out: what wind? there was a light breeze on sunday, but nothing of interest. Were u the dude in green kit, or were u the dirtopia dude with the camera? New bit of track sounds awesome. Probably gonna fall my ass off, but hey, that's part of the game smiley2.gif

 

Daft Vader: are you Donovan?

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Yup jonkers Sat for the people who aren't going to pine hurst. Paarl Sundaysmiley1.gif. I'm going with Jason and Alex.

 

So anyone got any Ideas for my science expo topic.

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Hey guys.

 

Anyone looking for a neck brace?

 

I am now the MTB dealer for Omega brace so if you are looking for some neck protection that doesn't look like a toilet bowl give me a shout.

 

www.omegabracesa.com

 

Duane 083 457 1923

 

 

 

How much?

 

Pricing is as follows

 

Model   Price

X1 R 2900.00

Y1 R 2800.00

S1 R 2600.00

 

The protection factor is the same for all the braces. I personally have the S1 and it works very well.

 

Advantages over other neck braces.

 

- Lighter

- Less restrictive

- Cheaper

- Folds up neatly in half so it takes up less space in your gear bag

- Can be worn with body armour without the need to cut your race shirt

- Designed to spread impact forces away from your back and collar bones

 

 

 

 

your_name_here2010-06-01 05:17:32

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Geeez Duane what did you drink to snap your chain right at the start!!!

You got elephant legs :) Like your racing kit.

 

 

 

I know dude. I break a chain every 2 weeks. Hehe. I need to lay off those Steroids. I bought the kit from Jonty. R500.00. I bought my helmet from Andrew too. My wife reckons I am a real Neethling groupie.

 

I'm amped for the race at Sir Lowrys. Such a fun track. You Paarl boykies musn't boycott like you did the last time we had a race there. smiley4.gif

 

I wish I could make it to the shuttle day on Sunday but i have to put in time at home.

 

I'll deff make a turn there in the next few weeks tho.

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hahha thanks buddy. was wondering when those pics were gonna start appearing. only saw three on eric's blogspot, and none on dirtopia (the dude was there snapping like mad smiley17.gif )

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