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  1. OK thanks for the updates!
  2. Did you ever find anything?
  3. Sounds like criminal fraud, with the OP as an accomplice as he benefited through sale of services or margin on parts or through the expectation of future business from the same client, unless he reports it. This incident leaves me with the same feeling of injustice that I get when taxis drive up in the yellow lane - it's not a matter if life and death but it contributes to the world being an unjust place. If the OP refused to be part of this crime, the client would have gone elsewhere and this would have never made it to the forum. So I'm pleased the OP is clawing one back here for good vs evil and I'm pleased to see that most responses show forum members are the kind of people I want to hang around.
  4. No South Africa on the calendar this year? I wonder why.
  5. In ten years of riding and falling pretty much every ride I had no serious injuries. Then last year I went OTB twice. Once needing xrays but nothing other than bruising found, the other needing a week in ICU with brain injury. My suggestion: get a good helmet, and replace it every couple of years.
  6. Yes, this was me. Thanks for the 6 pages of posts everyone, I appreciate the concern. Back to work today and feeling much better. I'm still a bit surprised/embarrassed that I crashed out here so badly having ridden here a lot previously, but like chuckza mentioned, perhaps there is no getting away from fluke accidents from time to time. I was very grateful not to have been riding alone this time around. Looking forward to being on the bike again in the next couple of months too... With a new helmet though. Any one ever considered riding XC with a full face helmet? Considering this after having taken the impact on my cheek and jaw.
  7. Have a minor fall every couple of rides and a big one every couple of months. Either because of not paying attention in a rut and letting the side of the tire bind to the side of the rut, or slipping on loose leafs or slippery rock or the like. Unless you're a complete beginner, probably persevere with the clip in pedals - you are going to use them sometime so you might as well start now. Go ride round some grassy area where you are unlikely to hurt yourself and practice clipping in an out a lot. The thicker the grass the better as it will slow you down and force you to unclip unexpectedly. You may also want to consider slacking off the clip tension in the pedals (using a small allen key on both sides of the pedal typically) to make it easier to get in and out. I ride with some less experienced people sometimes, but typically it's me falling. I'm not sure if this is because they are following and can improve on the lines I take, or just have more confidence because they know someone has gone before, or just because I'm uncoordinated ;-)
  8. After following this thread for a while I tried GTX on my chain. Came back from the spruit with a large amount of grit and debris on the chain. Took a couple of rounds of cleaning to get back to a clean chain again (engine degreaser first and then clean green). There are some people here who will swear by their GTX, but for me the experiment was enough to dissuade me from doing that again. Think I'll stick to wax/dry lubes for the time being until I pluck up the courage for my next experiment, which will be chainsaw oil.
  9. It's great reading a good ending to a bike theft story for a change. Well done to the hubber who spotted it on Gumtree!
  10. I'm in agreement with this, but maybe with an upper limit closer to R10k. But it depends on the kind of person you are. Do you buy your car's brand new or do you go second hand because you hate the way a new one drops value significantly the minute it leaves the showroom? My personal view is that you can get some real value for money deals on the classifieds here. Guys are pretty quick to comment on items that are obviously overpriced. You lose the hand holding that the local bike shop might provide I guess. The average R10k bike on the forum here is probably fine for a year's worth of riding and weekend races. Probably not epic or stage race material but for some one just getting going it's probably better in my view than having another expensive late model bike end up on the classified section losing you a whack of value.
  11. I think it's the same ingredient that makes all of our cycle gear expensive - sport cycling is a luxury and attracts premium pricing. Think of what you pay per tyre for your bike and what the same rand amount would buy you at speedys for a car tyre. For the same amount (or less) you can get a car tyre that lasts 50 times more km than your bike tyre. Unfortunately we're facing the same problem as golfers and their R30 per ball headaches.
  12. In about 8 years of riding the spruit on and off, in terms of crashes the bulk of mine have been due to not paying attention in rutted tracks. A couple have been on some of the more rocky sections like those in Alberts Farm or in the far end of Emmerentia slipping on roots. And a couple have been near misses with large group rides heading in the opposite direction and hogging the trail. Is it just my imagination or are the trails more deeply rutted now than they were in the last couple of years?
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