Recent content by si618

Cheers man! Working for me as well. New 5.10 spitfires on their way :) Pity dirtbags (lows) are hard to come by now, such a good shoe for casual and commuter duties.

All my bike gear is downstairs. My better half would pinch it for her arty creations if any were left lying around. Do I ride? Check out the rotor wear bro! Think you've convinced me about the gladius poodle.

I normally keep my old cricket bat (SS Jumbo FTW!) next to our bed, along with a 9 iron. Maybe I should add one of these to the collection? Looks like machetes are legal in SA.

Ride with flats, even if it's just occasionally. Try dry chain lube. RnR Gold works for me. Learn to dirt jump, even if you're an old fart. You may never be stylish or go huge, but getting air is rad, and like flat pedals, will make you a better rider. Allow your body time to recover after...

Fundraiser for improvements to the Fox Creek trail network. If you've ever had the chance to ride at Fox Creek, you'll know what an awesome job Human Projectile do, and how good the trails are out there, so crack open the credit card and throw some dollars their way, cheers!

Give flats a decent chance before rejecting them outright. Not sure the uphill argument works out when you consider most trials riders use flats. Also this anecdotal video. After 4 or 5 years on them for all my bikes, doubt I'll ever go back to clips. Flats are more fun, more balanced...

Some good tips here, I've made all these mistakes :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwBDzITzpZo Unfortunately, due to a few people axing themselves on the jumps I showed before, the builders were forced to mellow them out, so they're not as good as they were :(

This press release just appeared in my news feed. Might be applicable for mtb suspension in the future? I've got no idea, but the video is pretty cool.

Just thought I'd share my current set up as it's working well, and most came from posts scattered throughout this thread, thanks guys! Links are to the buyers I purchased from. Lights: 2x Solar Storm x2 * Batteries: 2x Panasonic 18650 Case: Nitefire ** Charger: Nitecore D4 All my batteries...

Not sure what it'd cost you on import duties, but this seems like a reasonable deal. I know it's 130mm up front, but shouldn't be hard to bump to 140mm.

Which is exactly what (should) happens when you get more people riding bikes. Fair enough, I'd have thought their vulnerability was about the same. I just included those to show the difference in risk between bikes and motor vehicles with respect to pedestrians. There is a huge difference...

I guess it's all relative, but this study shows that in Australia: Seems like we'd be far better off focusing on reducing the risk for pedestrians from motor vehicles rather than bicyclists. A good way to do that is getting more people to ride bikes :)

Holy Shit Grips.

5,000 km commuting (easy) 1,000 km trails (hard)

Monkey Shoulder doing a decent job of nullifying this farkin lurgy now that BNJ is no more. No point spending squillions on an anaesthetic, but you've got to have standards.