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Review:Marhaba cyle ride march 2013
Azaadville Cycling Club had teamed up with Marhaba Madressa(school) for the 3rd consecutive year to raise monies for a worthy cause to fund the destitute within the Azaadville and surroundings communities. Sunday, March 17 had been earmarked for this event to be hosted for kids and adults, starting at 8.30am at the Azaadville Park. Since [...]
Read MoreReview:Cape Argus MTB 2013
The 2013 MTB cape Argus proved a challenge for the riders both in the 35 km and 52 km. Thankfully all riders finished the race. The top rider from the club doing the 55km came in at 3 and a half hours.Riders than shortly followed in with the slowest time being a 4:30 due to [...]
Read MoreHow to Cycle Uphill
Lean slightly forward on your bike. One of the problems when climbing uphill is a loss of traction from the front wheel. By leaning forward, you put more weight on the front wheel, which gives you better traction. Come up off the seat and lean in toward the handlebars to climb extremely steep hills. [...]
Read MoreGoing Tubeless or Not???
I will start this by stating I have heard many positive experiences using tubeless tyres. But just to confuse things, I will also have to state that I can’t say the same for the rest of the mountain bike test crew’s tubeless tyre experiences. Why all the confusion? Well, in our case it is from [...]
Read MoreClaening your mountain bike
If your bike was muddy or wet and requires a more extensive cleaning, here is how to do it. First, you need to use a hose and a bucket with a sponge or cloth and some soap. You can use bicycle soap or car soap you would use to clean your vehicle. Hose down [...]
Read MoreSpinning for cyclists
It’s an interesting question because of spinning’s popularity and the fact that many serious riders enter spinning classes frequently in the winter season. I believe most people can benefit from spinning classes. Spinning bikes are different to ride than regular mountain- or road bikes, but the physiological adaptations are so close to adaptations from road [...]
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How to build a mountain bike
One of the advantages of building your own mountain bike is that you’ll know your bike. What does that mean ?…If you get a problem with your bike you”ll be able to deal with since you built it. In this guide i will be building an S-Works mountain bike with a Sram X7 group set. [...]
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