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With a really poor lead up after a back injury 3 months ago and being off the bike for most of that time I wasn't expecting much. Losing my bike 3 days before the ride with a leaking front brake lever also relegated me to the low speced hardtail that weighs in around 15kgs.

After missing the closing time for a ticket, Chris Roe came through with the goods - thanks Chris.

I was hoping for 45min so to get under is great. I had a clean start which is unusual for me and found myself in the front four after the first climb. The group became three at about the 5km mark, and then became 2 at 10km when i got dropped on the last climb not too far from the helipad.

First race on the 29er and managed a top 10 finish although it was a small field of riders

These were full laps including the new bits and the track was in surpisingly good condition and dry.

On the long weekend, thanks to terrible northern beaches weather, I made plans to repair my car and my bike. On saturday I attacked the car with no problems. On sunday I stripped the bottom bracket off the bike, attempting to change the bearings in the cups. I had done this before on a Race Face X type, but my Shimano BB is different. I could not get a punch on the back of the bearing and couldn't get it to budge...

Today I was riding the Manly Dam Mountain bike track, when i got to the spot where you start the single track before the 19th hole, just after the fire trail an older woman and her daughter, or grand daughter something like that, started walking down the single track ahead of me. They had three dogs with them a large-ish white one, a large-ish brown one (the brown one looked alot like the link at the bottom) and a small white and brown one, none of which were on any form of leash so they were all over the place...

Big shout out to my race partner Andrew for an outstanding first race effort, to Tommy for your amazing guidance and support and also to Rhia for taking some awesome pics and providing fantastic moral support.

Hello everybody,

my name is Bene and I'm from Germany. I will travel to Sydnay at October. I want to rent a DH bike in sydnay to ride the local spots, does someone haf any idea where I can rent a bike.
I will be thankfull for any help.

hi
Im new to Mtb and looking for some one to show me the tracks
very flexible in ride times
cheers

Write up is on marathonmtb:

http://www.marathonmtb.com/16/05/2011/rock-walla...

Well done to all those that finished. It was definitely challenging!

First ride in 3 weeks since popping my L5/S1 disc twice in April. Managed to finish completely lower back pain free. Lost 10 minutes repairing a snapped chain at the 3 km mark. Really enjoyed the technical climbs and technical downhills and dig'd the Appin coursed.

Well done to the Chocolate Foot team for such a great event, will definitely enter again next year if it's on!