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you know what really hurts?
so its been rainy the last little bit and i was eager with all the exams to get out and play around on the echo. firt time i try and do a rear wheel hop, had some sort of brain explosion and thought the front brake would hold me still, wen straight over the back and landed square on the coccyx on the cement... so sitting here typing this i have an ice pack down south trying to reduce the damage.... as you've probably realised me and dad are fairly accident prone... ill get over it.
Manly Dam closed
As if you couldn't guess 
Greetings Mountain Bike Community
Due the recent deluge of rain and highly erosive conditions, the Manly Dam mountain bike track will be closed as of Tuesday 21 August until and inclusive of Friday 31 August 2007. If it continues to rain the closure time will be extended and we will inform you of this decision. Thank you all for your help and cooperation.
Nicole McVicar
Park Ranger
Manly Dam
Warringah Council
112 King St Manly Vale NSW 2093
ph (02)9949 3235
mob 0409 773 097For further information on Manly Dam visit:
www.warringah.nsw.gov.au/community/manly_dam.aspx
Terry Hills night ride
The meeting times are 'ready to ride'. If you need time to prepare equipment then please arrive a few minutes earlier.
Terry Hills Tavern
2 Aumuna Road
Terrey Hills NSW 2084
Hi Everyone,
I'm out of action for the next few weeks so after a few inquires of where is our ride this week. I thought I'd better get another one on the calendar.
Since its soo close to the Mont and Fling etc etc and it seems like the pack has become a bit roidy. So if we get enough people we could split into two groups???? One at 15km/hr and the other at 20km/hr? Dare i suggest that?? 
Some suggestions could be.
The fast pack can meet and arrive early and do the same track or
The fast pack can simply do a longer route!
But we will all meet up for a beer afterwards!
For Sale - Ayup Lights $330
Hi,
I'm selling my (new) luxeon ayup lightset to upgrade to the (newer) cree set. They've only been used for three rides and are a top lightset - Unfortunately for my wallet, I have a need to have the latest and greatest!!
Price is $330 for the full kit including
2 x gun metal grey lights
1 x handlebar and 1 x helmet mount (modified with velcro/elastic to avoid having to cut cable ties all the time!
2 x 3 hr batteries
1 x 6 hr battery
charger, pouches...
From ayup, the kit costs $395.
Telemark tips MTB thread
I don't usually promote other forum sites however the photos of MTB trails in America and the conversation are worth a look.
Bad weather
Is it still possible to ride the manly dam track with all the rain we have had?
i was thinking of going out tomorrow.
trials (bike and educational!)
so the helmet seems to be growing dust as the hsc takes over my riding time for the next few weeks. would have loved to go to that ourimbah meet last weekend but not to be im afraid. Thank god for the echo that i can just take out for a half an hour for a bit of a muck around on. its amazing that everytime i come in from playing on the bike there's something new i've learnt, its a whole new field of riding. the other day i doubled my rear wheel hop record to 17 hops!
Stop cable rub
I've just bought a new bike - 2007 Kona Coilair, and i am wondering if there are any products out there which protect the frame from cable rub. I've seen these vinyl stickers, that get stuck on the frame, but they're pretty ugly. was also thinking about sticky chair feet protectors to wrap around the cable, which has sticky and fury side.
any thoughts would be appreciated.
cheers
New Gloves
I've been riding with Fox Sidewinder gloves for a ages now. Can't really remember when I bought these but must be well over a year ago. At some point back then I decided that wearing fingerless gloves was a bad idea and began using them on every ride.
Anyhow, so they are beginning to split where the main leather (artificial?) palm meets the reinforced plastic type material on the outer (little finger) side.
Picked up some Fox Static gloves (size - L - feel a little tight but should bed in nice) as replacement yesterday. They have a Kevlar palm panel where the others had that plastic type stuff. But the main reason for this choice though was double thickness panelling and double stitching on the palm - should be more comfortable and last longer.
Not that any of this is particularly interesting, but at least I will have a record of when they were purchased and will be able to gauge how they last.
