Hi All

I'm not normally a fan of group buying deals (groupon, living social etc), I think they're generally stupid and purile, but my good wife sent through this today which is worthwhile. It's a Living Social deal for an all-day beginner MTB skills clinic for $59, looks like its held either at terry Hills or Narabeen and you have till June 19 to use it. I'd say I'm an intermediate level rider but at that price it should be worthwhile even if I just pick up a few decent tips (dropoffs are my bugbear)

Here's the link to their site

Read an article of Kiwarrak in MB Australia a while ago and watched the footage on the forum. Looks like a fun track. I'm planning to head up on Sunday if anyone wants to join me, just a day trip so head off early morning and get back mid afternoon. PM if you're interested.

im stuck between a 2012 giant glory 2 and a 2013 giant reign 2. as much as i would love the glory, i probably wouldn't benefit from a full DH rig much. i am looking for a more all mountain rig, but i want to be able to throw it around pretty hard. one thing i have read is that the reign cant handle very big drops, is this true?

and also would a coil shock help that. because i have read that people have done it on 05/06 model reigns (not reign x) and they said that it gave it a more plush feel and helped with the bottoming out problem.

Hey guys,

Help improve the bicycle infrastructure by submitting a GPX file of your ride to work on 26 March 2013.

This will be beneficial for anyone who commutes.

http://www.rideable.org.au/

hi there,

when buying a new headset, does the fork crown race normally come with the headset? i am talking about the part that gets pressed onto the bottom of the steerer tube.

Also, are they specific to the headset? or are they all the same?

I have just swapped forks over from 2 different bikes and the forks dont seem to fit properly at the bottom of the head tube (where the crown race fits into the head tube ) . I probably need to also swap over the crown race if they are different. So that the correct crown race is matched with the correct headset (assuming they are different??).

I think I’m gunna do it, has anyone done it/ seen it. I’ll strip all the parts off and get a professional to do it. Looking at my line of bikes and cracked frames after some time they look like crap. Stone chips, scratches etc, and yeah I know it gives them character but doesn’t do a lot for re-sale (not the cracked frames). Just got a new bike, well 2012 model owned by old lady, only ridden to church on Sundays. It looks so shinny, sweet and innocent and I’m about to grab it by the throat and ring its neck.

As the title suggest I'm seeing if there is any interest if I was to organise a regular social night ride at Manly Dam. I've really enjoyed the Terry Hills social rides but Wednesday night clashes with a couple of other events and I can't regularly get there for 7pm so I'd propose having a Manly ride on the alternating weeks from the Terry Hills ride and on a different night to give people as many options as possible.

So, what do people think of:
- fortnightly Manly Dam social ride
- I'd suggest a 7:30 start to allow people to get home, kiss the kids etc

Not sure about this one so would like to hear what others think.

I was going to head down to Ourimbah this weekend and see what the trails are like down there. I was just wandering would the trails be fairly dry by Sunday. The trail status hasn't been updated for a couple of weeks. And also is the track easy to navigate (is the track signposted)?

Here are the clues i have seen.
As most are aware. DIRT ART have begun construction on the Knapsack reserve Downhill trail. While hiring for trail builders they where looking for locals to the Blue Mountains and Parramatta.

A week or 2 ago Dirt art FB page mentioned a Mountain bike park contract for a Sydney Private school. I had questioned them on this and they said it would be announced later.

In a recent Dirt art fb post the mentioned Kings School Mtn bike park.

Hi guys,

with my team mate we are doing the geoquest (half) this year held in Harrington on queen's birthday weekend. If anyone has ever thought of giving it a go, we are looking for one or two blokes (can be females) to complete our team "No quit"
Drop me a line if you think you are fit enough for such a big event

What is Mountain Design's GeoQuest?

Just read an interesting article on MTBR where a guy raced a 24 Hour Race on both a 26er and a 29er.

http://reviews.mtbr.com/26er-or-29er-which-was-f...

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