Discovered in a magazine few month the 'boutique' brand Canyon > http://www.canyon.com/_en/
They seems to be pretty good bikes, well made, and even the cheapest model has decent gears.

Does anyone own one? or tested one?

Is there any shops in and around Sydney selling this brand?
Would be nice to test one before buying.

Hi everyone

Really hoping someone can help me with this because I'm stuck, confused and frustrated

I'm keen to canvas some opinion on good local bike shops for service and repair. I always come away from mine with a niggling feeling that I'm paying above the odds for spares and service and maybe not getting best VFM.

Anyone got any recommendations on other places I could try? I'm fairly central to the CBD so can go north or south, although north towards Hornsby would be easier as it's on the way to work.

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G'Day all,
We are seeking rider to join our 4 man team for the Mont 24hr race on March 23-24 at East Kowen Forrest in Canberra.
Emphasis on fun. Traveling down on Friday afternoon, return Sunday afternoon. Own Camping equipment required.
$175 each person, inc camping fee's. Please contact me if you would be interested. Cheers Tom Stringer 0403 922 942

G`day guys,

Made a trip out to Hornsby this morning with a couple of mates for an early ride (See vid below)

http://youtu.be/fAzwDd5bJjA

Congratulations to Hornsby Council and all those asscociated with the design and development of the trail. We had alot of fun.

Anyone know who maintains the trail in the *edit: to remove location details* - I came across it a few weeks ago and really enjoy riding it. It is well maintained and I noticed a lot of work since the heavy rains recently (berms have been reprofiled, creek crossings have been corded). If I can find out who is looking after it I wouldn't mind giving a hand at times. Thanks Andrew.

This bike has been a while in the (dream) making...

I realised that the 29er fad wasn't probably a fad... so I started looking for a carbon hardtail. And then I saw Brian's bike posted on this site and was immediately taken by what a superb looking machine that it was.

.... so when a frame came on Ebay at a bargain price.. I hit the buy button.

And then the frame sat there ... for a number of months. Slowly but surely the remainder came together... now 5 months later - here it is!

Thanks to Brian for the advice and Gazza for the bargain saddle.

Hi,

I had something of a branch/disc brake event whilst out on the bike the other day. The branch managed to wedge itself into the rotor, met the chainstay, bent the disc and then the bent disc has taken a chunk out of the caliper too. End result - one dead Elixir 7 caliper and rotor.

SO.....options are, replace with the same OR do I upgrade to something better? Have to admit that the longer I've had the Elixir's (they're a year old now), the more troublesome and noisy they're becomming.

Great turnout at last night's Social Night Ride...15 NobMobbers enjoyed the perfect trail conditions...

Our special guest Jamie on the MTB unicycle set a cracking pace on the trails - most of the time he was at the head of our peloton - incredible...

...and the real shock happened when he climbed the infamous Long Trail pinch climb without putting a foot down....

P.S. There were plenty of requests for more regular night rides ...so here is the next one - come along for the fun!

Hi All

Sorry about joining just to ask questions, but thats how you learn right!

I was put onto you guys as having a few Tandem bikes around the club...

The missus and I went for a ride on a tandem bike over the weekend and loved it (she is visually impared and has never rode a bike before)
We put about 100kms on the bike and did a bit of gravel and single track on the way, and really enjoyed that part!

We were on a Canondale with rigid forks and 26x2" road tyres and apart from still getting used to it, it seemed to go alright

While looking at where was Medowie (http://nobmob.com/node/40441)
I've found a few rides in the Uffington State Forest, next to Clarence Town > http://goo.gl/maps/ekYDl

Does anyone know if it's good over there? More singletrails than firetrails?