Is there anywhere on the northern beaches that is completely dry - I'm sick of washing my bike! ?Centre/Duck holes

Looking at the numbers (five so far) from the MTB community registered to attend Hornsby Shire Council meeting this coming Wednesday evening, we are not going to make a big enough impression with those numbers. Do you want a new trail close to our city folks? Hawkeye has kindly alerted us to this event and we need only 2 hours of your time this Wednesday to pop in to attend and show support for a new trail. Here is the link Hawkeye posted http://nobmob.com/node/35182

Please check it out, register to attend and show you support.

Does anyone know if there is a water refill station during the "non-race" section through the streets of Canberra? I'm doing the 50km and hoping to get away with just one bottle.

I've found a ride on Garmin's Connect website that seems interesting.

It's in the region of Campbeltown, near the George River Nature Reserve.

Anybody went for a ride over there? Any good?

The NIMBYs are at it again, threatening to derail well-advanced plans for mountain bike trails in Old Man's Valley in Hornsby. If they succeed, trails could be deferred for quite some time, maybe indefinitely. We saw how that works with the watering-down of the Golden Jubilee mountain bike park and the removal of the singletrack loop.

To stop that happening again, we need to show that we are are a legitimate group, that the proposal has deep support, and that these few residents' concerns are unfounded.

What you can do

To do that, we need a strong show of numbers at the Hornsby Council meeting, to outnumber the NIMBYs who we expect to try to stack the meeting.

If you want to do your bit, make plans now and most importantly turn up at 7pm Wednesday 18 April at Hornsby Council's Chambers, 296 Pacific Highway Hornsby.

If you're coming, please indicate here: http://nobmob.com/node/35182

**** UPDATE 16/4/2012 6:23pm ****
This meeting has been cancelled due - I believe - to the council report not being completed by deadline.

The agenda item has therefore been bumped to a future Council meeting

More info to follow when it comes to hand.

Google street cam captures a cyclist pull over to help another with a flat/mechanical.

Warning on the music!

http://youtu.be/WmkL37eSmeM

On the weekend I rode out to the Nepean lookouts and planned to ride Rileys Mountain Trail to the Nepean Narrows Lookdown. What I didnt expect to find was a recently machine graded single track (i was under the impression it was illegally done as i couldnt understand the purpose of the track. It was in an awful location as far as water management goes and didnt really lead anywhere. There was 3 existing prints in the soil, one mountain bike, one horse and the machine tread itself. I walked the trail as every couple of metres a spider web was across the track.

Four of us went up to Dungog today to check out the course for the 8hour enduro on The Common this coming weekend. It was our first experience of the trails and we've come away very impressed and looking forward to the weekend. We met Les, Chris and Al who were hard at work putting the finishing touches to the loop and the camping area. The course loop is brilliant with something for everyone and stunning views at every turn. It sounds like a great program across the weekend with live music, mtb movies under the stars and a 16inch bike race Saturday afternoon!

I need to get a bike up from Melbourne. What type or company have you used for transporting a bike?

From what I've read (including on this site) ascending riders should give way to those coming down a trail/track. This seems counter-intuitive to me though, when one considers difficult climbs.

Here, the ascending rider is doing all the work, having to work at keeping a smooth rhythm, trying to stay on a decent line, dealing with loose stuff that can throw the bike, ...

The kind of climbing one finds on the Oaks, for example; steep, loose and bumpy. Where, if you stop for any reason, it's difficult to get going again.

My chain broke again today while doing a Manly Dam loop, luckily i was on the last downhill stretch before crossing the dam when it happened. When I got home I went to repair my chain and noticed that I already had 2 quick connects (one was when i first bought the chain and the second was from a previous break 6 months ago which I repaired trackside).

As it stands now I have installed the third one (mainly to save cost of buying a new chain).

Had a bit of a mishap today - managed to reverse the car, with bikes on the bike rack, into a concrete pillar in an underground carpark. Bottom line is I've completely knackered the o/h's rear wheel - the cassette is warped, and the hub is twisted as well.