Anyone ridden P+L lately? Keen to blow out some cobwebs tomorrow morning and hoping the track is ok.

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Hi All,

Just wondering if anyone is looking for a team member for this years Scott 24hr?
Or if there are enough people interested for a preferably 6 person team?

Cheers
Evan

Ok...title is a bit of a misleader as i am very happy, actually extremely happy.

On the weekend i found my new bike to replace my much beloved trance and am picking it up when the trails dry out.

Before i get into specifics i wanna say thanks for all the help with sorting me out and giving me ideas on what to look at in previos threads.

Ended up getting a S.J FSR EVO EXPERT (cool name i no) pretty much a normal S.J with some tweaked geometry like a slacker head angle and more travel so more of an all mountain bike.

Ok, a bit late I know but I hate typing!

brought a 705 bundel pk of the net about four months ago new of course after riding my weekend marthon and needing a can of coke at the finish which i didnt have i couldnt get out of the car park quick enough leaving garmin on the roof (dam it)i knew it was on the roof when i got to the hwy and 100kph zone i herd it bouncing across the roof i couldnt stop Roe hwy 1 pm'ish just south of great eastern hwy very busy..I spotted it yesterday on the side of the road and desided today to stop and pick it i never know might still be good but after a week and several thosand trucks and cars its total m

As it has been raining and i haven't had the chance to ride, I have put together a map of Jesmond Bushland with all the trails that I know of.

I mainly ride in the Eastern Side so that is why there aren't very many trails mapped on the Western Side.

The names are what me and my mates call them. Please tell me if you find any trails you want added or if the names of the trails need to be changed.

I have put a little key in the map and need to come up with what direction the trails should be.

Thanks.

I appeciate that everyone is going to have their favourite brakes but I am interested in people's opinions of Formula R1 brakes especially in comparison to Avid X0 or XX. It is for an XC bike that comes stock with Formula R1s but I don't really have any knowledge of them and am wondering what they are like and whether I shoud think about swapping them out. I have used Elixirs on other bikes and although they have their problems I guess I have become used to these brakes.

Was just on rotorburn trying to find some updated info on Menai and came across a thread about a maintenance day with the rangers and asking for volunteers. Guys have put some major effort into getting the council and rangers coming around and now they now we wish to help not hinder their trails. It will be great when we get to this point. See below;

Originally Posted by Ranger Grant ([email protected])
Hi All,

This is the viewpoint article in print. Its referring to trail bikes but shows a picture of a mountain bike

http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/your-news/s...

Last weekend I attended a meeting with NPWS in Glenbrook(unrelated to the disscussion paper or north sydney projects)

Most intesting Question of the day was what advances do you forsee likely to occur with mountain biking in the next 10 years? example. Will riders be using electric motors? Will downhill pedalling store energy to assist with climbing?

How's it going. Myself and a few buddies have decided to take a trip to Rotoura, NZ in November for a wk. Looking forward to it as it is Rotoura but its also my first trip biking that can't be got to in a car. As the excitement builds was just hoping to get some feed back off nobmober's who have been there or who have any advice for foreign trips.

Were booked up with Air NZ, they're charging an extra $20 for the bike's as sporting goods when they are getting checked in.
We've a HiAce booked for when we arrive and it'll be our mode of transport for the wk.

http://youtu.be/S3wSLlfWVf0

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