My bike is now in the shop for a warranty claim for a cracked frame. I had a QUICK look around for alternatives if things go bad with my claim and came across the Giant Anthem but it has only a 100mm of suspension against my current bikes 140mm. If I was to replace my bike I would like to go lighter but don't want to spend a bomb. Toying with the idea to buy the base model Anthem 3 and then add all my XTR goodies & wheels to take prob a kilo out of the bike and get it to 11.7kgs from my current 12.7 kgs of my Norco and the 12.6 kgs for the Anthem 3.

I know a pump track/skills park is an idea we can dream about. But to add to my dreaming, I finally found a video that shows the kind of skills park I'd also like to have alongside a pump track.

http://youtu.be/JMG45Ld2i78

Video diary of our trip to Rotorua (including Taupo and Whirinaki) in November 2010

http://youtu.be/FrF0Grsr1R0

Cant wait for 2011's trip

anyone who is still on holidays want to join me for a few laps of ourimbah on either wed ,thurs or friday ?
preferably in the morning(earlier the better) but I am able to fit others time schedule and day
cheers
Craig

I know you are supposed to have breakfast when you wake up - to kick start your metabolism into action again and to provide energy.
However what if you are going to do an early morning workout such as a 1 hour ride to work?
Do you eat breakfast before or after?

If you eat before should you wait x minutes before starting exercising or get stuck straight into it?
If you don't eat before will you be lacking in energy as in theory you should be hungry in the morning?

While doing a lap of the dam earlier this morning, I noticed the dreaded trail widening is starting to pop up again.

At the top of the steep boardwalk climb towards the end of the Golf Course singletrack, it looks like some folks have tried to cut a B-line around the two rock step-up. Some of the branches that had been bent and broken out of the way were still green, so it looks like it was done in the last couple of days.

- Thornleigh to North Ryde via Lane Cove National Park. Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/8aClW99Wcqk

I recently had foot surgery for an old sporting injury, they chopped out some cartilage and re-attached my tendon. The surgeon finally gave me a packet of the 'stitches' being used to hold the reasonably large wound together (so I could patch myself up at home). The 'stitches' are a product by 3M called Steri-Strips (http://tinyurl.com/3msteristrips).

I'm not sure if you can purchase these in a chemist - I'd highly recommend a packet for any injury beyond a graze on the trail. Apparently these are not waterproof and I think a competitor may make waterproof ones.

I received a email today asking people to not organise riding of the new Mt Annan tracks after closing time , as we all know there are limited amount of tracks to ride on if people keep abusing the use of these important measures they will be taken away from us very easily . So for eveybody pleasure of riding make sure you are already riding way before the gates are closed & you are a member of friends of the gardens or get in the park early in the morning just before it opens .

[Mod. moved to Sydney South]

Is NOBMOB and NSWMTB the same forum?

This morning Wed 29/12/2010 I found a pair of bike gloves on the road near the entrance to the Gun Club road, Glenrock. Looks like someone drove off with the gloves on top of their car. Please call me to claim them. 0418660882

Interesting story...

http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/sport/story...

Just over 12 months ago he underwent a full knee reconstruction to rectify a birth defect that prevented him from riding to his full potential.

Perhaps they can fix my birth defect? Seems I was born in 1971 and if they can just move that date to something more like 1991 feel my riding will improve immeasurably!