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Took the new bike out for it's maiden voyage this weekend. A little trip down to Canberra to play on the flowing singletrack of Mount Stromlo, all very nice and very exciting.

Anybody got any experience with Diadora mtb shoes? Wide / narrow? Big / small / average lasts? Durability?

T7 have them on special this week and they have one in a size 50 that might be what I'm looking for to replace my ageing Lake MX101's. I have the Sidi's for when I want to look or feel like a serious rider, but I need something that I can walk about in a bit without feeling like I'm going to roll an ankle or wear out the precious plastic sole.

The RFS has been asked to do some fire trail inspections around the Warringah/Pittwarter RFS district. We are driving down the trails and making notes on their condition (for fire fighting purposes), stuff like low branches/trees, over grown trails, bad signage, areas where the trail needs repair and so on.
This is then passed onto NPWS who either ask the RFS to do the work or will do the work themselves.

Annoyingly my Garmin Edge 500 has begun acting up when connecting to the PC's USB port.

I'm not completely sure, but think this might be as a result of updating to the latest version of the firmware (unit software). In fact, checking the last upload that went without trouble was version 2.29 and the unit now has version 2.30 (although - interestingly this is what the unit says it has, the upload I just managed to work using a laptop says 2.29 still - that's a worry!) would say that is the case.

Just noticed this morning that the little sealed cover that goes over the map chip slot on the back of my month-old Edge 705 has just gone MIA.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Obviously I need to replace it ASAP, but I'd rather not wait weeks for the Aus distributor to get around to it. Does anyone have any on line sources they'd care to recommend?

With the recent talk here I decided to show my home made Garmin cover/mount.

All you need is clear table cloth from Bunnings (cut from a roll), velcro strap, adhesive foam (optional) and small piece of 4mm ply (optional) as per below

Cut the plastic cover 280mm by 350mm.
Cut the ply to 34mm by 82mm

Wrap the Garmin as per below

Fold the ends as per below. You will notice I fold the lower one 20mm from the end first as this can help stop water getting in.

http://www.supersportimages.com/

I attended a meeting with conservationists this week in Hornsby Shire. Conservationists expressed their feelings and mtbers provided some answers. It was nothing amazing but it was some good honest communication. However, some rangers from Manly Dam came along and appeared to be trying to derail the process. I don't understand why. Wouldnt they welcome another shire building a facility to help release the growing pressure on Manly Dam????? Maybe they want Manly Dam numbers to keep growing and growing??

Hi All

Does anyone else on NobMob ride a Diamondback Mission???

I have a 2007 Mission which is such a well balanced and stable ride. Sadly it developed a crack in the downtube where the knucklebox pivot is attached to the frame. What is most disapointing is it happened riding a service trail (Charlottes Pass to Rawsons Pass) with my 7 year old. I did not even get to ride it at Thredbo and had to rent a Kona.

Hi Guys,

As we had quite a view NoBMobbers in last year's Rocky Trail Show this might be of interest:
We are giving away another free entry to the Crocodile Trophy this year worth $2600. This is the way it works:
MTB GP 1 will be the qualifying event where you need to do 75% + of the winner's time in your category.
If you achieve that there will be a round of voting on burningtrails.com where you get a timebonus for every vote.
The JetBlack WSMTB 12 hour will be the decider of who gets the ticket: fastest time + timebonus

Easton gear is real nice and while looking for some specs accidentally visited their parent corporate site.

Check it out, there's a nice little trailer on the homepage at the moment. Clips from a number of rather cool sports, including cycling of course:

http://www.eastonbellsports.com

There's also some good tech film and product test shots on the Easton Cycling page:

http://www.eastonbellsports.com/brands/easton-cy...

You'd think they would post this stuff on YouTube, but can't find it there

P.S. This is the site I was looking for: http://www.eastonbike.com

Hi all

I know its rained a little on the beaches today, however wondering if anyones ridden long trail in the last 24 hrs and its condition.