Coming back from a ride the other night, I got stopped for breath testing by the police. As the only thing i drank was gatorade, they instead gave me a fine for "blured plate" for some 350$!!! I think they were after a quota to fill...

I often advise people never to include contact details (phone or email) in forum posts, but some do anyhow. Aside from annoying spam email (sent to addresses harvested by 'bots'), scammers trawl forums for personal details for fraud and phishing.

Have a read of this series of interviews with an ex-scammer from Nigeria, it's a look into this seedy world:

http://www.scam-detectives.co.uk/blog/2010/01/22...

Hey everyone,

was riding at red hill last week, planning on riding the dh trail, but couldnt find it anywhere (found the dj's easily and had a good session there ) so if sombody would be able to give me a more in depth description of the location of the dh trail than the red hill page, that would be great

thanks

Anyone watch the doco on ABC last night, "Take a Seat". Pretty interesting.

would be cool to do it in Australia.

http://www.takeaseat.org/

Hi All

I am looking for some disabled mountain bikers.

I am a one legged rider from Canberra and I think some advice sharing could help. I am also keen to put a bit of a team together to do some racing in 24 hour or stage events. I also have an invite to the tour de timor for a team of disabled riders to help promote people with disabilities in Timor Leste.

So if you know or have seen some riders in your local area let me know how I might contact them or ask them to send me an email, [email protected]

Thanks

Our valuable team member Stuart had a stack last Sunday; he's currently in MV hospital.

Please send him "get well messages" via his PM.

http://nobmob.com/messages/new/1077?destination=...

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We might be getting dragged into a fight we might not want to be part of here, but if you have strong views I'd encourage you to have your say.

De Luca's line has been: since we're only recovering a nominal rent from Sea Eagles, and are in effect subsidising a commercial operation to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, where do we get off proposing to charge mountain bikers to access parkland or surf lifesaving volunteers for using clubhouses?

Seems to me it's a fair line of reasoning.

Just letting everyone know that the local riders are hosting Clean Up Australia Day focussing on the Oxford Falls DH tracks this Sunday 7th March. More info here: www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/Oxfordfalls+Downh...

We will be cleaning up the track areas themselves and also along Morgan Road, which is where most rubbish tends to accumulate through illegal dumping and littering. If you could spend a couple of hrs this Sunday morning to lend a hand it would be greatly appreciated.

Ok I know this would have been asked in the past but can't easily find the thread!
I am looking at getting into a bit of night riding but I am not sure what I will need in terms of lights? I really don’t want to buy some only to think they are not bright enough etc. Would be looking at some of the fire trails around Terry Hills and a trails like the dam etc. Any help would be great. Also have a limited budget..... but saying this I couldn’t see myself making a set.

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Each year, many riders go through the stresses and strains of training for and
racing in the Dirtworks 100. As hard as times may get in the saddle, nothing on
a bike compares to the pain and anguish that patients and their families face
when dealing with Cancer.

Most of our friends in the NobMob (http://nobmob.com/) and Erina Bikeworx
(http://www.bikeworx.com.au/) families will have been affected by this awful
disease, and unfortunately Cancer has pointed it's ugly finger at my family
over the past few years.

I need some advice if any is available on getting into Downhill riding. I ride XC, freeride now on a Specialized Enduro 5" travel bike. But have always had a desire to ride a chunky downhill rig. I just want to know if I purchase a downhill bike would there be any weekend groups I could link up with that do downhill riding as i dont think it is a discipline that I should do on my own. Also after clipping in for so long on road and mountain bikes, from what I see this is a no no when it comes to riding downhill, platforms only is this correct ? Thanks