June signaled the end of my 3rd year on a serious mountain bike - 2012 Giant Reign 1. This is a video of all the trails I rode in the past 12 months - man there were a lot of them.

This was the first time in 4 years I didn't make it to QLD for a ride but instead I made two trips to Victoria (You Yangs and Mt Buller). I went to plenty of places for the first time including a number of locations in the Hunter Valley and ACT plus the obligatory trip to Rotorua.

I hope you enjoy.

http://youtu.be/_kQSkS_FNys

G'day, I'm wondering about the trail status indication on the front page, is the information about trail status from riders or sourced from the local councils?

These pics were sent through to us showing that people are still using the old engravings trail at Bantry Bay and now a new exit down the fence line by the new estate.

If you are riding this or know people riding here please stop. NPWS has gone to a huge effort and spent a large sum of money to give us the mtb community Serrata and Gahnia trails to replace this trail.

I am looking to head out to Old Mans Valley, then St Ives singletrack, duckholes and Centre, Cascades, Possum and Manly Dam on SUNDAY morning so looking to get an idea if that is daft and I should stick to the road bike.

Does anyone have access to Neapmap?

I need to look at how a track has changed between 2002-2010-2012-2015?

Can anybody suggest how to fix Magura mt6 brakes when the pistons (and pads) do not move sufficiently to engage the rotor? When depressing the lever the pads move inward a normal distance but on release the pads simply return to their original position. No leaks are evident. Thanks

Looking at the Garigal National Park website it states that closures are planned for unauthorised tracks and notes 2 tracks being (1) Natural Bridge track to Davidson Park and (2) Seaforth Oval to Natural Bridge track. See http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park...

Anyone going to the Woodford - Glenbrrok event this weekend. First time for me.

Well, it seems that BMCC without ANY consultation whatsoever has moved in a heavy excavator and chainsaws to flatten Chicken Run & Headless Hut.

Seems to be a new low that absolutely no consultation was entered into before rolling in the diggers...

I am currently looking at buying a new set of wheels. Specifically a set of DTSwiss XR 1501 Spline One wheels (http://www.dtswiss.com/Wheels/MTB-Wheels/XR-1501...). My bike currently uses standard QR skewers/hubs front and rear. The dt Swiss wheels say that they include 5/100mm end caps on both front and rear wheels, but the rear hub is setup as 12x142. Will these end caps included with the rear wheel convert it from 12x142 to 135QR?

Surprised by a 1.2m black snake enjoying the sun today next to the bike path in Harrington Park - never seen one active in June but I suspect it was soaking up the sun like me.
I have not been thinking about snakes for a few months but it does remind you they are always active just less so in the colder months.
Watched it for about 15 minutes as it moved about - they are interesting to watch but they still scare the %$#^*! out of me when I first see them.

Considering we are in an El Nino and the snow forecast looks less than hopeful for a decent ski season, I was considering taking my bike down to the Thredbo with me in a months time. I'm booked in and cannot cancel.

I contacted Thredbo directly to ask if the Thredbo Valley Trail will be open for riding though winter and, somewhat to my surpise, it is.