So... for some trail advocacy work I was trying to find out how many people are directly employed (either full or part time) in the cycle industry in the area. Am gonna call up the following shops and ask.

Can anyone see any I've missed?

Don't forget, these are Northern Beaches only, I know there are loads more in Sydney:

Belrose Bicycles 9452 5105 65 Prince Charles Rd Frenchs Forest NSW 2086
Bike Addiction 9938 3511 380 Pittwater Rd North Manly NSW 2100
Bikebug Pty Ltd 9954 5599 120 Pacific Hwy North Sydney NSW 2060

I rode with this crew a few times before I was prego. Now the bubbs is here and I'm dying to get back on the bike. Since he's bit young to join me yet, I was wondering if there were ant like minded women who would like to get together and take turns riding and watching the kiddos. Any suggestions of a group that may already be out there or if anyone knows anyone who may be interested? I know there are not heaps of women mtn bikers in these parts but I thought I'd ask.

Regards,
Maria

Just stumbled across this set of pictures on Jason English's blog. You can bet he was going a fiar speed - pretty impressive riding on a hardtail!

Maybe I'm just old and own a Rohloff Speedhub, but I was thinking of buying a helmet cam recently then realised this might not be such a good idea for the following reasons..

There's a lot of Youtube stuff shot by people with helmet cams. Well, how pointless. Either:

the riders are moving quickly which makes the camera jiggle all over the place and it looks like the cam has been gaffa taped to Skippy's ears, or

Entries open this Friday! Don't make the same DW mistake and miss out!

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Call me optimistic, but I'm signing up....

Better hit the rehab HARD, something to aim towards!!

Best 100 I've ever done! (albeit the only one )

See you all in Mogo!!

Does anybody know if Crank Bros pedals will work with Shimano SPD cleats? I've just purchased some mallets and am wondering if I will have to use their cleats provided or if the Shimano ones already on my shoes are compatible with them?

NB I haven't bothered to actually try yet

Cheers,

Andy.

I ride this area regulary. Not sure on its legality but I do know that in the last three years of riding through lake parramatta i have ridden past the odd ranger who hasn't said a thing other than hello.
Its a fairly popular venue and the council one would assume is well aware that the reserve is used for mountain biking and has been for a long time.
I also know that other trails that i ride in the area that come under Parramatta council are Ok to ride.

Round 3. 24th May at Nowra run by South Coast United MTB time 8:00am, clashes with John's Mt York adventure

Hi Guys

When you guys have ordered lights from Ay Up, how long does it usually take? I ordered a set a week ago and hoped they would be here by now. I've tried emailing and phoning to ask if they can tell me when to expect them but no reply so far. It's all probably ok but I'm just concerned in case there has been some delivery problem.

Any thoughts ?

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niice

The new eco range of Specialize bikes?

sure beats the aluminium custard tart tray frames

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Anon

In case anyone was wondering what all those tracks were I posted on the weekend it's just more of the same as before.

As we get more and more trails actually mapped properly we're in danger of having some useful information here For example, have created a page to list statistics on each area here:

http://nobmob.com/node/9127

Think it's also time to share a link to the auto-magically generated Master KML file, which can be found here:

http://nobmob.com/rides/kml

This shows the trails that are entered 'properly' on the site (so is a subset of the old version right now), but will work on that over the next few days. Will go update the maps page about this when am done too. Phew!

Enjoy!