Hi,

I'm new to the site so have not met any of you, but I am looking at getting some AY-UP's and starting night riding. The MTB kit is about $489 and I think if we can get enough of us we should be able to get a reasonable discount. If anyone is keen then please e-mail me on [email protected]. I will try organise to send a list of names to Andrew at AY-UP and then we can buy individually and all benefit from a discounted price.

Cheers
Ian

Hey, so I was thinking there might be some old gits more mature riders in our midst, can someone answer this one...

What's the earliest anecdotal evidence anyone has for MTB riding around various places in Sydney? You know, Manly Dam, Red Hill, Oxford Falls, Terrey Hills, etc, etc.

I've only been doing it since coming back from UK 2004-ish, but seems to have been going on for many years before then. Old photos would be useful.

Cheers!

Has anyone done a mtb tour of Mont-Blanc. I'm currently in Europe for a few months - lucky me - and I thought that I'd try my hand at what is supposed to be one of the great ride areas in the world. There seems to be heaps of company's offering rides and so I was after some advice on which to pick. I'm currently looking at a 3 countries 6 or 7 dayer which is run by a UK outfit - but ?? Any help would be greatly appreciated - before I take the plunge. After XC / Enduro not pure downhill as the lefty just won't handle it.

anyone know how to pull out wheel bearings (specifically on bontrager big earl wheels/hubs) as mine are screwed already, and cant find for the life of me where they are/ are taken out..they are sealed bearings if that helps at all?? or do i just need new hubs?

Hi guys,
I'm from Germany and will travel to Sydney in September. I was looking around for bikeparks and downhill tracks in the area around Sydney.
Here on NoBMog you have the "rides" directory with MTB tracks sorted by the distance from Sydney.
I found Ourimbah State Forest for a one day trip. Is Ourimbah a kind of bikepark? I didn't found any information about shuttle transportation or lift on the website. Are there such transportations?
I will take my downhill bike with me. You listed MTB courses around Sydney as well, but most of them are XC tracks, right?

So I took receipt of a Park Tools CC-2 chain checker today and threw it straight onto the Enduro and also the Viper to see how both were going.

The Enduro has a Rohloff chain on it, there atleast 12 months. No idea about kms but considerably more than the viper and probably riden alot more harshly.

The Viper, a hardtail, was only built at xmass and would have seen less than 20, 20 - 30km rides in that time, 500km tops would be a realistic guess but probably alot less. I opted for a Wipperman 920 on this

Hi everyone, just thought I'd post a little warning about a local tiger snake which occasionally suns itself on the Perimeter Trail in Terrey Hills. I live at the beginning of the trail and i've seen it in the area around the first few k's of the track (they are territorial), generally from the beginning until the beginning of Smiths Creek (and presumably some of Nerang). Most snakes tend to slide off the track but this one plays dead until you get to close and then strikes.

Re: http://nobmob.com/node/4745

It looks like Rob will be leaving LNS at the unearthly hour of 5:45 aaaay-emmmmm this Sunday

Putting the usual offer of ride share out there, any takers? Car can handle 4 riders and bikes, but 3 is probably more comfy. Will probably be driving out along the M2, etc. to get up to Glenbrook so there's not that much scope for pick ups I'm afraid.

The new line is actually the corner after the 19th hole. Although it was funny being there on foot and seeing the track from other direction. I had never seen that drop off the 19th hole on the far left. Looks quite doo-able.

Thanks for the warning Martin.

Slowing/stopping for horses is just part of sharing the trails my friend, remember we are all out there for the same reason regardless of what we ride & a bit of horse poo never hurt anyone(as long as you dont ride with your mouth open ).

Do I really need to add... "WTF!?!?"?

Hi All,

I am starting the long hard process of looking for a new bike. Basically I ride three or four times a week. No real heavy DH stuff but plenty of fast trails and quite a few medium rocks / techy stuff. To give you a better idea, this year I am doing the BMC Working week series as well as Dirt works etc.

I was hoping I could get some feedback on the SCOTT SPARK 20..

Thanks for the input (in advance)

Cheers

MarkyM