Has anyone been on Andersons and or the Oaks this week and have a trail status update? I was thinking of linking the two up Saturday (provided the heavy rain Friday doesn't eventuate) and would like to know if it will be a muddy, grind paste type of ride or a nice leisurely jaunt through the Blue Mountains.

Cheers

I've got a few free hours next Tuesday to get out on the circuit and do a bit of maintenance to make up for my wet run I did a week or so ago.

Of course I won't do anything without approval from you trail fairies out there.

Feel free to tell me what needs done and where. I was going to try smooth out the tyre ruts, replace some of the lost dirt washed out by the rain and drain out some puddles??

Looking at a cheaper alternative of buying all the time bottles of the already cheap Torpedo7 bike degreaser, but sick of paying freight all the time.

Searching online, seems that Simple Green is a popular product in the US. I can see Bunnings is selling this stuff.

We often cop flack around here for not doing enough for the local bike shop, so I wanted to try something out and see what kind of response it would get...

The idea was to write to local bricks-and-mortar stores and let them know we wanted to produce a kind of editorial piece on advice from local stores, aimed mainly at relatively new riders, and invite the stores to have input into this. This forum has a large readership and it was explained that taking part would be an ideal opportunity for local stores to provide an insight into their expertise.

A quick shout out to Erina Bikeworx, they looked after me today with a good deal on a set of forks. If you live on the Central Coast check them out.

After four months of hanging in my laundry/bike shed, it's just about time to kiss my old Giant Anthem X3 goodbye as I sell it to a friend. Among other things, it is in desperate need of having the rear (and possibly front) suspension replaced. Just wondering if any of you have replaced/fixed this type of suspension before, or know of anywhere where I may be able to get this fixed cheaply/for a less expensive price, as I'd like to find the most economic way of doing so. Got on it today and can hardly believe I ever rode this thing, it feels so small and slow!

Martine and myself are packing up the van and heading off on a road trip at Xmas and taking in the south coast including Tathra etc on the way before we head over to Bright, Victoria and ending up in Jindabyne for our usual Wicked Wombat 8hr race on NYE.
Once in Victoria we'll be heading over to Bright but can anyone recommend any "must do" stop overs for a ride along the way?
I'd hate to drive all that way and find out later we'd missed some beautiful Mtb trails or just anything worth stopping and having a look at?
Thanks in advance,
Gazza

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Finally picked her up today had tubeless fitted and just waiting on a 720 10mm riser bar.
Hope the rain stays away for a bit over the wkend to get out for a ride.

I was out in Knapsack last night and heard mottos fanging around. I rode over to where they were and discovered them heading down the downhill track.

Ok read a bit but still can't find out what I need to go tubless

I have tubless ready rims bontragers and ust tyres maxis cross mark and maxis ignitor so what else do I need I think it just sealant and the valve stems

Any info would be great as everything I seem to read is all about conversion with non tubles rims

Thanks in advance
Duncan

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