hi all

i am about to purchase a Giant Trance 27.5 ..
this bad boy here http://www.bikeexchange.com.au/bicycles/giant/bi...

to go with this id like to buy a bike rack of some sort
i have been reading the following post with a similar question http://nobmob.com/node/43995

the only difference is that my car has a spoiler on the back
i drive a subaru wrx 2003

spoiler looks like this

going from the previous post it looks like the Saris rack might work...

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Is Majura Still open , Does anyone know the status. I will be I Canberra for a day and would love to sneak in a quick ride there.

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Hi forum,
Just wondering if anyone has a link to a point of view or video of someone else riding the technical downhill trail in cascades?
On a more general note, is there a list of good youtube vids of ie manly dam and other trails around NSW that is worth watching? If not, perhaps this thread could start a list of good vids. I want to see how the pro's handle the tracks I ride and see how I can improve.
Cheers,
Kris

Hey everyone,

Next sunday I am participating in my first ever race. "The Kings School MtB Classic", It's a 2 hour race with a partner, where you each do a lap and then that's your lap time.

I was wondering if anyone had any tips for a first-time racer including things to go over on my bike? I generally just like riding with my friends so I'm not too serious

Cheers
Chris

Well I'm wanting to gauge everyone's thoughts on what's going on with the FOX forks. I've encountered three other riders in the last month that have all had their kashima coating on their shocks wearing away. One 26" and 2 X 29" shocks. I thought this outer layer was supposed to be quite tough, but now I'm thinking my old alloy Fox shocks never had this issue and seemed to last for ever.(still lasting actually!)

Hawkeye and other trail care guys

As you have seen for yourself the singletrack that is there and being added to just off monavale rd is fantastic.

Some easier areas for the kids, plus some more technical stuff for those who are interested.

Given its location, proximity to st ives showground, and in basically a piece of land that was otherwise dissused, but a great terrain for building sniggle, this offers a prime area to continue to develop a nice little trail network.

How is this land managed ? Is there anything stopping further development of these trails ? i think a couple

We've all seen the canyon back flip but this go pro of the entire run shows just how ballsy, technical and exposed the rest of the run is

The "Come On Buddy." comment just before he drops into the gap is all time classic
Kelly was ripped off with second

http://youtu.be/x76VEPXYaI0

Had a fleeting idea, to put it bluntly, these fires are just ridiculous and I for one am wondering what to do, as much as I'd like to don a suit and fight fires it probably wouldn't help having an untrained wannabe run about, then my thoughts turned to nobmob, this is fairly large community and I then thought about organising a charity ride, then again remembered I have no experience in this and what with the current conditions it wouldn't make much sense to have large groups in the bush.

So I finally concluded that we could all self regulate donations between us, and the genius sum?

So my bike is not even 2 months old yet and whilst cleaning it today i noticed that the shifter outer housing is fraying.

It looks like the plastic ferrule has broken and the outer is slowly peeling back with about a third to half of the strands hanging out.

Is this something i should just call wear and tear and fix it myself or is this something i should take back to the LBS for under warranty?

The bike has never been in an accident so i am surprised to see something failing so quickly :/

What do you think is a reasonable to distance to get from a suspension fork? How many K's do you have to do before you think you've done enough to justify buying a new one? Only interested in XC forks, 100 to 120 mm. I'm not particularly interested in how long your forks lasted or how the ones you bought back in 1989 are still going strong. Down-hillers can skip this thread.