Following the recent conversation about overtaking…manners and common sense…

Just a quick post to ask bike riders to call out to dog walkers and horse riders that they are approaching - most don't hear bikes coming.

If you call out it gives the people time to gather their dogs out of your way and prepare their horses for your approach.

If you think a wallaby can do damage to a rider then imagine a one tonne creature with its own brain who moves very fast and can kick.

Heads up for everyone out there who might usually be having a hard time getting their family out riding with them: This Saturday (October 5) is IMBA's Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day. As this is the 10th anniversary, they have, rather tongue in cheek I think, crossed out the 'kid' and replaced with 'mom' as a way of saying it really is for all the family.

TKMBD is an annual celebration held on the first Saturday of October. The event, developed and coordinated by IMBA, strives to encourage communities around the world to join together and ride mountain bikes with youth.

To be honest, that's about all you need to know: it's an excuse to drag your family or friends out on the dirt and get them grinning

For those wanting to know more about the background, details on the IMBA site here: http://www.imba.com/tkmbd

If anyone wants to arrange something 'official' for this day somewhere around the Northern Beaches, please put it in the calendar and comment here so we can give it a plug.

Hey guys if anyone interested here's my pics of my successful ghetto compressor for troublesome tyres on non tubeless specific rims works a treat and costs under the price of a beer at my local !!!!

So with 2 old presta tubes , 5mm tubing from bunnings , 2litre soft drink bottle and floor pump had to pump the bottle up to 50 psi to work best for me

See full details at this thread

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ghetto-t...

Hi all,

Last night, someone broke into my lockup garage in my apt building and stole 3 mountain bikes.

One is my (expensive) favourite son: an Orange and Black Norco Revolver 29er -- you can't miss the paint job and its a pretty rare bike.

Please respond to this forum or to me directly if you happen to see one like it on the trails or advertised for used sale anywhere.

Thanks in advance for your help!

The attached is a stock photo -- I don't have a photo of mine. Bought it from The Bike Shed Mortdale -- it's 2012 Norco Revolver 1 29er model, 17.5" frame.

Dan

Hi All,
Ive probably posted this in the wrong area. But now that I have I may as well keep going.

Im going to be out on the Old Man's Valley tomorrow, sunday 29th September

I'll probably be there at around 9:30AM.

PLAN: A SHORT RIDE FOR ABOUT 2 - 2.5 HOURS. (Have to get back to pick up the Mrs from her beginners MTB clinic at Jubes)

Never ridden the track before so would be great to meet up with someone who has.

I've ridden for many years, although haven't been on the saddle for about 4 months, so itching to get back.

Hopefully see some of you there : )

Jason

Anyone heading to Awaba tomorrow in lieu of Glenrock being closed?
I'm banned from riding by myself so if anyone else will be out there early tomorrow that would be great.
Looking to do some sub 40 min laps of the red xc track.
Cheers

While we encourage everyone to support local bike shops... it's understandable people shop around on-line for deals from time to time.

Right now Wiggle.com.au have a great price promise running: for delivery to Australia, they will not only match, but promise to beat any price inclusive of delivery by 10%.

Note that CRC have up to 50% off Shimano this weekend, and with Wiggle pledging to beat any advertised price... you know what that means!

BTW, this covers everything Wiggle sell, I only mention Shimano as an example. Details on the promise are here:

One of the tangents we went off on in the "Overtaking" thread was blind riders on tandems. So as not to divert the thread further, I'd like to explore that idea a little further here.

One of the comments was to the effect that there are some things people with disabilities should accept they shouldn't be trying, or words to that effect.

I'm not sure if it's up to us to set those limits when they aren't setting them for themselves.

This video might I hope provoke some further thought along those lines.

http://youtu.be/y8YGDTagWrE

My MTB was stolen two nights ago in the Winmalee region.
The details are:
Model: Giant Trance X2,
Colour: Dark Blue,
Features: Kashima forks and stubby bar ends,
Serial Number: GU016524

Police have been notified and it turns out six other houses were targeted too.

Hello

Just wondering if anyone else is doing the Great Cycle Challenge next month?

https://greatcyclechallenge.com.au/Pages/About

I've pledged to ride 1000km for the month and to kick it off I'm going to try and ride 100km at Ourimbah next Tue, so if anyone has the time and they feel like keeping me company over a lap of two, pop on up/down.

Cheers

Geoff

Currenyly running Bontrager RL 29er wheelset. Sick of the spokes creaking on the cassette side. I've tried oil and vaseline, which work for a while, until the rain soaked trails wash it away. Is it advisable to tie and solder the spokes, or am I eliminating the flex from the wheel, making it too rigid, leading to damaged spokes etc etc. If tying and soldering is recommended, is it okay to do just one side, in my case the cassette side, the problem side, as on the non drive side there is a gap of approx. 2-3mm between the spokes.
Thanks.

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Just caught the end of the article on Media Watch last night.

Check it out. http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s38...

I don't normally read the DT but the coffee shop I buy coffees at has it so I do flick through and did notice the articles there and was pretty amazed by what they were saying.

Anyway, I realise it's going over the same old same old, but thought it worth a post to see what folk thought.