Having completed my first 100 in just under 6 hours at The Convict in May I'm gearing up for an enduro race or two leading up to summer. Too many options and precious little time these days with 3 little boys - need to select carefully!

Parkes - Backyamma Bigfoot - 25 Aug - awesome flat singletrack - but doing Mudgee half marathon (tomorrow - agh!) this year instead

Coolah Classic - 15 Sept - if you're keen add it in to a weekend away in Mudgee where we have the Sept food&wine fest happening.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coolah-Bikeworx/3...

If you're in Sydney and looking out of the window right now things might look very promising for the weekend, but... the forecast is good so it's time to think about where to ride.

Last week we asked, Where are you riding this weekend?

This week we give thanks to those who share their plans in advance in the calendar, inviting others along for the ride. That's exactly what this site is about. Getting out there, having fun, meeting new people.

Is there any better way to explain that then to take a look at the smiling 'old time' faces from a group ride at Manly Dam last weekend. Looked like a perfect day all round!

So why not join a ride at Manly Dam Saturday Morning or Terrey hills / St Ives on Sunday? Announce your intent by clicking the "...change to show you're in" link on the meeting page. If these don't suit, everyone is welcome to post up their plans if they'd like some company.

And again, thanks to the ride posters, and please keep it up. Remember - if you don't get any takers just keep trying - there's plenty of guys out there reading this who may join you next time.

Thoughts about this bike? Is it a good deal? Im looking to get a second hand FS bike on a budget.

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wollstonecraft/bi...

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A lot of places could make a claim as being the Mountain Biking mecca of Australia.

Canberra, Newcastle, Cairnes... all have vibrant riding scenes and classic trails, The alpine regions have the epic back country rides and chairlifted DH. Over west trails like Munda Biddi stretch on for kilometer after kilometer after kilometer after kilometer...

But for quality, abundance and variety I still think it's hard to go past my neck of the woods. From groomed XC trails, Gnarly DH, classic All Mountain runs and remote adventure riding, we've got it all.

Any ideas from the brains trust for a Wollemi weekend ride??

We had in mind Putty to Dunns Swamp, however the scope seems a bit much and water perhaps unavailable on the way.

Any ideas for a loop or out-and-back, which involve an overnight camp preferably with water somewhere on the way. We have filtration/purification gear so water that needs that is OK so long as not too scungy.

Old trails would be fine, buff fireroads aren't necessary.

Well the long awaited 29er has arrived and had its maiden voyage Sunday night. Congrats to stokes on his new steed. All I can say is....."its a beast to ride". If you thought the 26" was quick on the dirt, then this machine just eats up all the bumps.
Thanks to Kerry at Phantom for building it up for us, its a nice machine.
With the 202cm ice techs it pulls up really well, and the fox floats in unison with the thud buster make for a nice combination in smoothing the trails.

First of all, my apologies if this is in the wrong area.
Just wondering if anyone else is competing/avinago at the subject above? It'd be great to say g'day.

Just as I'm riding up toward Bike addiction, thinking about the new Giant trance 27.5", I see a Penny Farthing with a guy in lycra bent over going hell for leather south the manly. What does this guy do at traffic lights ???

I need (want) to buy a repair stand. Seems they having a sale at Torpedo7, and I'm not sure on what to choose.

Interested in any views / recommendations on the safety / feasibility / cost of repairing a badly cracked aluminium frame (see pic). And yes, I should have been using a longer seat post....

Well...I went up to Kala Cycles to see the boys about the HD they had in store on a super sale, had a ride around the block and thought about it over night and the rest is history, I picked it up this afternoon and took it for a quick burn at the goat farm on the way home. Hitting Gunjin tomorrow

If possible I would like advocates and riders to avoid engaging with NPWS concerning riding on tracks in wilderness.

My reasoning is that in the Wilderness Act, provision was made to include "self-reliant" recreation as an objective of declared wilderness. When this was done, the intention was to exclude 4WDs, motorcycles & horses. Canoeing and cycling were not meant to be shut out, in recognition of low impact and compatibility with wilderness values.