Being born and lived all my life about 5meters above sea level, has anyone or know anyone that has experienced riding in altitude. I’ve done Whistler but you get lifted up to approx 2200meters and the villages are all around 650meters and there’s no problem. I’ve got an opportunity to go to Mont Blanc via Hungary. Do a search for Mont Blanc Mountain Bike tours and get ready to catch some drool.... Land at Geneva ride through Switzerland, France and Italy. I just cant find anyone that has experienced riding at real altitude first hand.

My girl has just got into MTB riding and when she cant ride with me she is looking for girls to ride with, she is not yet fully bike fit but is working on it so not looking for race pace or anything like that. She has just been riding the Perimeter and Long tracks but now has a new bike so we can advance onto other trails.
so if there are any girls out there looking for a riding companion sing out!

For those not on the distribution list, got this in the mail today...

2 April 2013

To whom it may concern

Draft Forestville Park Plan of Management – Public Exhibition

As you may recall, during April, May and June 2012, Council undertook community consultation and exhibited the draft Forestville Park Plan of Management.

Well it seems like New Zealand is leading the way when it comes to cycle tourism. The New Zealand government and its local councils have made a commitment of $80 million to build off road cycling trails. They are already leading the way in cycle tourism and are going to attract even more riders.

How good is Old Man's Valley at Hornsby? I did a few laps there this morning then took my 9 and 12 year old boys there this afternoon. My 12 year old said it's "one of the best places in the world - like an amusement park but free!". And they both said now they can see why I'm so obsessed with mountain biking. It really is a great facility - I saw everyone from elite riders to guys on Huffys and parents with kids, but they all had one thing in common - they were smiling. Old Mans Valley is a fantastic example of a great MTB facility in the heart of suburbia, and great use of disused land.

hi guys,
just wondering if anyone has any experience with using standard moto/car 5.1 brake fluid instead of the original Avid fluid.
this is for a set of XX brakes and Avid recommend using only their own branded fluid....
thank you

Hi all

I am looking to get some lights which I can use for trail riding at night as well as on a commute home from work at night. I was thinking about buying ayup v4's, but before buying I thought I would see if others are using them and what they think, or if people have other any lights they prefer for around the same price.

Thanks
Adam

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Hi, I am looking after the servicing of about 5 bikes for other people and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for bulk buying for cable inners and outers, tubes etc...etc...the stuff you replace often.

I found a site in the states where you can buy 10 inner gear cables and 20 metres of outers, but they wanted $47 for postage and the purchase was only $51.

Cheers

Andrew

Just a heads up... T7 appear to have an Easter Sale on:

http://www.torpedo7.com.au/

Their home page says, 20% off all non-sale items with the "SAVE20" code. Here's a link direct to the bike gear:

http://www.torpedo7.com.au/division/bike/home.do

Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/QyTyjQbvylg

DH'ers **smacks forehead** ... at least they keep component prices down

Hey all,
I fractured my wrist at the start of summer on camakasi, did the works, both bones, displaced and tendon damage. Anyway after getting it bolted and wired back together shes all healed up now apart from restricted movement. I'm in the market now for wrist protection/support and wondering what people have tried? any recommendations? From what I can find there's the:
$25 cheapie EVS WB01 Wrist Brace
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?M...
$50 Troy Lee Shock Doctor