Lisdale State Forest

have to say again if we are coming? I am and Gazza said he is too - for the Sunday ride - Craig also said he may be coming the other day...

I should be there on the Sunday morning. Wanted to do the whole weekend but the girlie says no. Yet I still maintain I am not whipped. Hrm.

Wow, that's this weekend, I'd better get organised...

Just to confirm, re-confirm, I'll cya there. I will be driving up on the Sunday.

Evan

Yeah... this one should be good.

As the track in here is only around 10Ks I've just plotted a 20-ish K loop South from there. Admittedly it's only firetrail, but does a creek crossing then goes up the largest hill in the area (200m vertical climb at that point) and back via different path.

This course is in the Edge and ready to be followed - I'll be trying to talk people into it Sunday

Erm... is missing. Due to my Edge dying

Luckily it's 1 week shy of it's 1st birthday so can feel a new one coming on under warranty.

Anyhow - awesome ride, and place. Huge shout out to Flynny for showing us around and putting up with the incredibly slow first lap (you'll be pleased to know some put in a much quicker second and then we finished on a third with loads of pics). This place is defo worth more outings and a spot in the rides DB - anyone up for writing a report?

Don't have time to upload any shots now, but have created the Lisdale gallery (under days away) for anyone wanting to bung up theirs.

Shots are now up in the Lisdale State Forest Gallery.

Probably the best action shot for shot of the day: Corner Bruce.

There are some other class efforts though. I never knew Gazza had such a large tongue! And we will see who damaged the pallets too!

Many thanks to everyone that came out for the Lithgow hit out, on Saturday at Donnybrook and the Sunday at Lidsdale. I had a fantastic time out, probably the best weekend ride I have had with you guys. Sensational track, great company.

There are just too many funny stories to post. But here are some:

Saturday at Donnybrook Downhill and XC (1 lap of each):

Attempting a jump / drop-off during some cool downhill action, Caro loses the landing and also her grip of her fingers over the brakes. Lookout! She barrels through the landing with a real tank-slapper, fish-tailing all over the trail and somehow managing to miss Bruce and Liam's (me) bikes parked on each side of the trail, 20m past the jump. To her credit, Caro remained in the saddle during this incident. Caro, that's a 7.0 for the attempt, a 6.0 for the landing, and a 9.5 for the resulting landing and the laughter from the onlookers!

Bruce and myself riding down a very slippery, steep, 400m long rock and sand strewn fire trail close to night-time with no lights, and stacking in comical fashion in the same place, with Bruce almost crashing right over the top of me. Bad understeer in a rut off the right hand side of the track - we are agreed. Lucky for us it is dark enough that we do not immediately notice the barb wire fence that Bruce almost A over T'd into. Caro tries to take a snap of the carnage taking place 50m down the trail, with the two silly boys spilled onto the ground like skittles. But alas (luckily for Bruce and myself) it was too dark to see the photo. Phew! I get back on and say "screw this, this trail won't get the best of me!!" but I proceed to ride down another 50m and stack it in identical fashion. Yes, I am a fast learner. Bruce, who no doubt made an ironic and humerous comment to Caro at that moment, thinks the better of continuing.

Getting all sorted on Saturday evening ready for a massive night out and a huge feed. So, what are we missing here? A place to eat maybe? We walked from pub to pub looking for anywhere that will still serve food at 8:00 p.m. but apparently everyone in Lithgow eats dinner at 5:00 p.m. Oooops. We get $100 worth of Chinese food instead. Oh, and the Crownies were $4 each. Nice!

Sunday at Lidsdale (3 laps):

Christine and Gaz turning up (erm, late - 9 o'clock to ride! ), getting out of the car arguing like a married couple about driving, directions, anything. I certainly know who was in control of that situation. Sorry Gaz!!

As the photo will attest ( http://nobmob.com/node/1556 ), we almost had a major freeway pile-up on a wooden pallet ramp where some of the palings came loose and almost speared the trailing riders. Look how close Gaz came to copping this paling on his approach! Caro could also have easily done some damage too. Until one of the ramp sections was destroyed, it was actually a fun obstacle to ride over. But they don't make 'em like they used to.

We didn't spend the whole time actually riding. However the Sunday ride at Lidsdale was from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. A massive ride in anyone's language. I don't know about you others, but I am not looking forward to waking up on Monday.

The feed at the Shell Roadhouse after our Sunday ride was sensational, just what we all needed to recoup some lost energy from a long day's riding. It's not often you see the ladies scoffing themselves like ravenous animals. Classy.

I hope you all enjoyed the day out. We will be sure to do this ride again. And we will try to get some more of you out to Donnybrook next time too. That place is cool. There are some photos and video of that. Coming soon Caro?

See you all again soon!

Thanks to all for a top day.
This track is a must do again.
Hopefully I won't snap my rear hanger next time.
Suggestion for next day trip BBQ gear and maybe a beer or two.

Cya
Evan

Ah... well... we've experimented a bit with video but there's no real way for you to upload it, soooooo...

Pls dump it on YouTube and post some links to there instead.

glad you all liked the ride.

I had fun. There was plenty of laughs and good company. That's what it is all about.

Catch you all next time you are up this way.

Some more Donnybrook drop-offs / roll-offs:

http://youtu.be/YKnZ5lzrglY

Thanks Caro!

Here is some more jumping action from the more daring.

You might not think it, but this jump is a touch more difficult than this view suggests. It is a "double" with a hole in the middle of it, so enough speed must be attained to clear all the way to the landing. About 4 feet - good speed is a must on a very tight and narrow approach!

Liam:

http://youtu.be/2qi1syw0Jzw
(good speed, but almost runs into the tree on the left - as Ev deftly points out)

Gazza:

http://youtu.be/ajDYwZ-qBiU
(nice balanced form with smooth landing - but also gets a bit of sideways action on the exit)

Bruce:

http://youtu.be/y-puxoPbiHg
(good speed with decent air time)

BTW, all the videos are going up on YouTube with a NobMob tag on them. Hopefully this will make them more easily found.

Enjoy - & cheers to Caro for the pictures!

Thanks mate, I would be delighted to get shown around some of the downhill tracks from those first two vids. They look sensational. It was a pity we did not see them on the Saturday. But I will store those rides away for later

Everyone in those videos seems to have enjoyed their run around Lisdale XC track as much as we did. We had a great day. It was interesting to note that the puddle never dries up. Not sure if walking around it would be acceptable in a competition though!

Cheers.

1 nail gun. Some better quality wood. and some gut busting...

Door jump was completely stripped down and rebuilt. table is now 2 meters longer.

Also added a floater on Hit and Miss

http://www.insanecycles.com.au/movies/newstuff.wmv

Trail fairies have been busy elsewhere too )