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This Sunday
Anyone keen on heading out on Sunday, I will preface this and say I am looking to put in some decent laps somewhere, however am not a A Grade rider by any stretch so wont be lightening quick.
Am thinking either Awaba or possibly even a trip to Wingello.
If Awaba prolly look to do 4 laps I would imagine.
Don't take this attack on Mountain Bikers
If you are reading this then I thank you for taking a break from your crack pipe or putting down your spray can.
WTF?!
Well as this is a mountain bike forum one assumes you're a mountain biker, and if one is to believe the labels put on us recently we are all involved in "... Vandalism, Graffiti and possibly widespread use of Drugs and alcohol...". That quote comes straight from a flyer that has been circulating in Hornsby to try and sway locals against a plan for mountain bike skills areas and trails.
It's a sad state of affairs that with no actual evidence, logic or reason to argue against a small, yet much valued mountain bike plan Ku-ring-gai council has approved, those who oppose the plan have resorted to throwing around wild accusations.
Yet the worst of it is that Ku-ring-gai council staff have actually listened to submissions based on this nonsense and changed their plans, scrapping part of the project, holding a second phase indefinitely and wasting funding on studies called for by various scaremongers. To be frank, it's disgusting.
To be clear, such a turn of events will affect much more than this one plan: If mountain bike riders are to ever receive fair treatment and planning for the facilities they require this council and other authorities need to be shown that the accusations levelled in the flyer are pure nonsense and riders will not stand to be labelled in this way.
If you too take offence at being labelled a vandal and drug addict just because you choose to ride a mountain bike please take a minute or so and write to the Ku-ring-gai council and let them know this. Let them know you are disgusted that they would lend any credence to such claims and modify already approved plans as a result. It might also help to mention if you support both stage one and two of the Golden Jubilee mountain bike plan and call for both stages to go ahead unchanged.
Please write to these councillors and the local politician, and explain all this as tactfully as you can:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Thank you.
Free postage on CRC
Hey I was just wondering if anyone in the northern beaches area is about to buy a large amount of gear to reach the free postage on Chain Reaction. I was wanting to get a helmet at $60 but the postage is at just under $40. I might be getting a bit more but my limit would be spending $100.
Thanks
Elvina Track update for 02 Mar
Backburning on 27/02/2011 has left the northern side from the start of the hill down the the water quite barren. Grading equipment seen in the carpark at the top on 02/03/2011 looks promising.
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Cascades update for 02 Mar
Great condition... standard puddles, the climbs haven't got any smaller!
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where to ride in morton np?
hey guys,
was just wondering if any body knew of any rides in morton np as i'm staying there at the weekend, preferably from the kangaroo valley side of the park?
