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Mt Stromlo Skills Sessions with the World Champ, Jason English
The meeting times are 'ready to ride'. If you need time to prepare equipment then please arrive a few minutes earlier.
Uriarra Road, just up from the Uriarra Road/Coppins Crossing Road turnoff.
Following the fantastic feedback from Saturday's racelines session with Jason English, he's offered to run another session on the World 24hr Solo Course at Mt Stromlo this Thursday.
For anyone competing in this weekend's World 24hr Solo MTB Championships, this is a fantastic opportunity to get some time sessioning the course with Jason. He'll take you through the course and show you how he rides it, give tips and advice on the faster lines where speed and time can be increased.
Rexona advertisement
Anyone seen the new Rexona ad on TV featuring the mountain biker that loses his front wheel? Hilarious.
Here is the US version
Newest Addition to the Logan Stable
So after waiting a few weeks for all the bits to turn up, my new bike is finally built courtesy of Rob, it does need a few minor adjustments, like switching the brakes from US to UK stlye and just getting the bolts torq'd properly.
Awaba State Forest update for 05 Oct
Pretty wet. DH is very slippery in sections and avoid timber pallets. We walked the steep stuff. XC is ok, just watch that front wheel on the turns, a few clay sections that like to to give you a fright..
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Central West ridefest kinross and Lidsdale
The meeting times are 'ready to ride'. If you need time to prepare equipment then please arrive a few minutes earlier.
The city of Orange is around 4 hrs from Sydney and 3 hrs from Canberra. Kinross State Forest is situated on the northeast edge of town, a 10 minute drive or 20 minute ride from the Orange town centre.
Meet at the Bulgas Road carpark, Western edge of the forest.
meet at kinross sat morn and ride till worn out on some of the best single track in the area then camp in orange or motel it if prefered ,then drive back to Lidsdale on sunday morning and join Flynnys fairwell to Lidsdale ride, all great xc fun ,or just join the Lidsdale ride on sunday
due to the fact that orange is expecting 20 to 40 mm of rain on friday and snow on saturdaywith a top of 8 deg.we have decided to postpone this ride 
,allthough we will still be joining Flynnys Lidsdale ride on sunday.
Keep those comments coming, and come along Thursday!
As you all know, the campaign for mountain bike access in NSW National Parks is hotting up. Feedback from the first forums is that email submissions are split 50/50 between those for and against the proposals put forward in the recent discussion paper.
This shows that there are opponents out there who do not realise the positive outcomes that this could mean for all parks users and who can organise a negative campaign. Yes, those positives are many, and they will benefit all users, not just mountain bike riders. This is a key concern to us - the trails are there to share!
While there are many comments online that support mountain bike riders, I know there are many riders out there who have yet to get behind this effort. Take a look at the enclosed graph knocked up earlier. This shows that there were big spikes in response early on, and again after a couple of organisations sent out email reminders. However, the number of submissions flowing has returned to a trickle once more. The comment count is currently not even 2% of the monthly visitors to NoBMoB which is pretty disappointing
Make no mistake - if you think your voice cannot be heard, or will not count, or that you can rely on others then you are wrong! It's is vitally important that we show the authorities how much we care and how many we are.
For those that think lobbying like this doesn't work, remember this:
- The Manly Dam closure earlier this year - completely reversed due to a massive campaign.
- Glenrock Regional Park - now with an official trail network after many years of such campaigning.
- Trail maintenance days in the Royal National Park re-instated - in no small part due to lobbying by local riders.
- This current discussion paper itself - a result of many efforts and has NPWS acknowledging several key points riders have been saying for years.
So please, take 30 seconds to visit the discussion site and leave your comments (scroll to the bottom of the page)... now!
https://mountainbiking.discussions.nsw.gov.au/?p=90
If you can come to the NPWS MTB forum in Turramurra on Thursday night then all the better. See you there?
Lake Parramatta
The meeting times are 'ready to ride'. If you need time to prepare equipment then please arrive a few minutes earlier.
Main reserve carpark. Illawong Drive, North Parramatta.
Indoor Bike Park... if it's raining [Video]
I've heard it's raining back home in Sydney... but there is always Plan B (here in Canada)!
We took the bike-crazed kids from the Canuck side of the family to Toronto's largest indoor bike park... Joyride150.
It has 4 levels of riding, skinnies, jumps, XC course, pump tracks, foam pits....good for adults and kids as young as 5 years old!
Benji with the cousins at www.Joyride150.com
Think of it as an Indoor Bike park ...as big as Warringah Mall!
Check out the foam pit
Check out the videos....
