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Menai - regular Wednesday night ride
The meeting times are 'ready to ride'. If you need time to prepare equipment then please arrive a few minutes earlier.
OPPOSITE THE ENTRANCE TO ANSTO ON THE NEW ILLAWARRA ROAD, LUCAS HEIGHTS.
Time to start dodging the spiders again at Menai on a regular basis now the weather is warming up. (I'm sure they've been effected by nuclear fallout from ANSTO, they seem twice as big as anywhere else)
For those that don't know Menai, there will be technical ups and downs, there are a number of rocky sections and new comers to night riding might find this a bit tough.
Hope to see a few of you there.
Chris
QR vs Maxle (20mm axle)
Hi all, I am upgrading my fork and looking at a RockShox Revelation. The fork has the option of QR or Maxle (20mm) axle configuration. My current fork and wheel are a QR setup and I am wondering whether the extra performance of the Maxle is worth the cost of a new wheel. Anyone out there got any thoughts on the performance of 15mm or 20mm axles vs QR?
Terrey Hills update for 29 Sep
Perimeter and Long are dry now. Heaps of dry sandy sections to catch you out.
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Next year........
Some things I've learned this weekend...
Mobs of kangaroos get spooked very easily and are very, very bad at emergency stops.
Just because it's easier than the Doctor/Dirtworks/Fling, that in no way makes it easy.
Just because it's flat, it doesn't mean it's easy..... it just means you have to pedal continuously.
35km off road in 5 months is not nearly enough preparation for a 100km race.
No amount of high intensity 60 minute commutes will save you when it's decision time at 75km.
It's best not to have flu in the 10 days before the race.
MTB Forks - What to get and where to buy
I've ruined the forks on my Specialised Enduro through too much mud, and too little maintenace/servicing.
Any ideas where I should look to buy some new ones? New or secondhand.
I'm looking for something around 140mm to 150mm, without through axles (i.e the older dropout style).
Olly