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Ourimbah State Forest update for 29 Aug
About as good as it gets. Dry and dusty - mild temps - clear skys
3 quick laps to finish off doctor training and to hone the singe track skills after weeks of riding fire trails and road.
Lots of people out this morning just showing how popular getting out there on a mtb is.
Bring on the doctor next week.
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Best time in a while
Couldn't make it over the lip on the pinch climb on Long and had to stop for some horses on the way out so I think I've got another minute. Getting very sandy again, almost needs some rain to bed it down.
575 Gets a good clean and some goodies
What with not being able to ride this weekend thought it was good chance to catch up on some bike maintenance.
The Yeti got it's first good clean in a long time yesterday. Just now it received new shifter cables - both inner and outer. Pretty nice Goodridge outers (in 'carbon') with plain old XT inners. I have to say... what a pain in the @ss it is to get the cable into an X0 shifter (rear only - luckily the front is easy peasy).
Another thing to note is that Yeti recommend routing the rear shifter over the BB non-drive side and then behind and across to below to the rear stay on the drive side. I didn't do that when building the bike and reckon it would be pretty much impossible with this Goodridge stuff given how stiff it is!
Anyhow, easy enough to route under the BB and this cable change was well overdue - looks like it's the first time since Yeti was born!
While packing up thought to check chain wear and... lucky... it's time for a new one. So a new CN-7701 is soaking in degreaser and will go on later. Yes, yes... that sticky stuff chains come in is very good grease, but I like to use wax lube on the MTB so it has to come off before fitting. Looks like the last time Yeti got a chain was in Jan '09. A long time, but according to my Garmin Connect stats only just over 700km ago. The Yeti is my 'fun' bike... looks like I haven't been having enough fun in the last 18 months[1]! 
[1] Something to do with a cracked rib at Appin in January followed by too much riding on the road 
P.S. Note to self. Yeti needs 168cm outer for the rear and around 50cm for the front.
Red Hill update for 29 Aug
About as good as it gets. A couple of puddles but a good solid green.
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Happy with that
Knew I was somewhere around 35 to 40 mins but this was the first time with a computer properly timing. Definitely not going for it and backed up a couple of times to try to get through some of my more "problematic" sections so happy with this time.
2011 Stumpjumper 29er vs Rumblesfish II 29er
As the subject sais, i am currently looking at a Dualie, however as i am a big guy 6'7" there are no bikes around that fit me off the "shelf"
so i have enquired about 2 bikes so far - stumpjumper 29er $3999 vs rumblefish II $4500
my budget is only about $3500 but i was wondering what everyone thought?
Thanks in advance for your assistance 
please PM me if you have any good contacts for bikes on the Nthn Beaches (deewhy)
cheers
Adz