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Andersons update for 26 Jul
Perfect
Tracks are nice and fast, no puddles at all. Creeks are deep but easy to walk across.
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Appin update for 26 Jul
Lots of washed out corners with trail bike damage , i was there before the rain and was dry with no standing water , so hopefully they buggered off before the rain came
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Appin XC course
Just got back from a challenging lap of Appin ( and "Ankle biter " almost got me again) ,with quite some disapointment at the damage that 6 trail bikes have done to this great course . My question is , Are they allowed to be there and if not what is the best way to counter them ? there were six of them so a six motor bike rider V one mountain bike confrontation was not the way to go , specially with their full face helments ......although the passive agressive approach of riding at my pace with three bikes behind was satisfying in a juvenile way ...
Any thoughts , future actions ??

commencal meta 5
im looking at getting a commencal meta 5, no stores seem to keep them in stock. Does anyone have one i can throw a leg over?
Also anyone got anything good or bad to say about them?

Compression Garmets
Hi Everyone,
So we have all heard the hype about compression garmets but are they actually worth it? I'd like to know! as im thinking of investing in one.
So here is my breakdown...
I commute 10 times a week for 15kms about 35mins, singlespeed and I HATE being overtaken! So its fairly punishing (for me) when going up the hilles
Longer ride on the weekends for about 2-3 hours and as the fling and Mogo comes up I will be swapping the commutes for a longer one
Questions...
Should I get a chamoix one as well?
Should I get longs ones, which cover the calf or just the shorter ones?

2010 24 Hours of Adrenalin World Solo 24 Hour Championships in Australia
Event will be held in either South-East Queensland for Tailwind or at Stromlo Forest Park in Canberra for Canberra Off-Road Cyclists. I'm going to have to find a 24hr event to qualify for this
More details: http://www.mtba.asn.au/news/?IntCatId=20&IntCont...

Freeriders - and rangers with mullet wigs?
Check the new mountain bike film "Freedom Riders"It’s a true story of a core group of riders who formed an against-all-odds relationship with the Forest Service and created the first freeride specific trails on public lands in the lower 48. That’s all great and everything, but in watching the trailer, I have to say that it wasn’t the skills on bikes that got my attention, but the hairdos. Check out the forest service lady and the mullet guy. Seriously, are they both wigs? You be the judge.

Garmin Connect - HELP
Any one have trouble uploading to Garmin Connect. Been uploading one file for 25 mins now.....cannot believe its worse than motionbased!!!
Does anyone out there have any ideas on what to do?
Using a GPS Map 60 CSX

Sparrow Hill Sun 2 Aug
Have to be in Canberra on Mon 3 Aug and thought of going down on Sun to ride Sparrow Hill - looking to see if anyone else may be there to ride with - Morgan?

Edges & Linux
Flynny:
Now for something completely non NPWS. Just got back from a lap of Lidsdale. any one know who to get an edge 305 to upload the course to the new garmin connect using Ubuntu?
gpsbabel is your friend. Install it and do something like:
gpsbabel -D 1 -t -r -i garmin -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o gtrnctr -F out.tcx
Then manually upload the out.tcx file. Haven't tried this personally but it should work.