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Dirtworks - where to stay
Morning all, where are people staying prior to Dirtworks? Would be good to catch up with any nobmobbers doing the ride and any suggestions/thoughts welcome!
Illegal Trail Builders Ruin It For Mountain Bikers Everywhere
This is the title of an interesting peice from singletracks.com:
http://www.singletracks.com/blog/trail-advocacy/...
The writer says, "...renegade mountain bikers had secretly cut up to 30 miles of trails... Despite having 255 miles of trail access in national forests around Tahoe, that isn’t enough for the free-riders."
These guys overseas have 255 miles (410km) of local trails, and I'd assume much of this would be dedicated to MTB. Looking at our own back yard, we have 187km of trails (this includes some, known illegal trails) and only the recent action at Manly Dam makes around 2km of them dedicated for MTB riding.
The writer goes on, "On the spectrum of things that are bad for the reputation of our sport, building illegal trails has to be one of the worst (if not the worst) things we can do. So if you’re thinking about putting a shovel to dirt this spring on land you don’t own or have permission to use, give us all a break and volunteer with your local club to improve existing trails."
You have to agree with this and that the only way forward is by doing things the legal way. It's a nice idea to channel energy into clubs, but the issue here is that our local clubs don't have the authority to maintain trails so in reality there is no outlet for those wanting to do the right thing.
So while I completely agree that illegal building is damaging, local authorities need to look overseas and realise that in order to prevent it they must engage local riders. What this also shows is that no matter what utopian trail network that exists, sadly there will always be a rogue element (100% compliance is an unrealistic goal), but that the majority of riders will pitch in to undo any damage rogues may do given the chance.
Pictures of new Manly Dam signs?
Hey, has anyone taken any pictures of the new signs that are supposed to be up at Manly Dam?
If anyone is going for a spin there in the near future, don't suppose you could take a could shots?
Back Yamma Bigfoot 2010
The meeting times are 'ready to ride'. If you need time to prepare equipment then please arrive a few minutes earlier.
Corner of Back Yamma Road and Parkes Eugowra Road, Eugowra NSW 2806. This is around 25km South of Parkes.
The Back Yamma Bigfoot (www.backyammabigfoot.com.au) is a new event for 2010 hosted by the Central West Off Road Bicycle Club (CWORBC). This 25/50/100km mountain bike race will be held in the Back Yamma State Forest near Parkes and Forbes in the Central West of NSW (map). Back Yamma is full of great fun single track and not too many big hills, making for a fast and fun ride.
Second hand rear shock
Hi all, just after second hand rear shock for a mates old bike, thought i start here first.
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Sarina's painting of Towler's Bay/Morning Bay wharf....
There is a very gifted artist amongst us...
Sarina's painting of Towler's Bay / Morning Bay wharf captures the beautiful light and mood of our early morning ride on Sunday.
It's my new screen saver/desktop background. 
Manly Dam Open? Was this sent to riders list?
So... I might have missed it, but was anyone on the official Manly Dam mailing list (the one with weather updates, etc.) sent a mail telling them the trail is re-open?
Real Bike Insurance MTB Cruise
Entered the 80/ 75 km version, but the climb up Mt Stromlo got the better of me, resulting in my first DNF.
May have had something to do with arriving in Canberra at 11.45 pm Friday and sleeping badly, but I think it was more likely the usual issue of dragging 100+ kg uphill for extended periods. And that climb up Mt Stromlo is an extended climb - not steep or particularly difficult, but it goes on and on. And then on this course there was a couple of km's of pretty techy downhill, so not much chance to "relax" until the last third of the loop.
