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Greenvalleys Freeride Park
Press Release - Tuesday 14th, April 2009
Greenvalleys Freeride Park
Greenvalleys Freeride Park is a planned MTB facility in Tongarra, NSW. It is located in the foothills of the Macquarie Pass National Park just over an hour south of Sydney and approx 20 minutes from Wollongong.
The park will host a Downhill (DH) competition track for school, local, state and national competitions. A slopestyle competition course, and freeride tracks for all levels of ability.
First SS team race
Well what a great race & my First 24hr on an Single Speed. We arrived around midday Friday set up camp quickly then headed to rego, to see if we could change are team members around as we had decided a few day before to enter a SS team for fun. Well the Girl at rego was very accommodating & quickly changed it all around & then we where set. We headed out for a few laps, & realized that my head set had shit its self, thankfully the onsite mechanics where able to fix it. So now I was ready.
Mont 24 hr Pro Photographers
From Rotorburn:
http://www.auroraimages.com.au/ have updated their splash screen to include a small selection of shots from this years race (as opposed to the 2007 shots they had before) so it can't be long before the rest go up
Someone looks rather familiar (spot the NoBMobber 
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Bike Tax - Are they serious??
Drivers want bikers to pay tax on bikes
Dunno how they would enforce it, number plates???
How to fix your Garmin Edge - Extreme Edition
We've previously talked about fixing Garmin Edge units here: http://nobmob.com/node/7864
And in that other thread there was a link to someone who bypassed the spring loaded connector for power.
Well, recently, Steve01 threw his old Edge 305 at me in disgust and taking up the challenge I decided to have a bash at fixing it. Here's what I did...
Garmin Edge Circuit Tape
Just put a bit of tape over the wires to stop shorts and re-assemble the unit. Job done 
Garmin Edge 305 - Connectory replacement
Here I've soldered some wires on the circuit board where the spring loaded connector used to be. These are solid core wires from a cat5 cable BTW - slightly tricky.
Garmin Edge Circuit Board - Connector removed
Here's the circuit board with that dodgy spring loaded connector thingo removed. Easy enough, just go at it with a sharp knife or a small screwdriver.
Garmin Edge 305 Front/Back connector
This connector between the front and back of the Edge unit is the Achilles heel of the design. If the unit is shaken a lot (as it is on a bike) then these contacts can loose touch just for a split second. When this happens to the one carrying power - that's when your Edge turns off half way through a ride 