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Wildside Difficulty
If anyone has raced the Wildside stage race in Tasmania before could you comment on how technical the trails are? Particularly how it compares to the trails around Sydney.
My wife is considering entering and is not yet confident riding all of Manly Dam. Would the this make the Wildside not enjoyable or would it just mean walking a few sections?
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Terrey Hills update for 28 Jul
Still Amber but only the section between Nerrang and Dick Smith. There's also a tree down in this section.
The rest of the trail is riding well. I am surprised at how the trails aren't drying this winter though!
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3 Ring Circus 2015
Overall a great event so sorry to see it going. Well signposted, organised and beautiful trails. New single track was great. Had a mechanical - broke chain and rear derailleur....my bro in law gave me his bike to finish the event on and limped home on my bike.He had brought a spare bike which he then rode. Incredible sacrifice and a great example of unselfishness! No cramping which was great, no stacking and yes.....serious wind like I haven't experienced before.
Western Trails at East Kowen - Anyone ridden them recently?
I'm heading back to Kowen in the next couple of weeks with the mission to ride all trails.
Has anyone ridden the western trails at Kowen recently? If so what are the state of the trails? Are they worth riding out to?
Trails such as: Mac's Track, Cora 1-2-3, Braaap, Ding Ding, Escalator, Effing Track, Ren, Stimpy, Yammamoto
Fifty Kilometres is Enough!
I'd heard good reports about the 3 Ring Circus from trusted Nobmobbers, and enjoyed the variety of great singletrack at Wingello State Forest. That and the inclusion of some fairly hefty climbs (experienced at Highland Flings) made the whole concept of the race seem like a good one for me. There was one catch though. Being accustomed to having essentially all my races the marathon distance, I wasn't sure how I'd go seeing as I'd be up against some 50km 'specialists.'
State champs at Del Rio
Check out this great edit of the Mondraker team in action at Del Rio done by Matt Staggs
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Second circus
My second 3 ring and unfortunately will also be my last as they are not putting on the event next year, this seems to be a common thread to my race blogs given my last race was capital punishment!!!!
It was another sunny day in wingello although was definitely colder and windier than last year, it also seemed like a lot less people had entered this year. I was lined up at the start with my mate Daniel who missed the race last year and a guy in a school dress (you get all types at 3 ring), I also knew that I was not as well prepared this year so was expecting a slower time than last year.
3 Ring 2015: 10 Lessons Learnt
So - a very different experience for me - today I rode with my wife and her best mate, in their 'dare' to ride the 3 Ring.
Wifeys friend is pretty well known cycling journo and previous World Champ on the track, so she has seen some races in her life. My wife has been to so many supporting me, that she also knows how it all works. The first thing I noticed about them both - was how nervous they were.