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DW Weigh-in 2008
Here's the final tally in the Dirtworks weigh in night before the race.
In case you can't read the beer stained document above, and to put them in order, here you go (all Kg of course):
Hardtails
Stuart - Custom Viper: 10.200
mtbasn.alex - Scale 35: 11.120
Heckler - Crack+Fail HT: 12.100
Bernd - Olivella: 13.740
Dualies
Steve 01 - Mojo: 11.490
Whisperer - Titus Racer-X: 11.510
Gazza - Epic - 11.600
Buck - Giant Trance X0: 11.700
Tien - Giant Anthem: 11.700
Carlgroover - Giant Anthem LE: 12.060
Rob - Rush 3 Special: 12.220
Cascades night ride
The meeting times are 'ready to ride'. If you need time to prepare equipment then please arrive a few minutes earlier.
Carrying on from last Wednesday... From Wyatt Ave, aiming to go down Heath Track (missing the now blocked little bit of single track) all the way to the bottom, through the creek and up Quarry climb, round the top or ridge top track, along the road (hope that's OK at night) to the start of Cascades track, down there with the great water bars and then up the other side to the start. Would be nice to keep a fairly decent pace, but not after setting an records.
Innova MTB Tube - 10 Pack - 26 x 1.0/1.25 Presta
Hi there,
I ordered the wrong tubes yesterday and they have already been shipped so don't really want to pay postage to send them back and then have the correct size sent to me.
The item is exactly as listed here: http://torpedo7.com.au/products/INTUBNNMT
If I could get $25 for them that would be great.
Pickup Sydney CBD would be ideal otherwise we can talk about posting.
e-mail: [email protected]
Thanks.
Want to order ayups but cannot decide on beams
Hello,
I cannot decide which to buy yet. I keep hearing different ideas about which beams are better for our use.
I cannot see us doing any crazy night riding, mainly fire trail and possibly some single track. Any users of ayups seen both beams of the current range of lights in the flash care to offer some guidance?
I have seen the beam shots on the website but I would like to know how people are going out there in the real world with the ayups. Also just curious how hard it is to get the beam changed afterwards? is it as simple as a lens change? or the actual light itself?
Trails around the Gold Coast
The missus is attending a 5 day training course on the Gold Coast in September, so I'm planning to utilise "Kids Club" for a couple of days and explore the trails around the Gold Coast and the Hinterland.
Does anybody have any details of the cross country trails around that area - I have a car so further afield is OK although I do have to pick the kids up at some stage.
I've checked out the Gold Coast MTB site and there wasn't a great deal of info there.
Alternative to NPWS tracks? Steve Peat in Lisboa downtown videos
Steve Peat just won the 2008 Lisboa (Portugal) Downtown championship...
As the NPWS rangers get ever more concerned about our safety and trail erosion, maybe we should look at alternatives in the urban environment...look at these vids from the historic city of Lisboa...MTB must be popular there!
Steve Peat on the podium, and his final lap in 2006
http://youtu.be/ZTDpF87XOos
even the mayor of Lisboa gave the track a try (interesting results)
WWS 2008 - Round 4 @ Killy
The meeting times are 'ready to ride'. If you need time to prepare equipment then please arrive a few minutes earlier.
HMBA Killingworth Track (click for directions). The map/directions link below is to the turnoff on Killingworth Road just 500m or so away.
This race is now confirmed to be at Killy, not Awaba.
Never mind, I hear the track is a blast and know we have a few teams out there now.
It's your usual 8 hour format and not too far to drive so come on up! 
See http://brightorangeevents.com/ and follow the BMC WWS 08 links.
NoBMoB Represent NSW State Series Wagga Wagga round 2
Once again NoBMoB (sponsored???) riders featured in the podium at last weekends state champs held out west at Wagga. The track out there is such a pleasure to ride that the race was almost over to fast, the track had a nice tight singletrack climb up to the fireroad to start which put us on to a SWEET bit of downhill singletrack. the track climbed back to the highest point then a good 2km worth flowing (mostly)downhill singletrack took back to the Start/Finish line.
I will be going back there at some stage im sure of that!!!
Anyways Results are as follows:
Enduro Track
It's been ages since I've ridden the the Enduro loop[1] so, being a beaut morning I decided to skive off work and go for a ride. I couldn't be bother contending with the coldness of the creek so opted to ride up the road[2] rather than the short cut up waterworks gully. This was fairly boring, I didn't even have any truck try and squish me as I plodded up Scenic Hill.
Finally I got the the Zig Zag car park and headed on to the dirt of Newnes Forest Rd. A bit more pedaling brought me to a bit of single track that I thought was a short cut to the start of the run down to the MotoX track...
Advice please: Best Replacement Disc Pads for Shimano LX/XTR?
Hi Guys,
My rear brakes were misbehavin' on the weekend through the Southern Sojourn section of the Dam, and it turns out I need to replace the pads. They were making a racket and not providing a lot of power - the only time they locked was on the boards with a death grip on the lever. Replacing the fluid and giving the pads a clean with some brake cleaner and a rag stopped the noise, but the power has only marginally improved - still can't lock 'em on the road.
What do you guys reckon are the best options for replacement pads? They're Shimano LX brakes.