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Oxford Falls advice - Deep creek to Mona Vale road/Forest Way Supacentre
Hey all,
It turns out that my office is moving from Frenchs Forest to Belrose, so I'm looking for some advice on the best trails to use to get from Narrabeen/Deep Creek to the Belrose Supacentre..
I'm hoping to stay off the road as much as possible.
I did some preliminary trail scouting but found myself climbing from deep creek to the Bahai temple hill.. other than the sweet Deep Creek single trail it was unpleasant (pushing my bike up rocky escarpments most of the way) and i'd prefer to avoid that one being my daily commute.
Manly Dam Wednesday Night Rides
The meeting times are 'ready to ride'. If you need time to prepare equipment then please arrive a few minutes earlier.
Next to Seaforth Bowling Club on the Manly Dam Trail.
Regular Wednesday Night Ride.
All levels welcome.
Good lights required.
1 lap for beginners. 2 laps for fitter types.
Cheers
Daniel
Psymaan's Cycling Cyclops - Pslalom through the Pscenery
MTB action video from locations in NSW including Ourimbah, Manly Dam, Red Hill, Royal National Park, Lake Parramatta, and the Blue Mountains.
Going well, still room for improvement!
Getting more consistent, 31 mins and a 32 min lap. Still haven't broken the 30 min yet, but pretty much every weekend I knock out a sub 1:05 double 
1st place BMORC, Welby 7hr
Round 4 of the SRAM Singletrack mind series was held at Welby in the Southern Highlands.
Having raced at Welby last year, I knew what I was in for; not huge amounts of climbing but technical pinchy climbs that really sap the legs. Getting flow and holding momentum is really hard at Welby. In saying that, it is a really fun track to ride around - perfect place for a social ride to take on your mates.
On Saturday afternoon Craig and myself headed out for a couple of recce laps. The course was dry, dusty and loose. It was fun to ride around but would prove to be a tough racetrack.
What happened to Stringybark Ridge?
Does anyone know what's happening at Stringybark Ridge? I went to an info day there ages ago and also filled an online survey. Haven't heard anything more since.
Trails Database gets some TLC (and more to come)
I'm not sure how much of this people will have noticed, but... thought it was about time to say a few words about our trails DB.
This started out as just a few words about local trails but after a quick glance at the page above you'll see it's grown into much more.
While this section of the site has been here for a long time, it's had a bit of TLC lately (and will get a bit more in the coming weeks & months).
There is a whole load of information here and it can be a bit daunting, so in general the changes are aimed at making it easy to find 'stuff I like'.
The changes so far have been:
- Remove reliance on Google Maps in favour of Leaflet - looks great on mobile.
- Nice little thumbnail maps on the 'At-a-glance' section for each trails area.
- Introduction of a point of information (POI) content type. Instead of just listing facilities we can now pinpoint them on a map (with relevant icons of course).
- Maps for individual areas can now show trails colour coded by difficulty (where authors have rated them), as well as those POIs.
- As well as the Northern Beaches area overview map on the trails DB overview there's a new Trails Finder page that shows all the areas to ride on a map.
- A little reminder message on all these content types: this is a site for the MTB community, and as trail info can often change, anyone is welcome to contribute with better information if they have it. You know - just like a wiki.
Well, that's for a start... there's more coming! Yes, a nerd's work is never done! 
Calling Fox 32 FIT 100mm or 120mm owners
Hi Guys
I've just picked up a set of second hand Fox FIT forks to replace my SIDs as they allow 650b wheels. The thing is I'm not sure if they're 100mm or 120mm forks, I got them cheap because the previous buyer thinks he bought the wrong length. I'd prefer 120 but am not fussed if they're 100.
Could I ask someone with either forks to measure the length of exposed stanchion between the bottom of the crown and the top of the seal? Mine are 116m so I'm not sure if they're 100mm travel that don't use all of the stanchion of if they're actually 120mm forks
chain for my boys bike
My eldest has a 24" mountain bike it is less than a year old and chain has stretched from spinning too much it is a 21 speed or 3x7 for those that are bad at maths. Can I use a 9 speed chain or has to be a specific 7 speed