Following the recent conversation about overtaking…manners and common sense…

Just a quick post to ask bike riders to call out to dog walkers and horse riders that they are approaching - most don't hear bikes coming.

If you call out it gives the people time to gather their dogs out of your way and prepare their horses for your approach.

If you think a wallaby can do damage to a rider then imagine a one tonne creature with its own brain who moves very fast and can kick.

Heads up for everyone out there who might usually be having a hard time getting their family out riding with them: This Saturday (October 5) is IMBA's Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day. As this is the 10th anniversary, they have, rather tongue in cheek I think, crossed out the 'kid' and replaced with 'mom' as a way of saying it really is for all the family.

TKMBD is an annual celebration held on the first Saturday of October. The event, developed and coordinated by IMBA, strives to encourage communities around the world to join together and ride mountain bikes with youth.

To be honest, that's about all you need to know: it's an excuse to drag your family or friends out on the dirt and get them grinning

For those wanting to know more about the background, details on the IMBA site here: http://www.imba.com/tkmbd

If anyone wants to arrange something 'official' for this day somewhere around the Northern Beaches, please put it in the calendar and comment here so we can give it a plug.