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Newtons Nations
After a lower key, luge/DHskateboard only event last year Newtons Nations is back in full for 2010
Last weekend in November
3 days of live music and actions sports on Mt Panorama Bathurst
Hoping to have some exciting news about the Mountain bike component shortly
http://www.newtonsnation.com.au/default
wooot!
Capital Punishment Pictures
Bit arty, but a nice set of shots:
http://www.damianbreach.com/Blog_10/CapitalP/
Does this sum up the day pretty well? 
Punishment in the Capital
Did the 50km Capital Punishment on the weekend as my first ever race and was pretty happy with my time despite dropping about 20 places on Stromlo as my legs stopped working and started cramping.
What i wanted to know is, was that bloody hard or was it just me? The sucking mud and clay felt like riding on flats for 40km and that last small pine forest just before Stromlo was like wading through a swamp. I must have seen about 10 people fall over going up the mountain as well, purely from fatigue.
Back Yamma Bigfoot (New 25/50/100 km) Entries Now Open
We have now opened entries for the Back Yamma Bigfoot (www.backyammabigfoot.com.au). We have tried to keep prices reasonable.
25km - $35
50km - $45
100km - $60
MTBA members receive the usual $15 discount.
We are still investigating timing options. If anyone has any suggestions or past experiences, we'd appreciate hearing from you.
Entries for 24 solo world champs
i've been trying to enter for the solo 24hr world champs and have not been recognised by their system.
i sent an email to tell them that i'd qualified etc and recieved some babble that i'd maybe missed the cutoff date!!!!!!!!
didn't know there was one?
can anyone confirm this? i'm not a member of farkin(rotorburn) so cant go on there to ask.
i'm SH,T,NG myself thinking i might have missed out!
Capital Punishment Accomodation
I have accomodation at the Formule1 motel at Watson (about 10min from event rego). Booked for Friday & Saturday nights, $85. If anyone is interested in sharing room please contact me.
Glenn
Newbie's first Enduro - Wet weather clothing question
I'll keep my newbie question brief.
I'm doing my first ever mini-Enduro, the 50km Capital Punishment in two weeks in ACT.
I'm curious as to what I should be wear on my top, especially if it's raining. I've got a 'proper' Bike T-Shirt. But if it's p*ssing it down, will I need waterproofs?
I've done long runs in the rain before and that's fine, but I'm budgeting being on the bike for the best part of 5 hours at least.
What's the 'norm'? I want to find that happy middle ground between being precious and being airlifted off the mountain with hypothermia!
How many spare inner tubes should I take for a 50km event? Yes, I'm a massive newbie!
Hello all,
feel sure it's been addressed in another thread, but can't find one. I'm doing my first 50km Enduro (Capital Punishment). I'm really new to the sport and would really appreciate some advice on how many spare inner tubes I should take along.
I know this is a how long is a piece of string question, but just trying to get a feel for what other people do?
The bike is 29er, in the 50-60km I've had her, I've only had the one puncture (front). However, this was on Stromlo (part of the Capital Punishment course) and that was after 2hours of riding there.