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What advances do you forsee in MTN Biking?
Last weekend I attended a meeting with NPWS in Glenbrook(unrelated to the disscussion paper or north sydney projects)
Most intesting Question of the day was what advances do you forsee likely to occur with mountain biking in the next 10 years? example. Will riders be using electric motors? Will downhill pedalling store energy to assist with climbing?
Tips, tricks & advice for first foreign bike trip to Rotoura
How's it going. Myself and a few buddies have decided to take a trip to Rotoura, NZ in November for a wk. Looking forward to it as it is Rotoura but its also my first trip biking that can't be got to in a car. As the excitement builds was just hoping to get some feed back off nobmober's who have been there or who have any advice for foreign trips.
Were booked up with Air NZ, they're charging an extra $20 for the bike's as sporting goods when they are getting checked in.
We've a HiAce booked for when we arrive and it'll be our mode of transport for the wk.
Tracks Trails conference (31Aug-2Sep) discounts available to club members
full details are here: www.tracksandtrails.org.au
pls contact me via PM for info on discounts
A New Menace on our Roads
So Spring must be well and truly here/on the way, was out for my normal training ride this morning and on the ride home, I heard the dulcet tones of a familiar foe from last year over my right shoulder, a quick glance and there she was, a magpie swooping in to attack the back of my helmet to defend it's territory from the terrible cyclist.
So watch out people, I know its pretty early in the season for Magpie's however, keep a ear out for their attacking tones and prepare to be bombarded.
felt q220
how much would a felt q220 (2009)
model be worth
it has been used alot since 2011
has a small hole just near the set, in the frame
gears and suspension work fine.
just trying to get a value
THANKS!!
150mm travel not enough ??
Can anyone offer some advice please.
Was riding last weekend and tackling some good size jumps with mates and my 150mm of rockshox revelation fork and monarch shock couldn't handle it and bottomed out. If I put more air in both the fork and shock, do you think that will give me more resisitance and eliminate the bottoming out ?? Or will it be too stiff and not allow an pre-load of the bike ??
Any thought will be welcomed. Thx.
Lezo
Road/footpath rules
While riding to work on Tuesday i decided to hop onto the footpath for safety sake due to the traffic while going through part of Brookvale. Coming up to a pedestrian crossing (still 30m away) an SUV, waiting for a walker to cross before driving through, was staring at me intently, he then drove into the pedestrian crossing, stopped and starting honking his horn and screaming at me.
The Birth of Mountain Biking
Just stumbled across this site by Charlie Kelly, the guy who organised and promoted the first ever downhill mountain bike races (the Repack Races) in Marin County California 1974.
Fascinating stuff if you're interested in the history of our sport. Charlie Kelly partnered with Gary Fisher in Kelly-Fisher Mountain Bicycles before Gary and his father bought his interest out in what would become Gary Fisher Bicycles.
Here's the site: http://sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/mtbwelcome.htm
He's the guy with the pony tail in the following vid:
Make the Census count
Regular commuter or not, consider riding to work on Tuesday in order to be able to answer question 45 on the census with a vote for cycling. Every vote counts for better cycling facilities.
Cadel may compete in mountain bike event at 2012 Olympics
CADEL Evans may turn back the clock and compete in the mountain bike class at the 2012 London Olympics.Evans, 34, is bidding to become just the third cyclist after Jan Ulrich and Miguel Indurain to win the treble – Tour de France, world road title and Olympic gold.
And the mountain bike race may offer Evans his best chance of Olympic success rather than the time trial (fifth) and road race (15th) that he rode at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
