Recent content by batesy

still got this frame mate?

Manitou 4 or similar melb, vic up to $200 depending on condition needed for my DBR vertex build up... cheers Batesy

Far out you boys like ya bars wide eh.... I run some risers on my khs soft tail 26er at 600mm wide my 29er are 720mm wide and that feels like a bus

Cheers for all the info, bracken-berry sounds interesting I'll check it out for sure, and I'll give a few enduros a crack, just miss the old hardcore xc races

Yeah i was aware that was the last for the interwinter series, im based in whittlesea, north of melb. I think ill have a go at a couple of the enduro events i think there is one in bendigo this month... what club are you with?

Gday, Just did a xc race on sunday at avoca, and am keen to get into a few more but finding it hard to find a calander or anything? This race was a standard xc race with set laps, im guessing the norm is now more enduro type events? 3-6 hours etc.... also do the fat tyre flyers still exist...

Sounds like a plan as well mate... Keep the enthusiasm going and push the pace

Cool thanks mate, I'll prolly be the quickest in our group so I'll head out first I'd say, expecting some decent hills so should be fun...

Sweet thanks for the input mate

Ok cool thanks guys so as long as three are racing, doing lap by lap seems the go... looking forward to the challange.. i actually thought about doing it solo... maybe next year

guys... thinking about entering the bright 6hr in sept with a couple of mates, just wondering how they work it with splitting up the 6 hours? does person 1 do 2 hrs then person 2 then person 3? or do you do 1 lap then swap? any info appreciated as I haven't raced since the early 2000s so I'm a...

Bloody hell it sucks, very sad. Heart goes out to his family and friends

Hmm not sure, I work in kinglake and the choppers were still going round bout 15 mins ago

How old are you? 30 What state do you live? VIC How long have you been riding? on and off for last 16 years, racing up until i was 18 (xc) Whats styles of riding do you do? xc fire trails single track what ever i can find? How often do you ride? 3-4 times a week Tell us about your...

as above, respect mate, awesome write up george, would love to do it one day, looks like an unreal challenge... cheers