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T'is true, largest MTB event in Australia and largest 24hr race in the World! In 2005, there were 2,445 riders plus over 4,000 spectators at the Australian 24 Hour Mountain Bike Championships (AKA The Mont). We've got a team (Team Proud To Push, or TP2P) of 6 hardened DH guys doing it on DH...

It seems the usual Wednesday night rides are back again, and the local lads have started back into hitting the XC loop at Yarramundi. It's an open invite to all riders who want to get some experience at night or to brush up on their black ops techniques. The guys look to push ASAP after work...

Righto funsters, we're planning a mini DH Epic on Thursday October the 6th. We're heading up to hit St Helenas, then over to Glenbrook Skate park. After that we'll drop in through the Glenbrook Trails to the Glenbrook DJ's then over to either OBR or The Chicken Run at Mt Riv. Final...

And Blackmans in Penriff too! Trent is off in Fiji this week to do the 2006 product launch for Avanti/ Specialized, so if you drop in this weekend I'm sure you could ask to see his sneaky photo's of all the 2006 gear.

My old mate Simon Verhaar (Moose) was club president of the defunct old club. Apparently once he and other key commitee members moved away, Moose is down in Adelaide now, there was nobody else there to step up and keep things running. Like most things in life, it all lives or dies based on...

At least 12 months if not longer, I've been riding there ever since the mid nineties and even then there were a stack of old over grown trails. I went out there late last year to take my dog for a cruise down to the river and noticed the big NP sign....bugger. IIRC it used to be crown land...

I know it's hard to try and balance what you'd love to hit and what a younger riding buddie can hit, so with this in mind you might want to check out some of these spots. Windsor Downs Nature Reserve: It's a bushland area that boarders Blacktown Road, Bligh Park and Windsor Downs. Inside the...

I agree with Wombat, don't mess around in the Penriff area and expect to pin it away from the bike cops. There are quite a few of them do race DH and I have no doubt will catch you in a sprint off. Officer Kyle (not his real name) comes out regularly with me for shuttle runs and he can rip it...

That's what sparked my hazy memory about the Specialize/ Roadie thing. I'm not too sure there'd be many MTB teams/ sponsors that would shrug off a cool $US2K either. I'm sure for the roadie teams $US2K would be bugger all, there'd probably be a line up of sponsors wanting to pay the fine just to...

Now I'm prepared to be proven wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure ubber road guy Mario Chippolini (sorry for the spelling mate) and Specialized often are in the same boat. Because of UCI legislation I've heard that Mario had to adhere to similar rules in relation to what he wore when racing...

It'll be interesting to see what Maxxis come back with now Michelin are pushing on with their new dual compound tyre. For those of you that have not seen it yet have a squiz at this: http://www.bikemagic.com/news/article.asp?UAN=4213 As keen as I am to see these new tyre from Michelin, I'm...

Lads, I'm gutted! I'm 31 and my mission when I was racing DH was to get quick enough in "Sporties" to be pinning when I could move up into "Vets". But alas now I can actually race an age bracket, I can't make the time commitment to race anymore, I'm fitter and faster than I ever was. I was...

For sure, but we're not advocating people go out there and do stupid stuff on bikes. Hell if you put a beginner on a Demo 9 and told them to launch a 10ft huck there'll be greif regardless. The point we're making is that just because some guy isn't on the latest and greatest rig it shouldn't be...

OK it's a slight over simplification, however my point is that there are some manufacturers out there that seem to re-invent their product every other generation instead of refining it. I think the basic model life should and can be longer than 2-3 generations, by all means I'm not saying that...