Recent content by trotts7

Pump track! Hi Jess, i'm keen to have a look at your pump track at some stage. We are considering putting in a section of pump track at the new Sport UNE XC track and we need a few pointers. Shoot me an email at mtrotter@une.edu.au. Regards.

New England MTB is hosting the first race of its winter calendar this weekend at the newly developed SportUNE track. Its a a short period enduro format race run over 88 minutes Open mens/womens Sport mens/womens, pairs (male female and mixed), masters and junior categories. BYO Picnic...

Great work - will help local mtb development heaps Love the name change, now our club can consider applying to have a club section put in the forums, something we have avoided whilst the name was farkin.

XC trails around thredbo I went to Jindabyne over summer for a little cycling holiday (with the roadie and xc mtb), headed up to thredbo one day thinking there would have to be some half decent XC trails there but found very little. The village loop trail that you mentioned was full of walkers...

Maxxis Wire Bead I've been running DIY tubless for a while now. Just taped up rims (two types of tape, one hard for spoke holes the other soft for sealing) and a stans valve, diy sealant too. I rode kevlar bead Maxxis crossmarks for ages, they seated easy and made for a very light wheelset...

Anyone know or reccomend any (affordable) accomodation in Jindabyne for a summer mtb holiday??? I'm particuarly interetsed in a self contain or cabin type deal but will go with what evere is reasonably priced...

Looking for a team? If anyone is looking for a team we have a few spare spots available on teams up here... shoot me an email if your keen... mtrotter@une.edu.au

Hi folks, although this isn't a dedicated or serious mtb race (its primarilly a fundraiser) it is still fairly competitive and last years event was reported by many as really good fun. there is some reasonable prizemoney, you can win your team up to $600 if you win your category. Its...

My 2 cents I have been racing for a few years now and have really noticed the difference that a good design makes to track agro. A track with frequent areas for passing, so that riders held up by slower folk know that they will soon hit a passing lane makes a big difference to the overall track...

DIY cheap bike lights from torch's I wipped up this guide a little while ago for people in our club wanting to get into night riding cheaply. Its a bit long winded but basically uses one of the torch's from deal extreme (a seul led version).....

only put in recently We have only just put the track in, its all of about 3 months old, so it probably wasn't there when you were studying. If you ever come up againt let us know and we can show you round!

Hi folks, New England Mountain Bikers have established a new XC/Enduro mtb track at the University of New England with racing begginning on the 13th of April. If you are from up north and are keen to get involved check out our web site for details www.newenglandmtb.com

Interest??? Not much interest in the Port race eh?, is anyone out there going to this or are Delmar and me gunna clean up???

I'd be keen to know if anyone is using a GIS to design mountain bike track, i've been mucking around with ARC GIS myself and would like to hear how others might be using it to assist their track design???, I'm particuarly interested to hear if anyone has used DEM's to plan track gradient and...

armidale nsw? Youv'e ridden up here?