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Better put my name down for Tumba jobs this spring! Lovely spot but existing trails mostly seem to cater to rail trail crowd

100%. You’ll be wanting more travel in about three months if you get the Norco. This might make it six months before you want more travel and buy the 170mm bike you should probably just start with (Speaking from experience)

FWIW I just put my cushcore back in after a few months without. With an “enduro casing” I got multiple flats (basically every second ride) and with a “DH” casing the flats stopped but I destroyed my rear carbon rim. I’m about 75kg on the bike, ride mostly Canberra trails. Bike feels good with...

Thanks @Labcanary ! Could be a goer…

Cracked my Light Bicycle rim yesterday… Item: 27.5 x 30mm (approx) internal, 32 hole. Ideally 550 ERD. Prefer carbon but beggars can’t be choosers. Location: Canberra, happy to pay post Price range/Willing to Pay: couple hundred for carbon, less for aloominum obvs Extra Info: new, second hand...

Didn’t pay to shuttle at Eden but you can self-shuttle and there are at least two good trails from the top (prana and old tom) which are long enough (3-4km descents) that you could just session those for half a day or day and not get too bored. Rode past some blue flow trails that looked pretty...

Yeah - hopefully you bought it?

What size shock does it take? And has anyone tried short-stroking these? Looks like it might make a fun “jib” bike with a 140ish fork if you can do it. Alternatively the Cascade link could help make it poppy…

The new Narooma trails are incredible. Mogo is getting a big upgrade I believe, but Narooma is definitely worth the drive from BB

Bump, price drop. Save me from Gumtree!

Much obliged sir!

Item: Banshee Prime V.3 Large (470 reach) (this one: https://www.bansheebikes.com/prime-v3) Location: Canberra-ish, happy to post Item Condition: Functionally great, cosmetically good Reason for selling: Too many bikes Price and price conditions: $1100 ono Extra Info: Shock just serviced and...

CRC seem to have lost my order too - tracking has it stuck in Sydney for nearly 4 weeks. I’ve asked for a refund. Courier was Evri

I was feeling lucky, so I bought a 1/2 price dropper post from CRC on Friday. Got a dispatch email overnight. I won’t relax til it actually arrives, but they do still seem to be functioning.

@Scotty T apparently there will be quite a few appropriate bikes to choose from on Saturday

The recyclery (Gungaderra Homestead) is having a bike sale this Saturday. My brother will be running it and says he’ll give him a bike if there is something appropriate there (there usually would be). Will update if he finds something in the meantime

Um just don’t go on social media til after you’ve watched it?

Have you tried the Recyclery? (Part of Canberra Environment Centre). They should have a big box of 2nd hand stems and the price will be right if you find the right size. Worth a look if you are anywhere near Gungaderra Homestead

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/stirling/bicycle-parts-and-accessories/vintage-trek-800-steel-26-mtb-frame/1315569277 Budget option -would probably need a short stem, but if the disc conversion is good this would probably make a solid 650b gravel bitsa

Very much enjoying this thread. Anyhow, I reckon small wheels are the go for "gravel" - allows you to run bigger tyres without big weight penalty, or the centrifugal issues that 700c + big tyre suffers from on the road*. I have used 26*2.1 and 650b*1.75, 1.9 around Canberra region a lot (I live...