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    What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!

    Kids and Mtb time is awesome... Even when they start beating you...
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    mid travel 29er suggestions

    Hugene? This new design by propain looks worthy
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    Which bike should I buy?

    I have a ritchey 29 that I don’t think I want to sell but I’m not riding it and after listening to the Hamish and Andy podcast maybe I can rent it to you Steel is awesome the right steel frame will feel lighter to ride than what the scales say...
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    Which bike should I buy?

    This much is no doubt true, but the tallboy seemed to fit Johnny’s bill....
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    Bargain buys thread

    It’s the cookies I tells ya.... the bloody things are like elephants.
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    Which bike should I buy?

    Congrats... Old mate the bike broker Australia on bookface had a big Tallboy xl/l well within you budget... It’s pretty old school from memory...
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    mid travel 29er suggestions

    Chuck in the Nukeproof reactor.... https://nukeproof.com/collections/trail/products/2021-reactor-290-alloy frame only available too
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    Australia Day, is January 26th the right day?

    Ok - 2nd Friday in February then.... And agree no bogan will lose a day... Call it Australian Nations day instead then it includes 1st nations and all the other nations that came after...
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    Australia Day, is January 26th the right day?

    Change the date but make it a floating day like first Monday in March. Then we can celebrate for a weekend guaranteed. I’m not sure how people don’t get it’s not the right date, it might not change the past but it at least changes the future.
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    Ooooh My Orbea Occam

    So after a long lay off which included a stint in Hospital with burst appendix, a lapse in with the black dog and general life busy shit with work and kids. I have been back on the bike for about 3 weeks and it’s really the first time I’ve ridden this gem. I know everyone loves their bike to a...
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    What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!

    After a long lay off managed the lower TVT with the young bloke.... He kindly waited...
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    Site access issues recently

    I vote it’s moved to the proboards platform...
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    First trail wheelset advice

    Hunts won’t be a quick trip back to a local guy to service/tweak if required. I’d say go the local XLR8 keep a job in Australia support the economy and get the benefit of local support. It really is a small price to pay for a very similar spec’d wheels..
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    mid travel 29er suggestions

    I have an Orbea Occam. It does everything you describe and I love it.... In the end I was choosing between the Occam and the Revel Rascal, unfortunately the value of the Occam won out. I was fortunate enough for a great test ride on my local trails which sealed it...
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    anyone name their Bike (or their car?)

    My Orbea is Heist. Which is a combination of first initials from me, my wife and our 3 kids ...
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    Revel Rail Tuxedo.

    Nice ride.... Great to see an actual rider under a very good looking machine. I was so close to the rascal before pulling the trigger on the occam.
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    Grips for small hands.

    Ergon Smalls?
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    What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!

    Couple of laps of the family loop with the 3 kids, wife and me @ Mount Annan, a great fathers day out.
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    Newly Released Bikes General

    Knock block would of saved my steel hardtail from a big ding in the top tube from the shifter, when I binned it hard...
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    Newly Released Bikes General

    Many moons ago my brother in-law rode a rocker single speed with the belt - snapped it in his first marathon, they replaced it once I think he snapped it again next outing and went to chains. He still has the steel frame to this day and reckons it’s the best riding hardtail ever... There was a...
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