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

[DougalStrachan]

A week at port Fairy with the kids didn't leave a lot of time for riding but there is a rail trail goes thru Koroit - that happens to have a brewery. First ride there was 9am Sunday morning but apparently they wont serve you a beer at 9am Sunday so a second ride with the Family fixed that. Great place! Put on 2kg in a week and am fairly sunburnt

 

[birddog69]

Went out about 6:30 this morning with Yvonne for a bit of a training ride on the mt Wellington fire trails. Great morning to be out. Quick stop at the top of Bracken Lane to wipe the sweat off, have a drink and catch up to my wife.

I think this is the highest elevation point, if not, probably the top of the Rivulet Track we came up.

Take that, you hard training, Trans Tasman Transgressors!

 

[frenchman]

Got the clip from the crash on the weekend.

 

[SummitFever]

Got the clip from the crash on the weekend.

Holy cow those jumps are massive! The hang time is insane.

 

[ozzybmx]

Nightshift last night, had 3 hours sleep and up. Noisy teenagers on school hols, had some brekky and fanny'd around for a couple of hours... hmmm 33°C and humid, I'll go for a cruisy gravel ride.

Was feeling good so headed to the newly opened Happy Valley Reservoir for a loop, there's 2 x ~10km loops, the fenceline and the shoreline with a few detours, so probably 25km all up with about 200vm climbing per lap. This is being designated as part of SA's new Glenthorne National Park.

No vehicles, just joggers, walkers and a squillion kangaroos that have been born inside the 600ha reservoir enclosure and never been outside the razor wire fence.

About 12km from home (50km ride) I hit the wall, no food for 7hrs, 3hrs sleep in 36hrs, hot, humid and feeling a bit cooked... still felt good to get out.

 

[pink poodle]

Got the clip from the crash on the weekend.

Fuck me dude! That is some serious air time.

 

[Cardy George]

Nightshift last night, had 3 hours sleep and up. Noisy teenagers on school hols, had some brekky and fanny'd around for a couple of hours... hmmm 33°C and humid, I'll go for a cruisy gravel ride.

Was feeling good so headed to the newly opened Happy Valley Reservoir for a loop, there's 2 x ~10km loops, the fenceline and the shoreline with a few detours, so probably 25km all up with about 200vm climbing per lap. This is being designated as part of SA's new Glenthorne National Park.

No vehicles, just joggers, walkers and a squillion kangaroos that have been born inside the 600ha reservoir enclosure and never been outside the razor wire fence.

About 12km from home (50km ride) I hit the wall, no food for 7hrs, 3hrs sleep in 36hrs, hot, humid and feeling a bit cooked... still felt good to get out.


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Mrs George just suggested that perhaps I should've gone there.......

We used to live just the other side of the Aberfoyle Hub. We drove past the reserve the other day and I noticed there were a heap of people inside the fence.

 

[Cardy George]

Just ordered a microspline driver for my fancy pants wheels. Turns out the hub needs it's axle replaced too

 

[Cardy George]

Just ordered a microspline driver for my fancy pants wheels. Turns out the hub needs it's axle replaced too

Ohhhh, no @beeb , nothing to do with the crash. This is a good thing

 

[Mr Crudley]

Ohhhh, no @beeb , nothing to do with the crash. This is a good thing

I think he just doesn't like Shimano 12 speed

 

[beeb]

Ohhhh, no @beeb , nothing to do with the crash. This is a good thing

Now I’m even more confused. Have you found the only superboost XC hardtail on the market or something?

 

[Chriso_29er]

Sweated my ass off on a big loop over and around Mount Dandenong.

 

[moorey]

Just ordered a microspline driver for my fancy pants wheels. Turns out the hub needs it's axle replaced too

‘Hope’ you’ve learned your lesson.

 

[beeb]

Sweated my ass of on a big loop over and around Mount Dandenong.

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Collarbones intact and everything…

Quite the view in the first pic!

 

[Chriso_29er]

Collarbones intact and everything…

Quite the view in the first pic!

I've learnt my lesson with this bike, stays on climbing and xc trails now haha.

That was the lower back side, this was quite the view looking out the front over Melbs

 

[frenchman]

Holy cow those jumps are massive! The hang time is insane.

They’re super fun and work really well if you don’t bail out.

Fuck me dude! That is some serious air time.

Just got to trust more in the jump and pull back a bit more then it’ll be all good.

 

[Cardy George]

I think he just doesn't like Shimano 12 speed

Nope, just the opposite, actually. And they had it in stock.

Now I’m even more confused. Have you found the only superboost XC hardtail on the market or something?

Nope.

‘Hope’ you’ve learned your lesson.

And nope.

 

[pink poodle]

They’re super fun and work really well if you don’t bail out.

Just got to trust more in the jump and pull back a bit more then it’ll be all good.

The jump definitely looks trustworthy. When I come across dirt jumps that are out of my comfort zone it's me as the pilot that I don't trust. Jumps look good, bike looks good, rider is scared.

 

[DougalStrachan]

Man I don't do humid well - normal loop cut down as I was feeling it.

Those are gnarly looking jumps my jumping ability is more;

 

[Isaakk]

Did some jumps on the Ripley.