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Hey guys/girls

Was just curious if there is anyone one from this forum who does any riding? from competitions to just casual riding rond........ 
If so, post us what kind of bike you have, what kind of riding you do etc. Be good to hear from you. Especially anyone from W.A, cos be awesome to meet up and i'd show you some awesome trails i know, you could probably inform me in some new one too....

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i enjoy mountain biking but rarely get the time to do any. im more into cross country rather than the extreme stuff. i have a specialized hardrock mountain bike. i live in canberra so it would prob be a bit hard to get over to WA to check out your trails.

we had some really good ones in canberra before the fires came through in 2003  :(

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awww really that sucks.....yeah that is a bit far ey....ah cross country ahk the laid back style lol. Yeah im a speed,adrenalin freak so yeah....love taking risks only way to live in my opinion. yeah i know what you mean by no time, i have uni, part time job lol between those things i'm mentally and physically exhausted but i always try and get out on the ol girl, as its keeps up your fitness.

yeah i have a Santa Cruz super 8 (black), i have been doing DH for about 3-4 years now.... i love its awesome but i never hear or see any girls doing it.....maybe im just to much of a tomboy who knows lol......  :D

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BIKES! I LOVE BIKES! ;D

for the past couple of years i really gotten into the cycling scene, esp mtb'ing

more often than not, i race thursday evenings at westgate park, melb, vic (just undernear westgate bridge funnily enuf!)

have done a couple enduro events - 12 hr's and 100km thru the otway ranges (otway oddessy). plan on doin a fair few more this year. there's a "chase the sun" series at lysterfield park (where they had the commonwealth games), vic. you pretty much do as many laps around the park as you can from sun rise to sunset!

as for downhilling, i stay clear of that as i've already had 2 knee reco's and i don't want a 3rd

as you can tell, i mainly do XC mtb'ing. so anyone else wanna go riding - even if its just road riding (as i find its good for training as well!), lemme know, as i'm ALWAYS mustard to go peddling!

....bed time now, gotta go visit bikes store 2moro!

oh yeah, i ride a 2004 GT Avalanche 0.5

oh yeah(2), as we're on the "extreme" side of sports, i also SCUBA dive, so again, anyone else in vic here who also needs a new "buddy" to go divin, i'm ya man!  ;)
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Awesome, i have my scuba diving license too.... oi that's awesome....hmm so far there has been two XC riders...i wonder if there any DH......yeah riding sweet, i love my DH and free-styling etc etc. Mad stuff....
2 knee reco's shit, yeah my knees are starting to deteriorate, im to stubborn headed to stop...lol my bike and my car are my two baby's of my life all i need, and a few friends lol........  :D

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Awesome, i have my scuba diving license too.... oi that's awesome....

...lol my bike and my car are my two baby's of my life all i need, and a few friends lol........  :D

Hehe, yeah all i spend me cash-ola on these days is bike stuff, car stuff and scuba stuff
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Hehe, yeah all i spend me cash-ola on these days is bike stuff, car stuff and scuba stuff

LOL  :D so do i man,so do I.....i dont spend much on scuba as i dont do as it frequently but i knwo i can if i want to......its fun heaps fun cars,bikes,scuba....

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more often than not, i race thursday evenings at westgate park, melb, vic (just undernear westgate bridge funnily enuf!)

Jon, I didn't even know that existed!

What kind of racing mate?
dont piss me off with your pillarless shit captain snappy wrist

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um i think XC mtb'in

You sound like your into riding Budgie what type? and what bike?? where's your location??

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vic... used to race in the geelong MTB scene, then broke my wrist and was out for a month or so...

Never got back into racing, but love to ride angelsea/aireys inlet trails around the coast in vic :)
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broke my wrist and was out for a month or so...

This accident wasnt mountain biking either...so im told ::)
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I knew one of you asshats was going to say that...
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LMAO...... Don't want to be nosey or anything but how was the broken wrist caused...work injury...? car accident...? a fight...?
I was assuming it was from a bike accident.... :-\

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I was assuming it was from a bike accident.... :-\

Indeed, crashed on the road however... not while racing or off on a trail ::)
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....but love to ride angelsea/aireys inlet trails around the coast in vic :)

they're moving the kona 24hr enduro event to anglesea this year! if anyone is mustard....

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So no one else does riding??? c'mon any W.A people....i wanna check out some new trails and yeah be good to get some pointers.......
Here i am asking what bikes people have and i haven't even told you guys what i ride, i ride a 07 EC-D Mongoose- i do downhill, done it since i was 14ish-15 now i'm 18 so 4 years of riding, crashing, learning  :D
 Is there anyone who does DH comps..? or DH

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So no one else does riding??? c'mon any W.A people....i wanna check out some new trails and yeah be good to get some pointers.......

how about i'll meet u half way!  :P   ;)   ;D

tho then we'll be in adelaide....  :o
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LOL hahaha that could be an adventure and a half, well i'm heading to N.S.W most probably soon...still not 100% sure on that, so you could inform me on some trails there and i could check them out with my brother, who also does DH.
There's another member here from NSW, who does DH, so if i go to NSW i most likley we'll meet up with him, he lives near cambewarra Mountain, so that sounds cool.
So yeah, if you have any good trials (NSW)......give us ahoy'

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....we had some really good ones in canberra before the fires came through in 2003  :(

CORC (camberra off road cyclists) got a portion of the 6.5 million dollars invested by the ACT government to develop Stromlo forest park (which got torched  :'( ) into mtb trails! CORC then got an additional "sport and recreation" grant of $100,000; which the ACT government matched! SO GET YOUR ASS HERE!

from what i've read, there's ~44km mtb trails; inc DH and 4X tracks.

not sure if its still out, but the feb/march/april issue of Mountain Biking Australia (NOT Australian Mountain Biking - tho i usually get this one!) has a few pages about it - got this issue free when i did the "otways oddessy" enduro event.
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OMG really that sounds heaps awesome.......  :o Lol yeah looks like i will have to get my ass down there.Wow 44km worth of DH....that sounds like a load of fun......  ;Dhave to see if i can pop in when i go to NSW maybe...possibly.....

Bluey :)

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I used to be into mountain biking, but since I live in Footscray I have two big problems that keep me from doing any:

1. Its a bloody long way to any good trails.
2. I can't keep a decent bike for more than 2 months without it getting stolen.

Seriously, I had a brilliant bike I build myself from the frame up and no sooner had I finished it than it was stolen. yes it had a lock on it. After that I bought a cheaper but still ok one, but that was stollen too. I have a friend (ex girlfriend) in Taiwan who works for a mountain bike company, so I may get some parts from her and do up another one next time I'm over there. Not sure at the moment though...

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Sure thats bloody pathetic >:(, what is this world coming into, i don't understand society seriously..... Why don't they get a bloody job and earn their own things, thats one thing id never do is steal, i cant stand those ppl who steal cars,bikes anything, its people pride and joy that they earnt, and those A@#holes have to go and take it away way from you.
If someone one stole by my car/bike i wouldn't sleep until i find them and torture them. I know one guy at my uni he got assaulted by 4 guys then they took his brand new, just modified MB. :(

Footscray, i didn't think that place was that bad..... lucky you, you know someone in the business get some good m8's rates. My brother works in a MB shop, so he gets some good bargains, so do i hehe  ;D

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Also forgot to ask "Taiwan Corsair", what sort of MB do you do, DH,freestyle,XC ??? \

 :) and what bike did you have before it was stolen???

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....Wow 44km worth of DH....

sorry if u misunderstood, there are about 44km of mtb trails. within that 44km, there are DH and 4X trails. so there might be about 5-ish km of DH specific....  4X trails tend to be quite short.

hehe, imagine the hike up to the top if there was 44km of pure DH! then imagine how tired your arms and braking fingers would be!


I used to be into mountain biking, but since I live in Footscray I have two big problems that keep me from doing any:

1. Its a bloody long way to any good trails.....

if you do ever get a new bike, get your ass to westgate park! right underneath westgate bridge - melb side, just across road from the go cart track. atm, they're in the process of making the park more mtb friendly. ie: more single track, and berms. they want to turn it into mtb park! yay!
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hahah yeah i must have been extremely tired  :( , cos yeah lol your right there, would be just a tad tireing on the ol' arms and brake fingers if it were 44km of DH..... :D

hmm i should check out this park, when i go through Melb. (if im heading to NSW) sounds cool..... :)

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hehe, just warning you that if you do come thru melb and check out westgate park, its about 70% single track and 30% 4wd tracks; thus NO DH of any sort. the closest there is to DH'ing here is a few VERY small hills/mounds

ahhh.... for DH'ing, check out You Yangs, which is off the Princes Hwy, connecting Melb to Geelong. here they got all crazy stuff like see-saws of varying degree and wicked berms. tho to be honest, haven't been here meself, only heard from mates i ride with and articles in mags. you yangs is on me "to do" list (among other things!)
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Also forgot to ask "Taiwan Corsair", what sort of MB do you do, DH,freestyle,XC ???

Just mucked about mostly. Never went in a comp or anything. Used to live on a big hill with a lot of acres of bush and tracks all over it when I was a kid. Guess you'd call a lot of that downhill, because that was a lot more fun than getting back up again afterwards.

My neighbour was more serious than I was. I heared he was ranked number 2 in Australia in downhill... when I was about 12 years old or so.

As for what kind of bike... my good one... well I have no idea what company (was it a company??) made the frame, but the breaks were Sram and shifters were Shimano... or somthing... few years ago now. It had proper shock absorber thingies and everything though.

My ex who I was with at the time works for Sram in Taiwan, but she was in Australia back then.

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Hmm,

Taiwan Corsair:
you know how i am going to Japan, well i have been wondering, i love riding and exploring new trails etc. Would they be any good places in Japan-Tokyo??? or in Kyoto??? I can't really picture anything country looking in Japan, i don't know why, it just seems like a very city like, city. If your get what i mean. I mean DH is very global, so there must be something.
If you have any ideas places.... pls tell us  ;D

anyone....who has any ideas of any places in JAPAN pls tell me.... :)

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Hmm... well 'country' in Japan usually refers to land with rice fields between the houses. Each rice field is about as big as a large suburban block of land. I've heared Hokkaido has some natural areas.

There was one place I went though. I'll tell the story:

One day I decided I wanted to have an adventure. I got out my trusty all of Japan road map and spotted the nearest decent sized national park. It was a volcano called 'Bandai San' or Mt. Bandai. I threw a few things in the back seat of my Bluebird, got a full tank of ridiculously expensive petrol and started driving.

It was late afternoon when I left and it took me quite a few hours. I went by normal roades because there are tolls on all the freeways. By the time I got to the edge of the national park it was the middle of the night. I found a big park with a lot of people sleeping in their cars so I stopped there and slept in the car till the early morning light woke me. Going for a cruise around I found that I was in an area where there were fields of flowers (seriously) stretching away to the east and west, a huge lake to the south, a smaller one with bright blue water to the north east and to the north, Bandai San. Its a Volcano. Pretty big, too.

I bought a hikeing map from a local shop, drove around to a carpark up in a high saddle and climbed the mountain. It was a bloody long way. There are half a dozen trails that lead up the mountain and some stretches of them would have been suitable for mountain biking. Other bits would have been almost impossible though.

Half way uo there was a lot of bubbling mud and a smell like sulpher. There were pools of hot water depositing all kinds of minerals around the edge.

Further up, near the top, there was a woman in a small hut selling photos and making hot soup (the soup was free). I talked to her a little bit and to some hikers who had also stopped there. She pointed at a couple of other mountains and suggested I climb them and also she showed me a place on my map called 'Go shiki Numa' meaning 'Five coloured lakes' which was at the bottom of the mountain.

The view from the top was stunning.

The next day I went to see the five coloured lakes and found that to be pretty amazing too.

If you wanted to get there from Tokyo, I think there'd probly be a way with a train followed by a bus or somthing. You could probably hire a mountain bike in the town near the lake because there seem to be a lot of outdoorsy people. Its certainly a place worth going to, iether way.

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Wow....omg im soo gonna check that out man.....i love mountain treks they really test your skills haha. I bet the views were amazing. Lol free food! wow you don't hear that very often.
So did this lady speak fluent English or just enough to understand, or did she speak Japanese??? yeah im getting some Japanese courses atm, so by the time November comes, ill be a legend at speaking the language. Well at least i have one place to visit, that'll keep me occupied for a few days i reckon. 

Mt. Bandai here i come lol......... :D

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hehe, just had a CRAZY* idea....

we should all get together and organise a trip out somewhere to go mtb'ing! or do like an around the world thingy!  :P   ;)




*i think i'm feeling the effects of dehydration after ridin 2nite....  :P
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HAHAHAHAH that sounds like an awesome idea......... ;D

we soo should....hm a bit to organise, but hmm sounds like a plan.......
its be fully sick....i think my brother will like the idea.... :)
LOL that aint a crazy idea, sounds like an adventurous one hehe :D

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I don't think she could speak any English. English speaking is usually limited to big cities and major tourist attractions in Japan. You'll be able to get around ok just with basic Japanese, but the more you can learn, the more interesting it'll be.

An MTB meet sounds good. Dunno if my currant bike's up to it though: its not a real off-road one... not like the one that got stolen: that was a beast.

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hehe, after reviewing this thread, a general observation i've made is that this has predominantly become a conversation between 3 ppl:

1) bluebird_obsession
2) Taiwan Corsair
3) and ME!

hehe, "small things amuse small minds...."   :P

anywho, after me last post, perhaps not a "world wide trip"; but i rekon an "australia trip" is definately do-able!  ;D

now if i can find some time off work and a magical bag of cash-ola to fund this "adventure"....
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its be f00lly sik (yes i have a low IQ - or i'm taking the piss)...

WTH, i didn't say that , that is twice this has happened to me. Do ppl gave access to modify threads or something??? cos i defiantly did not type that. It's happened before when i first, came on this site. thats weird...... :-\

Anywho, yeah i agree, aussie trip would be awesome  ;D , yeah round the world, would be a bit expensive. Lol i have uni and work too, and money, money is always the problem.... :-\

I know another member on here who would be interested to go on a trip, if it ever goes underway.....maybe... not sure i haven't confirmed it with him yet, as he probably has work too.

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WTH, i didn't say that , that is twice this has happened to me. Do ppl gave access to modify threads or something??? cos i defiantly did not type that. It's happened before when i first, came on this site. thats weird...... :-\

Anywho, yeah i agree, aussie trip would be awesome  ;D , yeah round the world, would be a bit expensive. Lol i have uni and work too, and money, money is always the problem.... :-\

I know another member on here who would be interested to go on a trip, if it ever goes underway.....maybe... not sure i haven't confirmed it with him yet, as he probably has work too.


It's a language filter. If you type certain words, they are picked up and replaced by something else with the filter. Usually swear words or words that can be annoying. I'm guessing you typed f.u.l.l.y s.i.c.k??? lol
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LOL thanks teena, yeah i did type FULLY SICK in........ that most likely what i typed down last time.
Cheers now i know not to type that.
 How random that FULLY SICK can be morphed into yes i have a low I.Q or am on the piss,that word must be very annoying then ..... LOL


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Haha... its not a swear word, but it has been used by a lot of... well its gained a certain connotation that reflects badly on its users... though it is possible to use it in a different tone and context, as you did, and not affiliate yourself with the kind of culture that it is deemed by the makers of the swearing filter to connote.

Anyway... if we were to travel around Australia, with MTB's, where would the trip start/finish and how long would we be talking about? How much of Australia would you be talking about getting around? Its a big place... I think. Certain amounts of time off work/study are possible, but there are limits, really, at the moment. Very enthusiastic though.  :)

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Yeah i know what you mean why its an automatic language filter thing.....all good at least i know why its comes up and i know what to do to prevent it lol.  :)

Well we have to think of the best places to go
then create some kind of map and where we will start and travel through kind of thing for example we could meet in W.A., best three spots around there for like 1 week, then head to say melb.(take a look round S.A for a day) for a day or two then go down to N.S.W and go to like top 3 places for 1 week or something...then if QLD got any thing good  there for  like 1-2 days then go back to Sydney and go back home from there. This is just an example...... :D

yeah there is heaps to organize, times, money, etc so yeah...... :)

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yeah bl00dy oath there's quite a fair bit involved in organising. just think how long it takes us to organise a "cruise" - and that's only a handful off ppl who all live in the same state!

....tho i rekon accommodation wouldn't be a problem: we'll just crash (sleep - not literally crash as i do quite often on me pushy  :-[  ) at different ppls here from antrx from around the country!  :P   ;)

anywho, as much as i'd LOVE to do this rite now (i'm still in a ridin mood - raced 2nite  :P ), damn work/school/uni/tafe/other such committments tend to unfortunately get in the way  :-\   tho if ppl are still mustard in, say, 6 or 12 months down the track, then who knows!

anywho, "watch this space...."

oh yeah, not sure if anyone is interested, but here's an awesome bike store that's online that i've been using for a bit lately. if you need bike parts (road or mtb), stuff the local store, these guys are HEAPS - like up to 80% off - cheap!

www.torpedo7.com.au
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Cheers Jon, yeah i will check that out as soon as i have typed this thread,

 i mean it be all easier if we all just didn't have such commitments(uni,tafe,work etc) and accommodation lol just get some swags man, and sleep where ever we camp. The guy i have been talking to his names um Shaun (hope he doesn't mind me telling you guys  :-\ (sik_bb_trx) he is happy to do it anytime, and hes a got a rodeo which can carry about 5 bikes and a van on the back, so yeah, which would be excellent. :)

LOL yeah i hear cruise are a itchba to organize, but we'll be right, this will be awesome if it all goes under way, i can meet some of you guys lol......my brother would probably come too.... ;D

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....accommodation lol just get some swags man, and sleep where ever we camp. The guy i have been talking to his names um Shaun (hope he doesn't mind me telling you guys  :-\ (sik_bb_trx) he is happy to do it anytime, and hes a got a rodeo which can carry about 5 bikes and a van on the back, so yeah, which would be excellent. :)

haha! that'd be wick!  :D  actually never thought of a swag (and i did cadets for 3 years  ::)  ) which reminds me, i gotta get a new tent.... for occasions such as this!

....this will be awesome if it all goes under way, i can meet some of you guys lol......my brother would probably come too.... ;D

yeah fcuk oath it'd be awesome if this geos ahead!  8)  i'm keen just to go travelling - the furtherest i've EVER been away from home (melb) is merimbulla, nsw. and that was when i was like 10-ish - can't even remember the place. to go travelling around with me mtb would be sik as! i was actually thinkin of headin over to new zealand - as they have wicked mtb'ing there.

anyone is welcome along to this shin-dig....whenever it takes off  ???
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OMG yes, NZ is the best. My bro went there and said the trails were SICK....... I was also talking to Shaun(sik_bb_trx) he also wants to head to NZ, due to the awesome tracks.....lol so yeah i wanna head there someday....someday.  :D

lol YEAH i do a bit of my own camping(that why i brought up swags), just the bike,swag,some food, and me....hehe...LOve it, lol stuff getting a tent don't get to admire the beautiful starry night..... :)

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I wanted to get into freestyle and a bit of trail/downhill mountain biking riding, went and bought myself a GT Chucker V2.0 and now I basically only ride it to work and back, no trails where I live so it's kind of boring. The only thing we have in the area is a BMX track, but the bike don't fit in the skyline so there's goes that idea  ::)

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hmmm that's gotta suck.......where you live??? yeah im not really keen in BMX but if seen some pretty good tricks done by riders..... :)

Yeah i do freestyle and DH its awesome fun, hmm for some reason though i love my car dearly id rather ride around in my bike, due to the conveniences of getting into small places, basically better access around the place. I only use my car, for cruises or for a special occasion. I take her to work, but then take out the bike an ride around the city. Aham annnyywwwaaayyy..... totally off track there....sorry :-\

Hmm riding is good, as it keeps up your fitness, its fun and what i like most about it dangerous...hahaha  ;D

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I'm probably gonna have a lot of free time for the second half of the year if everything goes according to plan. If your gonna organise it then, I think I'm 90% committed.

Next couple of monthes are impossible though. I'm gonna be in Taiwan in a couple of weeks and studying flat out the rest of the time.

I know plenty of good spots for camping in the high country here in Vic. Got some good maps too.

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I live near Brisbane, I use to do a bit of BMX freestyle back in the days, but being 6ft 3" now makes a BMX feel like a clown's bike  :D

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Hehe... I'm just imagining a really tall guy on a tiny little BMX... ;D

I had a BMX before I saved the money for my first MTB. Used to ride 5km to school on it every morning and back in the afternoon. Problem was, back was mostly up steep hills on crappy dirt roades. The MTB made it a lot easier.

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Oooo Hail the MTB....................(oracle sound) hallelujah hallelujah......... hahahaha  :D

ah i love my MTB......never let you down.....(well hasn't in my case) :)

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I live near Brisbane, I use to do a bit of BMX freestyle back in the days, but being 6ft 3" now makes a BMX feel like a clown's bike  :D

You are a clown so it's only fitting!!!  ;D  ;D  ;D
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didn't want to start a new thread, so thought it'd just chuck this in here....

WISH ME LUCK GUYS - I NEED IT!

doin a 6hr mtb race 2moro at lysterfield park. was originally gonna do it solo, but then me mate wanted a partner, so i said i would as he couldn't find anyone else.

had a few last minute dramas from last thurs nite racin: track was uber wet and slippery, so i last about all of 5mins of the race when i crashed and buckled me front wheel and bent one of me levers on front shifter. to add injury to insult, frame bashed HARD against me stoopid left knee and couldn't finish the race  >:(

anywho, since thurs nite i've been callin up mates to see if they had a spare front wheel and/or SRAM X9 front mech shifter.... got one outta the two! was able to get hold of a simple XC wheel - just had to change the disc rotors on em. the shifters on the other hand.... decided to just race with 8 gears instead of the "usual" 27  :P   ;)   :D  was gonna get a new set of shifters, but i refuse to pay retail price on parts now that i've discovered www.torpedo7.com.au  (this company is nz based and wouldn't be able to get me the parts in time for sunday's race)

so yeah, preped bike 2day as much as i could and now gonna rest.

anyone else wanna go ridin?  :P   ;)   :D
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hey yeah i ride bikes but not mountain bikes bmx i have an eastern reaper n ive been in a couple of comps got third in foster and second in taree