Schwalbe Nobby Nic 650b Snakeskin 27.5×2.35 Review

I’ve been super happy with Hans Dampf 2.35 as a front tyre but thanks to BikeBox (the Australian distributor for Schwalbe) I have the opportunity to test the Nobby Nic 650b Snakeskin 27.5×2.35. According to Schwalbe:

Schwalbe Racing Ralph 650b Snakeskin 27.5×2.25 Review

Thanks to BikeBox (the Australian distributor for Schwalbe) I’m running a brand spanking new Racing Ralph 27.5 x 2.25 as a rear tyre on my Mojo HDR. What’s so interesting about that I hear you ask? The Racing Ralph is old news right? Well… yes and no.

Glow Worms

There are hundreds of these… ‘glow worms’ in a section of Castlemaine forest. You’ll have to ride the trails at night to see them!

Dirt Farmers

Out scoping trails in the bush this afternoon I came across three old school dirt farmers trucking along without a care in the world. Echidnas are usually insanely cautious around people and burrow at the slightest disturbance – it was an awesome treat to spend an hour or so roaming the hill with them!

Schwalbe Hans Dampf 650b 27.5×2.35 Review

Opting to run my Mojo HDR as a 650b meant I had to find new tyres fast as my favorite combo to date wasn’t yet available in 27.5″. Schwalbe though are already running full steam ahead with 650b tyres so when it came to finding an alternative front tire to my much loved Specialized Purgatory […]

2014 RockShox Pike 27.5 First Look

Fitting the 2014 RockShox Pike 27.5 fork on the Ibis Mojo HDR yesterday I was kinda reminded of my first suspension fork – the RockShox Mag 20. With noodle-like 25.4mm stanchions and theoretical 48mm of travel, back in 1992 it was state of the art. Compared to modern forks it didn’t really do much but […]

Hellrose Melrose

It’s about a 12 hour drive to Melrose from Central Victoria but you forget all of that in the final few kilometers as the road swings directly toward the side of Mt Remarkable. Driving fatigue is replaced with a serious hankering to get on the MTB and hit the trails ASAP. So that’s what I […]

Drop Bear Returns

About 18 months ago a fuel reduction burn got a little out of hand and scorched a favorite section of bush. Since then the wildlife has slowly returned as things start to grow back. I saw the first koala since the burn the other day, down low in a tree right beside the singletrack. Nice! […]