Mountain Biking – Page 6

Hippie's Gotta Ride This @ Melrose

Gotta Ride This @ Melrose MTB Trails

Post published:June 30, 2012
Post category:Mountain Biking Over the Edge Sports Ride Melrose

Melrose in South Australia is one of those places but when you arrive there for the first time it’s a bit like being a kid in a candy store – all that sweet mountain bike MTB trail but no idea of where to start and how to piece it together. Over the course of this year’s Fat Tire Festival probably the most fun run I found is shown below. Starting from the campground it’s one scenic, enjoyable climb to the highest point on Hellrose followed by a fun descent, 2/3 of which was part of the Mini-D time trial course. (more…)

Main St closed for festival, nice!

Melrose Fat Tyre Festival 2012

Post published:June 13, 2012
Post category:Mountain Biking Over the Edge Sports Ride Melrose

Peace, love and mountain bikes. The Fat Tyre Festival at Melrose has been on my MTB Bucket List for years. FINALLY, AMAZINGLY, UNBELIEVABLY after a wee 12 1/2 hour drive over from Central Victoria I found myself wheeling down Dodging Bullets trail at Melrose late on the Friday afternoon of the festival with Shaz and Steve. WOOHOO! (more…)

In Memory of...

In Memory of…

Post published:February 25, 2012
Post category:Mountain Biking Ride Central Victoria

A mate died last night. I was up early this morning and decided the thing to do was go to church, MTB style. RIP Matty. (more…)

Topeak Prepstand Race

Post published:January 27, 2012
Post category:Mountain Biking

After all these years I finally got a decent home workstand. I needed a stand that would work well with the Mojo HD’s irregular frame shape and not hang the bike off the seat post – something of a no-no with a dropper post like the Reverb. The Topeak Prepstand Race has been great. It’s well made, sets up in no time and makes the bike easy to work on. A definite upgrade from balancing stuff against walls and posts! (more…)

Spring Equinox – A little movie

Post published:September 29, 2011
Post category:Mountain Biking Ride Central Victoria

Heya, here’s a little video I’ve made — it’s been a wee labor of love the last month or so. I guess it’s about the Spring wildflowers, magpies and mountain biking… or it could be about a mid 40’s guy having yet another immensely enjoyable mid life crisis.

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Old Look vs New Shimano SPD Shoes

Shoes

Post published:August 16, 2011
Post category:Mountain Biking

My old Look MTB shoes are like a second skin for my feet. I’ve had them since the early 1990’s and have loved them to death. They’ve always been super comfy on my weird feet and are pretty well scuffed and beat up after many years of riding, but the bummer is they’ve been falling apart for a while now. The thought of replacing them isn’t much fun but yeah… the time has come. (more…)