Stoked on MTB since 1988
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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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…)
The guys at The Bike Vault kindly let me take their Specialized Stumpjumper FSR 29er demo bike out while the Mojo HD’s rear wheel was getting rebuilt. I’ve had a couple of days on the demo Stumpy 29er before and had a bunch of fun. (more…)
Have ridden well over 100km on the new Spesh tire combo (Purgatory 2.4 front, Captain 2.2 rear) so thought it was time to review. (more…)
I’ve been getting by wearing lightweight Mont hiking shorts over knicks for a long while now. Back in the day I just wore knicks roadie style but a few years of mountain unicycling sold me on shorts – pockets come in handy but more than that, shorts were my style. Sort of like hey I am into riding, not racing. Does it matter? Not really but you gotta be comfortable, body and mind. (more…)
My old POS Bell helmet has done a good job of protecting my head during a lot of crashes over a lot of years — especially on the Mountain Uni. I probably should’ve replaced it a long time ago, but it seems I have a weird shaped head and finding a helmet that is a snug fit isn’t an easy task. Thanks to The Bike Vault in Castlemaine and a change of Australian safety standards my head is now sporting a cool fresh lid — a Fox Flux complete with a graffiti ‘Punk Black’ style paint job and a rear spoiler, to assist flight control I guess 🙂 (more…)
Full fingered gloves are the norm when mountain unicycling (MUni) , not because of wind chill due to the blazing speeds achieved on one wheel but because you crash a LOT and your hands and wrists take a beating. It’s not surprising that MUni gloves come with strapping and a flexible splints. (more…)
Some shake, rattle and roll in the bones after yesterday’s crash so no riding today. Instead I headed out to Maldon to walk some of the trails on Mt Tarrengower — good way to get to know them better though maybe sometimes the things you notice while walking might put you off next time you’re riding them! (more…)