Mountain Biking

BikeRadar posted a fun article the other day about 50 ways to be a better mountain biker. (more…)

After flooding rain and stinking heat, some awesome weather! (more…)

You don’t see many old chromo 1991 Stumpjumpers wheeling around, you don’t come across many guys riding unicycles off road either. (more…)

There was a time in the early 90’s when like many other MTB’ers I was a chronic weight weenie. I was reminded of just how bad the obsession was the other day when I came across the original box for my Selle Italia Evolution Carbon Titanium Saddle while unpacking stuff in the shed. I guess keeping the box all these years isn’t a good look either… it is a sweet box though! 🙂 (more…)

My painful relationship with the Fizik Gobi saddle has thankfully ended. It managed to cause a fair amount of damage in the undercarriage region, a first for me with any saddle. Ultrasounds and strangers fondling my junk trying to work out what the problem is… not my idea of joy! (more…)

Recent winter forest MUni rides have been a LOT more comfortable due largely by a change in clothing. I’ve discovered Merino wool! (more…)

I copped a lot of flak from fellow MTB riders when I started using the original Camelbak in the early 1990’s.  I drink a lot while riding – no water, me engine no go – and though the original Camelbak was a fairly lame looking thing it was a hands free hydration godsend and the start of a great solution to the problem of carrying enough water, food and stuff on longer rides. I loved my original Camelbak so much I’ve kept it all those years! (more…)

Summer 2008/2009 in Southern Australia was extremely hot and dry. With day rides in the forest not always a good idea I started to ride in the cooler evenings and was hooked – unicycling off road at night is huge fun  – and began looking for a good light system. My last experience with night riding was in the early 90’s – MTB’ing in the mountains around my home in Victoria’s High Country using a NiteRider which was super bright, but also super heavy (the battery was the shape of a large water bottle). The Niterider battery didn’t last long especially in the cold mountain temperatures (I rode home in the dark a few times!) and all up was crazy expensive at the time, but night MTB’ing was a definitely a hoot. (more…)