Sports & Fitness Mountain bike riding

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  1. Jamie Moore

    Jamie Moore MORTGAGE BROKER - AUSTRALIA WIDE Business Member

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    Hey guys

    Who's into it?

    I only started a few months ago - I had no idea how much fun it was!!!!

    Started off with a hand me down bike from a friend (old Trek Liquid dual suspension) - now I'm in the market for a decent trail bike.

    Anyways - would love to hear who's hitting the tracks and where/what they're riding.

    Cheers

    Jamie
     
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    @Simon Hampel @inertia are pretty avid riders. There will be others. Personally have done it once or twice, but not very skilled. Can ride one for 48hrs though! :rolleyes:

    pinkboy
     
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    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    But you were going round in circles, does that count? No mountain involved (not like Everesting).
     
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    Gockie Life is good ☺️ Premium Member

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    For me the most important thing to do was to look at the track and not look at the trees and other obstacles....
     
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    Stromlo, bruce ridge - where ever I get time for. (More cycle touring these days as it's easier with kids).
     
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    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    But Jamie has left God's Own Country and headed up north.
     
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    Can you unicycle downhill or over rocks?
     
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    I need to get back on my bike. Once i can remove the kids seat on the back

    Haven't done any peddling for years but i reckon there's more traffic on the oaks fire trail now, then there was 5 years ago
     
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    I would hope not!

    I guess, because we're talking bikes, you haven't done any pedalling either ;-)
     
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    In some of the MTB groups I follow on FB there are people regularly heading up to the Oaks.

    I've only ridden it once - looking forward to giving it a go again some time, really enjoyed it before and I think it will be a lot more fun now that I've lost a heap of weight - will be much easier!

    I may even try the hardcore way of starting at the bottom, riding up and then riding back down again. Last time, I parked at the bottom, caught the train to the top and then rode down.
     
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    I'd love to do the Oaks when I get some time. Always wanted to...maybe we can organize a PC group ride....:D

     
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    Let's do it! I haven't done it in years...
     
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  13. Jamie Moore

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    All good - I still frequent the south. I like to think that I have two homes now :)

    I'll be bringing my bike back next time

    Cheers

    Jamie
     
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    You're such a pedant. :p
     
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    Its a good ride but the last few hundred metres are a killer getting off the tar up the hills!

    if youre super keen you can go from katoomba all the way down! :) did that when i was a kid... we started at katoomba taking our bikes down 1000 steps into the valley! still scratch my head why we thought that was a good idea:rolleyes:

    That looks like the last section, the main track is a wider fire trail, that vid looks like going via red hands cave. looks like more fun than dodging cars on the dirt acces track:cool:
     
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    You brokers and your eternal quest for trails...
     
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    Its becoming one of my 3 main excercise options (surfing being first and running and riding a distant second/third alternating) we have some good single track and fire trails near my place that I ignored for years, silly me.
     
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    There was this from Pinkboy.....

    Guinness World Record

    On Saturday, I achieved setting a new Guinness World Record in Most Metres Ascended in 12hrs on a Bicycle. This basically required me to ride a course repeatedly to gain vertical elevation in metres. I specifically chose a small but steep hill to ride the repeats on. The course was less than 500m long, which had a vertical gain of 60.6m per lap (approx 13% gradient).
     
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