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Looks banging. Soooo long. Where ya gonna ride a bike like this? (Angling for riding spots)

Looks damn good, and making me want to pull the trigger on an EXT for my Kavenz!

What's everyone's take on Dyfi? Got back to England a few weeks ago, built up a new MTB and went straight there for a shakedown ride. Should've bedded in the brakes first but fuck it's just as good as I'd hoped!

Banger - look forward to seeing that built!

Thanks mate - will send you a PM about this, and potentially the Bombtrack.

That’s sweet! May I ask, how tall is your partner?

Did this go?

@Hulsroy I’ve got my eye on a 2000 model with 111,000 miles on it if that gives you any indication as to my success ;)

@pascalo looking good! I do have the OG bike, or more specifically my partner does. She uses it as a commuter.

On that note, I’m coming back to England for the full summer and already bringing a mountain bike, so if anyone has a lead on a good wolverine style bike in a large ish size, please hit me up! Likewise for a car (looking at old V70’s currently) x

@pascalo - Ah you absolutely should get down here, it's off its fucking tits. There are heaps of green trails at Derby and Maydena now, so there's really no need to be an experienced rider.

Enjoy y'all! And as an added bonus there's me presenting in the embedded video. Terrifying stuff..

Hello everyone! I’d love to say this is a bikepacking write up, but it’s a bit different and I thought you’d enjoy it regardless.

I started writing about bikes properly for this forum, and specifically this thread and it’s thanks to the great bastards that were kind about it that I’ve ended up doing some steady work in doing more of it. I’m not swearing nearly enough, and I guess it’s not quite exactly the same style as before, but it might be half fucking interesting!

https://flowmountainbike.com/features/west-coast-tasmania-mountain-bike/

New Aussie National Champs Downhill course was finished a few weeks ago - here's a video of the trailbuilders riding it for your viewing pleasure!

Rode it yesterday on a trail bike and scared myself shitless.

So good! Shred till dad!

Interesting - seems like most people are running Rimpact then. I wonder what the difference between the two is in terms of density of the foam used - the Cush Cores seem like they might be slightly harder, but I'm sure they both do a very similar job.

It might've been the tyre change coupled with fiddling with my coil shock, but putting inserts in and being able to run pressures around 20psi (I'm about 70kgs on a good day) made the bike ride like a magic carpet. Not sure I'd ever put inserts in the front, even riding at Maydena, but for the money it's a no brainer on the rear.

FWIW I didn't have much of a problem installing Cush on my bike with a brand new Aggressor, then it took me only 25 minutes or so on a friend's bike the day after. I'm mandating that all friends treat themselves to a rear insert (oo err).

Any of you folk tried Cush Core? Put one in the back wheel after piercing a brand new Maxxis Dissector (dumb choice anyway), and it's made a huuuge difference to the ride/cornering/faith in not exploding the wheel.

Pretty much don't ride anything other than mountain bikes these days. Put at a Comrade Commie together for the glory of the Red Fork Army!

Thanks mate! I've been very lucky to be getting a lot of MTB in while the Melbourne apocalypse has been going on. I'm long overdue to do some write-ups for sure.

You're not wrong... It's still with me in Tasmania and I've been riding it a bit, but not done any big trips or overnighters for some time. It's getting warmer now though, so watch this space!

Ooff. That looks amazing. And I haven't said that about a road bike in about 8 years.

Ha! It's not something that worries me too much - should be easily blanked out with a Sharpie though.

My usual shit timing struck and I'm in quarantine having traveled interstate, but here are some more pictures of the build from before I left.

Shoehorned a shit collar on for now till I can file back the paint build up. A bit of silver was a nice change though.

Glad we're on the same page for the collar, we deicided it'd be best to skim it back a bit, but for now got an outsized one over it, essentially just so I can ride it. Next issue was a slightly misaligned brake tab on the fork which meant sanding back a bit of the metal (it's plenty thick). First bikes eh?

@nogk powder coat is great - as I found though, it can add a fair bit of mass to the frame. Seatpost collars are a particular barrel of laughs...

@vp1337 It looks it in hand, but not at all out of place on as you'll see shortly

LOL! I was going to go for a "Hulsroy Earthtone" vibe but didn't want to hug the nut too hard ;)