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Early regroup near Tobys Rill on the Oaks.
Riders on the BMORC ride watching on as Kingy repairs the shredded tyre.
Early regroup near Tobys Rill on the Oaks.
Riders on the BMORC ride watching on as Kingy repairs the shredded tyre.
Early regroup near Tobys Rill on the Oaks.
Ian, pictured on right was happy the tyre blow out on a nice flat and fairly slow section.
Repaired shredded tyre
Kingy armed with a pocket knife, cable ties, electrical tap and the old tube gets Ian back on the trail.
Early regroup near Tobys Rill on the Oaks.
A shredded tyre was a good enough reason for a regroup, to take breather and a chance to talk about bikes!
Oaks trail - advice needed
One of my buddies (new nobmobber kiwi_phil) is organising a ride with a few mates to the Oaks trail in a few weeks.
Given my present constraints (post shoulder repair surgery, not allowed to risk falling off yet) am I asking for trouble? Or is it relatively unchallenging technically like say Perimeter + Long if I take it easy? I've been playing with things like riding down short sets of stairs, but there are no traction problems to catch you out there.
Thanks for your advice, guys. 
Blue Mountains?
I'm in the blue mountains this weekend and wondering if:
(a) anyone is keen for a ride on sat morning around 0830 start?
OR
(b) any advice on where to go for a fun technical ride with a few hills etc. Around 2-4 hour ride?
Any info is appreciated at this very late notice.
You can drop me a line at ben@mesurf.com.au
Thanks
Ben
Toilets at the start of the Oaks
TTFH posted someplace else (and thought it was worth quoting him):
You may not have noticed, but there aren't any. However, when the station is open, there are toilets on the platform, and mountains trains all have toilets.
"What a strange way to start an email" you may be thinking...
Oaks Trail Update
Someone sent me this today, thought you'd be interested:
The Oaks is now a freeway
By the sound of it someone has seen fit to grade The Oaks fire trail. It used to be rough and rocky from the Woodford gate to the Helipad and descriptions on Farkin would imply all the rocks are gone and it's now a freeway. Their post and a few pics are here (you need a Farkin account to see this):
http://forums.farkin.net/showpost.php?p=1378584&...
pics as promissed. They were taken in the first stretch after the gate. before the sign. It only gets worse.