As strange as this photo may seem, it has funny story behind it.
Lachlan had this idea for the TSBM.com.au Photo Contest, to dress as Oscar the Grouch and try for the gnarliest drop he could muster up. The costume was already surplus but needed a few mods to allow for the rigours of pedalling a 6" travel, 14kg 26" mountain bike off a north shore style drop. The Oscars garbage can needed some widening of the arms and waist to free up movement and the green fur head/eyes affixing to Lachs full face helmet. Ideally this was gonna be shot somewhere on our local trails of Ourimbah but closing date was rushing up and Menai ended up being the place. So after a few test runs with just the garbage can on, checking speed and landing, this is the final shot that has been entered. See HERE for the announcement soon.

Time for an update.

This is Noah Samuel Finlay.
My new baby boy.
Born Tuesday 3rd November 2009 at 7.15pm.

Blue Cow, Perisher

The Sensus

Cam Zink’s new grip company, The Sensus, has started up and they got their first batch of grips in, and they look good so go check em out… www.thesensus.com

ACT MTB Adventure Part II

And so came the weekend we had all been waiting for. This time, our buddies Lachlan & Sonja were tagging along for the second part of our ACT MTB Adventures. So we got all packed up on the Thursday night and hit the road late Friday afternoon.

So it became more apparent, as the hours ticked over, that this was to be no ordinary road trip but more of a horizon expanding juggernaut for our fellow crew members. Lachlan had only been here once before and Sonja never. So, with patience and grace, we ticked off all the boxes of a first time trip and Lach couldnt help but give it the "Seal of Approval - Lach Style" on the State border sign.

After 4hrs of driving, we arrived at our "château de Canbraahhh", at the Holiday Park Canberra. Cheap and comfy is all you need on these trips but the cabins seemed like throw backs to the 80's. And once settled in, the shenanigans began.

Saturday morning greeted us with a crisp clear bluebird day after overnight temps down to 10º .... brrrr chiily for March. After much discussion, we decided to head for Sparrow Hill, on the outskirts of Queenbeyan. Sparrow Hill is held in high regard as one of Australias premier long distance XC tracks, regularly holding the MONT 24hr race as well a several club based XC events annually. CLICK HERE for a detailed map, Sidewinder, Bobsled and Spagetti Western was the trail we followed. Bobsled is by far and away the best part of Sparrow Hill and with jumps like this > dotted all the way along the girls got plenty of chances to test their "airtime" skills.



We battled through the rest of Sparrow, winding our way back to the car park and headed back to the Chateau for a BBQ lunch and some rest before hitting Mount Stromlo for DH and Freeride fun. Now having never been to the top of Stromlo before, we were all rather surprised at how high up it really was and the nerves started to kick in for some who albeit kept a brave face for the camera. So the girls made their way back to the car park at the bottom and got ready to XC climb up to half way to meet us. From half way there is a Berm Track that weaves its way back the base area. The girls loved it despite the energy sapping climb up.

Sunday arrived with some warmer weather expected and a new destination, Majura Pines. The newtork of trails is quite vast and being multi directional trails, riders come from all directions making it somewhat interesting to navigate.





Below are some of the better shots taken amongst the forest at Majura.

Video of Nicole riding the ladder bridge at Majura Pines

Shots from our recent MTB trip to ACT. We rode Sparrow Hill and Majura Pines.

Here are some shots of the Chix MTB Day at ManlyVale a few weeks ago. Nicole and Sonja had a really great day and have learnt alot.