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Welcome to 2010, Happy New Year and all that jive.
January 1, 2010 – 6:47 pm | No Comment
Welcome to 2010, Happy New Year and all that jive.

Sitting outside last night watching homemade fireworks go off down the street while consuming a cocktale of tasty beverages and bad food I started to do the New Years thing and contemplate 2010 and what …

VVC Christmas Bash Wrap Up
January 1, 2010 – 7:16 am | No Comment
VVC Christmas Bash Wrap Up

December 5th, 2009 saw the VVC return to Awaba for the inaugural Christmas Classic. A race event intended to embrace the social atmosphere to finish off the season.
Huge thanks for this event need to go …

Everything other than racing?
November 2, 2009 – 5:20 pm | No Comment
Everything other than racing?

There’s been a lot of ink spilt and keyboards worn out over the last few years on the phenomenon that is Freeriding.

Ups and downs
October 5, 2009 – 9:56 am | No Comment
Ups and downs

…Bikes do that. Bikes are great.

History time
September 27, 2009 – 4:11 pm | No Comment
History time

I’m going to attempt to take you back in time so you can have a look at where this crazy sport came from and what is was like however many years ago. I think it’s important to know the heritage of your bike and your sport. So with this in mind, I’d first like to take you back to the very beginning…

Old dog, new tricks?
September 20, 2009 – 8:16 pm | No Comment
Old dog, new tricks?

Back in 1989 or so, a chappy (now a Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductee) by the name of Robert Reisinger designed a frame for his small newly formed company called Mountain Cycle. The frame …

Why do you ride?
September 17, 2009 – 9:21 pm | No Comment
Why do you ride?

At my day job we spend our time with our heads deep in the bowels of computers, servers and telecommunications networks. It can be bloody busy, and gets very stressful, busting a gut trying to fix bizarre problems, eventually succeeding, then rolling into work the next day to discover a fresh batch of job tickets in the queue and the boss breathing down your neck. Day in day out.

Kreiga Hydro 3 – A Review
September 17, 2009 – 9:26 am | No Comment
Kreiga Hydro 3 – A Review

A review almost 4 years in the making!

Seeing things?
September 12, 2009 – 12:34 pm | No Comment

I’ve seen lost of things when I’ve been out riding – some of the best have been at night. One night a wombat entered the singletrack at full pelt about five metres in front of …

Waggledance Beer
September 4, 2009 – 1:43 pm | No Comment
Waggledance Beer

Beer reviews are coming back and to kick them off, we have opened the Digital Vault to find some that have been lost until now.

Freddo’s Famous Pies
September 2, 2009 – 8:14 am | No Comment
Freddo’s Famous Pies

I like pies. And sausage rolls. Old school fast food, a bit old school like parties that served up ‘Coon, ‘Cab and Jatz with wine out of Goon Bags. There’s few things better than pulling …

So what’s going on ‘ere then eh?
September 1, 2009 – 1:25 pm | No Comment
So what’s going on ‘ere then eh?

Time to fess up and introduce Twenty Six Inches to ya’ll

How to win friends and influence people.
September 1, 2009 – 10:26 am | No Comment
How to win friends and influence people.

Is it just me, or are there heaps and heaps more North Shore lines cropping up in the forests o’ the nation? Thin wooden bridges, ramps drop-offs – basically built challenges popping up in the strangest places…