Mountain Cycles Grand Opening Saturday 30th May

Hello fellow MUD mountainbikers,

Bart and I are having our Grand Opening for Mountain Cycles this weekend, Sat 9 - 5.

We are putting on a free sausage sizzle for all people who stop by. Plus balloons for the kids and a cake.

I am asking for volunteers to man the BBQ throughout the day, we won't need you all day, if we get enough volunteers you may only need to be put to work for about an hour.

In exchange for your time, Mountain Cycles will be making a donation to the MUD mountain bike club.

Can you please email us at mountaincycles@bigpond.com if you are able to help out and the approx time you would be available?

I will email you back to confirm by Friday.

Either way, hope you can stop by the shop to have a look and help boost up numbers.

Thank you,

Bart and Ally
Mountain Cycles

Mud Park

This will be MUD mtb’s first public trail! MUD Park is just outside Burrill Lake on some prime State Forest land. The Trail is all marked out and awaiting the Flora & Fauna study and also a soil test. (These are what SFNSW need before any trail work can start.) Although it has been a frustrating 12 month wait for the club, it has been worth it. We are very lucky to have found someone to do the study for next to nothin!

The trail has been designed with varied rider abilities in mind. It starts out with a novice short loop of around 1km, then a branch off this to a second loop for another K or so. For the keen rider, a third loop provides a technical challenge with the option for a novice to take an easier ‘B’ Line. The third loop will also have a quick flowing Down Hill mid section that rejoins the start, ready to take it on again!

So by easily linking it all together, all up 5.5km, not bad for a patch of dirt about 800m long by 200wide!

MUDs’ view is to set this first trail up to get Mountain Biking out to everyone. We also want to show the people of our area, and the decision makers, all the good bits that go with it. Then when we have earned our stripes, MUD will move into the hills and build and ride and build and ride and build..................

Social Ride Sunday 7th June

For the sunday social ride i think it would be nice to do the Tiangara fire trail will leave from kasso's (between SAS school and helipad in Milton) 7.30 for 8am that gives people achance to grab a coffee from the pie shop. Ride will start at martin ridge road via whalebone rd up onto 12 mile rd up the escarpment along tiangara fire trail down porters dam road across calgaroo fire trail back to martin ridge rd. The ride is approx 50klm with a big climb at the start but then the rest is quite easy. Last time we rode it, it took about 3 hours. Can have family bbq at kasso after if anyone interested? Maybe a few beers and catch up wives kids etc.

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8 Hour Working Week Series

The 8 hour working week series is continuing. The next few rounds are all around a few hours drive of Ulladulla.
Round 3 Appin June 21
Round 4 Scum Nowra date/place TBA
Round 5 TBA
Round 6 Sparrow Hill August 30 (Good warm up for Mogo or for any of us that missed out on the doctor!)
So who is keen to ride/race their bikes for a few hours around some sweet single track? Lets get some teams together!
Check Bright Orange Events website for details

Members Rides

Sherp's 2008 Yeti 4x
Frame: Yeti 4x
Size: Short
Travel: 100mm
Fork: Fox F100rlc
Seat: SDG Belair
Seatpost: SDG Ibeam
Cranks: Shimano XT
Pedals: Wellgo Magnesium
Headset: Chris King
Stem: Thomson X-4
Bars: Funn Fatboy's
Brakes: Avid Elixer Cr
Grips: Odi Ruffian
Chainring: 32t
Chain Device: E-13 LG-1
Gearing: Sram X9
Wheels: Dt Swiss 5.1d 32h
Tyres: 2.35 highroller fr 2.0 Larsen r

Member Profile: Jason Colusso (Mud Vice President)

Nickname: Griz to friends, max and millie to daughters

Age: 38, just another dozen til the big five o
Years Riding: 4.5 on the mountainbikes, 14 on the snowboard (knees are destroyed!)
Riding Disciplines: mtb all, snowboard, skate
Bikes owned: 07 ibis mojo large, 08 specialized sx trail medium, old used but not abused 04 spes enduro
Next Bike Related Purchase: wife is going to buy me new dh frame, she just doesnt know it yet, heh heh shh
Favourites.....
Food: nuts and berries and red wine
Music: now barnyard boogie, dora, hi5 etc . Used to be punk, hardcore, metal?
Movie: now - max's tractor, pre kids - jay and silent bob strike back
Website: the bom, richards report
Tracks xc: kp - its my local
dh: thredbo, just, cause of the chairlift
Rider/s: Sensei Sherpa
Hobbies: changing nappies, holding max and millie, going to work