On a dry and dusty morning, with mid-summer arriving two months early, seventeen crazy mountain bikers had a great idea….
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Category: Moreton Bay
Bikes, Butchers and Baths
Tucked away in a remote and rugged section of the D’Aguilar Range, Dianas Bath is a difficult place to get to – even on a mountain bike. Today we ventured to this secluded rock pool via a strangely named and ralrely used track named “Butcher Shop Creek Road”.
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Fighting Kids’ Cancer
Darb has a goal to ride one thousand kilometres in the month of October as part of a fund-raising effort to support the Childrens Medical Research Institute and their fight against cancer in children.
So Simon and I decided to take him on a big long ride up to the Glasshouse Mountains and back.
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Rain
I had spent a long time planning todays ride, only to have those plans disrupted by heavy winter rain. Here’s what we did instead 🙂
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Urban XC
Instead of a long all-day ride far away, today’s ride was a relatively quick three-hour adventure close to home. Would it be possible to have an exciting cross-country adventure in the suburbs?
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Tales from a Bikepacking Newbie
I’ve been camping before, and I’ve done multi-day bike rides before, but I’ve never done both. “Bikepacking” is “Backpacking” on a bike, and it’s completely new to me.
Here’s the story of my first attempt. I’ve included a summary of my discoveries at the end of the article.
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Straddie
Ever since my first visit to beautiful North Stradbroke Island last year with Jonathan, I’ve wanted to return and explore it on the bike.
When Jason suggested we catch the ferry across this weekend, I jumped at the opportunity.
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Pedal and Paddle
When you’re riding a mountain bike, and the trail you’re following stops at the shore of a lake, there’s really only one alternative if you want to keep going…