I jinxed myself

The evening after I do a blog post wrapping up how lovely it’s been riding Greeny through local mountain bike trails… all hell breaks loose at Loftus. Lets run through the damage. Pinch flat. I pinch flatted on a boring, non-technical downhill section. Somewhat my own fault as I noticed the rear tyre pressure was(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | September 2, 2010 at 2:29 pm

More Mountain Biking

In the last few weeks I’ve done an 180 degree about turn. Now I’ve got vastly more mountain biking in my bike riding diet… and damn it’s fun! It all started two weeks ago when I did 50kms in 5 laps of Appin during the Appin 400 (Lap 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Before that(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | September 1, 2010 at 9:42 am

Fox F29′s… now at 80mm

Well. I gave them 12 hours and 200kms on the bike, but the 120mm of travel just wasn’t working out. Most of the time it was good and cruisey (especially with the 120mm of squish), but in technical sections or uphill grinds the bike would handle way too unpredictably. I carried a shock pump with(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 4 comments | March 18, 2010 at 11:22 am

2010 Kona Unit Single Speed

I’ve owned my 2010 Kona Unit for almost a year now. You can read my massive review of ‘Greeny’ here. So I picked up my new bike from TBSM on Tuesday night. It’s a 2010 Kona Unit. Single speed. 29er. Sexy. After leaving it stock and riding it for a 20km spin around Loftus last(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 19 comments | November 26, 2009 at 6:17 am

Dirtworks is creeping up on me

Dirtworks is 22 days away. Not overly sure how I’m going to go with the amount of training I’ve done. I can rattle off 20kms pretty comfortably, 30kms if I properly have to. But I kinda signed up for the 50km event…. Mmm. Now there’s motivation to be awake at 6am on the Saturday of(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | April 11, 2009 at 7:09 am

Gary Fisher Cobia, made into a single speed.

As the title suggests, my Gary Fisher Cobia is now a single speed bike. 32:18 is the gearing of choice, and as fate would have it the chain length is spot on to not be have to run a chain tensioner. Brilliant! Yet to take it out for a blast at Loftus, but that’ll have(click to read the full post)