Langford Park

Today I had my first real introduction to Mountain biking courtesy of fellow Perth twitterers Scott and Dave (@fairy_s and @madrapper). The course was to be the 6hr Enduro course in Langford Park.
I picked Scott up at 7am and we met Dave up there… eventually. A slight misunderstanding on which car park, but it was [...]

First MTB Ride

I’m a bit slow on the old blog of late. Been pretty busy at work, coupled with an over indulgent social life over the last week or so has meant no time. Anyway, Saturday I took my new MTB out to the hills for it’s first ride on the dirt. I went up to John [...]

Buying a bike mail order – Lessons learned

Anyone who reads this regularly – if indeed there is anyone who reads this regularly – will know I recently bought a new Focus Raven Expert from Wiggle.
The Focus range aren’t available yet in Australia and certainly not in Perth, so I didn’t have a local price to compare the deal against, but it felt [...]

New bike

Been pondering getting a new mountain bike for some time. I have an old one bought in 2002 when to be honest I knew nothing about bikes at all. I just knew I NEEDED full suspension. I bought a GT i-Drive 3.0 and then rode on paved roads. Ho Hum.
Now, I live in Perth and [...]