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  1. Bring your Muni - we'll catch up and do the dam on the 18th.

    I'm about 60% chance for sunday at this stage.I've never ridden it but
    Manly Dam looks pretty good.

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  2. dangerdog said:

    Bring your Muni - we'll catch up and do the dam on the 18th.

    I'm about 60% chance for sunday at this stage.I've never ridden it but
    Manly Dam looks pretty good.

    Manly dam is a heap of fun; very technical XC with some very nice
    downhill sections.

    I am meeting Joe Marshall at 10:15am outside the Many Ferry terminal at
    Circular Quay if you (or anyone else) wants to come along.

    Give me a call or send me a PM; if you require any more information.

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  3. I wish I could hit up Manly Dam again! That was a real fun ride...
    especially those huge rock drops in the third picture above! Have fun,
    and I look forward to reading the write-ups of the other trails.

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  4. A great ride today at Manly Dam ,my first ride with anyone and what a
    beauty, varied undulating terrain some great views great weather and a
    couple of world class riders for company.Thanks Geoff and Joe I really
    enjoyed it.

    Geoff
    [image:
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    Joe
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    Joe
    [image:
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  5. dangerdog said:

    A great ride today at Manly Dam ,my first ride with anyone and what a
    beauty, varied undulating terrain some great views great weather and a
    couple of world class riders for company.Thanks Geoff and Joe I really
    enjoyed it.

    It was great to finally catch up and ride with other people for once!

    Personally I picked up a heaps of ideas and tips from Joe on how to
    properly change lines.

    Speaking of which, he had no issues climbing most of the hills and
    spinning like a madman whilst I hung back and received punishment for
    skipping dinner last night.

    [image: http://ghuntley.smugmug.com/photos/297049936_qReRH-M.jpg]

    Can't wait until he uploads his photos.

    p.s. Before anyone brings it up; I left my armor at home and ended up
    regretting it to say the least. 🙂

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  6. Hey guys,

    Turned out I dumped my ferry ticket (a weekly ticket worth $40) in the
    bin at the start of the trail by mistake - so I headed back there to
    get it back - and did another lap whilst I was there. 1 hour 06 for the
    trail - 2 hours from the ferry terminal to the trail, round and then
    back including all rests.

    Was fun, and I got round just before it got too dark to ride, rode back
    to the ferry in the dark.

    On the bad side I managed to get a fly bouncing off my eye on one of
    the last descents, which bizarrely enough scratched the front of my eye
    and meant a trip to A&E monday morning - is mostly okay now and I can
    see from the left eye again and have been putting magic prescription
    eye drops in it, should be cool to ride on Saturday assuming I'm not
    busy. I'm thinking maybe that oaks track might be a goer, perhaps with
    a shortcut on the st helena track which is quite techy I hear, or
    perhaps just bombing the track itself at speed. I hear the Blue
    Mountains are kind of pretty and it'd be nice to see some scenery.

    Joe

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  7. Elevation data of the Dam:

    [image:
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    I'd be up for something on either Sat or Sun; keep in touch Joe.

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  8. Wow, how i wish i had a muni and lived in sydney 🙁 If i am ever up in
    Sydney ill send you a pm im only 14 but would love to give a decent
    ride a try. Done a few kms on a cheap 20" uni not yet on my KH20.

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  9. patsandy100 said:

    Wow, how i wish i had a muni and lived in sydney 🙁 If i am ever up in
    Sydney ill send you a pm im only 14 but would love to give a decent
    ride a try. Done a few kms on a cheap 20" uni not yet on my KH20.

    Sure thing; Though Coffs has some -very- decent DH trails - Mt Coramba
    is one you should do some research into if you ever get a Muni and are
    able to convince your parents 🙂

    Stage III of the NSW 2008 DH MTB 2008 are going to be held there June
    7th, 8th and 9th

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  10. hmmm, Will do. just gotta find some riders to ride with :P

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  11. Short notice but Joe Marshall and myself are heading out to the oaks
    tomorrow for some Muni.

    Others welcome; you have to be at Central Station by 9:00am for a
    9:18am train out to the Blue Mountains though!

    http://www.geocities.com/volcan271/old_site/oaks.html

    [image:
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    27km of downhill muni, will be taking the 29" - next time Coker? 🙂

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  12. Bummer I gotta work,I doubt I could keep up with you guys anyway.I
    reckon there is a special challenge for joe to make the climb from the
    causeway to Glenbrook Station it is one tough hill.Enjoy

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  13. Just got back from the Oaks, will be doing it again on the 29th of June
    as part of the Woodford to Glenbrook Classic MTB race.

    http://tinyurl.com/4q67fu

    If anyone wants to join up - I have created a team called "Otherwheel"
    🙂

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    Towards the end of the trail I ran into 'Whitey' (here on Unicyclist)
    which was a pleasant surprise indeed.

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  14. Nice to see you too Nexty. Count me in for the "Otherwheel" team for the
    Careflight race. I know two other guys that might be doing it as well so
    I'll try to convince them. We'll be on 24"s so dont blame us if we cant
    keep up.

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