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  1. In preperation for 'Cycle Epic'
    (http://www.cycleepic.com.au/08epicweb/classic.html) I will be doing
    runs of Sydney's known and legal MTB trails. At last count there are
    approx thirty-four trails and most of which have never been ridden by
    Unicycle?

    As an added personal challenge to keep training interesting - I am
    going to attempt to ride all 34 trails by the end of the August; after
    each ride I will be doing a post trip write-up.

    The trails have been documented by a Sydney MTB association using
    Google Earth and can be viewed by importing the following file:

    http://nobmob.com/media/kmz/nobmob.kmz

    First on the agenda was Manly Dam which is a 9.6km loop (+260m/-260m)
    of some very technical fire trail and single track:

    http://tinyurl.com/5n847y

    Today I completed the dam on a KH29” w/150mm cranks and hope to be
    heading down there again tomorrow (Sunday 4th May) to try it again on a
    24” wheel w/150mm cranks as there were certain juicy sections which I
    just could not do with the larger wheel.

    If anyone in Sydney wants to tag along and join me, there invite is
    there –I have a spare Muni which can be loaned for the day. I have some
    work commitments early in the morning and so it would be a late
    afternoon/dusk run.

    Here's some photos I found of the trail, I will take some photos
    personally tomorrow.

    [image: http://nobmob.com/system/files/images/P1210061.preview.JPG[/img
    [img]http://nobmob.com/system/files/images/New+ramp.JPG] [image:
    http://nobmob.com/system/files/images/B+Line.JPG] [image:
    http://nobmob.com/system/files/images/IMG_1338.preview.JPG] [image:
    http://nobmob.com/system/files/images/333-3348_img.preview.jpg] [image:
    http://nobmob.com/system/files/images/333-3363_img.preview.jpg]

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  2. Hey nexty thats a bit of a plan you have there.I cant make manly dam but
    I could come along on future rides so keep posting.Also that list
    misses all my local trails completely I'm between Pennant Hills
    Park/Lane Cove Park and Darling Mills state forest.

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  3. Hey nexty thats a bit of a plan you have there.I cant make manly dam but
    I could come along on future rides so keep posting.Also that list
    misses all my local trails completely I'm between Pennant Hills
    Park/Lane Cove Park and Darling Mills state forest.

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  4. Hey, I'm gonna be in Sydney for a week in May. I think I'm gonna be
    quite busy with work, but hopefully some riding time - I'm gonna bring
    the muni I think.

    I've got a jet lag day on Sunday the 18th, if I'm not too caned by the
    flight I'd be up for a ride that day. Maybe the next Saturday too.

    Joe

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  5. Also I'll probably bring a riding light so I might manage an evening
    ride or two. I think Eyal from California took the train out to Manly
    Dam, and 10km seems like a good length for a night ride maybe I'll hit
    that.

    Is the Cycle Epic the one that Ken Looi did last year, I'm sure he said
    something about some kind of mentalist race in Australia?

    Joe

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  6. It's a fun race. I did it in 2005:
    http://www.cycleepic.com.au/08epicweb/stories.html

    The course isn't actually that difficult (except for last year when it
    turned into a mudfest after torrential rains). When I did the Epic I
    found it really difficult because I was not prepared for the heat. I
    think I drank about 12L of fluids and still felt dehydrated at the end.
    I spent the last half of the race cramping every few metres.

    It's one of very few races mountainbike races in the world with a
    unicycle category. In fact it's probably the worlds longest MUni race
    (given that most of the 24hr races do not have a specific unicycle
    category)

    I'll probably do it this year. We should have at least three of us
    entered, because I think Sean Bennett will be doing it as well.

    Ken

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