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After spending a day bunting around Rottnest Island yesterday on a crappy rental ebike, I'm wondering whether I can make the jump from using my car to e-commuting. My office is about 25km from home and currently takes me ~45 minutes to drive as the freeway is bloody awful. My question is what are you commuting on, and how long does it go? Is it a viable alternative to a car?

They do good work...so surely the Herald Sun is well aware of their fine work. WTF were you thinking today, herald sun?

ITEM : ASX, medium COND : pretty good frame and fork. I make no guarantee on the shock but the rebound works. PRICE : 500 firm. LOCATION : lismore, I come to brisso often. If you want me to post you would need to be patient FURTHER INFO : Fox 36, tapered, 20mm, 26 inch. 160/130 all seems to function as intended, all in all a nice looking fork with no stanchion damage. CK headset, tapered and suits 1.5 headtube, running well and looks nice. It's genuine Wheels are basic but... Read more

Since selling the G1 I have been awaiting the arrival of a new big travel bike. 180mm front and rear travel should be great for bike park laps and big enduro riding. Rest to revealed soon. Taken some inspiration from teK-- Frame - XXL Rear shock - EXT Arma V4 - 180mm travel Front shock/fork - Intend Edge 180mm w/ OPTimized Damping Cartridge & Manitou Dorado Pro Handlebars - Ergotec 50mm rise 12° sweep Stem - Rulezman... Read more

Hey Guys been thinking about it for a while but i'm finally doing it. this is a thread for people to post up stuff they've made, things they're making and the process the went through, also for advice and also to maybe even find people who can help them build things or build things for you, dont slag of others work either! i'll start with the most recent thing i made, today. a chris king crown race spacer thing jrewing asked me to make, or rather i offered to make started with some... Read more

Just like @Zaf did with the Newly Released Bikes General thread - Thought I'd start a thread for new suspension releases. To kick things off - the "Marzocchi" (Fox) Z1 Bomber Coil: Review: Marzocchi's New Z1 Coil Fork - The Return of a Classic - Pinkbike There's now a coil-sprung version of the Z1, along with an aftermarket conversion kit for the air-sprung Z1 or Fox 36 Rhythm. www.pinkbike.com Found this one interesting given the Z1 is basically a Fox 36 Rhythm in different colours, so this is effectively a factory coil Fox 36... Read more

Item: garage with home attached Location: Woronora Heights Item Condition: like new! Reason for selling: the wife doesn't like it here Price and price conditions: $1.5M+ Extra Info: Right above the trail head for The Gunt and numerous other Woronora Heights trails! Pictures: see https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-woronora+heights-152228412 Sorry admin, tear it down if it doesn't fit within the guidelines.

Hardline 2026 at Maydena was the last event in the contract. Maydena Bike Park have now announced and incredible new event called "Beyond Gravity" This is the blurb from their Facebook page: "Introducing, Beyond Gravity! A brand-new downhill mountain bike event, that is set to redefine the mountain bike event landscape, February 26-27th 2027. After several years delivering major global events for others, our focus and energy will shift in a new direction, towards an event that blazes a... Read more

ok list the movie you've last watched with a rating Spider man 3. 4/10 cheers.

Let's kick off the relevent eBike / components thread with some big news in the eSpace: Spotted: SRAM Prototype E-Bike Motor Obviously appears to be an early prototype, but interesting that SRAM now has a prototype out in the wild for testing...

Ok guys got this old beautiful thing, I have a desire to use it properly but alas the rebound isn't working. It's in too good condition to rest on the wall Ai has told me it's probably just in need of oil, true you think. Any ideas

The Cradle Coast MTB Club has been working on a big upgrade to the Penguin MTB Park for a couple of years now and we now have a landscape master plan released. This is to update the park to a more professional looking destination that is expected now, to make it a more family friendly place and have a big emphasis on having plenty of adaptive MTB suitable trail. Next steps for us are to chase some funding and get some tenders for design and build from contractors. We have finally got the... Read more