MTB Etiquette

[Scallops]

Some advice from the MTB fraternity please....I have just bought myself a bike, and have already been given a few tips....

1. No lycra
2. No lycra
3. no lycra



So I'm wondering what to wear! I'm thinking of cheating and using my trusty bib and brace knicks, under a pair of shorts - but what do you wear as a top?

Also - I took my Elite biddon holders off my (for sale) roady - is it kosher to use these on a MTB or do all the cool kids just use a camelback?

[isuzurover]

Personally, I wear MTB shorts. Cost me about ~$50 from here:
Shorts DH & Freeride

They have an inner liner that does the same job as lycra.

I use a camelback - much easier to drink from offroad. Plus you don't have to worry about the rattling out of the holders in the rough stuff.

What bike?

[weeds]

lol, make sure you wear lycra when riding with JohnR.........

camel back is the go, plenty of water along with spare tubes, pump, tool kit, car keys, mobile etc

opps forgot, i wore my nicks under shorts when i first started.....

[Scallops]

What bike?

Trek Elite 9.9 SSL. I got a great deal from the University of Queensland Bike shop - It's my 6th bike from 'em and will go nicely with my OCLV Madone 5.9. I'm selling my other road bike as I can't fit them all in the bedroom!

[rainman]

I usually wear normal shorts over nicks except when doing big mountain epics at a reasonable pace. Shorts flapping around over long distance becomes plain annoying. A couple of us have managed to prove that shorts turn into a parachute at high speed and knock about 5 km/h off around the 70km/h mark.

I second the Camelbak advice, but if you plan on doing some really big rides or races water bottles come in hand so you can carry water on your back and electrolyte and/or energy drink in the bottles. Keep hold of your carriers it you have good ones.

Word out on the street (or perhaps the trails) is that you might be hooking up with the Masterbikers shortly Scallops . If we know which week end that is going to be I'm sure a few of us will be happy to fore go the shorts for the afternoon and wave our tight a$$es around in front of JR to put him off his game.


James.
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[Killer]

Turncoat!

Cheers, Mick.

[Scallops]

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Gotta love a nude ride....My old bike club (UQ) did one at 5.00am down Park Road a few years ago....I still have no feeling in certain areas.

And Yes - I'm keen to get out with the Masterbikes crew! I had a GF Cake a few years back - bent the forks on Nirvana (Daisy Hill) chasing after some champion Qld CC riders I used to ride with....so I'd like to be a wuss and get the feel of the new bike first.

Then I need to work out how to join up, cos the link Guy sent me directed me to a blank Flickr page...

[bell1975]

You'll find some top quality and long-lived gear across the ditch in NZ. Try these guys. My wife and I have probably 20-30 items of Ground Effect gear between us - their merino stuff is most impressive. Their Reservoir Dog has served me well for approx 8 years now. And with the exchange rate NZD>AUD this gear will be even better value.

Another company that make awesome gear, albeit not MTB specific, is Cactus Climbing. Some of their bags are ok for bike use.

Noice bike too. I reminisce about the singletrack I used to have at my back door in Nelson, NZ...I must check out the trails around Gap Creek one of these days. Any suggestions?

[rainman]

Unfortunately our MTB trail offerings are pitiful compared to what NZ has. Still, we are lucky in Brisbane with so many forests within easy reach of the centre of the city.

If you want to try out Gap Creek, the best place to start is the Gap Creek Reserve car park off Gap Creek Rd. It's basically in the centre of the trails, so it's easy to do loops out and back and bail out whenever you feel like it. It's a bit hard to describe exactly which trails you should hit, but it's pretty hard to go wrong.

If you ever want to be "shown around" just shout (or PM me if you like). There are a number of us on the forum who live very close.

[bell1975]

Excellent, thanks for the offer...just have to sort out my herniated disc/sciatica before I can how a leg over the old Stumpjumper.

My wife and I were spoilt when we lived in the UK too: Lake District NP/Skiddaw at our back gate and many miles of bridleways, etc to ride. There's a good reason why my bikes are either in pieces in the shed or on a static trainer...there's not a road or track around Murgon that I've found worth riding unfortunately.

Unfortunately our MTB trail offerings are pitiful compared to what NZ has. Still, we are lucky in Brisbane with so many forests within easy reach of the centre of the city.

If you want to try out Gap Creek, the best place to start is the Gap Creek Reserve car park off Gap Creek Rd. It's basically in the centre of the trails, so it's easy to do loops out and back and bail out whenever you feel like it. It's a bit hard to describe exactly which trails you should hit, but it's pretty hard to go wrong.

If you ever want to be "shown around" just shout (or PM me if you like). There are a number of us on the forum who live very close.