Blue Mountains Trails

i think you'll be fine on pretty much any trail with drops under a
meter with a hybrid. FIre trails generally don't have any drops at
all. If your hybrid is a kmart variety, pretty much anything over 30cm
will put your wheels a bit out of true. This of course, depends on
your weight. YOu might find bumpy trails a bit rough, so lower the
tire pressures to 40 psi or so, a higher pressure if you are a bug
guy. I used a hybrid ona downhill course without any jumps locally,
it was fine until I crashed one day, whereupon it was a writeoff.

Some tips to avoid crashing: use front and rear brake evenly. Rear
brake doesnt have a hole lot of power. Thus its the front tire which
you really care about. IF your front wheel skids, your gonna fall.
Run the front tire at a lower pressure than the back tire. Put a
multipurpose tire on the back wheel ( not a slick) ie one which has
knobs on the sides but it reasonably smooth in the centre. Put a
knobby tire on the front, with an aggressive tread. Look for one which
if someone rode over your stomach with it and skidded, it'd hurt the
most. If you want you can use a knobby tire instead of a semi slick at
the back as well. semi slicks on the front arent a good thing for a
rigid, if you don't have much experience off road.

Take plenty of water as well, don't worry about weight.I do all my
mountain biking with a friggin lead acid battery attached to my bike
:p Runjing out of water in the middle of a fire trail is a Very Bad
Thing. I do all my mountain biking with a friggin lead acid battery
attached to my bike :p

have fun. I wanted to go to the blue mountains these school holidays,
but i never got around to it 🙁

Andrew Swan said:

Apparently there are some fire trails in the BM's that go mostly
downhill from Wentworth Falls and Woodford to Blaxland. My MTBer friend
wants to do them, but I only have an unsuspended hybrid - would the
hybrid cope or are the trails too technical/bumpy/loose?

Is there anywhere to get more info about these rides?

TIA,

&roo

"Andrew Swan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Apparently there are some fire trails in the BM's that go mostly
downhill from Wentworth Falls and Woodford to Blaxland. My MTBer friend
wants to do them, but I only have an unsuspended hybrid - would the
hybrid cope or are the trails too technical/bumpy/loose?

Is there anywhere to get more info about these rides?

Check this site:
www.thefathippy.com - no relation! ;-)

hippy

hippy said:

"Andrew Swan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Apparently there are some fire trails in the BM's that go mostly
downhill from Wentworth Falls and Woodford to Blaxland. My MTBer friend
wants to do them, but I only have an unsuspended hybrid - would the
hybrid cope or are the trails too technical/bumpy/loose?

Is there anywhere to get more info about these rides?

Check this site:
www.thefathippy.com - no relation! ;-)

hippy

Thank you, hippy who is not fat (apologies to Austin Powers).

&roo