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No problem switching from motorbike to mountainbike - in Aus we have front brake on the right ( it's a left side of the road thing) . Both my mtb and motorbike can manage controlled 1 finger stoppies

Because everyone should ride a 1000 cc dirt bike at least once in their life.... Trail cutting / maintenance is a good application for the ubco ( and the mighty ct, IMHO ) . We have a network of single line that was cut many decades ago by heros riding agg bikes . Now they ride emtb. There's a...

itt was originally designed for farming - New Zealand, so steep , wet, sheep farming. In Aus, they sell a road registrable version so it's a modern electric equivalent to the CT 90 he has in the foreground.

Welcome, it looks like this is going to be fun. When a ct90 shares shed space with a ? Husky? , it's only a matter of time until that workshop produces magic. Here's some inspiration from this side of the world https://ubco.com.au/pages/2x2-electric-bike

The thru axle braces the forks and modern axles make a massive difference! Possibly not noticeable for a road bike, but when you're bouncing of rocks , turning and braking at the ....we now have 20x110 axles for seriously silly people Oh, and if you still need convincing about 15 mm axles -...

If you have the option of a route that minimizes the risk of sharing your spaces with cars, take it ! If that means riding dirt, then make sure the bikes you consider are dirt capable, or ideally dirt fun. More importantly, look for a bike that's going to encourage you to ride on your days off...

Thanks I use my bivy without tarp, it's my light weight overnight camping option - mostly on more extreme motorbike trips , where I'm too stuffed at the end of a day to set up a tent / tarp and just need a safe water and bug resistant place to collapse into. String to bike to keep it off my...

Can you tell me more about that bivy ? I'm getting too fussy to sleep well due to the tapered foot area of my bivy , and that looks like a luxury model with a rectangular design? Is that a full size exped fitting inside the bivy ? I'm intrigued by that draw cord bug net in the head...

There's a few pushbike riders on the Aus subforum of advrider - https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/so-you-ride-a-pushie-hey-the-aus-bicycling-thread.536781/page-316 I think there are also youtwittface groups in Aus for ebikes now, eg a victorian group of eMTB riders with about 1000 members...

G'day Andrew, you're flickr link has some great photos It looks like you're from west oz ? Have you met Aus Digger from advrider ? He's dabbled in using an ebike, but is usually self powered. Eg Flexo from advrider also tried some variations, including a bafang powered hardtail fat bike, but...

This video is from the Aus section of adv rider - a motorbike forum but a LOT of us ride emtb's as well. Billy goats is one of those tick box motorbike rides - challenging enough that an average motorbike rider struggles , but easy enough that it's fun on an inappropriate vehicle. I've done it 2...

Stefan, 100% is a brand signifying the effort put in - not the field of view. They also make clothing and armor which I'm sure isn't transparent. Some of their goggles offer wide field of view IF they fit your face. They fit my son, but not me

You are used to wearing glasses with thick rims that obstruct your peripheral vision, so are used to JUST looking at the road in front of your wheel ? I'm surprised you don"t feel the need to move your head and check beyond the road in front of your wheel, but I have normal vision so am used...

Jim, by goggles - what are you referring to? A well fitted wide view set of ski or MX goggles should offer reasonable peripheral vision and clarity - the difficulty is finding a set that fits your face AND helmet. Stephan demonstrates the results of a poor choice - sitting too high on his nose...

I hired a trek exe today - partly so my daughter could ride my levo sl, but mostly because we were planning on doing some big climbs and it was hot and humid. VERY nice motor, but I prefer my levo SL. It chewed through battery - using at least twice as much as my lsl through the same trails...

And the bubbly marketting version of where we are

These tourism mtb parks are a strange phenomena - no longer cut by locals sneaking around in the bush with machetes and shovels. These tracks are manufactured by professional track builders using hovt funding. One would expect something special as a result, and the tracks flow amazingly - at...

I spent today riding a newly opened trail network " gravity eden" , it's an example of tourism funded mtb trails - take a dying country town, toss a few $million into commercial trail building - and watch the tourism $ flow in. About 59 km of trail cut into a couple of hills with about 300 m...

We have a local family who are Transition fans . They are value conscious, but VERY demanding riders ( including a 19 yo son who races x country at national level and has just cycled from Asia to Europe solo....) They've been buying new but 1/2 year out of date / old stock bikes at significant...

The wild is also an up to date bike - the rise is 3 years old now. Their alloy rise is closer in design to a giant trance x advanced . A midweight, mid power bike with mid sized battery. The giant is a much better bike imho. The carbon rise is getting a bit old , even when new it was heavier...