Trail report for this week:
Misty Twist loop today before the weather, tomorrow likely to be a day off, a mate is on his way up who has a Merida e140, will get some good riding in with him I hope.
Rode Stonefly today, slow going due to my fitness, also a lot of windfall on the trail - all the trees have been cut but a ton of sticks/bark etc which surely slowed things down. Berms at the bottom of the descent have been re-cut and are completely mint.
No way I could do it on an analogue bike, would be a massive day on an eBike including Stonefly, I’ll do that when I get a bit fitter after another couple of weeks of riding, would need to use a bit less turbo to have the battery to get around, today’s loop got me down to 38% but I used Turbo on...
I’ll be spending a fair bit of time at Buller over the summer so thought I’d just start a thread to give some reports, random musings etc.
This week’s trail report: https://cdn.mtbullercdn.com.au/assets/bikebuller/2021/201028_trail_report_v3.pdf
Trails opened today, did a fun loop out to...
I bought a Garmin GPSMAP 66i with InReach about a week or so ago, I tend to ride solo at Mt Buller and I worry about being out of phone reception. Plus I’ve wanted a handheld GPS for a while for ski touring, a couple of the guys in my group have them and they’ve been handy on the odd occasion...
I think in many cases it could be just random oversight. If you filter Mt Buller by eBike on Trailforks plenty of the trails disappear, even though it has a stated policy permitting Class 1 unmodified eBikes, and has co-promoted eBike events etc.
So a few days ago I heard my 2020 Levo Comp making a ticking/clicking sound at slow speeds, now when I wind the crank backwards it feels rough and sounds like a bit of a grinding noise - assume that winding it backwards should be smooth and silent? Visit to the LBS is imminent I think.....
Also re: Haibike, a friend of a friend is the importer, apparently they have a supply issue ATM as they had some sort of delay with developing their own motor, and by the time they realised this it was too late to secure supply of Bosch(??) motors.
I have a couple of mates who are very happy with their Meridas.
I bought a Levo Comp in January, pricy at $9k I know, I went for that over the base model due to the 700wh battery over the 500wh, and I'm stoked I made that decision, I've been spending the iso time up at Mt Buller where there is...
Thanks @Christian I’ll give the Yarra Trails a look this week - kinda hard to plan to meet up as I need the stars to align with a sleeping or well-behaving toddler and an agreeable pregnant wife to get out, so I tend to just jump on opportunities.
We may well go up to Buller on Wednesday after...
Where are people riding in Iso?
I spent a month at our place at Buller but had to come home to Melbourne for my pregnant wife’s tests/appointments etc.
I live in Inner SE Melbourne, where are some good places to ride that don’t require a car trip and risk of a $1600 fine?