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Brings back happy memories! There will be more!

For those of us who have no idea what you're talking about, what does it do? I read coffee grinding, that's an expensive cup of chino if that's the case?

I know it’s not the last Friday of the month but it’s damn close and besides the last Friday was on a public holiday anyway (and I wasn’t even here). So we’re doing the ride this Friday, the details stay the same, leave from the Baxter at 06:45 and meander our way to the CTICC to collect the townside lot at 07:15. For those that are interested there’s a cruise from town to the start at Baxter, we usually meet at the Good Hope Centre at about 06:15. I also hear rumours of a cycling Bierfest involving tasty german sausges and beer at a secret location over the weekend, sounds intriguing. See you all on Friday morning bright and early.

Would also like to say thanks to Peat, would like to see some proper technical riding though?

Not an assault at anyone but "lots of single track" is perhaps a tad generous, there was single track is perhaps more accurate, the single track was also pretty cool to ride, the long open roads in the middle had me feeling a little jaded.

It was a good ride all in all, shout out to the guys from Tableview. To Jmaccelari: You had that response because there was one of you in lycra, there were 40 of us in generally normal kit, it's a weird thing, there just seems to be more space given to you on the road. Here are some cool pics at the end, alot of the bikes had wandered off by this point.

All of us work, most of the guys that ride are at work by 08:30 - 09:00, Of course you can make that.

To whom do you refer?

Spring is almost upon us, the days get longer, skirts get shorter and life is good again! CM is happening this Friday, not quite Spring Day but pretty close, so everyone haul out your happy best and lets get stuck into some solid commuting, maybe a bit of chatting and all this followed by a cuppa at out local favourite Deluxe Coffee Works on Lower Church Street. We meet at the Baxter at 06:45 and cruise through to town on the Bike Paths (which end in Salt River but anyway), then pick up the rest of the folks in front of the CTICC at about 07:15 (closer to 07:20) then head over the new bridge, through the Waterfront and along Beach Road, up Glengarriff and along the cycle path on the left back into town. We keep losing folks in town on the way to Deluxe, so the basic route is as follows: Up Bree, left into LongMarket (down), cross Long and take the next right into Burg and the next left is Lower Church. See you all out there for Spring.

It only really looks odd if the shorter guys are riding them, the bikes were designed so that us tall gangly kids can play too, now all the little guys wanna come take our toys, bastards!

It's pretty easy riding, nothing technical really, just flowy single track.

Had the WB 100 29'er, I hated it, it was a really horrific system that never worked, it was pretty stiff though but that's it. Ride a Fox F29 now, worlds apart!

Great, Man, I was so worried they put in more flat dirtroads. Speaking of cycling, I start work at 9 now, so I want to come do a critical mass, they still happen? first friday of the month right? where again.. Im a bit rusty CM is normally last friday of the month, we took a rain check last week due to weather and want to have it this week. Baxter @ 06:45 and CTICC @ 07:15

Just had a look at the route, seems most of the singletrack has been removed, anybody know why?

Here is the Wikipedia entry for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass

The races have never been too technical, they're not really technical at all currently, if they made them more technical that would be nice.

Amen brother. I have lockouts on my bike, I don't use it, it makes the bike ride like a hardtail, if I wanted that I'd buy a hardtail.

No, in a World cup XC race, you'll see the stinky euros lining up with 560mm wide flat bars and the crazy canucks lining up with 680mm wide riser bars. It all depends on what you're comfortable with.

Dirtman, thanks for all the hard work on the trails, it really is appreciated. I have to ask though, are there plans to make any technical trails up there? I've ridden the short section of single black on the other side of Contermans, as nice as it is, it really is too short. I'm not talking about pure downhill bike only tracks but something more challenging than the Hillcrest stuff though?

He was a really good guy, RIP Willo.

Used the Bontrager XDry as well as the Jones ACX, the XDry worked better. I think the new XDX should work pretty well as well. I do remember the Conti's taking some effort, they've been fine for a while now though. Favourite is the Spesh Fast Trak or Captain.