Supreme Cycles Group Rides

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Mountain Bike Code Of Conduct

MTB Code of Conduct for Manly Dam-

-Keep to the signposted biking route
-Bike riding on walking tracks is prohibited
-Enter park only from the access points indicated on the map
-Give way to walkers and dismount when approaching groups. In spots the bike trail is shared access.
-Do Not make any new trails, it is Illegal and degrades the park
-Dismount near childerns play area's
-Do not ride around water bars, steps or other stuctures, they stabilise tracks by minimising soil movement
-Keep Speed and Skidding to a minimum
-Always ride on the left on blind corners
-When riding fire breaks behind houses keep to the bush side to minimise grass and erosion damage
-Wash your bike before entering Manly Dam or any bushland reserve as mud carries weed seeds a real threat to bushland
-Observe bike route closures
-After heavy rainfall please refain from using the bike access route until conditions settle.

Although this code of conduct applies for Manly Dam MTB riders should be applying the code of conduct to any location they ride at, for your own safety and the publics safety, remember that by following the code you are setting an example and thus helping to improve the reputation of MTB riders.

Supreme Cycles City Express (Bus Ride)

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City Express (City Commute Ride)

This is an initiative that has been going strong for well over 3yrs years now, organised by owner Steve Brown and wife Louise Brown, as well as some of our customers to promote the commute to the City. This ride is built around a core group of about 6 riders who commute into the city and another group of about 4-6 riders who ride with the group for fitness and turn around and head for home at Mosman.

Ride as a group taking an "off military rd" route , the aim is safer riding as a group,more visibility, obeying all road rules, and keeping away from traffic bottlenecks where at all possible.This service has now been extended to include Tuesday.

Here is the City Express timetable please be aware that this is non stop service.
Departs Supreme Cycles 6.20am sharp!
Warringah Rd/Pittwater Rd 6.35am
Oliver Rd/Pittwater Rd 6.44am
Bottom Parawi Rd 6.55am
Harbour Bridge 7.20am
Town Hall 7.35am

As much as possible off all major roads in and around mosman /neutral bay
A sporting level of fitness is required, although this is not a race it is run at a good pace!

Running Tues,Wed/Thurs. Return trip 6.00pm meet at bridge
THIS RIDE DOESN'T RUN WHEN IT'S RAINING

Thursday Morning is the Coffee Run!

Coffee Run, This is where the rest of group that doesn't work in the city ride over the Harbour Bridge and join the others for a coffee in the city! Usually means that the returning group get back into Narrabeen around 8.30-8.50am.

Route from Spit Bridge to City:

Left at bottom of Spit into Parawi Rd
Left onto footpath at top Parawi for 2 blocks
Left into Stanton St
Right into Moruben Rd follow to end
Right into Mandalong Rd up hill to Military Rd
Left into Military Rd
Right at lights into Belmont Rd
Left into Bardwell Rd at 2nd roundabout
Right into Cabramatta Rd at 2nd roundabout
Left at end of road into Spofforth St
Follow Spofforth St to end
Right into Florence St
Left into Murdoch St
Right into Bannerman St follow round to Wycombe Rd
Right at bottom of Wycombe Rd into Kurraba Rd
Follow Kurraba Rd round past the park up hill to lights where it becomes Clark Rd
Follow Clark Rd up to underpass for Bridge

Image Thursday morning coffee run, get it while its hot!

Awaba 8hr

Image Over the weekend Mates of Supreme Cycles Rupert & Trent competed in their first 2 man 8hr race together at Awaba MTB Park on the Central Coast.

The boys had a solid outing and came in 5th on 16 laps with them completing 8 laps each. With a little more training they could be fighting for some poduims!

The next race for the boys is the Jetblack 12hr in the mixed team of 4.

Pictured is Trent.

Silver!!!

Image Congrats To Steve and team mates who managed to get a Silver Medal at the NSW State Time Trial Champs on the weekend. Pictured above are the boys in action!

2010 Australian Solo 24 Hour MTB Championships

Image Shop Staffer Matt for some crazy, stupid reason entered in the 18-24 Male Solo division, Matt Struggled home in 6th place in his first ever attempt at a Solo 24hr or 88th overall. This race saw the second biggest ever Solo field assembled in Australia with nearly 200 riders!

Matt's Result was good enough for him to Qualify for the 2010 World 24hr Solo MTB Champs, which are to held in Aust for the first time in October at Mt Stromlo.

World Champion and Aust National Champion Jason English Won the Event for the Second time in a row.

Group Road Rides

Saturday Road Ride- Leaving from the shop on Saturdays at 7am all are welcome to join in and all levels are catered for from beginner to serious athelete.
Travelling over the various terrain of the northern beaches and nearby national parks this regular ride covers some of the most picturesque countryside that metropolitan Sydney has to offer.
Ranging in distances up to 120km intensity is best described as moderate and riders can come and go at their lesuire choosing long or short options.
Options include Akuna Bay, West Head, Bobbin Head and Duffy Forrest.

Supreme Cycles Hire Bikes

Image Supreme Cycles have a small number of hire bikes ROAD BIKES ONLY!So if you are in Sydney on holiday or business and don't want the bother of dragging your bike with you give us a call Sizes are very limited at this stage to a 55cm and 58cm sized bike. As demand increases we will gradually grow this fleet.Give us a call or email to discuss.

Daily rate is $30 a day , however we are flexible with this rate for longer term hires,please contact us.

NSW State Track Champs Results

Image Team Pursuit (March 12) - 1 Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze

* Women`s team of Michelle Crawford, Trudy Van Der Straaten & Louise Brown took Gold,

* Masters 150+ team of Tim Rice, David Willmott, Mike Lawson & Mark Arnold took Silver

* Masters All Ages team of Steve Brown, Mike O`Brien, Mike Popplewell & Stan Genakis took Bronze.

* Masters All Age team of Ali Edwards, Peter Barnard, Graham Tierney & George Lowe posted a great time (result tbc)

Sprints (March 13) - 3 Gold 1 Bronze

* David Willmott took Gold
* Michelle Crawford took Gold
* Lise Benjamin took Gold
* Mike Popplewell took Bronze
* Peter Barnard & Alan Townsend both took 4th

Team Sprint (March 14) - 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze

* Michelle Crawford & Trudy Van Der Straaten took Gold
* Donna Meehan & Lise Benjamin took Silver
* Mike Popplewell, Alan Townsend & Peter Barnard took Bronze

Individual Pursuit (March 14) - 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze

* Michelle Crawford took Gold, Louise Brown the Bronze
* Donna Meehan took Gold, Lise Benjamin the Silver
* Mike Lawson took Gold, David Willmott the Silver
* Mark Arnold took Gold, George Lowe took Silver, Stan Genakis the Bronze


Crosby's Sunshine Coast Cycle Tours

Image Crosby's Sunshine Coast Cycle Tours
*Great Weather! Perfect for those winter miles.
*Great Training, in and around Noosa's Hinterland region.
*Great Cafes and restaurants at your door step.
*Luxury accommodation with heated pool and spa.
*Massage and all transfers included, in affordable package price.

Come to the Beautiful Sunshine Coast with elite racing cyclist Duncan Crosby as your tour director, for a 3, 4,or 5 day training holiday. With over 20 years of training and racing experience, both overseas and nationally, Duncan has combined his wealth of knowledge to create a cycling holiday to accommodate the serious racing cyclist or the social rider, group rides can be catered to all levels of fitness with distances of 40, 60, 80 or 100km.

You will stay in luxury accommodation right in the Heart of Noosaville, 50 metres from the magnificent Noosa River, surrounded by some of the finest restaurants and cafes the Sunshine Coast has to offer.
There are 3 Accommodation packages to choose from to suit your requirements and budget. All transfers are included in the package as well as a therapeutic one hour massage to help those cycling muscles recover.

For Bookings and information on any of the packages contact:

Duncan Crosby at:

Crosby's Sunshine Coast Cycle Tours

361 Eumundi Range Rd
Eumundi 4562
QLD
email: duncancrosby@y7mail.com
Mob: 0418 419803

NSW Gets New Endurance Race Series

Inaugural Singletrack Mind to feature five races in 2010

New South Wales mountain bikers will get the chance to compete in 2010 in a new endurance race series called The Singletrack Mind.

Beginning in April, the five-event series will feature races ranging from six to 10 hours in duration. Each venue has been selected for its flowing singletrack and race-hosting abilities. The series will kick off April 18 in western NSW's singletrack oasis, Lidsdale State Forest near Lithgow. Events will follow in May, June and August before the series concludes on September 25 at the WMBC track in Appin.

The series is being promoted by Chocolate Foot, a new business run by Fiona Dick and Joe Ward. Dick has been behind the successful running of events such as the Highland Fling and the Mountains to Beach stage race. She is also well known as a racer, mountain bike skills educator and has written for major mountain bike magazines.

For more information on the series, visit Mind Series

2010 Singletrack Mind Series

August 29: Stromlo Forest Park, Canberra
September 25: WMBC track, Appin

Ourimbah Club XC Races

Ourimbah Club XC races are great series of races held through out the year at the brillant Ourimbah XC loop. The calendar is as followed Dates may change due the weather.

Racing is on Sundays, Rego opens 8am racing starts at 9.30am sharp!

15th August Reverse run loop

31st Oct 6hr Enduro

14th Nov Club Champs

BiciSport Road Events

BiciSport members are welcome to all Manly, Central Coast & Northern Sydney Club events. Entries are taken on the day, and close 30 minutes before the advertised start time. All races are cancelled in wet weather for safety reasons, except ATTA time trials

September

5 - Time Trial (Calga)

12 - Road Race (West Head)

October

3 - Time Trial (Calga)

10 - Road Race (West Head)

November

7 - Time Trial (Calga)

14 - Road Race (West Head)

December

5 - Time Trial (Calga)

12 - Road Race (West Head)

NATIONAL & CycNSW events

Details on CycNSW events and on-line entries are available at www.nsw.cycling.org.au

Upcoming dates are -

August

Aug 21-22 - Tamworth Tour

Aug 22 - Ride 4 Life Criteriums (Centennial Park)

Aug 22 - MTB

Aug 25-28 - Masters World Road Championships (St Johann, Austria)

Aug 25 - ITT

Aug 26-28 - Road Races

Aug 28-29 - Cootamundra Weekend

Aug 29-Sept 5 - Tour of the Murray

September

Sept 2-5 - Aust Junior Road Championships (Canberra)

Sept 1-5 - World MTB Championships (Canada)

Sept 4-5 - Moree Weekend

Sept 5 - MTB Angry Doctor 100km Batemans Bay

Sept 12 - Goulburn to Camden Classic

Sept 14 - Launceston to New Norfolk Classic (Tas)

Sept 24-28 - Aust Masters Road Championships (Ballarat)

Website details www.vic.cycling.org.au

Sept 29-Oct 3 - World Elite Road Championships (Geelong)

Website details www.melbourne2010.com.au

Sept 29 - Time Trials for Under 23 & Women

Sept 30 - Time Trials for Elite

Oct 1 - Road Race Under 23

Oct 2 - Road Race Women

Oct 3 - Road Race Elites (starts Federation Square, Melbourne)

October

Oct 13-14th Scott 24hr & World Solo 24hr Championships Mt Stromlo Canberra

Oct 3-14 - Commonwealth Games (Delhi, India)

Oct 23-24 - Warnambool Weekend (Vic)

Oct 23 - Werribee To Warnambool Classic (260k)

Oct 24 - Shipwreak Coast Classic (100k)

Oct 30 - Grafton to Inverell Classic

November

Nov 7th Dirtworks VIC 100km race Wooden VIC

Nov 11-13 - Oceania Track Championships (Adelaide)

Nov 12 - MTB Highland Fling 100km - Bundanoon

Nov 18-20 - World Cup Track (Round 2) (Melbourne)

Nov 21 - CA Cyclist of the Year Awards (Melbourne)

MTB Track Closures Northern Beaches

The NPWS have closed prominent local MTB trail locations including

-Slippery Dip Trail (oxford Falls)
-Little Moab (Oxford Falls)
-Burnies (Oxford Falls)
-Bah Hi Temple Trail (Mona Vale)
-All Single Track in the Cascades (St ives, Davison & French Forest)
-Moon Rock (Oxford Falls)
-Bantry Bay side of Manly Dam
-Heath Track
-Two Creeks Trail
-All of Gargil National Park Single track is off limits to MTB Riders

NPWS Rangers have will be patroling these closed tracks & will be issuing on the spot $300 fines if you are caught on the riding or building on the track. To anyone thinking of pulling down or damaging the signs, DON'T this stupid and will get MTB ing nowhere and will give MTB er's a bad name.

According to National Rules Mountains Bikes can not use any Single track access, unless otherwise sign posted, penelties do apply. Mountain bikes have full access to fire roads and fire breaks but must follow the MTB code of conduct while using these trails.