Good beer and mountain bikes

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Peter Foot finds flow in Victoria’s high country – on the single track and in the breweries. Question: how would you like to go on a free brewery tour and mountain biking road trip? This was really asked of me, in my real life, on a Tuesday in winter at the Bicycle Network office in
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Townsville Trails

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Often overlooked, Townsville has much to offer the off­-road rider, Sarah Down reveals. When it comes to holiday destinations, Queensland’s far-­north city of Townsville tends to be overshadowed by its more tourism-­focussed neighbour, Cairns. It also has a lesser reputation for mountain biking, with Smithfield Park—the home ground for the UCI Mountain World Cup events—gaining Cairns greater attention.
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The Epic

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Jon Miller visits Mt Buller to ride the first IMBA Epic trail in the southern hemisphere. High country snow has melted but not a day too soon for the mountain bikers waiting for the Australian Alpine Epic to reopen. It’s a 40km flow masterpiece that descends 1,000 vertical metres from Mt Buller village into the surrounding valley
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Dirt curious

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The local mountain bike park is the ideal place to try out your off-road skills. Simon Vincett points you in the right direction.  You no longer need to travel hours away to get your fix of bush and singletrack. It’s closer than you think with these local MTB parks. The first step is to get a map
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Ride On digest

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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Friday. Local news Plan to make Sydney riders pay A transport plan put forward by Sydney mayoral candidate Angela Vithoulkas will require riders over 13 to register for third party insurance “to protect pedestrians, motorists and other forms of transport”. The plan will
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Breweries by mountain bike

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Jon Miller jumped at the chance to ride Victoria’s High Country Brewery Trail and sample some of the liquid gold being concocted in the region. Any mountain biker worth their mud-splattered scars knows that beers and mountain bikes are an obvious pairing. A small group of brewers in Victoria’s north east have embraced this and
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Pushing on through the night

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Just how numb can your bum get? Christy Harris is more qualified to answer than most, finds Emma Clark. “My whole body is aching as I hurtle around a sharp turn. Bleary-eyed, gripping the handlebars tightly, more mud spatters into my face. Legs are burning. My hand cramps as I reach for the water bottle.
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