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Admin edit: Hello BNA users! Forums are dead, long live forums. Introduce yourself here, use the search function, wear sunscreen.

Hi, thanks for letting me join

Mikesbytes is who I’m known by on other forums

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Middle aged but in good nick

Live Sydney Innerwest

I’m an ex racer who doesn’t do a lot of riding lately, still got the track bike, TT bike, road bike and a Fixie. Most of my riding nowadays is done on a budget mountain bike with the kids

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Hi all,

I’m Nobody. Another refugee from Australian Cycling Forums (BNA) like Mikebytes. I have been there for 19 years, but it’s about to close end of month.

I live near Hornsby, one of Sydney’s northern suburbs.

I have 2 rigid MTBs (probably considered more ATBs these days compared to modern long travel duallys). Both 1 X. One old, one fairly new. I mainly ride gravel and tame single track.

I also have a road going flat bar commuter bike to go to the shops etc. It’s a converted '90s MTB.

I raced MTB in my early 20s (early '90s), but that’s a long time ago now. Just ride as my preferred form of exercise, and working on bikes as a bit of a hobby.

Hopefully these forums last a bit longer than BNA’s forums. I wanted to join another forum. I thought briefly about joining the Weight Weenies forum, but though I’d end up wanting a < 10 kg MTB with an unobtainium price tag, just to get some exercise.

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Good to see you here! :smiley:

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Welcome. This forum has been around for nigh on 20 years but has gone a bit quiet in recent years. Looks like the BNA refugees might be the spark that it needs to kick on for a bit longer.

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Hi Mike, I remember seeing your name every time I looked at BNA (which wasn’t very often, but still).

Welcome aboard.

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G’day folks…brumby33 here, yep another BNA refugee :joy:

Been a member of BNA for close to 13 years

I was living in Newcastle back then, then Sydney, now retired in Albury NSW.

I’m a casual rider, not comp, I’m 66, old and decrepit and slow…very slow lol.

I own a 2017 Vivente Patagonia Touring bike and a Trek Marlin 7

My desire originally was to do some long distance touring but not sure that’ll happen now.

My other hobbies are Motorcycling, Photography and Grillin’ (BBQ)

I found out about here with the other members on BNA talking about it…so thankyou for letting me in.

Cheers

brumby33

Dave

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