Vacationing in Australia - looking for riding!

[slick]

Hey - so I'm new to the board but been watching this site for a while. I'm a US DH racer and recently won the Expert 30-34 men's DH NORBA title and going semi-pro next year. I'm going to Australia for 3-4 months starting in January and want to bring my bike but I don't know any riders, don't know how to get my bike around, don't know if it's worth bringing a bike, etc. Can anyone clue me in?

Should I bring my bike?
Is it easy to find people to ride with?
Thanks,
Patrick
p_o_leary@hotmail.com

[Kram]

I sent you an email mate.

[willsy01]

Bring the bike mate, i'm sure there are plenty of people on here that would love to hook up for a ride wherever you happen to be staying.

[Misplaced]

Bloody foreigners! stay in your own country! :D

bring da bike, I brought mine over with me for a holiday 5 years ago........ :lol:

[bazza]

hell yes bring the bike and make sure you visit cairns!

[Ivan]

yeh go to cairns

[MrPlow]

Hell yeh! Cairns (too hot for you sissy yanks tho :lol: ) Toowoomba. Adelaide hills. there are plenty of places to DH here. That is why we breed the best DH riders :wink: :lol:

[rider03]

yeh forsure come to cairns and when your in cairns come and visit the smithfield trails.

[ellemenophee]

yep bring your bike

In Adelaide your girl can do the shopping thing while you ride in the local hills. Then its a simple matter of rolling your way out of the hills into the city to meet her. Its all downhilll to your rendevous point.

But of course the deeper you go into the hills you will negate this roll into the city option. As a city we aren't as spread out geographically as other cities in Orrstraaaaliyia.

[frenchy]

i woulod definetely bring ur bike

[MikeT]

bring your bike i will ride with and hopefully learn something i wanna get in to race;)

[Link]

psf cairns.....come to canberra!

we got heaps of trails and for a city with only 350,000ppl our mountainbike club has the most members of any in australia and we have 23 bike shops.

you do the math but it means we have a hell of alot of mountainbikers

So theres plenty of riders, plenty of riding and its close to thredbo (to find out what 'thredbo' is www.rawnrg.com.au)

[slick]

alright, i'm definetly bringin my m-1. this is sounding pretty encouraging. i'll put some more posts when the time is near and i'd be psyched to get down on some rides...
thanks!
patrick

[bread stik]

were bouts in australia u goin
and wat time or year

[slick]

i'll be there from mid-jan to may possibly? probably spending a lot of time on the east coast but up for anything. i really don't have any set plans yet except to hit cairns, the gold coast, do lots of biking with all the cool cats who've responded and do some surfing.

[bazza]

sounds like an awesome holiday!!!!