Australian Mountain Bike – August 01, 2019

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This is a new European brand

that makes a backpack with a

bike carrying system in it. If you

think big hike-a-bikes are fun –

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@alpkit

Ok, another brand – but Alpkit

do some sweet clothing and

equipment for riding and

mountain bike adventures. And

it’s well-priced once landed

here as well.

INSTA DROP

See you at the AMB 100!

TheAMB 100 is justaround the corner, and this year
it is alsopartoftheTerrain the Berra event, run
byRockyTrailEntertainment in conjunction with
CanberraOffRoadCyclists. If you haven’t come to
CanberrafortheAMB100 before, you can expect a
chilledvibe,greateventservices and of course all
thefuntrailsatMtStromlo linked into one cool loop
byRockyTrail’sMartinWisata.
We’llhavetheAMBtent set up so you can take
a lookatsomeofthebikes we are testing, ask us
aboutthestoriesweareworking on, or quiz us on
whateveryouseerelevant.
If youwanttochallenge yourself to a big day, join

the 100 mile event for five laps of the marked out loop,

although most people prefer the shorter options of one,

two or three laps. There will be plenty to do in the race

village thanks to Rocky Trail Entertainment’s event

management experience, with food, drinks, music –

and of course a whole lot of mountain bikers to talk to.

Make sure you come down on the Saturday beforehand

even if you’re not taking part in the Terra in the Berra

which starts on Friday afternoon. There will be an event

village at Mt Stromlo with plenty of things to check out.

Get the full details about the events online.

rockytrailentertainment.com

We’vehadsomeepicprizes available over the

pastfewmonths,andrest assured they all went to

someverygratefulreaders!

ThenewMeridamountain bike flew across the

countrytoa prettystoked Owen Forbes in Western

Australia.We’renotsurewhether we’ll bump into

OwenatCapetoCapethis year, but we sure hope

he’senjoyinghisnewride thanks to Merida Bikes

Australia.

We also ran a subscription offer to win a couple

of loaded SuperB toolboxes. These went out to Paul

Kirkwood and Charlene Nolte, both in Queensland.

And earlier this year we had a sweet Thule

Velospace XT prize, and that went to Chris Wessels

in Victoria.

People really do win these prizes, so never miss

your chance to enter!

WINNERS ARE GRINNERS

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