Local riders, Greens members and the Hornsby Council unanimously voted tonight in favour of the development of sustainable MTB trails in Old Mans Valley behind Hornsby swimming pool.

Thanks to the continuous lobbying and feasibility studies conducted and facilitated through the efforts of HSMBA with the support of local council and Greens members, Hornsby Council will be supporting the development of approx 5km of trails throughout Old Mans Valley.

After a significant hiatus off the bike polishing his guns and reupholstering choppers and street machines, Tom Patton has come back to racing with a massive BANG!

Yesterday, Tom Patton won the Delta Agribusiness Cootamundra Haycarters Recovery Handicap.

The wet and cold conditions in Cootamundra proved to be perfect conditions for NSCC to take home the top prize.

Starting in the "Chopping Block" bunch at 3.00min, together with NSCC's James Swadling Tom and the boys worked well all day.

With a ride report due to follow in the coming days, Neil and John are 7 days into the Youth Off The Streets Charity Ride between Sydney and Surfers Paradise. http://tinyurl.com/7g39wzh

Here's a couple of photos taken on Day 4 and 5 at Glenreagh about 50kms south of Grafton.

Check out the link above and support this excellent cause.

Report by Dan Daly

The first race of the season took a number of seasoned racers and some new comers from NSCC to Bathurst.

For those of you unfamiliar with this crazy weekend it starts with the state hill climb champs and various crits on the Saturday followed by 162km, 100km and 70km Sportif events on the Sunday.

NSW State Hill Climb

U17s'
Harrison Bailey - 4th (9:55.68)
Michael Potter - 8th

Elite Men
Saxon Irvine 5th (9:28.54)
James Swadling 9th
Stephen Tree 12th

Masters
Andrew Gardner 4th (MM3) for the second year in a row (10:12.47)

Following on from our Guide to the NSW Open Series, CyclingTips has posted a timely guide to the "Golden Rules" of Road Racing.

With the NAB Blayney 2 Bathurst on this weekend, read the article below and take the time to review your current race strategy.

162km equates to at least 4hrs in the saddle (if you're at the front of the race!) and if you blow your load in the early stages in this point to point race it can be a long and lonely ride home.

Beauie Worlds returns this Sunday at Mt KuRing Gai.

The racing starts at 8.15 and following on from the rapid growth and participation in the Ladies Day ride, a Ladies Day bunch will be departing the pool at 7am to ride up to watch the racing and enjoy a coffee standing on the start finish line.

The bunch will then return as a group to Hornsby for breakfast.

Hello Legends!!

It is nearly clicking over to 2months USA time now for me and I sit here writing in an armchair with Starbucks complete with 'creamer' next to my portable computer, I feel as though I am absorbing many more traits of American culture day by day..

The next race scheduled for March 25 has been cancelled. As an alternative, consider supporting the Bobbin Head Classic or simply hooking up with a bunch for a long ride.

http://www.bobbinheadcycleclassic.com.au/

In the interest of maintaining the use of local roads for racing etc in the future it is important to support any initiative put forward.
If neither of these are your cuppa tea.....enjoy the sleep in.

http://northernsydneycyclingclub.org.au/node/32593

Youth Off The Streets is a non-denominational community organisation working for young people who are disadvantaged, homeless, drug dependent and or recovering from abuse. The organisation is set up to support these young people as they work to turn their lives around and overcome personal traumas such as neglect, physical, psychological and emotional abuse.

Since opening in 1991, Youth Off The Streets has grown from a single food van delivering meals to young homeless people to a major youth specific agency providing a wide range of services offering a full continuum of care.

Gday Y'all,

I am writing from the gorgeous South Carolinian town of Greenville this time, a far cry from Ballarat at last posting.

Arriving in the USA a week or so ago has brought back so many memories; the starbucks, the panera bread, the Quizno's and the MOE's! But before all these treats of the belly beckoned some happy and sad times greeted me back in my mother country.

January was a roller coaster for travel, training and trying to avoid Sydney's appauling weather of late.

Adelaide for Juvenile Diabetes

This wasn't just any old Beauie but MadDog's last race before heading over to the US to race with Team Type 1. Pressure and expectations were high and with signs of good form there were rumblings of everyone vs Maddog.

MadDog's chance of a win was looking slim with sprinters Mick Curran and Nash Kent looking to spoil the party. It's not exactly clear who's side Cam Peterson was on or if he was just looking to hand out the hurt bag. The pace was on from the gun, many finding the speed out of the hairpins too much to sustain causing the 30 strong bunch to quickly reduce in size.

On Sunday the 25th of March the Rotary clubs of Ku-ring-gai and Turramurra are organising a charity ride in our backyard.

There are multiple options but the main ride is from Turramurra to Calga and back via Bobbin Head, 100km. The ride is to raise funds for two charities Lifeline–Harbour to Hawkesbury and a project to build a Hospital at Bo, Sierra Leone.

It would be great to see a large number of NSCC riders support the event and if interest is sufficient we will evaluate cancelling the current Beaumont Rd scheduled for this date.