Soul-Riders - Travel

You’ve come a long way baby.

Derek — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:25:13 -0500

Lysterfield Park, Victoria. Australia. 10th June 2006.

It’s been a LONG time since I’ve ridden Lysterfield regularly. I’ve been hitting the trails there for over 10 years and they have constantly changed and evolved to reflect the growing demand from riders. The trails always used to be a bit dodgy with riders pretty much breaking the rules by riding on ‘walking tracks’ but the lure of kilometres of sweet undulating trails kept them building and riding until the Rangers caught up with them and closed them down. This in turn moved the trails to new areas of the park and new experiences. This all changed in about 2004 as the 2006 Commonwealth Games venue was announced as Lysterfield Park and bikes were finally allowed off the management roads and onto the singletrack. Millions of dollars have been spend upgrading the park to host the event and improve the facilities. Roads have been improved, car parking is better, toilets have been installed and best of all for bike riders trails have been officially sanctioned, marked and mapped.

You F#&Kin' Beauty

Derek — Tue, 02 May 2006 05:23:38 -0500

You can only be a victim if you admit defeat. – The Descendents There comes a time when you have to take a stand about things that you believe in. Recently I gave in to feelings that I was loosing my touch on a bike and lost my faith in riding as a whole.

NERINA, Ballarat

Derek — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 23:53:04 -0500

NERINA – Ballarat – April 05. || by Derek Yates

I’d kept hearing good things about Nerina. There had been some race stories, pictures and a good vibe from riders in the Ballarat area. Then some of the guys from work decided to venture out there. Good reports were an understatement apparently, Nerina was awesome.er