Introduction

Greetings, and welcome to Blue Mountain Biking. I guess I should kick this off by introducing myself - my name is James - and my wife and I recently moved to Hazelbrook, in the blue mountains. Having grown up in the country on our family property, I was very much attracted to the beauty of this area, while still having proximity to Sydney for work. After living here for six months now we feel we have finally found somewhere we would like to settle down.

About 3 months after moving here my wife kindly gave me a shiny new mountain bike for my 31st birthday - a Giant Boulder 1. From the seat of my mountain bike I have been progressively getting more and more addicted to this wonderful sport and the multitude of great tracks I am progressively exploring around the blue mountains.

So I thought it would be good to document my journey here from two perspectives:

1. An absolute novice learning more and more about the wonderful world of mountain biking. Maybe some readers in a similar situation may be able to find information here that I struggled to find, or learn from my mistakes.
2. Someone new to the blue mountains area, constantly searching for new tracks to ride on. I am hoping to document my rides and tracks to help other riders of any level find tracks appropriate to their tastes and skill level. As I lose weight and get fitter I will try more and more advanced tracks in the blue mountains area, and I should be able to give readers fair indication of how difficult a track is and maybe some direction so you don't get lost.

So enjoy - I welcome any comments or feedback and I hope you find something useful or entertaining here.