About Our Club

Our club was formed in 1993 and incorporated in 1995 when mountain biking (MTB) in Australia was in its infancy. Since then the club and the sport have gained popularity through advocacy and participation. The Bushrangers MTB Club is a volunteer based organisation run by enthusiasts, for the benefit of promoting and supporting mountain biking across the region.

We do regular rides all over Sunshine Coast and SEQ from Cooloola to Brisbane, in national parks, state forestries and council parks. Check out this website for more information on events, news, and for places to ride.

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May 2016

Why Sunshine Coast MTB clubs need the SCTA and why they need us

After a really positive meeting on Saturday I wanted to write this letter to start a conversation across all clubs and riders about getting world class trails on the Sunshine coast and helping the SCTA to do it. Please share it around to the other clubs and riders and let's start talking about how it can be done right and get all the information out there. Thanks, Michael Johns [google-drive-embed url="https://drive.google.com/a/bushrangers.org/file/d/0B2-dM9NFP78vNXFXOHAwWjQ3aGM/preview?usp=drivesdk" title="WhyweneedtheSunshineCoastTrailsAllianceSCTA.pdf" icon="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_12_pdf_list.png" width="100%" height="400" style="embed"]...

May 4, 2016
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2016 Wide Bay MTB Race Series

Fast approaching with the first race of the series on the 29th of May at Bundaberg - Cordalba (Promisedland Trails) - the Wide Bay Cross Country Endurance race series entails three races in Bundaberg, Fraser Coast (Toogoom, 3rd of July) and Gympie (Corella, 21st August). A few of us are showing interest in attending at least one of these races and I'm pretty keen to do all three this year. It would be great to see us support our neighbour clubs in the north and keep this series alive. If you would like to test these trails before signing up don't forget that we're having a camping trip up that way this weekend and will be riding Promisedland and Toogoom trails. Event Series facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WideBayMTB Big thanks to MTB Bundaberg Inc, Fraser Coast MTB Club Inc and Gympie Bike Riders MTB Club Inc for organising. Registration links: Bundaberg: https://online.mtba.asn.au/ERegister.aspx?E=3121 Fraser Coast: https://online.mtba.asn.au/ERegister.aspx?E=2931 Gympie: TBA...

May 3, 2016
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Heart Week Expo Summary

On Saturday (30th April 2016) the Sunshine Coast Council hosted a Heart Week Expo at the Lake Kawana Community Centre. We were invited to provide an avenue for people to take on a more active lifestyle to ward off potential heart related illness. Realistically we were more of a side exhibit however we did garner good interest from the community and we emphasized that we were promoting the trail networks as much as the mountain biking. We let people know about the great walking and mountain biking trails around the area and encouraged people to go and see for themselves. Keen riders were taking turns on the mobile pump track that Kurt from the council organised and while it was looking a bit wet and neglected at the start it quickly became popular once the track dried out. I even loaned my bike to a few kids that wanted a turn (they understandably didn't want Michael's fatbike). The track was provided by a local company so...

May 2, 2016
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QLD CX – HeliDOOM Ride

A few of us went out to a ride hosted by Queensland Cyclocross out at Helidon, QLD. It was a 'social' ride that became a gravel endurance race covering 60km and 1200m elevation. Those guys just hammer out the kilometres. Little did they know that they had some of our best riders in their midst and those riders held their own against the cyclocross thoroughbreds. It was a good route climbing up though Murphy's Creek to the beautiful Gus Beutel lookout in Palmtree, QLD. After a hour rest we descended down the other side completing the loop back to Helidon. It was mix of around 70% gravel and the rest road. The road leading to the lookout was a strange sticky mud that caused people to think there was something wrong with their bikes - it was like riding on contact glue. The down hill roads were fun but corrugations made things very jittery and slightly scary as they could shift you over...

May 2, 2016
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