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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November 2016

06/11/2016 Ewen Maddock Dam Community Ride Summary

Sunny skies greeted us at the ‘dam this morning with a car park full of eager MTBers wanting to head out and harvest the local KOMs and QOMs (well done Rod and Shelley!). In my case I was more interested in harvesting a coffee from Buck’s Bakery after my lazy week long Brisbane trip but I digress. The turn out was huge with around 40 riders starting in two groups – the fasties and the slowies (nothing wrong with smelling the roses!). Also a welcome to the Forsythe family who tagged along regardless of a tough Mapleton ride yesterday, John, and Jason.

Michael pushed the fasties off first so the rest of us could take our time heading over to Landsborough. They took on Rosies Circuit straight off before meeting us at the bakery for morning tea. After that the slowies went off towards Mooloolah via the old spooky tunnel and the rest did a lap of Ferny Forest before returning to the cars. The timing of both groups was pretty good with both meet ups arriving at pretty much the same time.

Thanks goes to Paul for leading the fast group and to me for leading the slow group.

Our Ewen Maddock community rides is always a popular one and a great way to get into mountain biking as it’s got a bit of everything, lots of different routes to take and very low to moderate difficulties. If you can ride all the hills around Ewen Maddock Dam then you can progress onto Parklands.

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Slow, easy ride

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Fast, long ride

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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November 6, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Rides
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Welcome to Giant Sunshine Coast

[caption id="attachment_1920" align="alignright" width="300"] Click for the website[/caption] Hey there everyone, The next Parklands event (13/11/16) will be the next “Support your local bike shop” ride and Justin and Kent from Giant Sunshine Coast are coming to ride with us and they'll be bringing some demo bikes to try. The ride starts at Aitkenson Road West at 6.45am, ride off at 7am (you might want to get there a bit earlier to check out the bikes so we can still meet the ride off time). Depending on numbers we’ll have two groups and coffee afterwards will be at Bli Bli Bakery. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/giantsunshinecoast/ @giantsunshinecoast...

November 4, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Bike shops, Community
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Is Chris Carter’s Method Groovy?

Ben, our Bushranger’s president and I were invited to come and try the “Groover Method” on Friday afternoon to see if it might be something useful for the GoGIRLs (Get Into Riding Ladies MTB riding group). I was happy to attend as I am always looking for tips to improve my riding and then pass these on. Chris began with a backstory on how he came to develop the concept and already I could relate as I personally knew many riders who had injured themselves quite badly and have had to have considerable time off their bikes. No-one likes that! He began by explaining the Core Rules. What Chris was saying all make sense. I had some light bulb moments. You know it when you get it just right, you flow from left to right and you get in the groove! Ha ha! But when you don’t it can be disastrous! I think I have a permanent scar on my left shoulder from when trees...

November 1, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
GoGIRLs, Informational, Womens Advocacy
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