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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August 2017

Trailforks Update

Hi Folks, It has been over six months since we started using the Trailforks Trail Management System in earnest and the stats are trending well with over 95 unique riders submitting ridelogs and trail reports for Parklands. Check out the stats: Parklands: https://www.trailforks.com/region/parklands/ridelogstats/ Ewen Maddock Dam: https://www.trailforks.com/region/ewen-maddock-dam/ridelogstats/ Mapleton: https://www.trailforks.com/region/mapleton-national-park-17097/ridelogstats/ Sunshine Coast (overall): https://www.trailforks.com/region/sunshine-coast-5952/ridelogstats/ We would like to see the number of unique riders increase to improve representation of the wider Parklands user community. You can help by adding your rides to the ridelog system, bulk import your Strava activities then setup an automatic Strava importing. You just need a free Pinkbike account to get started. We will be comparing the counts received by our trail counters against the Trailforks counts to ensure accuracy - the percentages should be similar. Thanks! Ben Johns Club President...

August 11, 2017
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Sugarbag Community Ride Summary 06/08/2017

Hi Folks, This was our first experiment at hosting our monthly community ride at the Sugarbag trails and due to a few reasons I don't think we'll be doing it again and we will instead keep it at Ewan Maddock Dam, Mapleton and also start to utilise the new beginner trails at Parklands. We have some ideas to give more options to the rookies and the veterans so keep an eye on the calendar. [caption id="attachment_3869" align="alignright" width="169"] Lumir with his 'tree-catcher' bar-ends[/caption] We all met up at the Caloundra aquatic centre car park, Michael gave the pre-ride briefing and we set off on time. Big hello to our guests from the Sunshine Coast Bicycle Touring Club, Steve from Bendigo MTB Club and Ben, Danen and Jet (I know, cool name eh!) We tried to do the trails consecutively but due to a few minor crashes and confusing link tracks etc we spent a lot of time waiting around to regroup so we didn't...

August 8, 2017
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Trail Care Update 05/08/2017

[caption id="attachment_3696" align="alignright" width="169"] Insert bridge here[/caption] Last Saturday afternoon we finished polishing up the new beginners loop ready for the bridge and rock armouring to go in. The best thing that can happen right now is for a couple of rainy nights to turn the loose dust into a nice, hard surface (but remember don't ride the loop if it's wet - let the water do it's work). Trailworx has now completely cut in the whole loop with only a slight tweak needed where we will add a separate exit a few metres up from the existing one. Ranger Eugene will begin to build a new bridge over the creek crossing this week and will be shifting some of the sandstone around for it. Personally I like coming across bridges along trails - they mix things up and add a professional touch. We've ordered a load of smaller sandstone blocks to be used for trail armouring along the loop - from memory I...

August 8, 2017
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Trail Care Day this Saturday Afternoon (05/08/2017).

Hey Trail builders!

Map shows the locations of work areas

Matt from Trailworx has made a lot of progress on the beginners trail and we have a lot of work to do to tidy up the trails. Work will involve trail smoothing, drainage and some gullies need to be armoured.

Starts at 1pm but we’ll have some snags cooking earlier if you are keen to grab some food beforehand.

Activities include:

  • Smoothing/levelling out the trail
  • Drainage/Water control – tapering inside edges, removing outside edge rills and rock armouring.
  • Bridge preparation
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August 3, 2017
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