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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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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MTBTIPS.com Groover Method Discount

For the next two weeks MTBA members receive 25% discount when they purchase The Groover Method Online MTB Skills Course presented by fellow Bushie, Chris Carter. Chris kindly provided a personal introduction to the course to Susie, Paul and myself on Friday. I found it has the potential to deliver excellent results and the considerable amount of time Chris has invested into the course is certainly evident. The methodology helps you maintain focus on the things that matter by removing the needless thoughts and effort that sap your strength and concentration. They also help you be a safer rider if you're not interested in the performance benefits. Check out MTBTIPS.com and enter GROOVER25 and your MTBA Member number* in the payment section to get instant access. Interested but not an MTBA member yet? Check out our Join-Us page for the details on how to sign up before you purchase The Groover Method. *Discount available to financial MTBA members only. ...

October 31, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Announcement, Informational, MTBA
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Club Website Update

Updates have been a bit slow as we're beavering in the background committing grant funds and organising the end of year event so I thought I'd fill the gap with a boring IT update (shoosh Michael). Recently Microsoft offered to give us an annual credit to use with their Azure Cloud Service. Since December 2015 we have been hosting our website on Google Compute Engine and while I really like the way they do things it does come at a cost. So earlier this week I set up Microsoft Azure Sponsorship subscription and proceeded to run my usual suite of tests to flesh out the new environment and to ensure all the bells and whistles worked. Having used Azure for work made things easier but different subscriptions can mean different features. Once happy that the new digs were behaving predictably I spun up a fresh virtual machine that is 10 times the size/power of the old one in the South East Australia datacentre that was opened at this time in...

October 30, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Informational
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Sunsets and Shoulder Injuries – Ferny Forest Night Ride Summary (19/10/2016)

So last Wednesday's night ride was a particularly adventurous one that was filled with an amazing sunset, a heap of mosquitos and unfortunately a call to the ambulance. [caption id="attachment_1875" align="alignright" width="300"] Almost ride off time![/caption] At 7pm we had 8 riders ready to ride at the Ferny Forest carpark (across the road from the Big Kart track on Steve Irwin way). In the future we will probably start the ride up towards the real estate agent carpark where the nearby street lights make things easier. The mozzies were bad but a bit of repellant helped and once you got moving it was fine. We rode at a brisk pace trying to get warmed up but of course we had to stop on the shore of the dam to get some pics of the sunset as it was pretty spectacular that night. So riding at night obviously adds another layer of complexity to the already risky sport that is Mountain biking. Relying on lights limits the distance you...

October 24, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Rides, Trails
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GoGIRLs article in the Sunshine Coast Daily Multisport Mecca magazine

[caption id="attachment_1869" align="alignright" width="238"] Click to download PDF[/caption] Our own Susie Hume contributed an article about the GoGIRL ladies-only riding group to the Sunshine Coast Daily's Multisport Mecca magazine. #MultisportMecca #SunshineCoast Check it out at http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/sunshine-coast-multisport-mecca-october-5/3096896/ @MultisportMecca...

October 24, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Announcement, GoGIRLs, Womens Advocacy
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Bushrangers score another grant!

The awesome Sunshine Coast Council Community Grants program has just approved a $20000 grant for us which will be for the new beginner/skills trail at Parklands. But don't crack open the bubbly yet as it's conditional on us getting the Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing's "Get Playing Places and Spaces Program" grant. That grant is for a cool $100,000 and our application is currently being assessed and the winners will be announced later this year. Here's hoping that we get the big one because $120k will make 2017 a very big year for Parklands and mountain biking on the coast. Fingers crossed!...

October 20, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Announcement, Community, Grants
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Global Fat Bike Day 2016 – 03/12/2016

Stop holding your breath folks, it's that time again - Global Fat Bike Day 2016! #GFBD2016 The day where 0.0001% of riders who actually own fatbikes can stand up and shout about easily riding through sand (or that rare Queensland snow), brag about climbing loose rocky slopes with the unlimited traction and conveniently forgetting to mention things like rotational mass, chain rub, self-steer, expensive tyres, and weird-ass off-set spoke patterns. OK FINE!! Fatbikers do that every day but this is still our day so tough luck! So this year's ride will be over at Bribie Island. We start at the surf club and ride along the beach while the tide lets us then its BBQ and beers and a lovely ride back under the moonlight. Romantic eh? So if you got a fatbike or are fatbike curious (it's OK we don't spank our initiates) jump onto the Facebook page and have a look - https://www.facebook.com/events/161231834288047/ Michael "Is this sand we are riding on?" Johns Club Secretary...

October 18, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Announcement, Informational, Rides
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We’ve made a change to joining Bushrangers

Hello everyone, It's not a big change but we've added the ability to be a 'club only' member to anyone who doesn't want to pay the insurance component that is charged when you apply through MTBA. So if you're a member of another association like Cycling Australia or another MTBA club and already have mountain biking insurance then you can just pay the membership fee of $30/yr direct to us and be a member of the Bushrangers. This also applies if you have your own insurance or simply don't believe in it. You will need to sign a waiver saying you understand mountain biking has the potential to harm you and you don't want the insurance. But mountain biking can involve bad things like bouncing down gorges on your face so the MTBA insurance is good to have and it is required for a lot of races. For new riders MTBA offer the 8-weeks free membership so if you want the security of having insurance while you give mountain biking...

October 17, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Announcement, Informational
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Pomona to Lake MacDonald Ride Summary 17/10/2016

Meeting up bright and early along Reserve St, Pomona, we set about prepping our bikes, catching up on what riding people have been doing in the past week, and welcoming Kelly-Anne and Lucy who tagged along for the ride.

At just past 7am we headed out along the railway before ducking under the tracks and heading into the Yurol forest. Heading north along the various forestry access roads we hopped across Yurol Forest Drive and snaked our way onto Kidd Road before jumping on and off Ringtail Creek Road, along Forest Acres Drive and then riding the single tracks north of Lake MacDonald.

Stopping off at Cod Park for a bit of rest and a photo op. The lake was looking pristine in the bright mid morning sun.

Continuing on along ‘Trail 4’ and Hamilton Road to Kennedys Road then back to Pomona through the Yurol Forest.

Finishing our ride at the Trail 518 cafe in Pomona and taking in a few coffees while talking about the great trail networks both locally and overseas. The 36km ride wasn’t enough for Kelly-Anne and Lucy so they set out along tail 5 to Cooran to do a bit of exploring within the beautiful Tuchekoi National Park that surrounds Mt Cooroora.

Thanks goes to Terry for leading the ride and picking a great route.

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October 17, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
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