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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20/04/2016 – Parklands Night Ride Summary

Hello Bushrangers, Wednesday's night ride was good with the temperature great, the bunyips not eating anybody and the rain not showing up (apart from a tiny bit of drizzle). On the ride we had Andrew, Brad, Chad, Terry, Neil and myself (and lots of cane toads). We first did a 5km loop through the Novice track and then some of us went up to the top gate and barrelled down lower NZ and Ho Chi Ho. Chad and Andrew did an extra ride before we even started because they are just hardcore like that. It was Brad and Neil's first night ride and they were pretty impressed. It really transforms trails you already know into something a lot different. We even had a well earned post-ride beer as a special night-ride treat, it was soooo good....

April 22, 2016
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10/04/2016 – Parklands club ride summary

Eight of us showed up for another casual jaunt through Parklands today. The weather was good and the trails were spot on with most of the mud gone. We had Alf, Chris, Craig, Damien, Pete and Will show up and we hooked up with some other riders later on. Today's intrepid ride leader was Greg and he did a fine job with his selection of trails that were challenging and fun. He even took the others who wanted more for an even longer ride. Total ride time for the final four was 3.5hrs, ride length was around 20km and there was either 400, 500 or 700m of elevation depending on who's Garmin you believe. [caption id="attachment_610" align="alignright" width="300"] This sucks![/caption] I bowed out 1hr in with yet another sidewall tear as I tore down lower NZ (obviously caused by my hardcoredness).          ...

April 11, 2016
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20/03/2016 – Mapleton community ride summary

Well what a great ride today was! John was ride leader today and rumour had it that he was going to mix things up a bit. Now on the few rides I've been on where John says this it usually meant we were up for a whole lot of climbing and I'd more than likely be saying words similar to "goshdarnit" and  "I think I'm a little bit pooped". But my fears were totally unwarranted because the ride ended up being pretty awesome and just the right amount of challenging. Initial ride briefing was loud and clear, the trails chosen were a good mix of climbing, flow and technical and the ride was smoothly adapted where needed to account for the varying fitness levels of the group. It was big group of 28 today and after riding together from the Mapleton township through some beautiful trails we arrived at the Mapleton Day Use Area where we split up into a "Gung Ho" group and a "Moderate" group. The gung ho group shot...

April 3, 2016
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Why Women’s Only Rides?

Many have pondered the big question- "Why are there not more women riders?" All dressed up and looking the part, I head off on my 29er (with very wide bars), for my first MTB experience. Hubby and number one son, decide that we should go explore Parklands. After getting off my bike for numerous obstacles (logs and sharp rocks) and narrow gaps between trees, (what were they doing there in the first place?), I began to wonder and stress a wee bit, (we seem to be forever descending into a black hole), I know what goes down eventually has to come up. What am I doing here? This is not fun! After falling off a few times and walking more than riding, I decide that mountain biking is not for me. This is a familiar story and well-meaning partners and husbands encouraging words of “You can do it love” just doesn’t always cut it. After scraping yourselves off the forest floor, many...

April 1, 2016
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27/03/2016 – Sugarbag club ride summary

Overall a good ride with a good turnout and thankfully the rain holding off until the end of the ride. Had a few people conquer their fears and succeed getting over a few of the hairier obstacles on the trails, which were then accompanied with the mandatory whooping and high fives afterwards. Unfortunately there were a couple of whoopsie daisies and I hope those riders pulled up OK the next day. Interesting events: I met a friendly fellow fatbiker wearing clipless sandals (I thought they were a myth). I accidentally did the tricky stuff because I made the mistake of following Toby and Alf. Paul wash his bike from from the back of his van - we think it was either black magic or he was actually dosing his bike in fuel. Susie's "waahoo's" actually echo of the trees for a whole 90 seconds and intimidate nearby birds. Andrew's experiment of trying to cure a big night by bike riding didn't work as well as he hoped. See you next week everyone!...

March 30, 2016
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20/03/2016 – Parklands club ride summary

Only 8 intrepid souls came for Sunday's club ride at Parklands and they were treated to a memorable ride of rain, mud, slippery roots and rocks, biting insects and punctured tyres. My ride was cut short as I made a slight error with my tyre pressure on the new bike and lost all my air through a hole in the sidewall and had to walk back to car. It was a rather nice stroll though. One highlight however was Alf's ride leadership. The pre-ride briefing was loud and clear, choice of trails was good and the pace was great. Nice work indeed Alf! Keep up the good work!...

March 21, 2016
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Go G.I.R.L News

Saturday’s Beginner ride on the 24/02/2016 had 14 riders take off from Ewan Maddock car park and within minutes one rider was sure that they had seen a platypus! We continued riding around the dam taking in the sights and stopping for the odd photo. Most ladies were well and trully ready for a coffee and a snack once we arrived at Buck’s Bakery in Landsborugh. After refreshments, a highlight was definitely going through Dalarcha N.P. and riding through the old tunnel to Kenny’s at Mooloolah. It was at this point, some of the ladies had to dig deep. The SAG wagon was called for one lady who made a promised to herself to get on her bike more often . It was the first time her legs had peddled in a very long time. So she did exceptionally well getting that far. With only a few kilometres to go, one bike sadly didn’t make it. Our support mechanic,...

March 9, 2016
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Rookie Ride update

Had a good ride on Saturday with Dave and Jason showing up to have another crack at Parklands and Tim coming to check it out for the first time. Ben and I took them through Terry's novice track and the Ho Chi ho loop and we spoke about gear choice, braking, body position, picking lines and tried a few log rollovers. No dedicated rookie ride on this weekend but you are welcome to come along to the Social ride at Ewan Maddock dam (Glenview) on Sunday. Check the calendar for the details....

February 28, 2016
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Go G.I.R.L Women’s week 2016 events

Hello Bushrangers, Exciting news!!! Our incredible Women's Advocacy officer Susie has organised a range of events for Women's week 2015 starting March 7th. On the Tuesday we have on offer coaching sessions with some pretty incredible female riders one being Janine Jungfels. Bushranger ladies who are lucky enough to score a spot in the coaching sessions will get a discount rate of $15 rather than $30 for non-members. Please fill in the expression of interest form prior to February 29th even if your not coming to the coaching so we know rough numbers for each of the events as there are a range over the week most being free. All participants do have to be signed up with MTBA insurance be a member of our club, another club or on the free 2 month trail. We also recommend women riders to join Susie's Facebook group . We encourage all Bushrangers members male & female to also let other female riders know about these...

February 15, 2016
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