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Late last week, NSW Parks and Wildlife dropped a bombshell, releasing the new Mountain Biking Plan for Royal National Park, Heathcote National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area. This new plan lays out tentative details for a 58km trail network, offering all-mountain, cross country and beginner riding experiences. This comes after the Draft Plan of […]
Jon Odams is fast. Like really fast. It doesn’t matter whether it’s on a big burley enduro bike, a svelte XC rig or even something with curly bars and skinning tyres — if it has two wheels and pedals, Odams is going to make it go fast. He’s a permanent fixture on the pointy end […]
Mountain bikers have been riding trails in Royal National Park for nearly 30-years, and locals estimate that there is well over 100km of singletrack. Only about 10km of that is legal, and that’s the way it has always been. However, a new draft management plan is seeking to legitimise two-wheeled recreation in the park. On […]
Back in 2020, a group appeared on Facebook called Save Our Nerang Forest Trails, born out of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service closing two gravity trails in the Park without consultation. The folks behind the group and the local mountain bike club had learned of a broader scheme to shut down a substantial amount […]
After a kickoff for the ages, the Quad Crown set sail in search of warmer weather, docking in South East Queensland with the promise of sunshine and rad trails. Lovingly named The Sunny 80, the Quad Crown team lined up three days of racing on the Sunshine Coast. With a stacked field of elites and […]
A few weeks ago, NSW National Parks and Wildlife quietly announced a new cycling strategy that will have long-reaching effects on just about every mountain biker within the state, and could set a precedent beyond state borders. It’s no secret that mountain bikers and National Parks have not always been on the same page, and […]
*This story has been updated with additional details on the Manning Park Mountain Bike Concept Plan prepared by Common Ground Trails. Manning Park is a 110ha urban green space in Perth, a few kilometres south of the Swan River. As so often happens in these green spaces set in suburbia, trails begin to appear, which […]
Glenworth Valley Bike Park was supposed to be the end-all-be-all of bike parks in NSW. Set to be constructed at the Glenworth Valley Adventure Park by Synergy Trails, the proposed network was looking at 120km of singletrack, ranging from DH runs and a Crankworx style jump line, to beginner-friendly trails and everything in between, all […]
Day three of the 2015 Subaru National Mountain Bike Championships, hosted by Mountain Bike Australia, saw spectacular action across Olympic Cross Country racing, Observed Trials and Downhill Seeding in the idyllic location of Bright, Victoria. Day three of the 2015 Subaru National Mountain Bike Championships, hosted by Mountain Bike Australia, saw spectacular action across Olympic […]
Zoe Cuthbert is a jack of all trades, and somehow, also master of them all. Cuthbert is taking podiums across every discipline in the mountain bike game, and she’s only just getting started at the sprightly age of 22. Taking out silver at the 2022 Commonwealth games XC and she’s the current Pump Track National […]
This September, the eyes of the cycling world will be on Wollongong when the UCI Road World Championships come to town, with the Illawarra Escarpment providing the backdrop — it could also be key in who ends the day with the rainbow jersey. While the focus has been on the paved road up Mount Keira […]
For the population of mountain bikers who live and ride in Sydney, there is a woefully inadequate amount of legal places to ride, which has led to folks taking matters into their own hands, creating facilities that land managers can’t or won’t. But, it’s not just shadowy individuals cutting trails under the dark of night; […]
Happy World Championships! We won’t post any spoilers here in case you haven’t caught up on all the action, but the rough and tumble courses at Val Di Sole make for some ripper viewing and showed the value of ‘experience’ when it comes to winning big races. It’s been a big couple of weeks for […]
The Quad Crown will once again roll into The Sunshine Coast June 7-9. Exploring Sugarbag, Parklands and Dularcha National Park, Ewen Maddock Dam and Ferny Forest over a Prelude and 2.5 stages, it’s the second time the series has landed in Queensland. We caught up with Race Director Jason Dover and Course Designer Liam McGuire […]
Revamped and rejigged, the Quad Crown is set to take off at full speed for 2024. Guiding mountain bikers around destinations they may never have ridden before, this year’s venue line-up will feed the adventurous soul. Designed to be a mini version of large-scale events like Cape to Cape or Port to Port, the Quad […]
*This story has been updated on 13/12/23 with the invited riders list For the first time in its decade-long history, Red Bull Hardline is leaving home and heading for Tasmania. The world’s fastest downhillers will land in Maydena Bike Park — or rather fly above — with a purpose-built course under construction as we speak. […]
The Quad Crown Black Pearl in Newcastle marked a thrilling end to the 2023 series. This event evolved from the popular Port to Port race and offered an opportunity to explore the diverse trails in the area, blending challenging races with a strong sense of community and social events. Newcastle is also the home of […]
Just before the third stop of The Quad Crown, The Orca, pedalled into Eden, NSW, the team behind the event had announced a change in venue for the finale. Newcastle would host the fourth and final event of the 2023 Quad Crown season from 10-12 November. Initially, the final stop on the Series was headed […]
Westleigh, a suburb in Sydney’s North, is probably best known for being home to the house from the 1976 film Don’s Party. The sleepy suburb is surrounded by bushland and one of Sydney’s better-known trail centres, H2O. With about 9km of community-built trails, mountain bikers have been coming here since the 1980s, and it’s become […]
Wil and the crew take us on a Goldfields adventure Located in Central Victoria, the Goldfields Track is a 210km point-to-point route that runs from Ballarat to Bendigo. This off-road journey has historically been a walking track, but it’s become increasingly popular with mountain bikers. Splitting neatly into a three-day ride, it’s a fantastic adventure […]
Howdy to all you Frothers of the Flow, and welcome to another killer edition of Fresh Produce! We hope you’re surviving winter wherever in the country you reside. Or perhaps you’re enjoying the northern hemisphere summer on an epic riding trip? In which case we will hear none of it please. Just go on and […]
The last few years have been difficult for event organisers, but things are beginning to look up, and it is a damn good time to get into mountain bike stage racing here in Australia. With a range of new events popping up for 2022, and some classics returning after the 2020/2021 forced hiatus, there are […]
The intense cool flash of a helmet light pierces the fading evening glow as a group of riders return from a late afternoon social ride. Pulling up to a pub, a sign ‘Reserved – Bikers’ secures their usual table. And after a feed and a beer, friendly banter and a few tall stories, the Park […]
Entries are open now for the new-look, more gravity-focused Shimano Bike Buller Festival, which will be held 10-12 March 2018. So what’s new? For 2018, the crew from Rapid Ascent have opted to make the most of Mt Buller’s seriously epic descending potential. They’ve shifted the event focus away from the longer cross-country formats, following […]
In its second year, Crankworx Rotorua put on a mighty show of awesome gravity racing with so many huge events on the doorstep of some of the world’s finest riding. Here’s how it went down. A KIWI AND A QUEEN WIN BIG AT CRANKWORX ROTORUA ON DAY ONE. Young gun Matt Walker and 2015 Queen […]
A strong contingent of elite athletes, a new downhill race, the Deep Summer photography showcase and more Kidsworx events will see Crankworx Rotorua expand for 2016 as New Zealand welcomes the international mountain biking community. Fans can join the King and Queen of the Crankworx World Tour, Bernard KERR (GBR) and Anneke BEERTEN (NED), Aussie […]