Category: News
Gippsland MTB ABC Radio Interview: 7:20am 25-Feb-2010
Tune into 100.7 ABC Gippsland tomorrow morning (25-Feb-2010) for an interview with GMTB club president Nick King by Gerard Cullinan. They will be discussing the Victorian Downhill Mountain Bike race this weekend at Mt Baw Baw and also the upcoming round at Mt Taylor on 27/28-Mar. They will also be discussing the Nowa Nowa trail…
Erica 2 Hour Enduro Report: 21-Feb-2010
62 riders drove to Erica for the first race of the year for Gippsland MTB, the Loy Yang Power Erica 2 Hour Enduro. This was the first time that a mountain bike event have been run in the Erica and will surely not been the last. The event was a short 2 hour enduro to give riders a sneak peak at what this region has to offer, and no one was disappointed.
GMTB NEEDS YOU!
This is the call out to you – our riding community to get behind GMTB and help support the KONA Victorian Downhill Mountain Bike Championships at Mount Baw Baw next weekend. We are after riders, friends, family, spectators and volunteers to get up to Mount Baw Baw on Saturday the 27th and Sunday the 28th…
Rain, What Rain? Partners Social Ride : 14-Feb-2010
A small, but dedicated group braved the threat of rain to join in the clubs Partners Social Ride on the Moe/Yallourn Rail Trail on Valentines Day. The intrepid riders set off from the base of the serine Yallourn Power Station cooling towers and headed towards Moe in a mild mist of rain. This weather allowed…
GMTB Success at Nationals
Australian MTB Series National Round 2 09/10 – Shepparton
Gippsland MTB Members Downhill Results
Round 2 of the Australian National Series (including XCO, 4X, Enduro, XCC and DH) was held last weekend at Shepparton.
Driving from Shepparton to Dookie for a downhill event is quite strange – it’s flat for as far as you can see, until in the distance you see a large hill protruding from the dry and parched landscape. It doesn’t look much like a place for a downhill event – at a distance!
Nowa Nowa Trail Construction Is Underway!
As some of you may have heard, the first official MTB trails in Gippsland are being constructed at Nowa Nowa. These are not old trails made by the motorbike’s 20 years ago, these are all new, professionally planned and constructed trails specifically for mountain bikers! Best of all, these trails have the full support of…
Partners Social Ride : 14-Feb-2010
The clubs first Social Ride for the year actually falls on Valentines Day, so what better way to show your loved one who much you care than to take them on a Mountain Bike Ride. With this in mind we have chosen an appropriate track for all skill levels, this being the feared Moe-Yallourn Rail…
Erica 2 Hour Enduro : 21-Feb-2010
Round 1 of the GMTB championship will kick off with a 2 hour enduro to be held at the Mill Reserve Erica on Sunday February 21. A sweet 5 km loop has been put together with a nice climb to get the heart rate up followed by some great single track and 4WD tracks to…
Mt Baw Baw Build and Ride Weekend
GMTB is holding a build and ride weekend at Mt Baw Baw to prepare the DH course for the KONA Victorian Downhill Mountain Bike Championships Date: Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st January Time: 10am Saturday till Sunday 5pm Where: Mt Baw Baw, meet at Village Central 10am sharp (at start of downhill course) What to Bring: Sleeping bag,…
GMTB Club Calendar 2010
Click here to access a printable version of Gippsland MTB’s proposed calendar of events for 2010. Please check back on the website to confirm event details closer to each event as locations and dates may vary due to permissions and weather. Club Calendar 2010
Mid Week Social Ride – Jan/Feb 2010
UPDATE: Due to interest by a majority of the riders, these rides have been moved 30 minutes earlier. So the rides now start at 19:00. There has been a bit of interest expressed by people for a mid week ride of some sort over the daylight savings period. So beginning for the start of next…
Round 2 Kona Victorian Downhill Mountain Bike Series – Yackandandah
Gippsland MTB Members Results
Last weekend saw 16 members of Gippsland MTB swelter in scorching temperatures at the second round of the Kona Victorian Downhill Mountain Bike Series held at Yackandandah. In total, 298 riders made the journey to the privately owned track 8kms out of the township of Yackandandah, for the event hosted by the Beechworth Chain Gang. The whole weekend ran like clockwork – the Beechworth Chain Gang did a fantastic job!