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Upcoming Events

Mt Taylor Build Weekend
Saturday, March 13th
Trail Maintenance
Mt Taylor Build Weekend
Sunday, March 14th
Trail Maintenance
GMTB Committee Meeting
Tuesday, March 16th
GMTB Committee
McMillian Partners 3 Hour Enduro
Sunday, March 21st
GMTB Race
VDHS Round 4: Mt Taylor
Saturday, March 27th
Other Race
VDHS Round 4: Mt Taylor
Sunday, March 28th
Other Race
VDHS Round 5: Big Hill
Saturday, April 10th
Other Race
Nowa Nowa Trail Opening Weekend
Saturday, April 10th
GMTB Social Event
VDHS Round 5: Big Hill
Sunday, April 11th
Other Race
Nowa Nowa Trail Opening Weekend
Sunday, April 11th
GMTB Social Event
Mt Taylor Working Bee Weekend PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nicholas King   
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 08:43

GMTB is holding a working bee weekend at Mt Taylor to prepare the DH course for Round 4 of the KONA Victorian Downhill Mountain Bike Series

Date: Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th March

Time: 12pm Saturday till Sunday 5pm

Where: Mt Talyor, meet at Boys Camp, Bullumwaal Road 12pm sharp (at staging area of downhill course)

What to Bring: Tent, Sleeping bag, Sleeping mat, pillow, food, drinks, track building tools, DH bike, full face helmet and riding gear.

Please note: We will be working on the DH course on the Saturday and on the Sunday.  We are intending to ride some of the sections of the DH course on the Sunday to see how they flow prior to Round 4. Riders will also need a MTBA licence or fill in a MTBA participation form ($5) on the Sunday. GMTB is not providing a DH shuttle service for this event.

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McMillian Partners 3 Hour Enduro: 21-Mar-2010 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stuart Derham   
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 20:37

 Round 2 of the 2010 Gippsland MTB Club Championship will see competitors returning to Colquhuon Forest for the first time this year. This event will be a 3 hour enduro over a 9.5km track. The event is sponsored by club sponsor McMillian Partners.

This event, as always, is open to everyone of skill levels and ages.

When:
Sunday March 21st
Registration Opens: 9:00
Rider Briefing: 9:45
Race Start: 10:00
Where:Log Crossing Picnic Area
Click here to view map of track
What:
3 Hour Enduro
Entries:
Solo and Team Pairs
Open to everyone, members and non-members
Registration can either be on the day or you can pre-register at:
https://www.registernow.com.au/mtba/ERegister.aspx?E=209
Cost:
$10 Entry Fee
$15 Day License if don’t have and MTBA Competition License
Questions:
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Gippsland MTB ABC Radio Interview: 7:20am 25-Feb-2010 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Graeme Trewern   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010 16:20

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 opening weekend (10/11 April) and the schedule of activities for that event.

So on the way to work tomorrow, don't listen to your iPod or even that other youth ABC radio station, listen to Kingy get grilled and support him in his moment of glory.

You can listen to the story in full here: http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2010/02/25/2829662.htm

 
Wednesday Evening Learnings From The Mid Week Social Rides PDF Print E-mail
Written by Richard Northover   
Thursday, 25 February 2010 21:13

The following pearls of wisdom have been picked up over a wonderful eight weeks at Blores Hill riding into the dust, sorry dusk.

Fast Group means: Let's have some red bull, ooze a ton of testosterone, eyes as big as dinner plates and hammer the shit out of this. “What, where, let's jump off that”.

Medium Group means: A little less than the above, let's go, stuff em, faster, and let's not injure ourselves 

Slow group means: We're still going to go hard enough to cough up a lung.

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Erica 2 Hour Enduro Report: 21-Feb-2010 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Graeme Trewern   
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:05

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.

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