Toowoomba Mountain Bike Club

2012-02-15T01:07:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone,

Results from round 3 of the Wild West Series are here:

A Grade

B Grade

C Grade

If there is any errors please contact me at tmb.club@gmail.com

Cheers Jiel

TMBC's Dennis O'Neill sacrificed racing to take some sweet images. They can be found here.
Here is a sample.

Club Race This Sunday.

2012-02-09T19:36:00.000-08:00

Don't forget about the cheap as chips club racing again this Sunday 12/2.

Rego from 7am, Racing from 8am. Presentations 10.00am.

Entry is only $10 for MTBA members, an additional $20 if you require a day licence.

Map to Jubilee Park, Amos Rd, Withcott.

Food & Drinks available.

PLEASE RESPECT THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, DRIVE SLOW & RESPONSIBLY.

Click image to enlarge.

A Grade 5 Laps

B Grade 4 Laps

C Grade 4 Laps

A & B Grade Loop. Click image to enlarge. Garmin stats here

C Grade Loop. Click image to enlarge. Garmin stats here

Volunteers for Club XC race 12/2

2012-02-01T05:21:00.000-08:00

So our clubs first round of the Summer Series XC races is fast approaching. Here's a bit of a list of jobs that need doing, there is probably more. If you can help out in any way, head over to the forums & let us know.

Who can volunteer on the day before?
Jobs will include:
Signage from Withcott to the track, including GO SLOW signs on Amos Rd - 1/2hr
Bunting of the course - 1-2hrs
Shopping for the BBQ/Drinks - 1-2hrs

Who can volunteer on the day?
Jobs will include:
Set up of easy ups & registration area - 6am ish
Car parking co ordinator (1 person)
Registration - 7am-8am (Probably need 4-6 people for this)
Timing - 8am-9.30am (If 90 people show like they did for round 1 @ adare, we should probably have 6 people for this, 2 for each grade?)
BBQ/Drinks - 9.00am-10.00am (2-3 people)
Pull down of bunting after race - 9.30am-10.00am (2-3 people)
Posting of results online
Photo's?

Most jobs on the day could be covered by the same 4-6 people & would require a total of 4hrs of your time. If your racing this is the time to get you Mums, Dads, WAGS etc involved.

2012-01-22T15:43:00.000-08:00

Well TMBC showed up in good support for Rd 1. of the Wild West Club Racing Series at Adare. Special Mentions go to Scott Mason coming 8th, Louis Pijpers coming 11th, and Jock Farrington at 19th (Sorry if I missed anyone). Of course an extra big mention going to Club President Jiel Case successfully completed 1 Lap, and new personal best.

Rd. 2 is at Walloon this coming Sunday, $10 for club members.

Cheers,

Joy Boy

Summer Series Club Racing.

2012-01-15T15:14:00.001-08:00

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Maintenance Day - 14/01/12

2012-01-14T18:01:00.000-08:00

Hey all,

We had a massive turn out to our maintenance day on the 14th, with a total of 18 workers, and got some great work done. There's new jumps, berms, and a lot of Rock Armouring. The corner down near the end of Rollercat, with the large boulder in it, has been fixed, with the rock being removed, meaning you can now carry a lot of speed around it. Rock Armouring has been added to the "Great Wall" section of the Turkey Trail, which should make it a bit easier to climb. The Connection Trail had a lot of work done to it, with a few new jumps being added, and even our first log ride being added to the park.

The tracks are definitely on their way up, and with your help we can make them even better, so keep an eye on here (or Facebook, or Rotorburn.com) for when our next maintenance day is, and came along and help. It can only get better!

Thanks,

Joy Boy

The Crew minus Jason and myself (taking the photo)

Creek Crossing high on the Turkey, covering up the poly pipe.

New Double on the Turkey, give it a crack!

The new and Improved "Great Wall" on Turkey

Lead in to a small double on the connection trail, shows the quality of the work going into it.

Builders checking out some new parts.

Club President and Jock scoping out the new Log Ride on the Connection Trail.

2012-01-12T15:50:00.001-08:00

Trail Maintentance
Where: Jubilee Park, Withcott end (Amos Rd).
When: Saturday 14/1/12
Time: 2.00pm
Tools Requried: brushcutters, rakes, shovels and just general tools to up clean up the trails. If you dont have any tools the club has a selection that will be there on the day.

The plan will be to meet at the Gazebo at the bottom of the MacKenzie Frenzy & start of Rollercat. See what sort of a turn out we get, then split up into groups to attack a few different tasks around the trails. Don't worry if you are a bit late, just keep an ear out for the brushcutters etc.

2012-01-03T16:22:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

We will have a trail maintainence day on the 14/1/12. Post up what time will suit you and a time will be confirmed closer to the date. 8am or 3pm are the times we normally go off so if you can make at either of these times that would be good.

We will need brushcutters, rakes, shovels and just general tools to up clean up the trails.

Cheers

Jiel

Club Meeting and Christmas Drinks - 20/12/11

2011-12-11T18:44:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone,

Seeing as we missed the club Christmas party and need to discuss a few ideas before the new year, Jason and I thought it would be a good idea to have a meeting at the Spotted Cow next Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm.

We will discuss the club calendar and also the the the club championship points that has been talked about a few times in the past.

Hope to see a few people there.

Cheers

Jiel

2011-10-26T17:17:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone,

We will be having a club runs on the 13th of November starting with rego at 8:30 and the first run leaving at 9am.

Date: 13/11/11
Time: 8:30am - about 5pm
Location: Frenzy (meet at top gazebo)
Cost: $25 per person

Must have MTBA membership or buy a day licence for $20.

There is also no lunch at the track but we generally stop at Withcott Big Dads so bring a little bit of extra coin.

This will be open to the first 20 or so people who post in this forum unless there is a great deal of interest then we may cater for another 20.

Cheers

Jiel

2011-10-18T15:53:00.000-07:00

Don't miss out on our upcoming open day. Doesn't matter if you're a beginner, or a world champion, this is your chance to come out and see what the club's been up to.

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Turkey Run Helmet Cam

2011-10-06T04:54:00.000-07:00

Here's a sweet video of the downhill version of the Turkey Run from Gripper. It's still being decided whether or not the it'll be an Up or a Down Trail, but for now, get out there have some fun. Try not to skid, it'll make you go faster ;)

http://vimeo.com/30056928

The embedder isn't working at the moment, but how hard is it to click on a link.

Track Approval (From Forums)

2011-10-06T04:41:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I meet with Graham this morning and he is happy with the track. Just a few minor changes that need to be done such as removing a few pointy bits on some logs. A few areas he would like to see a little bit more erosion control and/or modifications to the current drainage.

Other than that, he was happy with what he saw and will report to Mark an whoever else that it is in good condition. However, Mark is on holidays this week so he will get onto him as soon as possible and also talk to him about the suggested names.

Cheers
Jiel

Here's a few Phat Snaps as a teaser. Get out there and ride it in.

New TMBC Website

2011-09-12T21:45:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

We will be running our website from here now to avoid having to look at rotorburn all the time. There will still be a link to the rotorburn website at the top of the page. We will use this to update everyone with what is going on as well as rotorburn. It will probably take me a couple of weeks to get this up and running probably but should be a lot better than searching through the other forums for one little bit of information.

Cheers
Jiel