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Endurance ride update from Matt Powell
Suffering on an endurance ride like the ones below and 24-hour racing (Go Lonnie!) is a very personal experience and is best done with someone you trust. On 13 and 14 January this year, three mates Lachlan Murray, Cameron Wickbold and Jonny Ayres headed out for a ride...
Bayview Blast 2018 Early Bird Registration
9-10 June 2018 Early bird entries close in 6 days - get in early for a 10% discount. Register here http://www.ratscc.com.au/bayview-blast
Bayview Blast 2018 Results
9-10 June 2018 687 riders over 2 days, including 69 kids. Online results available here or can be downloaded: Results, Team Challenge. Photos have been published to https://www.facebook.com/bayviewblast
BikePacking
If you are a member of the RATS Cycling Club, which you obviously need to be to be reading this, you are no doubt serious enough about the sport of mountain biking to have heard of some of the mtb disciplines such as Cross Country(xc), DownHill(dh) and the newer...
RATS Summer Sprints 2018 Results
Round 1 - 4/2/2018 We had technical difficulties connecting to our electronic timing system on the day which forced us to use manual timing to award places. But the electronic timing system was faithfully recording every passing and we have been able to access them...
RATS AGM 2018
26 February 2018 Minutes of RATS Cycling Club Inc AGM held on 17/2/2018 including President Report Membership Report Audited Financial Report Detailed Financial Report 5 February 2018 Agenda for Annual General Meeting of RATS Cycling Club Inc which will be held at...
Chicks in the Sticks 2018
Chicks in the Sticks will be held on Sunday 26 August 2018 at Karingal Scout Camp. Further details will be available at: http://www.ratscc.com.au/chicks-in-the-sticks/
Bayview Blast 2018
RATS Summer Sprints 2018
The RATS Summer Sprints 2018 will be held on: 4 February 2018 - Sunday morning at Underwood Park Mountain Bike Hub 17 February 2018 - Saturday afternoon and evening at Underwood Park Mountain Bike Hub 4 March 2018 - Sunday morning at Karingal Scout Camp Further...
Chicks in the Sticks 2017 Results
191 Chicks enjoyed a female only MTB race at Karingal Scout Camp on 27 August 2017. Results available at: http://my1.raceresult.com/80008/results?lang=en/ or can be downloaded here.
Bayview Trail Development
Redland City Council has recently commenced a $1.3 m upgrade of facilities in the Bayview Conservation Area. Much of the work will be focused on upgrading the day use area at German Church Road. As this area has served as the race base for the Bayview Blast, the...
2017 National Cyclocross Series Rounds 2 and 3
The weekend of 15-16 July saw Rounds 2 and 3 of the National Cyclo-Cross Series (NCXS) hosted by the D’Aguilar Range Cycling Club at Baden Powell Park, Samford. DRCC partnered with MTBA in the delivery of the event. Men's and women's categories in the NCXS (CX bike...
Get Out Get Active Grant
The RATS Cycling Club has been awarded funding of $38,240 in Round 3 of the Get Out Get Active program funded by the Queensland Government through the Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Round 3 of GOGA was open to non-profit organizations as well as local...
Hidden Vale 3Plus3 2017
On the weekend of 8-9 July 2017, RATS members again made a good showing at the 3Plus3 event at Spicers Hidden Vale. The midwinter 3Plus3 has become a firm part of the local riding calendar, along with Hidden Vale’s 24 hr and 4 hr events in April, the Dingo Duo in...
Trials World Cup Vöcklabruck
RATS member Janine Jungfels has gained another podium spot in the Trials World Cup, finishing third in Vöcklabruck, Austria, behind Nina Reichenbach of Germany and Manon Basseville of France. The Austrian round featured some 160 male and female competitors from 21...
West Mt Cotton Link
Trail construction has now been completed on the West Mt Cotton link trail, connecting the low end of Wallum Froglet trail at Cornubia to the bitumen on West Mt Cotton Road. The 1.6 km machine-built trail includes several constructed bridges and some easy obstacles,...
Bayview Blast 2017 Results
27-28 May 2017 663 riders over 2 days, including 84 kids. Online results available here or can be downloaded here. Photos have been published to https://www.facebook.com/bayviewblast
RATS Summer Sprints 2017 Results
RACE 1 - 15/1/2017 205 riders raced in hot conditions at Underwood Park.Results available at: http://my1.raceresult.com/66366/results?lang=en or can be downloaded here. RACE 2 - 29/1/2017 215 riders raced in another hot and steamy day at Underwood Park.Results...
Chicks in the Sticks 2016 Results
240 Chicks enjoyed what is still Australia's biggest female only MTB race at Karingal Scout Camp on 28/8/2016.Results available at: http://my4.raceresult.com/59704/?lang= or can be downloaded here.
Bayview Blast 2016 Results
659 entries over the weekend of 25-26 June 2016, with 94 of those being kids or juniors. This is the club's biggest event yet, a 20% increase from last year, Online results available here or can be downloaded here.