Rides
INTRODUCTION
In this section are featured nine of the year's best mountain bike rides and how you go about getting a slice of the action. With mountain bikes continuing to outsell all other bikes on the market, there must be fat tyre machines in almost every shed in the state. Some probably looking worse for wear, others lovingly clean and lubed, waiting to be let loose. Every weekend sees mountain bikers migrating to the Mount Lofty Ranges, many to Cudlee Creek, Fox Creek, Kersbrook and Kuitpo Forest, others taking advantage of the dirtiest new facility in town - Eagle Mountain Bike Park. The more mobile and adventurous travel far and wide to Mount Remarkable, Bartagunyah and Rawnsley Park. It's all good stuff. The best thing is that new tracks are being built all the time. And Bicycle SA is in the business of taking you there. You and thousands of other mountain bikers. Our off road programme offers multiple options:
MTB Skills is, as you'd expect, perfect for newcomers who want to have a go, starting easy and working up towards slightly more challenging trails. There are also sociable mountain bike rides in our free Rides Programme.
TRACK & TRAIL and FAT TYRE FESTIVAL are for those who know what to do, but want to share the ride with a bunch of fellow mountain bikers, enjoying the company as much as the trails.
Then there's the DIRTY WEEKEND and EGO TRIP competition events, just ripe for trail lovers up for a laugh as well as a gut-busting challenge. And there's our new offering for the serious mob, hungry for tough new trails - the AAA Ride. AAA? Access All Areas. The concept is simple - Bicycle SA will take you on a mountain bike adventure, far from the crowd and on tracks you never knew existed. This is the ride everyone will be talking about, but won't know where or when until shortly beforehand. You may sweat just thinking about it, but wait 'till you ride it! For the proportion of the MTB population who like to plan early, and hanker for an adventure of a lifetime, mark in your future diary the 2011 OUTBACK ODYSSEY. 900km on your steed, from Adelaide to the Flinders Ranges, appears good on paper. Wait until you ride it. Simply bloody awesome.
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