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IMBA Australasian summit 2013
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Started this discussion. Last reply by John Wallace May 3.

Join the SW MTB Club

The SW Mountain Bike Club is going on a membership drive for its 20th year annerversary.Click on the links and download the membership form to fill out and send into the club.…Continue

Started Feb 25

Trails Grants now open
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The new round of trails grants from lottery west are now open.Follow the link to the DSR site.2013 trails grantswhat…Continue

Tags: grants, trails, mtb

Started this discussion. Last reply by John Wallace Dec 21, 2012.

Pile road maintenance day

Pile Road maintenance day. A pile road maintenance day will be held on the 24th June, starting at 9am. Meet at the bottom trailhead for a safety brief and instructions for the day. Trail maintenance…Continue

Tags: mtb, day, maintenance, rd, pile

Started Jun 7, 2012

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IMBA SW road trip to Collie

There were 50 people at the forum over two days, by day two it was labelled the MTB Love Fest as there was so much positive energy floating around. We had reps from Transport, Big Guns from DSR, DEC, a rep from Lotteries West, the City - ranging from planners to reserve staff, ABUG, Dept of Planning, range of community reps inc local schools, and XC and DH crew.Nic did a great job of giving the detail and Troy wowed the crowd with energy and positive ways to move forward. Rod Annear told us all…See More
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Collie IMBA trail building and sustainability workshop at Collie MTB club rooms

June 22, 2013 to June 23, 2013
Collie trail building and sustainability workshop Where:   Collie MTB ClubroomsWhen:   22nd, 23rd JuneTime:   8:30Collie Mountain Bike Club is hosting a two day trail building workshop presented by Nic Bowman (IMBAoz) and Troy Rarick(Fruita USA).The workshop will provide training for volunteers and staff in IMBA sustainable trail design, construction and maintenance techniques to help develop a solid set of skills amongst your trail work crew with the view to develop skills that allow them to…See More
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20 Years Celebration of the SW mtb club at Wellington Mills Cottages

June 22, 2013 all day
20 years South west Mountain Bike Club When :   22nd June SatWhere:   Wellington Mills CottagesTime:    5pm onwards The SW Mountain Bike Club has Turned 20 years old this year and is inviting those in the know to help celebrate the clubs milestone.If you are a member, past member, night rider, Pile rd rider, friend, have raced, attended functions, WAMBA Member, Club committee member of any other club, DEC, DSR, Want to join the club, or just want to attend the function, then send us an Email to…See More
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Collie IMBA trail building and sustainability workshop at Collie MTB club rooms

June 22, 2013 to June 23, 2013
Collie trail building and sustainability workshop Where:   Collie MTB ClubroomsWhen:   22nd, 23rd JuneTime:   8:30Collie Mountain Bike Club is hosting a two day trail building workshop presented by Nic Bowman (IMBAoz) and Troy Rarick(Fruita USA).The workshop will provide training for volunteers and staff in IMBA sustainable trail design, construction and maintenance techniques to help develop a solid set of skills amongst your trail work crew with the view to develop skills that allow them to…See More
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"2 People from the Margret river club and myself will be attending the IMBA Summit in Cairns. We hope to bring back info and connections from networking with world class leaders of the mtb trails scene. The aim will be to bring professionals to grass…"
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IMBA SW road trip to Collie

There were 50 people at the forum over two days, by day two it was labelled the MTB Love Fest as there was so much positive energy floating around. We had reps from Transport, Big Guns from DSR, DEC, a rep from Lotteries West, the City - ranging from planners to reserve staff, ABUG, Dept of Planning, range of community reps inc local schools, and XC and DH crew.



Nic did a great job of giving the detail and Troy wowed the crowd with energy and positive ways to move forward. Rod…

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Posted on June 20, 2013 at 8:44am

Collie MTB Workshop

 

Collies has entered the mountain bike community in full swing by hosting a MTB trail forum. It was about bringing professionals to grass roots advocacy and building good relationships with land managers

 

The day started with local speakers talking about their trail systems and…

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Posted on June 26, 2012 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Trail maintenance after the storm.

The June storms have wrecked havoc on the local trails around Collie, with Debris and trees all over the trails.

The Collie MTB riders were quick to get into action for a clean up after the worst of the weather had finished.

About 10 riders took some time out, and  gave Rays trail a big clean up. Rakes, shovels, axes and chainsaw in hand had the trail looking like new with several hours work…

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Posted on June 14, 2012 at 2:52pm — 3 Comments

My day at the 2012 trails conference

The 2012 WA State Trails Conference was held at the University of WA on the 25th of May. The talks were held at various locations on campus, making sure we got our 15 minutes of exercise for the day by walking between the various venues. With close to 200 delegates in attendance, it was by far the largest State Trails Conference yet.

International guest speaker Dafydd Davies was the star attraction for the day. He talked about sustainable trails, planning, frame work and using trails…

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Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:42am — 3 Comments

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At 6:55pm on October 19, 2011, Terry Howe said…
Hi John. I work week on/ off in mining so a 2 HR drive isn't a big deal as I have a week to explore about. Thanks for the info, another one I'll definitely look into. Cheers, Terry. 
At 10:06pm on June 25, 2010, Steven Mills said…
i do prefer the more technical trails such as turner hill, forsythe mill and little ovens but don't mind the heritage trail and especially the munda biddi trail aswell.
what sort of trails do you prefer?
At 12:48pm on June 21, 2010, Steven Mills said…
Hi John
been on the munda biddi for the last two week hence the late reply.
the bike is a Cannondale Moto2 with fox talas 36 on the front 160mm travel
and fox dhx4 on the rear
regards
Steve
At 7:38pm on April 6, 2010, Trailtalk Admin said…
Hi John
Welcome to Trailtalk. Hope you will find the site useful to promote the issues/events that the swmbc is involved in. You can always promote an event with a link to your own website for more information. Cheers, Linda
 
 
 

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