Perth Mountain Bike Club

PHIC are big supporters of cycling and cyclists in WA, they are also supportes of PMBC and are sponsoring the skills clinic this week end. If you are not doing the first XC race at Marrinup, then this great idea may interest you.

PIHC CYCLING GROUP – BIKE CLUES IT EVENT 28 March 2010 Sunday

Date: 28 March 2010 – Last day of Bike Week in Western Australia

Time: 7.30 am start to estimated 12 noon completion for family picnic

Location: Perry Lakes Drive – Alderbury Park in Floreat (off Oceanic Drive) – we start and end here.

Registration / Reporting Desk: Opens at 6.30 am.

Profile: To celebrate the end of Bike Week, the PIHC Cycling Club is hosting a Bike Clues It Event – for the first time ever an equivalent of a bicycle rally where teams compete for points, not associated with speed or racing – answer cryptic clues leading them through a 40 km route through the Perth metro region and eventually back to Perry Lakes start point.

PMBC presents Round #1 of the WA MTB Series 2010 to be held at Marrinup on the 28th March, please click on attachment below for the event flyer providing all the info. Online rego will be closing on the 25th March. Online Rego is at at the bottom of this as well.

Please Read the following Rules and Information about the series.

This is where to enter for all 7 rounds of the 2010 XC series presented by PMBC. This is referred to as the “Series Entry”

All 7 rounds can be entered separately, but you can enter for all 7 rounds NOW with 1 payment. You need to click "EDIT" to enter each round of the series when you click "series entry" in the Instructions box online. If you use the series entry, be sure to only buy 1 number plate!!!!!

We recommend you join as a MTBA member before filling in the series entry. It is cheaper to be a MTBA member than buy 7 day licenses.

You need to do at least 3 rounds to qualify for series points

Heads up!

This weekend is Clean up Australia day and as dirt riders, let's do our part "unofficially" as we do :). Should you decide to ride in the Kalamunda riding areas on Sat/Sun, could you throw a small rubbish bag in with your hydration pack please?

If you could collect some rubbish whilst out there & bring it home, that would be appreciated. We know about the Asbestos & cars, don't worry about them for now...(OK, if you've had your spinach this week & resemble Popeye, please do..)

Please post what "stuff" you collected as I'm sure there are tons of Gu/Carb Shotz wrappers, bottles etc etc out there!

Thank you,

Perth Mountain Bike Club Committee

Please find attached the 2010 XC racing calendar.

The Gravity Committee are finalizing the DH calendar.

PMBC are staging round 2 of the XC series in Pemberton on 25/4/10. ALL proceeds of this event go back into the Pemberton MTB park.

Paul Neve of 3 chillies trail designs has done a brilliant job with the XC circuit at the newly formed MTB park.

There is a 1.5km skills / juniors track which works well in both dirrections and there is a "National Level" XC circuit in the hills behind the swimming pool that only works in a clockwise direction. Dirt jumps are also currently under construction.

Yes, Yes, Yes that's right, the website is getting an update. (being planned and put together now)

get ready for;

Some color
Some photos
Easier navigation
More information
Quokka Ads gone from the front page (have to click on classified's to get to the ads so everyone's ad can be seen, not just the ones on the front page)

In this post I am looking to get a democratic response to the question should we change/ upgrade/ modernise our PMBC logo? I personally believe yes 2010 is a time for change and the 1980s looking logo (that has serviced us well, and I'm not knocking it) should get a rest and we should display a new one on the website and all PMBC correspondance.

Anyhow below are some examples of the suggested new logo. Also attached is a voting form for all finacial paid members of PMBC both DH & XC to vote on the suggested new logo.

Please email me your vote form to me at this e-mail address: dh@perthmtb.com

Cheers,

CL-Clubba.

5/3/10 = Sorry everyone who has not entered, the skills clinic is now full (56 participants, target was 50)
This will give small groups of participants per skills instructor, so that the participants get more out of the course.

Further courses may be run later in the year, depending on the damand.

NEW = Ian Wee, from "Perth Integrated Health Clinics" = PHIC is kindly donating 50 vouchers for a free screening check at his clinics (worth $50 each). He is also donating 3 x $100 vouchers for bike set up ergonomic assessments. PHIC are very passionate about cycling and do a massive amount for the sport.

Tim Bennett from Kalamunda Cycles is also onboard and will be taking the group "Turning Pro Next Week" for a flying skills lap around Jarrahdale.........................................Look out!!!!!

Origonal = Date: Sunday 14 March 8am to 1pm = Langford Park, Jarrahdale

NEW = if you did not collect your trophy at the presentation, they will be at the Marinup race for collection. If you cant make that event, contact me for collection = ttmtb@iinet.net.au

OLD = As Previously listed at top of this page, the trophy presentation for the 2009 State series is happening at the AGM this coming Tuesday night.

Mike Daws previously listed all of the class placing on this page, so you should already know where you placed in the State series.

I have attached a the list of trophy winners for you to look at again. If you are the recipient of one of these trophies, could you please make the effort to attend the AGM on Tuesday so that we can hand them all out and don't end up with a box of trophies left over.

These are really nice Jarrah Trophies, custom made for us with no plastic on them at all.

As you will notice, alot of work has gone into the 2010 XC calendar, which can be sumarized as below;

The committee discussed each race on its own merit, the order of the events, dates, clashing events and which tracks to use. We have tried to shorten the season and space the races more evenly, every 2 to 3 weeks.

There are 7 rounds of a cross country (XC) race series, based on how most XC races are normally run or have been run in the past. (UCI Olympic format) These races will be run by PMBC.

Points for the "7 round XC race series series" will be as per MTBA guidelines (same as we have been using) and dropping 1 round of points as per the PMBC constitution.

These 7 rounds are not called State Rounds or Club Rounds, kind of a blend of both.

Entry cost for the series is $20 per round (a cross between Club and State races)

Any one who "enters" all 7 rounds gets a free entry to the State Champs which will be at Murray Valley (all going well)