Author Archives: CMBC

SlowRiders XC on Tuesdays

What’s this? you may well ask… a Slowriders XC on Tuesday? Aren’t SlowRiders on Wednesday? All true and valid questions – but we are working on a new offering.We’ve noticed that the original slowriders has moved from being slow to slow-ish to being pretty full on at times. Our original ethos remains the same –

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The SlowRiders have come of age!

Exciting news! The Wednesday night SlowRider events have proven so popular that the Canterbury Mountain Bike Club and the SlowRiders have decided to join forces! Both groups have long been working towards the same goal; to get more people out riding. Watch the FaceBook page or our Club Calendar for our SlowRider events. #SlowRiders #weRide

Trackwork 6th of November 2016

We substituted our club ride for trackwork for the Christchurch Adventure Park! We worked for 3 hours on the uphill track finishing it off ready to ride. We dug corners wider to make it more achievable to get around them. It was great that so many people came along and  contributed to our local mountain biking community.

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Twizel: 21-24th October 2016

Twizel was epic all round! With 18 people this was the largest away trip group we’ve had for a long time. We had multiple ride options each day so people could choose the most suitable ride for them. For most of us Twizel was new terrain, so we were up for an adventure to discover

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New Track Status Page

Ben Young has been developing a new status page concept for the Christchurch Port Hills tracks. It pulls the data in every hour or so and updates his site and also sends a Tweet out if a track status or ranger comment has been modified. If tracks are closed/avoid there are a couple of blocks at the

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Presidents update

Hello fellow members of the CMBC! As the Canterbury Mountain Bike Club’s new president, I would like to update you with what’s going on with your club. Firstly welcome to our fabulous new website. Thank you very much Bryan Muir for creating this. We now also have a new members only Facebook page. This has been

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