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There are many places to venture on your MTB within an hour from the Brisbane CBD. A few of the more popular places are Parklands, Daisy Hill and Bunyaville Conservation Park. One area that should be on your list to visit is Hidden Vale Adventure Park (HVAP), which is well known as the home of the famous Flight Centre EPIC, an annual mountain biking and trail running event.This MTB mecca is a short 60-minute drive west of Brisbane. Located in the …

Around three years ago, it was a fairly easy task to guide a customer to a suitable indoor trainer. There were really only two choices to make; magnetic or fluid, and how much money they were willing to part with. Typically, fluid trainers were more desirable as they gave a closer road feel and progressive resistance, but this also came with a slightly higher price tag.Fast forward to today; we now have an increasing number of choices to make whe …

July in Sydney is getting kind of cold and I was lucky enough to go and spend some time recently with the Pushys crew on the Sunshine Coast and do some riding up there in the warmer weather……Unfortunately Dad didn’t realise that mountain bikes are a LOT longer than road bikes, and he thought I could use his roadie bike bag…. which we found out very quickly just doesn’t fit!Luckily the guys at Pushys (thanks Keiren!) were brilliant and I have got …

What is Core?In common parlance, the core of the body is broadly considered to be the torso. Functional movements are highly dependent on this part of the body, and lack of core muscular development can result in a predisposition to injury1.I have suffered from lower back pain from years of trials riding. It’s a hard sport on the body because of imbalances in muscle development from having one dominant foot forward, as well as getting jarring thr …