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Garmin 24hr Entries are open!

Friday, 19 August 2011 02:50

Entries are now Open for the Garmin 24hr November 26-27 2011 @ Redesdale in (sunny) Central Victoria!

Trailworks are starting this coming week!! It's all systems go for our long awaited return to the dry trails @ Redesdale. 

Early-bird entry fees are available now until the 2nd of September so, don't delay.
Enter now and save some $$.

Specialized Cross Melburn CX Series Dates

Sunday, 31 July 2011 22:16

September 4th 2011 Online Entries are now open for this date Click here to enter

September 25th 2011

October 23rd 2011

Specialized Cross Melburn Round One Results

Sunday, 31 July 2011 19:29

Specialized Cross Melburn

Saturday, 23 July 2011 21:24

CYCLOCROSS????

Think of a party in the park and a bike race broke out!

For those that are riding, 80% of the course will be ridable, with the rest consisting of natural obstacles like creeks and fallen trees combined with man-made barriers like flights of stairs and low fences.

Mud, don’t forget the mud! Riding through a section of mud is not something to be frowned upon, in fact it’s a crowd favorite. This is Cyclocross.

This is the Specialized Cross Melburn Series.

WHERE? - Round 1 - Lysterfield Park Pump Track,

Horswood Road, Lysterfield. Victoria.

Less than 45mins drive from the CBD.

WHEN? - Round 1 will be on July 31st.

Three more rounds to be announced closer to dates

(with new venues to be announced)

TIMETABLE:

Race Starts

10.00 – Registration Opens (each field is limited to 75 riders, first in best dressed).

11.15 - Open Class Juniors

11.45 - Open Class B

12.30 – Open Class A

13.30 - Junior & Womens CX

14.15 – Mens B Grade CX

15.00 – Elite Mens CX

16.15 – CX Presentations

WHAT’S AT CROSS MELBURN?

• Soul Kitchen providing various food offerings, Red Star Coffee & rocking tunes!!!!

• Neutral Mechanical support from SRAM

• Race commentator with a chilled out music play list,

• Great spectator opportunities,

• Multiple catergories - CX Mens, Womens and Juniors. Open mens & woman

• Hot Showers for riders.

- MTBA Licence Required (Day Licence or Annual). To purchase an annual licence please log onto here and choose a club. Full Gas Peddlers is our club of choice.

- Entry fees are $15 for the open classes & $20 for the CX classes.

- Product prizes from Specialized in all classes.

This week, buy any CX bike from Trailmix and race in the 2011 Specialized Cross Melburn Series for free!

News from FGP land...

Thursday, 02 June 2011 23:25

Well yes, things have been a little quiet around here lately. Quiet, but wet.
You may have noticed that for the first time in about 15 years we've actually had some rain which has put a dampner on our ability to forecast and plan the events that we love hosting.

In February the Berwick Area Parklands received heavy rains and extreme weather conditions which caused significant damage. Tracks and trails in Lysterfield Park were some of the hardest hit, sustaining substantial erosion making them unsafe and unviable for future use.

To ensure visitor safety, Parks Victoria temporarily closed all walking, equestrian, and mountain bike tracks and trails - including all fire management roads in Lysterfield Park.

Parks Victoria is working hard to carry out assessments and maintenance to reopen the parks and trails as soon as possible. Where significant damage has occurred insurers need to assess the site before approving works. In the context of recent emergency situations in Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand, the timeframe for this is unfortunately extended.

Some trails have been re-opened and limited repair works are ongoing.

We've been solidly working alongside Parks Victoria in ensuring that the recovery works to the trails @ Lysterfield Park are progressing in a timely and positive manner. Our little brother Trailmix, funded the design and contruction of the new pump track and dirt jump park @ Lysterfield Park and have spent many days and hours out on the trails assisting the Lysterfield & District Trail Riders Inc and Parks Victoria to the best of our ability.

So where does this leave our 2011 events?

Parks Victoria are currently working on the trail recovery project, with the first part of this project being the re-building of the M2006 Competition Trail. Once the construction crew is appointed, underway and nearing completion then PV & FGP will assess the timeline and schedule Round 4 of the '10 CTS Series as well as the 2011 Chase the Sun MTB Series.

In the meantime we can release some sneak preview news about some other events.

New trailworks @ Westgate Park have finally kicked off, be sure to check out the Jeep Dirt Crits each and every Thursday night to be a part of the excitement that ClubFGP are bringing back to Westgate. Well done team on getting to this stage, it's been a very long journey for ClubFGP, FGP & PV.
The pump track work so far is looking the goods.

The Jeep 24hr will be back in more ways than one this year. Time-out from Lysterfield has prompted us to get back to our roots; advocacy and opening up trails through events. We are currently working closely with locals and PV staff on a trail network that will host the 2011 Jeep 24hr.
Hands up those who remember with fond memories sunny, dry and warm 24hr events??? We can't tell you where, but it's going to be awesomee!! As always it'll be on the last weekend in November. (26th-27th November 2011).

CYCLOCROSS!!!
So while we wait for the mountain bike parks of Melbourne to be re-built and re-open we thought you might enjoy something a little different. Something where riding through a section of mud is not something to be frowned upon and guilt-ridden. This is Cyclocross. This is the X-Melbourne Series.

In cyclocross, riders race laps around a short course that usually features some pavement, some dirt, some forest, some steep hills and for good measure, some obstacles thrown in that require riders to dismount, work their way through and then get back on and ride some more.

The course is usually 1.5 to 3.5 km, with a race lasting anywhere from 30 to 75 minutes. Maybe 80% of the course will be ridable, with the rest made of natural obstacles like creeks and fallen trees combined with man-made barriers like bales of straw and low fences.
Get the idea? Like the fellas over at Dirty Deeds Cross Series we will have multiple categories, so you can give this style of riding a go, even if you dont have a cyclocross bike and all you have is your trusty MTB.

Our first round will be on July 31st. We will be releasing more details very very shortly.

Anyone with entry fees in our system can use these fees towards any of our events; Jeep 24hr, CTS, X-Melbourne, Jeep Dirt Crits etc.

2010 Chase the Sun Round 4.

Tuesday, 14 December 2010 15:36

The final round of the 2010 Chase the Sun Series will now be held @ Lysterfield Park at an as yet undecided date after this years Fire Season. It's hard to believe that we are now in mid-December and the rain is still falling and the trails are still too wet to hold the event.
Why not hold the event in the middle of Summer (Fire Season)? Well simply put, it's too dangerous for all involved in the event to hold it during summer. Add to that the fact that Lysterfield Park is closed on days that are declared Total Fire Ban or on days of Code Red Fire Danger Rating.

2010 JEEP 24hr Results

Monday, 29 November 2010 07:51

Lap Splits

Category Summary

Podiums

Overall Final


Timothy Arch Photos are here


Congratulations to everyone who competed on the weekend!   
Congratulations also to David Grant who won a brand new Merida 0.9 Team MTB!!!

Many thanks to our generous sponsors for an awesome weekend....

JEEP            MERIDA        SRAM       SCHWALBE    GARMIN

MUC OFF        JET BLACK PRODUCTS        GU      AVID     TRUVATIV    TRAILMIX

2010 Jeep 24hr - Entries Open!

Wednesday, 22 September 2010 01:09

Entries for the 2010 Jeep 24hr are filling!! Click on the big green Enter Now! button, Look up on the top right of this page, there it is!

Remember we have a 800 rider limit and last years event sold out, so don't leave it too late to enter!

This years event @ Forrest is going to be another cracker. We are working out the three loops (both Day loops and the night loop) and they are looking the goods.

Chase the Sun MTB Series Round Four Update

Sunday, 05 September 2010 21:02

Chase the Sun Round 4 Update

We sent an email recently to all of those riders who have already entered Round 4 outlining the event postponement. Further to that we would like to help clarify, that the dates that we are looking at for Round 4 are in summer and that board-shorts and t-shirts will be optional. October 17th is not being considered.
As discussions with Parks Victoria continue we will keep you updated.

In the mean time, entries for the Jeep24hr are filling, so please, as a regular of our events, please organise your team and get your entries in.

Round 4 Chase the Sun MTB Series rescheduled

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 12:17

Round 4 of the 2010 Chase the Sun MTB Series has been rescheduled to a later (hopefully drier) date and therefore is not accepting entries at this time until a new date is announced. We are working with Parks Victoria on establishing a new date and will announce this as soon as possible.

Following the wettest winter in 13years at Lysterfield Park, the trails (both Management Vehicle Only, mountain bike trails and for that matter the entire park) are holding an unprecedented amount of water. We have taken participant welfare and environmental values into account, when making this decision.

We want to apologise to riders for the inconvenience and will have the new date for the event in the coming week.