RATS Cycling Club

24/10/2026

Hi Trail Lovers!

⛏ 🅣🅡🅐🅘🅛 🅒🅐🅡🅔 ⛏

We had another session with a difference yesterday, taking a couple of dozen students from Cleveland District State High School to work on the trails at the Clarke Street entrance of Redlands Track Park (Scribbly).

This session was a divide and conquer, with teams work concurrently on:

⛏️ Continuing to rock armour a drop/chute that we began work on in the previous session
⛏️ Filling a "borrow pit" that was created to supply soil for our initial session. Once filled with introduced soil, the pit was re-vegetated with tube stock.

Did we complete our objectives for the day? 🤔 'No'. 🤷

Did we make appreciable improvements to the fruits of our previous labour? 🤔 Also 'No'. 🤷

Did we all learn more about sustainable TrailCare, and working with ParkCare to leave the bush better than we found it? 🤔 Well... let's just say that results varied. 😂

But we all went out into the bush, got some exercise, made some incremental improvements, and most incredibly for a large group of teenage boys wielding heavy implements - sustained no serious injuries!

Thanks once again to Redland City Council and Cleveland District State High School for the opportunity to bring Community TrailCare to the next generation. Hopefully, we'll see one or two of our attendees at one of our regular sessions sometime in the future. Or maybe even inspire someone to take it up on a more regular, possibly professional, basis.

22/10/2026

Saturday - Social Ride 24 October

** Ride CANCELLED for this weekend **

With all the rain about over the coming days and all of the trail park access closing off like falling dominos we will not have a ride this week end. Get out there on the pavement between the rain if you can!

22/10/2026

🚵‍♀️ 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲 - 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗧𝗕 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲

🌞🚵‍♀️ 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚!! 🚵‍♀️🌞

Ready to give mountain biking a go? 🌿

Our 2-session introductory course is designed for women with little or no mountain biking experience, or those who are new to the trails.

Learn the basics in a safe, supportive and social environment with experienced coaches — and discover a fun new way to exercise and enjoy the outdoors.

🚲 Limited hire bikes available

📅 Session 1: Sunday 22 November 2026 | 8:00–10:00 am
📅 Session 2: Sunday 29 November 2026 | 8:00–10:00 am
🎟️ Spaces are limited!

Hit the ticket link for more details and to register. Start your journey towards more confident riding!

👇 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2003595256347?aff=oddtdtcreator

21/10/2026

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗛… 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗗! 🚨

🚴‍♀️ 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 | 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡'𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪 — 𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗦 & 𝗝𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗦 🚴‍♀️
Great news! Due to demand, RATS Cycling Club has scheduled a second Women's Intermediate MTB Course focusing on drops and jumps on flow trails! 🎉
This 2-session course is designed to help you develop the skills and confidence to ride drops and jumps on flow trails with control and good technique.

𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥?
This is an intermediate course, so previous MTB experience is essential. Prior coaching is an advantage.
To get the most out of the course, we recommend that you have been mountain biking consistently for at least 6 months and are comfortable riding blue/intermediate trails.
This course is not suitable for first-time riders.
You don't need to be able to jump or drop already — that's what we're here to teach you! 🙌

𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦
Your registration covers BOTH sessions for one total price.

📅 Session 1: Sunday 22 November 2026 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
📍 Gap Creek Reserve, Mt Coot-tha

📅 Session 2: Sunday 29 November 2026 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
📍 Gap Creek Reserve, Mt Coot-tha

💰 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧: $𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

Enjoy a supportive, women-only group led by RATS coaches, with small-group coaching and plenty of opportunities to develop your skills and progress.

⚡ 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 — 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬!
👇 For more details and to register, click the ticket link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/14u7dTsHyA6/

20/10/2026

🚵‍♀️🌟 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 – 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻! 🌟🚵‍♀️

On Sunday afternoon, a wonderful group of women completed the second session of our Introductory MTB Course.

It was fantastic to see everyone rise to the challenge and put the skills they learned during the first session into practice. Their growing confidence and progress throughout the afternoon were wonderful to see!

A big thank you to Mark from Flow MTB Coaching for sharing his knowledge, guidance and encouragement throughout the course.

Well done, ladies! We hope to see you out on the trails or joining us for one of our RATS Chicks Ride social rides. 😊

🚵‍♀️ 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗴𝗼?
If you know any other women who would like to give mountain biking a go, registration is now open for our next Introductory MTB Course, starting Sunday 22 November 2026.

Spaces are limited, so register using the link below!

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/womens-introductory-mountain-bike-course-22nd-and-29th-november-2026-tickets-2003595256347

🎉👏

18/10/2026

Hi Trail Lovers!

⛏ 🅣🅡🅐🅘🅛 🅒🅐🅡🅔 ⛏

This morning, we held our penultimate session of Community TrailCare for the year, for the Redland City Council in Bayview Conservation Area.

We continued work on "You're Kidding", rock armouring the boggy section in the middle of the trail, where a creek crosses the trail.

We got about another 3 metres of trail completed, and used up all of our existing supply of rock. Mission accomplished for the day!

We will continue work next month, to complete this project, with our final session for the year, before taking a break over the Summer.

A very modest crew this morning with our regular, Tom, joining me to complete the jigsaw puzzle.

NB: The rock work is still taped off, until we complete the work next month. So, please continue to use the ride-around, until we open it back up.

15/10/2026

The Summer Sprints are back in 2027.
The dates and locations are pencilled in and as soon as they are locked in we will release them.

In the mean time, get some hours into the legs because this season there will be a lot of exciting changes.

More rounds
New venues
A new race format

To make this all happen, we are looking for keen club members to step up and lend a hand in making this possible. You can step up to the race committee and make a real difference to the club, man the BBQ, be a marshal or setting up.

To join the race committee or sponsor the event, message the club or email the [email protected]

15/10/2026

𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭/𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤

RATS Cycling Club welcomes the new MTB trails in the Shailer block extension to Daisy Hill Conservation Park. However, other than the management/fire roads immediately adjacent to these MTB trails, bicycles are otherwise prohibited.

RATS representatives attended an online engagement session with QPWS in June 2025 on the draft master plan for the Shailer block. In response to a question, QPWS stated that cycling would be permitted on all fire roads within the expanded conservation park, although use in some areas would be discouraged. However, subsequent correspondence in July 2026 from QPWS has stated that bicycles will not be permitted on fire lines on the eastern side of the property where tracks adjoin Venman Bushland National Park and overlap with walking routes.

There are plenty of people who ride management/fireroads to stay away from cars: gravel riders, people not confident to ride single track, family groups, people building their endurance. The Shailer block has a large number of well formed double track management/fire roads well suited for such riders. Riders, trail runners, hikers and walkers coexist currently in the original Daisy Hill Conservation Park. There seems no good reason that they can't coexist in the more remote Shailer block.

RATS calls on QPWS to allow bicycles on all management/fire roads in the Shailer block, as is already so for the rest of Daisy Hill Conservation Park.

𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛

14/10/2026

Saturday - Social Ride 17 October - (Bayview)

Ride location - Bayview
Meet point - BBQ shelter at the Main Carpark
Roll out - 7:00am – please arrive in time to login for the ride and head off on time.

Intermediate level ride.
After ride breakfast location in the comments.

Further information on our club rides and requirements can be found here -http://www.ratscc.com.au/club-rides/

Meet location here - https://maps.app.goo.gl/rWye6EoUKL2iWiBV8

★★★★★ · Cycling park

13/10/2026

🚴‍♀️ 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 | 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡'𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪 — 𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗦 & 𝗝𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗦 🚴‍♀️
RATS Cycling Club is pleased to offer our Women's Intermediate Course on flow trails!
This 2-session course is designed to develop your skills and confidence to ride drops and jumps on flow trails with control and good technique.

𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥?
This is an intermediate-level course designed for riders with existing MTB experience. Previous MTB fundamentals coaching is advantageous but not essential.
To get the most out of the course, we recommend that you've been riding consistently for at least the past six months and are comfortable on blue/intermediate trails. This course is not suitable for first-time riders.

𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦:
Your registration is for BOTH sessions for one total price.
𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭: Sunday 8th Nov 26 — 2:30pm - 4:30pm
📍 Gap Creek Reserve, Mt Coot-tha

𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮:: Sunday 15th Nov 26 — 3:00pm - 5:00pm
📍 Gap Creek Reserve, Mt Coot-tha

Small supportive women-only group — lots of coaching & progression!

𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 — 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 👇

For more details and to register hit the ticket link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1FuVpLV7HR/