Places to ride within 8hrs of Brisbane???

[kl3ggy]

Hey guys. Looking for a place to ride this coming week. Don't mind driving, but probably no more than 8hrs.

Where is somewhere within that time frame that's worth the trip? Looking to get a day or two's riding in.

Chuck out some ideas!!

 

[Wellsey]

Downhill? Trail? Do you WANT to leave Brisbane? Or don't know about the local Brisbane trails?

http://www.qldmtb.com.au/trails/

 

[creaky]

Coffs, taree, nambucca heads, nightcap .... Get to go to the beach afterward too

 

[kl3ggy]

Awesome. I'll google those.

I've been to gap creek, nerang, castle hill, and hiddenvale. All of which I couldn't spend 2 days solid riding at.

Would love to go to you yangs, stromlo, or Buller but that's abit far to drive only for 2 days

I'll have a look at that website aswell.

Any other suggestions?

 

[rone]

Mount Joyce?

http://www.mtjoyceescape.com.au/bike-trails.html

 

[PhillipJ]

Mt Joyce is pretty fun for a few hours. It's a huge climb to the top but the descents are worth it. Rideable on a 100mm 29er or a long-travel hard tail but you'll want a 5"+ bike to fully enjoy it.
Brisbane Mountain Bike Shuttles (http://brisbanemtbshuttles.com/, unaffiliated) run no-booking shuttles out there fairly often if you're not a hill climb kind of guy.

Toowoomba looks good too after the most recent SEQ Gravity Enduro round. I haven't ridden there but the video of it (check out Jarred Graves' Facebook) makes me want to go.

 

[jackass'd]

Mt Joyce is pretty fun for a few hours. It's a huge climb to the top but the descents are worth it. Rideable on a 100mm 29er or a long-travel hard tail but you'll want a 5"+ bike to fully enjoy it.
Brisbane Mountain Bike Shuttles (http://brisbanemtbshuttles.com/, unaffiliated) run no-booking shuttles out there fairly often if you're not a hill climb kind of guy.

Toowoomba looks good too after the most recent SEQ Gravity Enduro round. I haven't ridden there but the video of it (check out Jarred Graves' Facebook) makes me want to go.

Mount Joyce?

http://www.mtjoyceescape.com.au/bike-trails.html

Hey guys. Looking for a place to ride this coming week. Don't mind driving, but probably no more than 8hrs.

Where is somewhere within that time frame that's worth the trip? Looking to get a day or two's riding in.

Chuck out some ideas!!

We hit Mt Joyce today for the first time and it is legit! Its a shade over an hours drive depending on where in brissy you're heading from. We rode from 6am to midday - was too hot by then but we had hit enough trails to justify heading back for beers!!!

I'd choose it over daisy hill/mt cootha and possibly cornuiba - but we hit cornuiba most weekends.

 

[kl3ggy]

Great thanks for the info. Might hit up Mt Joyce then. Have heard its good. But by the sounds of it, it's pretty awesome!

Save Buller for when we got a decent amount of time

 

[Ridenparadise]

Great thanks for the info. Might hit up Mt Joyce then. Have heard its good. But by the sounds of it, it's pretty awesome!

Save Buller for when we got a decent amount of time

OK, spill ya guts on where you went and how many wounds and scars you got