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Support the Majura Pines trails whilst keeping crud out of your eyes and fork seals with these great looking mudguards from Canberra based company Dirtsurfer. They are Australian made and recyclable. Suits all mountain bike wheel sizes from 29″ down to 26″. Installed with 4 zip ties (provided). All proceeds go to our Trail Fund used to … Read more

Drying out…. slowly. The trails are drying out but the creeks are still flowing. This includes Bombora at the bottom of winery hill. Watch out for fallen trees. There is one down on Rock Lobster near the top. Ride as if there could be one down around every corner. If you do come across a … Read more

The good news is the sun it out. The not so good news is that it rained loads last week. We have cleared a few more trees, including the one of Innabaanya. But the lower trails and the creeks are still quite wet. The message is still the same really – stay high, stick to … Read more

The legends from Majurassic Park (Majura dirt jumps) are holding volunteer trail day on Saturday 26th November from 10am. No previous dirt jump building experience required – they need people to move dirt. All tools and instruction will be provided. For more details and to RSVP either see their facebook event or contact them through … Read more

Avoid after heavy rain The majura pines do not drain well and have a huge catchment (mt majura). Riding after heavy rainfall will damage the trails; creating problems our volunteers will have to fix. Choose Your Trails Stay high to stay dry. We recommend avoiding the lower lying xc trails and those trails that cross … Read more

Despite a week of sunshine things aren’t a whole lot better at Majura; it’s going to take a while longer to dry out and Sunday’s forecast isn’t going to help. On the plus side ACT Parks and Conservation Service, assisted and guided by our volunteers, have been out on the chainsaws and a number of … Read more

Monday night’s strong winds, combined with saturated ground, has meant a number of trees have come down at Majura. The rangers from ACT Parks and Conservation Service have been out there this week and cleared many trees but some trails are still blocked and there are probably some we haven’t even found yet. Please take … Read more

From everyone who rides at Majura Pines – young, old, XC, DH, dirt jump, trail, enduro, singlespeed, everything in between and the trail builders – a huge thanks to MTB Direct for this amazing $10,000 Dollars for Dirt grant. The money will be spent fixing up Rock Lobster, which is a popular trail that has … Read more

It’s not good news, I’m afraid. Nearly all trails are wet and muddy. The creeks are full and, more damagingly, water is leaching out of the hillside in many many places. It is this hard to predict subterranean water that gets brought to the surface by the agitation of bikes passing that does the real … Read more

With more rain last night, on to a saturated base, poor old Maj’ isn’t coping well. We appreciate it is going to be tempting to ride with sunshine forecast this weekend but it’s going to take weeks, not days, for the trails to dry out. Riding now will create damage that volunteers will have to … Read more