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Final Summer Reminder
The 2026/2027 summer of racing and riding kicks off this coming week!
Tuesday 6 October - Rifle Butts MTB Park
Dirt Critters (Junior Dirt Crits) starts at 4pm.
Dirt Crits (Seniors) starts with a Combo Night at 6pm.
Here are the details.
And a reminder that ALL riders need an AusCycling membership - see below.
Thursday 8 October - Whitfield Road
Handicap Road Race starting at 6pm from the Botanic Park.
Here are the details.
And a reminder that ALL riders need an AusCycling membership - see below.
All roadies please take a look at the race duty roster to check when you’re on volunteer duty. And if you’re racing for the first time, or haven’t raced for a while, it’s probably worth having a read of our Road Racing Info page, especially the section on Race Duty and the last one about Safe Road Racing.
Final AGM reminder
The MMBCC Annual General Meeting will be held at the Mansfield Hotel on Thursday 8 October, after the first road race of the summer. Here are the details.
AusCycling memberships
AusCycling have updated and simplified their membership categories and moved to a new payment platform called JustGo. Use this link to go to AusCycling’s Membership page.
If you’re renewing, just enter your email address which you used in the previous system to log in.
If you haven’t been a member before, they’re still offering a 30-day Trial Membership for free!
What are the new categories?
RIDE - If you ride but don’t race, this is the membership for you. It’s only $149 (Reduced to $99 for 13-18 and over 65s) and includes all the benefits of the AusCycling insurance cover.
CLUB - This is perfect for MMBCC members who only want to do our races, with maybe in dabble in other club events, for example, roadies doing do some of the Seymour Broadford Cycling Club’s road races. At $249 for adults (Reduced to $149 for 13-18 and over 65s) it’s quite a bit cheaper that the Race - All Discipline that was required previously.
RACE - If you want to do any National or State level events, such as the VDHS or State XC Championships at Eildon, this is the one you’ll need. It’s $319 for adults, which is a little bit cheaper than the Race - All Discipline too. And it’s reduced to just $169 for 13-18 and over 65s!
Under 13s get a RACE membership for $99.
Here’s an explanation of what is and isn’t included in AusCycling’s insurance cover, which comes with every membership.
And a final, final reminder; no AusCycling membership - no start!
WhatsApp updates
By Tim Ross
You will have noticed some recent changes with the MMBCC WhatsApp. WhatsApp is a primary channel of communication for the Club.
What’s Changed?
We have setup a WhatsApp ‘Community’ entitled “MMBCC – Bike Club”.
This encompasses a number of “Groups” – both interest specific (Road, MTB, Gravel, Junior Dirt Critters) and some special groups (Committee, Road Commissaires, etc).
Other groups will be added as needed – we expect that a ‘Social’ group will soon be added.
Why Change?
Bringing all groups together under the one Community lets the club ‘talk’ to all members/ supporters with a single post.
Having all groups under the one Community allows all members/ supporters to see what groups are available and to join groups of interest on a self-service basis.
What can I do?
Hopefully everyone has been migrated across and has become part of the new Community.
Check you’re a member of all groups that interest you, and ‘join’ any new ones (a small number of groups have limited membership and require admin permission to join)
Feel free to ‘add’ new members to any of the groups (limited to locals or others with a genuine connection to this community).
At the moment there are around 90 in the MMBCC WhatsApp – it would be great for the club to have contact with many more of the local riding community
Questions?
Current admins are Mel, Tim and Bruce – feel free to contact them with any questions or suggestions.
Loan bikes
By Bruce Halket
A reminder that the club is having an ‘audit’ of our loan bikes. If you’ve got one, can you please let Bruce know with a quick email?
We don’t necessarily need all the bikes back, we’ve just lost track of who has what.
Club kit
By Bruce Halket
The new club kit has been dispatched from Ventou in Brooklyn, so should in Mansfield on Monday or Tuesday. Keep an eye on WhatsApp.
Finally …
By Bruce Halket
Last call for anyone interested in the Dirty Docker Festival and it’s COBAWesome gravel event next weekend of 10-11 October. There are discounted entries offered for a few MMBCC members. Email Bruce for more details.