Shimano Bike Buller Festival
Huge Weekend of MTB Racing For Shimano Bike Buller Festival
Press Release / 07.03.2018
Rapid Ascent is excited to welcome over 600 mountain bikers to Mt Buller for three days of racing on world class trails for the 10th edition of the Shimano Bike Buller Festival this long weekend, the 10th-12th of March, 2018.
The event features an action- packed schedule of racing for all types of riders, including downhill, gravity enduro and cross country races, as well as spectator and kids events.
The three-day celebration of mountain biking features an extensive Bike Expo with a range of social activities including the spectacle of the pump track and dual slalom races, MTB movies in the cinema, kids’ rides and the popular ‘Picnic in the Park’ food, wine and music festival held in the Mirimbah Park at the base of Mt Buller.
The weather forecast could not be better with clear skies and endless sunshine through to next week; sunny with light winds and 20 degrees on Saturday, 19 on Sunday, and 16 on Monday.
A greater emphasis on gravity in 2018 will see the return of the Mt Buller Super-D, and the Gravity Gods title for the key gravity races; The ABOM downhill, Gravity Enduro (Round 4 of the Victorian Gravity Tour) and the Outlaw all-mountain trophy.
Over 200 riders are already locked in for the series finale of the Victorian Gravity Tour; the entry list reading as a who’s who of elite Australian enduro riders with Chris Panozzo, Ben McIlroy, Paul van der Ploeg, Alistair Fairley, Michael Ronning, Shannon Hewetson, Brendan Johnston, Sian Ahern, Sarah Tucknott and many others confirmed.
The revolutionary Shimano Bike Buller Festival brings all that is great about mountain biking to the one location for a huge weekend of bikes, single track, fresh air and good times at a spectacular mountain top destination.
Over 600 riders of all backgrounds are expected to race at Australia’s most epic mountain biking destination - Mt Buller for the 10th edition of event, and with a stacked schedule of races, spectator events and full social calendar the appeal is high for groups of friends to come to the event together as well as kids and families.
Entries are available online up until 30 mins before each race start for the Shimano Bike Buller Festival at www.ShimanoBikeBuller.com
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