Singletrack Mind Series

Event Info

The dates & locations for the 2011 SRAM Singletrack Mind Series are:

Each round of the series is a stand-alone event with category prizes on the day, with solo special category championships awarded at each event (see Categories for more info). Series prizes will be awarded at the final round and the NSW endurance series champions will be crowned.

A link to the full information for each round will be listed above when available, but for now here's a bit of info on each location and why we're stoked about the schedule for 2011!

Round 1: On 17 April Hunter Mountain Bike Association have invited us to play on the excellent singletrack of Awaba State Forest. A sweet way to kick off the 2011 SRAM Singletrack Mind Series, huh? Well, so we thought ... but Mother Nature had other plans. This event had to be postponed due to heavy rainfall and will now become Round 8¼ on Sunday 27 November!

Round 2: May 29 in our hometown, 'glamorous' Nowra! The Coondoo Road course served up a great race this year and offers a bunch of different options for course setting and we're really looking forward to working with SCUM on this round of the SRAM Singletrack Mind Series. More info here.

Round 3: 26 June 2011 sees the series head for the singletrack oasis of Stromlo Forest Park in Canberra. We had a great event, with a big field of riders there this year so it was a no-brainer for us to head back and it will again be a great pleasure to work with the great and professional members of CORC!

Round 4: It may be getting a little chilly in August so we're serving up some red hot singletrack for you in Round 4! In conjunction with the Southern Highlands Cycling Club, the SRAM Singletrack Mind Series will be rocking Wingello State Forest on 21 August.

Round 5: It's new and still a work in progress, but The Australian Botanic Garden are committed to creating a mountain bike facility that will really rock! Naturally we're delighted to have been invited to have a round of the SRAM Singletrack Mind series there and by the event date of 18 September 2011 we're told it will be a very much more evolved venue than it is now! Add to that a pump track competition and Cinema Under the Stars the evening before - we think this round will be awesome!

Round 6: We launched the SRAM Singletrack Mind series here in 2010, so we're very fond of Lidsdale State Forest at Lithgow. As you may have heard the current track area is to be logged but Flynny and the great crew from CTMBC have been permission to build a whole new bunch of fun and flowy trails in a different compartment of Lidsdale. So by the event date of 23 October, Lithgow will be THE place to go!! And being the final round we're gonna party, so bring ya dancin' shoes!

Round 8¼: This is the new date for what was Round 1, and will be hosted by Hunter MTB Association at Awaba State Forest on 18 December. Prepare for the best Xmas party ever, Santa has confirmed he's now racing (sans Reindeer!) as a warm up event for his Christmas marathon, though he is a singlespeeder which is a little sus ... There will also be beer, chocolate, good tunes (no Xmas musak!), a truly ludicrous amount of prizes to give away and of course 8¼ hours of Awaba's fine singletrack, the best present a mountain biker could ever have, so start the celebrations early with us on 18 December!

Win a $3,000 Golden Ticket

Mountain Biking Australia magazine and their ‘very good friends’ at Toyota have put 15 grand up for grabs to support MTB riders in Australia. And we here at Chocolate Foot have got a piece of the action. Yep, we have a $3,000 Golden Ticket for you to spend in the local bike shop of your choice. And all you have to do is ride! Enter any of the Singletrack Mind Series events and you are in the running. Enter more rounds for more chances to win! Visit BicyclingAustralia.com/GoldenTicket for all the info plus T&C.

Hammer Nutrition Discount

All Chocolate Foot event supporters can purchase Hammer Products at a 15% discount on the Hammer Nutrition website. Purchase the products online then proceed to the checkout cart. Insert the code CHOC FOOT into the coupon section, check out, and your discount will be applied.

Event Facilities & Services

As the premier East Coast endurance series, we aim to provide you with everything you could need (or may forget to bring) to have a great day’s racing. At every round there will be food & drink, sponsor displays, SRAM and City Bike Depot mechanical support, demo bikes from Merida, drinking water, and plenty of clean dunnies. In addition, our good friend Blair Martin, The Body Mechanic, will be coming to selected rounds to tune up bodies or tweak your bike setup. More specific info will be available in the links above prior to each round.

For those in the market for a new bike, or just curious to try something new, Merida Bikes will have available a selection of their fine steeds for competitors to take for a lap at each round.

Series T-Shirt

To remind you of many great days on the bike, we’ve worked with our designer to produce a corker of a t-shirt that tells the world what’s on, or should we say what’s in your mind – your singletrack mind! This striking design is available to order with event entry for the princely sum of $23, and you’ll pick it up at Rego. Available in any colour you like as long as it’s green, but it does come in both mens and ladies styles. Check it out below! (Note: if you've already entered and wish to add a t-shirt to your order, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we'll tell you how.)

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Spring Fat Tyre Festival Corporate Cup

With the good guys from Wannaride now pursuing other interests, they have happily handed the baton of the Spring Fat Tyre Festival's Corporate Cup to Chocolate Foot. Much the same as previous years, the Cup will take place at the flowing singletrack oasis that's Newcastle's Awaba Mountain Bike park on 27 November 2011. It will be part of the final round of the SRAM Singletrack Mind Series that, in the tradition of the Spring Fat Tyre Festival, will be an 8¼ hour enduro event. Corporate teams will be all set up for a comfortable and hassle-free day out on the trails with a marquee, chairs, tables and most importantly drinks and snacks to keep you fuelled. In addition, Series sponsor Hammer Nutrition are providing their award winning HEED endurance drink pre-mixed for your convenience.

Click here to find out more and how to get involved.

Draft Schedule

The general format for the weekend's racing for all rounds is shown below, however a final schedule will be posted the week prior to each round: