The Adelaide Mountain Bike Club Inc. (AMBC) was formed in 1989, in Adelaide, South Australia to promote mountain biking as a sport, run state cross-country mountain bike races and recreational rides around South Australia . Since the inception of the club, we have grown to be one of the largest providers of mountain biking events in the state – holding: state cross-country races throughout the year; endurance events, weekly recreational rides, mountain biking skills and track building & maintenance workshops.
The Club has approximately 300 members with an executive committee with 10 positions: President, Secretary, Treasurer, Race Director, Social Ride Coordinator, Risk Officer, Fat Chat Editor (editor of our newsletter) as well as 3 general positions. In addition, we have five sub-committees: Race, Administrative, Promotional, Fat Chat and Social Rides, with approximately 30 people serving on these committees. The club holds monthly general meetings, quarterly executive meetings and regular social functions.
Races and recreational rides are held with the permission of landholders, in Forest Reserves, farmland and native vegetation areas. Over the years, the Club has developed a number of single track race courses and notably the Mawson riding trail in South Australia . All tracks developed by the Club are designed in such a way to minimse soil erosion, degradation to water quality and the spread of environmental weeds and plant pathogens.