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Walcha · New England NSW · Est. 2024

RIDE BETTER. GO FURTHER.

World-class MTB coaching, guided gravel adventures & hands-on bike mechanics workshops in the untamed New England high country. PMBIA Level 2 certified. Four seasons Enduro World Series.

PMBIA Level 2 TECH E-Bike Certified EWS Veteran Advanced Remote First Aid
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30+
Years Riding
4
EWS Seasons
L2
PMBIA Certified
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MTB Coaching
Now booking at 6 venues
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Gravel Rides
From $89 · Walcha basecamp
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Bike Mechanics
Workshop sessions · Book now
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Community
Skool · Coming soon
What We Do

MTB COACHING & CLINICS

PMBIA-certified coaching built on the Six Skill System — Stability & Balance, Controls, Terrain Awareness, Direction Control, Pressure Control, and Timing & Coordination. Most clinics run at any of our venues — pick what suits your goals, we bring the method.

👤 Private 1:1
👥 Private Group (your crew, 2–6)
🌍 Open Group Session
⏱ Half Day or Full Day (XC)
📍 Any Clinic · Any Venue
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THE BIVOUAC

Alone on the bike. Not alone at the fire.

Multi-day MTB and gravel rides built for emergency services and defence communities. Long days in gorge country, honest conversations around the fire at night. A peer wellbeing experience — not a program, not a clinic. Just riding, country, and people who get it.

  • 2-Day Overnighter & 3-Day Traverse formats
  • Oxley Wild Rivers gorge country
  • Full support & safety framework
  • Built for first responders, veterans & serving members
  • Led by a coach with Advanced Remote First Aid
📍 Walcha · Oxley Wild Rivers
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OVERSEAS TRIPS

The trails you've only seen on YouTube. With a guide who's raced them.

Four seasons on the Enduro World Series circuit means Paul knows the world's best riding — the alpine singletrack, the hidden gravel passes, the villages where the coffee is as good as the descents. Small-group MTB and gravel adventures abroad are coming. Trust us: you'll want to be on the first one.

  • European Alps enduro & singletrack missions
  • Gravel crossings on roads that don't make the guidebooks
  • Small groups · Fully guided · Local knowledge from EWS years
  • Bilingual guiding — English & French
  • Destinations announced to the waitlist first
🌍 Destinations TBA
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SKOOL COMMUNITY

Learn. Share. Ride further together.

Two dedicated communities launching soon: one for bike mechanics skill-building, one for gravel endurance and long-distance riding. Members-only content, live Q&A, training plans.

  • Bike Mechanics — wrench confidently at home
  • Gravel Endurance — training, nutrition, adventure
  • Members-only video library
  • Monthly live sessions with Paul
  • Group challenges & ride planning
🌐 Online · Skool Platform
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Enquiries Open

CORPORATE & EVENTS

Corporate events, high school camps & custom adventures.

Corporate event ride days and high school MTB camps — plus safety seminars for trail builders and park managers, and custom group adventures. Enquiries are open now: tell us about your group and we’ll build the day around it.

  • Corporate event & team-building ride days
  • Trail safety & maintenance seminars
  • High school camps — multi-day MTB programs, WWCC cleared
  • Custom event planning & logistics
  • Fully insured & WWCC cleared
📍 New England & Beyond
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Adventure Guiding

GRAVEL & ADVENTURE RIDES

The New England high country is one of Australia's best-kept gravel secrets. Ancient droving roads, high tablelands, gorge-edge escarpments. Guided from Walcha — the gravel capital of the north.

🟢 Fully Supported
🟡 Semi-Supported
⚫ Self-Supported
Half Day
Up to 60km · Up to 6 riders
from $89
Full Day
Up to 150km · Up to 5 riders
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Multi-Day
Overnights welcome · Up to 3 riders
Custom
Tailor-Made
Your route · Your pace · Up to 3 riders
Custom

⚠️ Custom GPX courses being loaded — check back soon for downloadable routes and detailed itineraries.

Book a Gravel Ride →
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Gravel Route Map
New England Tablelands — Walcha Basecamp
Custom GPX courses coming soon.
Routes will be embedded here.
Base Locations
📍 Walcha, NSW — Primary Basecamp
📍 Armidale, NSW — Secondary Start Point
Workshop

BIKE MECHANICS

Stop waiting on your local shop. Learn to maintain, repair and tune your own bike with confidence. Hands-on sessions tailored to your skill level — from basic servicing to advanced drivetrain work.

Group Session
$95
per person / half day
Private / 1:1
$120
per person / half day
Beginner Friendly
All Bike Types
E-Bike Specialist
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
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    Basic ServicingChain cleaning, lubing, tyre changes, tube patches
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    DrivetrainDerailleur indexing, cable replacement, cassette swaps
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    BrakesBleed hydraulics, pad replacement, rotor truing
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    SuspensionFork & shock servicing basics, sag setup, rebound tuning
  • E-Bike SystemsMotor care, battery health, firmware checks — E-Bike Instructor certified
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    Trail-Side RepairsTubeless repairs, trail-side mechanicals, emergency fixes
Reference: Park Tool Big Blue Book methodology
Riding Venues

WHERE WE RIDE

Six MTB coaching venues across New England & Barrington — every clinic, every format, available at every location. All verified on Trailforks.

🎓 MTB Coaching Venue
ARMIDALE — UNE
SportUNE Trails · Armidale NSW

The University of New England trail network at SportUNE — accessible, progressive singletrack right on Armidale's doorstep. Perfect for skills sessions, XC clinics and youth programs.

All Clinics AvailableXC & SkillsBeginner Friendly
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PINEY
Armidale State Forest · NSW

Armidale's crown jewel. Dense pine forest, high-altitude singletrack and progressive flow trails. A brilliant all-round venue for XC, gravity progression and everything between.

All Clinics AvailableFlow & TechAll Levels
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FAT TYRE FARM
Armidale Region · NSW

A purpose-built private trail farm — flowing singletrack, technical challenges and stunning New England scenery. Quiet, controlled and perfect for focused coaching sessions.

All Clinics AvailablePrivate SettingAll Levels
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ROBBERS' RUN
New England NSW

Raw and rowdy. Robbers' Run delivers proper enduro terrain — loose, rooty and committed. The venue of choice when your gravity clinic needs real-world consequence management.

All Clinics AvailableEnduro TerrainIntermediate+
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BARRINGTON BIKE PARK
The Steps · Barrington Tops

Purpose-built gravity park nestled in the lush Barrington Tops — berms, drops, jumps and flowing descents for every level. A world-class progression playground.

All Clinics AvailableGravity FocusAll Levels
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MT BORAH GRAVITY
Tamworth · NSW

Gravity-focused bikepark with progressive features and committed descents. Perfect for targeted gravity skill sessions and half-day clinics near Tamworth.

All Clinics AvailableGravity FocusProgressive Features
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Also riding at these New England networks

Walcha MTB Trails ↗ Tamworth MTB Park ↗ Kookaburra Crest ↗
Rates

PRICING

Simple, venue-based pricing. The rate depends on where you ride, not what day it is.

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One flat rate, every day. No weekend, public holiday or peak-season surcharge — the price for a Saturday is the same as the price for a Tuesday.
Barrington Bike Park & Mt Borah Gravity
🚐 Shuttle Not Included
Groupper person
$180
Half Day
$330
Full Day
Private 1:1
$240
Half Day
$440
Full Day
UNE · Piney · Fat Tyre Farm · Robbers' Run · Gravel (Walcha & Armidale)
✓ No Shuttle Required
Groupper person
$240
Half Day
$440
Full Day*
Private 1:1
$270
Half Day
$495
Full Day*

*Full Day format available for Singletrack Mind (XC) only. Gravity Tribe, Still Got It? and Go The Distance run Half Day only.

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Sessions at Barrington Bike Park and Mt Borah Gravity do not include the park's shuttle or uplift pass — this is paid directly to the venue, separately from your P2R coaching fee.
Junior / Kids SessionsPrivate or small group (up to 3 kids) · 3 hours · any venue
$120 flat

Kids' pricing stays flat and simple everywhere — if a kids session runs at Barrington or Mt Borah, the venue's shuttle pass still applies separately.

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Online Community

THE SKOOL COMMUNITY

Two dedicated online communities for riders who want to go deeper — whether that's wrenching on their bike or going further on gravel.

🔧 WRENCH TRIBE

Bike mechanics for riders. Learn to service, repair and tune your own bike with step-by-step guides, video lessons and a community of fellow wrenchers. Based on Park Tool methodology.

🪨 GRAVEL & ENDURANCE

Long-distance and endurance riding. Training plans, route planning, nutrition for big days, gear guides, and a community of adventurous gravel riders exploring the back roads of Australia.

No spam. Just a heads-up when the doors open.

LEARN.
WRENCH.
RIDE.
Two communities · One coach · Zero BS
Members-only video library
Monthly live Q&A with Paul
Structured learning paths
Group challenges & events
Route planning & GPX files
Discounts on coaching sessions
Paul Fritsch, P2R Outdoors founder and PMBIA-certified MTB coach
Paul Fritsch — Four seasons on the Enduro World Series circuit
The Coach

PAUL FRITSCH

Paul has been riding since 1995. A French-Australian who's lived and breathed mountain bikes across three continents, four seasons of the Enduro World Series, and countless trail systems across eastern Australia.

P2R Outdoors was founded in 2024, but the expertise behind it goes back three decades. Based in Walcha in the New England high country — one of Australia's most underrated riding regions — Paul runs P2R as a world-class coaching and guiding operation in a market that's just discovering what it has. His coaching philosophy: ride smart, read terrain, manage risk dynamically, and have the best day possible on your bike.

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PMBIA Level 2 TECH
GSMBC certified instructor
E-Bike Instructor
Certified e-MTB specialist
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Kids Module
WWCC cleared · Youth programs
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Advanced First Aid
Remote & wilderness certified
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EWS Veteran
4 seasons · Enduro World Series
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30+ Years Riding
Racing since 1995
Verified PMBIA Certifications
PMBIA Level 2 TECH Specialized Instructor — Paul Fritsch
PMBIA Level 2 — TECH Specialized Instructor
Achieved 01.12.2024 · Valid until 01.12.2027 · Thredbo NSW
✓ Verified Certificate
PMBIA Level 1 Instructor — Paul Fritsch
PMBIA Level 1 Instructor
Achieved 22.10.2023 · Valid until 22.10.2027 · Canberra ACT
✓ Verified Certificate
PMBIA Kids Teaching Module — Paul Fritsch
PMBIA Kids Teaching Module
Completed 02.12.2024 · Thredbo NSW
✓ Verified Certificate
PMBIA E-MTB Module — Paul Fritsch
PMBIA E-MTB Module
Completed 08.11.2023 · PMBIA British Columbia
✓ Verified Certificate
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What Riders Say
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★★★★★

"Paul completely transformed my confidence on technical terrain. In one half-day I learned more than years of riding on my own. The debrief and video analysis was a game changer."

Alex M.
Gravity Tribe Clinic · Barrington
★★★★★

"As a 47-year-old who used to race but stopped after a bad crash — Still Got It? was exactly what I needed. Paul gets the 35+ rider mentality completely."

Dave R.
Still Got It? Clinic · Mount Borah
★★★★★

"The gravel ride out of Walcha was one of the best cycling experiences of my life. Roads I'd never have found on my own, pace perfectly managed, incredible country."

Sarah K.
Full Day Gravel Ride · New England
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