Trails Of The Tropics | Exploring brand new mountain bike trails in Finch Hatton, QLD [Video]

Flow Mountain Bike acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Mackay Region and Finch Hatton, the Yuwi, Widi, Barada Barna and Birriah peoples. We recognise their connection to lands, waters and communities and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Chatting about the drive to Finch Hatton through the cane fields and the development of the new trail network, we were introduced to a new term.

“Hold on, what’s a quark knuckle?”

Glen Jacobs of World Trail, along with Thor West and Riley Lowe — the trail building team on the ground and all-round top blokes, got to explaining. Fully expecting this phrase to be a unique Queensland expression for brawling at the pub, quark knuckle is a progressive style of jump where someone just learning can have a go, or, if you can ride a bike like Riley or Thor – can get absolutely sideways. The jump is tapered at one end, which makes …