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Join the Brookvale Saturday MOrning shop ride for a great hit out. The ride goes from Brookvale to Church Point. Up Macarrs Creek Road. From here we either go reverse Akuna Bay back down to Mona Vale or all the way up McCarrs Creek Road top gate at Akuna then back to Mona Vale then back to Brookvale. There are options for a shorter loop should you not want to do the full loop.
This is generally regarded as a recovery ride. Ride from Mornington to Rye and return. Pace can vary depending on how everyone is feeling but generally avg 27kmh
This is a new bunch ride for anyone that wants to join, Pace is usually between 25kph - 27kph.
There is a no drop policy. The ride covers rolling terrain (some small hills between 4% & 8%.
A Saturday morning ride leaving at 7am Heads out to Mount Duneed then across to Cape Otway Rd. Taking countryside roads to Bells Beach and Torquay. Stop in Torquay for coffee and then return along Horseshoe Bend Road to Geelong. Finishes around 10.20 a.m
Safe and friendly bunch riding on the most scenic road in Australia. There are not many bunches where the call of "Koala ahead" is relatively common. Its a Medium paced ride covering about 50-100kms depending on where you start.
This ride is of a very easy pace and gradient to allow anyone to enjoy getting out on their bike for fun, fitness and to ride with other people. This ride is for ANY beginner and is very different to the higher intensity and more difficult Barambah Road ride on Sunday mornings.
Head out for a solid 50kms on Tuesdays and Thursdays to various locations returning to start.
Fast and Easy options available, If you are not looking to get smashed but want to test yourself a little, this may be the ride for you. Quiet country roads with fair to good surfaces over flat and undulating terrain with some challenging hills on most rides. (When you live at Highfields, it is part of the deal.)
Highfields to Cooby Dam/Loveday Cove and back. Not too taxing, over flat and undulating terrain... Quiet country roads with good to fair surface. A good way to get the cobwebs out after a hard day at the office. Start times vary according to the season and available light but never earlier than 4 nor later than 5.
This is just a simple club track night where you have some very experienced and fast riders and also people that just do it for fun.It's also the home of the famous wagga golden wheel track carnival.
Easy Ride straight down the Torquay Highway into Torquay. Turn left at the road about into Bell Street and then left again onto the Esplanade. Follow the Esplanade around until the roadabout at Horseshoe Bend Road and turn left again. Return to Geelong.
This ride goes in three waves on Sundays. "Cruisers," our slower riders, leave at 6:20 AM, followed by "Middies" at 6:30 AM and "Fasties" at 6:40 AM. All travel to Waterfall via the Princes Highway, Grand Parade, Taren Point Road, Kingsway, Sutherland the Princes Highway again...
The ride has two different groups. There's an easy one and a moderate one. The easy on is a cruise through Taroona and into Kingston and then turns back around, Bonnet hill is the only hill but everyone waits for everyone. It's not a race. The harder ride goes up to Ferntree and then down into Leslievale and into Kingston, it then travels back through Taroona.
The Bikeline Sunday ride is a 40km Loop which gets around 30+riders for a medium to hard hit out leaving from the Bikeline shop every Sunday.
Head out with the Bikeline Shop ride for a early week day 30km town loop all year round. Its a Medium to Hard ride that starts and leaves from the shop.
The M1 Cycles Block Ride goes from Gladstone to Targinnie across to Calliope and over River Ranch Hills and Haddock Drive, Back to Maccas. Haddock drive is 1 .8km climb with 2 short 25% hills in the middle.
If you live in the Barambah area and surrounds and would like someone to ride with, this group rides mostly on the weekend (or sometimes during the week) for a recreational ride of probably 30-60 km. This group tries to stay away from the busy highways.
This is probably THE ride to do when in Noosa, there's a ride every day of the week. Noosa Crew usually have lots of tourists on their bunch rides throughout the year and many pros/ex pros also liven the bunch up throughout the year. The bunch is triathlete friendly.
Another 80km ride, this one heads out from the Turret coffee shop, 802 Sturt St Ballarat VIC 3350, Australia at 8.30am on Sundays returning back to the start.
Join the Turret Group Ride which always goes out into the wind and returns with tail wind, usually average about 30km/hr for 80kms
The ride is a 65km loop, travels through Forest Reefs, Tallwood and Spring Terrace returning to Orange at about 09:00am. Shorter option available by bypassing Tallwood loop. Various unofficial sprint points along the route and a KOM for those keen to have a dig. Final 15km fast pace, swapping turns with a sprint to finish.
TheKidsons Saturday Morning Dash is a very friendly bunch that has tri-athletes, bike racers, AUDAX and recreational riders mixing in together. The experience level of riders in the bunch is usually very good. If you want to learn how to swap off turns, then this is the ride for you. Great fun and most sit around the coffee shop for an hour afterwards. You will be back in town by 8.30am
The Gregadoo Loop is a training ride for all, you have seasoned racers to beginners. Tuesday is usually the harder day. The ride starts out with a long slow drag to the top of a hill, descends and over another short climb for a fast run to an old club racing sprint line. Then it's fairly sedate back to the lake.
The Aspendale Breezers ride takes us along picturesque Beach Road for both directions with all partipants enjoying the view of the Bay for the entire trip. All genders, ages, nationality are welcomed. We expect everyone to respect other riders and abide the road rules with out exception.
Join the Echuca Morning Ride for a medium paced 35km loop. Starts at 6.30am every weekday and has a bunch size of around 10-20riders.
The Stawell-Halls Gap Saturday Coffee Ride is a social ride from Stawell to Halls Gap, stop for coffee and return to Stawell. Average speed 26-29 kph, but general rule is to ride as fast as the slowest rider. Riders holidaying in Halls Gap can ride to the start point in Stawell and then return to Halls Gap with the bunch. All riders most welcome.
The "Maling Room Ride" (MRR) has been running since January 2007. The ride starts on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, at ~6:00 am at the park on the corner of Canterbury Rd and Avenue Athol, Canterbury. We ride East out Canterbury Rd and take in some of the rolling hills of the Eastern suburbs before returning to Canterbury (see route map linked below). The ride is around 27 km and finishes at 7:00 for coffee at The Maling Room, corner of Maling Rd and Canterbury Rd.
Join the Kingaroy Training Group for a 25-45km ride most days of the week (Tues, Wed, Thurs and Fri) for a 25-45km ride usually quite country roads with some minor hills. The Friday ride is usually shorter & finishes with coffee and the bunch waits at corners for the slower riders.
The Coastal Cruzers welcomes all riders who can maintain above 25km average. The ride leaves at 7am from the Pieman at Inverloch. Beginners welcomed.
Join the BSS Nunawading Ladies Ride for a Easy 15-20km ride along the bike paths every last Thursday of the month....
The 'Town Haul' Ride leaves from the Richmond Town Hall in Victoria Australia. Its a 80km ride that averages about 40kph. It's fast, hard and a good test of the legs.....
Head out for a 40-80km loop leaving from the Forest Lake Shopping Village, Forest Lake 4078 QLD Australia. The ride starts at 6.30am in Winter and 6am in Summer...
Get out on Saturdays for a great medium paced 45km ride with a few sprints thrown in for fun at Black Rock and Mordialloc. Its a awesome Saturday morning hit out! Great coffee and breakfast at Remobroza (Church St Brighton) after ride.
The Colluzi/Latteria Bunch ride from Darlinghurst to Waterfall originated in the 1980's when St George club riders from the city/east left Coluzzi at 6.20am to hook with the club ride which left Hurstville at 7am. The ride now originates from outside Bar Coluzzi and Latteria cafes and mostly includes riders from St George, Sutherland, Randwick Botany, Easts and North Sydney cycling clubs. It is not an easy ride.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
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