A few friends and I have been going on regular Sunday rides around Melbourne for a few years now, and decided to move the thread to a place where cycling is very much on topic
The rides go for a couple of hours, sometimes road riding, sometimes MTBing, but always a relaxed atmosphere where everyone's welcome. None of us are pro racer types, we just ride for fitness and fun. Think of it as the peloton equivalent of "Cheers", where everybody knows your name.
Depending on whether we go roadie-ing or MTB-ing theres a couple of usual routes (Melways ref in braces) but we're always thinking of new ones to try out.
Road
Albert Park -- endless loops counter-clockwise on the Grand Prix circuit (57 J6 is the start/finish line)
Beach Rd -- meeting from Station Pier (57 A3) or Bay St, Brighton (67 C8) depending on where we live, out through to Mordialloc and Frankston
MTB
Lysterfield -- enough said Singletrack map available from Lysterfield trail group
Yarra Trails -- singletrack riding, starting from Eaglemont Tennis Club (Melways 31 K10) out to Westerfolds Park and beyond. Incomplete and out of date home made map here
I know there's a couple of routes there I've missed. What's on for this Sunday?
The rides go for a couple of hours, sometimes road riding, sometimes MTBing, but always a relaxed atmosphere where everyone's welcome. None of us are pro racer types, we just ride for fitness and fun. Think of it as the peloton equivalent of "Cheers", where everybody knows your name.
Depending on whether we go roadie-ing or MTB-ing theres a couple of usual routes (Melways ref in braces) but we're always thinking of new ones to try out.
Road
Albert Park -- endless loops counter-clockwise on the Grand Prix circuit (57 J6 is the start/finish line)
Beach Rd -- meeting from Station Pier (57 A3) or Bay St, Brighton (67 C8) depending on where we live, out through to Mordialloc and Frankston
MTB
Lysterfield -- enough said Singletrack map available from Lysterfield trail group
Yarra Trails -- singletrack riding, starting from Eaglemont Tennis Club (Melways 31 K10) out to Westerfolds Park and beyond. Incomplete and out of date home made map here
I know there's a couple of routes there I've missed. What's on for this Sunday?