RIDE

Ride Thursday 2nd.

Meet at Bayswater Park

At 0900

Going to Wattle Glen

Highlihts of Nyora Ride

 Nyora Rail Trail

Mr Universe in our midst !

 I Think Werner has this years Hills Cycling Group Mr Universe award done and dusted ! Taken during our tough 110 km ride on Tuesday from Nyora to Meeniyan. Thank goodness we didnt go to Fish Creek ha !       

Berwick Return ,Tuesday February 28, 2023

Weather dependent, Temp under 30C, little to no rain = we're away...

Rendezvous, Stud Road Stadium for 9am start, mostly paved so all bikes welcome.

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Helen Geddes
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Olinda x 2

 Video from our last ride to Olinda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_V5D3Q_P6M  

Great Southern Rail Trail. 21 Feb

Rendezvous: Nyora 9.30. Plan is to ride from Nyora to Meenyan and return. ( about 100 km); however we may decide to only go as far as Leongatha or Koonwarra- plenty of turn around options and being a rail trail there will be no outrageous hills. The surface is hard packed gravel so choose your own weapon.

Jurgen Weller
0429 384 416

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New Rides discovered

It was a week that unveiled 2 new adventure filled routes. 

Tuesday saw Kerri, Helen and self take Old Gembrook Rd all the way to Army road before we got really off track on Reynolds road taking a horse trail to stumble across the remains of a long forgotten aqueduct. From here we flew down Army road to Mullane road entering the Cardinia Lakes estate from a scenic "back door" to have lunch at a bakery with the worlds best Chicken Curry pie ! Our return was predictably  uphill along Deep Creek and Huxtable Rds to Bourke Creek Rd. We decided to make it even more challenging by pulling apart Kerris bike to fix a sudden puncture. Throw in a tyre that was glued to the rim, a pump that wasnt working and the one that was designed to blow up kids balloons (3,589 pumps later) the return effort was a tiring one that saw us arrive back ar the car park between after 4 pm following a 9a.m. start !

With Kerri on holidays and the rest of the group MIA  Thursday saw Helen lead a group of one (me) from FTG to Berwick along our well cycled route made more "thrilling" when Helen narrowly avoided a high speed head on near Police Paddocks on the Dandenong Creek trail. Still shaking (both ) we made it to Berwick where we thought it would be interesting to have a progressive lunch Coffee at one place, croissant at another and a 3rd course at Endeavour Hills on the way back

The return leg (done by Helen on Monday by Karlos ride group) was a beauty going along Ernst Wanke road before venturing into wetlands and reserves. One was Frog Hollow reserve which we cycled twice before declaring ourselves lost. With directions given by locals we cursed as we climbed what was one of the steepest roads in Melbourne then cursed some more when we found out that directions given had got us further lost. Finally we made our way to Heatherton road when this time we really cursed realising that the long footpath we had to go up was in fact steeper than Road one (we walked)

Finally we were back on track cycling into the Endeavour Hills shopping centre (lunch course 3) through more parks and Police Paddocks back on to the Dandenong Creek Trail

This time we arrived back at the car park somewhere between 4.30 and 5 - I cant be sure as i was delirious and fixated on a thickshake from Mcdonalds in Upwey. Never the less 2 days of really interesting riding !

As for me I'm off to the furniture leather restoration place to repair my bum !

to see i can get my "Bum"

 

Kalorama etc Tuesday 14th,

Rendezvous 9.00 at Hermons corner or 9.30 At Kallista fire station.
Route: leaving the flatlands behind & heading to Olinda via Upper Coonara rd. Then down Silvan rd followed by an easy climb to Kalorama via Olinda Crk road. Then there are various options back to the start which will be decided by group consensus. Gravel or MTB recommended
Jurgen Weller
0429 384 416

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Thursday 9 Feb

Meet at Upper Ferntree Gully rear car park for 9 am start. 

Mixed ride to Berwick with exploration for alternate home routes.

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Helen Geddes


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Some Pics

 A couple of pics from our recent Lyrebird Track adventure. 

Highlights of the day cane be found at ...  - Lyrebird

Tues 7 Feb

 Meet at Emerald Library for 9.00 a.m. start - mixed road / trail riding on a newish "combo" route   

Amendment to Saturday ride.

Delete Saturday. (rain)

Insert Sunday.

All other details unchanged.

Saturday ride

Kirsten is headed for a ride thus Saturday.

Meet at the Stud Rd stadium at 1000.

Road bikes.