https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279414316
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36747862

Meet for coffee at Gaffney's Bakery before driving out of town to the start point of the ride.

The ride will be along quiet backroads through open farmland to our lunch stop at the Rushworth Bakery or pub. The return trip will be a change of scenery riding through the Redcastle State Forest back to where we started.

76km loop on flat and lightly undulating terrain.

Bikes to be in good working order, any type of bike with 32mm+ tyres suitable for unsealed surfaces will be ok.

This ride will suit gravel beginners. (Not cycling beginners)

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279161663/

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36572211

There are a surprising number of brewery cafes tucked away in suburban areas, often close to our shared paths. This is one of a series of tours to visit a selection of these establishments to sample their wares, and have a jolly good get-together with friends over an ale and some nice food.

This is an INTERMEDIATE grade ride.

The tour will commence from Ringwood railway station at 9am on Saturday. We will ride through the Ringwood Lake Reserve to the Mullum Trail, then follow it through to Croydon for a coffee stop. From here we take back-streets to Mooroolbark then across via the Carrum to Warburton Trail to Kilsyth and Taralla Creek Trail to Bayswater. We will do lunch (either in the park, or at a cafe if the weather is inclement) then visit the Hard Road Brewing. This may be followed shortly after with a visit to the The Little Brew cafe in Ferntree Gully, right near the Blind Creek Trail. Later we will ride on to Scoresby taking the Blind Creek and Eastlink Trails to visit Beach Hut Cafe. From here we will follow the Dandenong Creek Trail and work our way up through back-streets to Glen Waverley.

*Ride responsibly, take the train if the hills get too much

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279415428/

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36748340

Meet for coffee at Cousin Jack's before riding out of town into quiet backroads through a combo of open farmland & bush. Lunch will be at the Logan Pub around the halfway point of the ride. If it gets dark before we finish we have the option to bail out to a quiet bitumen road back to town.

98km loop on a combo of flat, lightly undulating terrain, with a few hills thrown in to keep us awake.

Bikes to be in good working order.
Gravel/touring/hardtail bikes with 40mm+ tyres suitable for unsealed surfaces will be ok.

This ride will suit gravel beginners. (Not cycling beginners)