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World MTB Ride Day

Sunday 9 Dec 2018 has been designated inaugural World MTB Ride Day! This idea has been floated by Mic and Michelle Longhurst, hosts of the popular We Ride Mountain Bikes page on Facebook. This group connects MTBers in 100 countries around the world. They are encouraging riders to celebrate and spread the love of mountain

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Social Ride – 18 November

This months club social ride on Sunday 18 November will be a cross country epic starting in Malmsbury and navigating backwoods trails through the Fryers Ranges to Castlemaine. We use the word navigating in the loosest possible way of course – but there will be farm tracks, jeep tracks, some fire road to tie everything

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Social Ride – 21 October

The October Social Ride will be held on Sunday 21st with an exploration of the rejigged Pineys trails. Much of the Pine plantation was harvested in 2017 with the loss of some trails. However the local ‘trail fairies’ have been beavering away this year to reconstruct some trails and create some new challenges.nPlease note that

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Social Ride – 16 September

The September social ride will explore the Poverty Gully region, including some of the historic water races. This area provides a sample of classic Castlemaine singletrack, along with some superb relics of the gold rush era. Luke Stevens knows these trails intimately and will lead the group. Expect a ride of 20 plus kms over

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Rolling Ride 14 October

The club’s next rolling (easy) ride is on Sunday, 14 October. We will be leaving the Castlemaine Theatre Royal at 9am. Bring your own food, water, spare parts, and have a bike in good repair. Riding will be at a slow pace so everyone can keep together. We will be back by noon, will ride

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Rolling Ride 12 August

The club’s next rolling (easy) ride is on Sunday, 12 August. We will be leaving the Castlemaine Theatre Royal at 9am. Bring your own food, water, spare parts, and have a bike in good repair. Riding will be at a slow pace so everyone can keep together. We will be back by noon, will ride

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