Ride Options
Taste of The Watagans Circuit - 50km
Contact Brendan Clark 0428 084 101
Saturday 18th Sept – Meet Cooranbong Park 7am
Martinsville – The Pines – Boarding House Dam – Heaton’s Lookout – Awaba Flow Track – Back to Cooranbong
Watagan Warrawolong MTB Woppa Ride - Figure of 8 route of 100km
Contact Brendan Clark 0428 084 101
Sunday 19th September
Route highlights - Martinsville, The Pines campground, Mt Warrawolong Summit (Tallest mountain in the Watagan's 641m) , The Basin campground, Boarding House Dam, Heatons Lookout, Loop of Awaba MTB track, back to Cooranbong.
$50 donated to Ride4Rescue for anyone who can ride up Mt Warrawolong without stopping!
Ebikes welcome, there is an opportunity to exchange batteries at about 50km where we stop for lunch at The Pines - need to get your spare battery to Brendan before the day and he will have a car parked at The Pines on the day with your spare battery
Elton's Round the Zwift Worlds in 17 days
Contact Elton Judd Email: elton.judd@hydro.com.au
Zwift Name: 1XC Elton
Ride a loop in every Zwift world between 18 September - 4 October Total distance over 200km across 12 stages starting and finishing in Paris - email if interested to get the full schedule. Departing 6am weekdays & 7am weekends via Zwift meetups. Meetups will be banded, meaning we will keep together as a group regardless of how much effort you are putting in as long as you keep pedalling!! To be invited add R4R to your surname in Zwift and follow 1XC Elton and you'll be invited to the meetups.
Jeannie's 'Cafe Crawl Cruisers' Ride
Contact - Jeannie 0450 840 329
Meet at San Remo, ride to Noraville and stop for morning tea/coffee break at The General Store Norah Head, then ride to Long Jetty where we'll enjoy a relaxing scrumptious lunch at The Green Tangerine, hop on the bikes again and finish with ice creams at the Chittaway Bay shops.
Klint’s 3 day Bike Adventure - Cooranbong - Dunns Swamp
Contact - Klinton 0447 005 005 email - klinton_neirinckx@hotmail.com
Details to come
Trav's 'Wild & Fast' MTB Gun Ride
Meet Martinsville Cricket Ground 7am
This ride is dedicated to getting the most out of the kilometres that are ridden, the route circles through the Watagan Mountains along a number of fire trails, 4 wheel drive tracks and single-tracks This route is all about making the ride as interesting as possible by mixing up the terrain being ridden on. PLEASE NOTE riders will need to carry sufficient water and food for the day and also spare tubes parts and simple tools in case of mishaps. Please ensure your bike is in good working order before the ride too. Also some riding may be slightly technical and steep, however the route will still be suitable for bikes with shorter suspension travel. If you are all about the thrill of riding a mountain bike, this is the ride for you. We will be riding approximately 100km. If you have any question, please don't hesitate to contact Travis on 0484644677.
This is the link to map https://au.mapometer.com/account/display/last_edited_des/1
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Email: lawrence.travis17@gmail.com
Password: r4rtrav
Fernleigh Track Cruisers Ride
Contact - Jared 0407 067 335
Meet 9.30am Belmont carpark end of Fernleigh track.
Ride to Adamstown and return approximate 30 km trip. Easy gradient on cycleway. Mostly shaded. Water available on route.
Possibly to ride twice if interested.
Route - https://mapy.cz/s/rejotudobe
Dubbo Gully/Old North Rd Track MTB Ride
Contact - Paul & Louise Ginn 0414476125
9am outside the Mangrove Mountain General store Cnr of Waratah Rd and Wiseman's Ferry Rd
Approx. 50km of rugged, picturesque riding! Bring along packed lunch, snacks and water (recommend 4 litres), spare tube and small first aid kit.
Brad's Maximum Km's Road Ride - 150km
Contact - Brad 0403 196 799
Start Cooranbong, return time between 12-1pm. With an option to start earlier to add a few extra km's to the total.
Route highlights: Catherine Hill Bay, Newcastle Foreshore, Summit Mt Sugarloaf, Mulbring and back to Cooranbong.
The detailed route can be viewed here:
https://www.strava.com/routes/2739370302079194034
Riders who join should be familiar with road riding and be able to maintain a moving speed of at least 24kph over long distances. There will be 3 opportunities for refreshments (Swansea, Newcastle and Mulbring). Bring a spare tube at a minimum.