Ride Reports

Easter Sunday and many riders away holidaying including myself, Noel Wills was happy to take the lead with three starters. Noel took the boys out through Ceres to Pollocksford Road, Turned right towards Teesdale and Shelford, left towards Inverleigh and then off to Winchelsea for a coffee stop. They had a pleasant days ride and…

DESTINATION :  YEA Today we are greeted by an overcast and dull morning, with a clear afternoon of sunshine with 23 degree forecast. 13 bikes turn up at the Caltex Service Station in Greensborough with all participants keen to have a great days riding and socializing after been locked away due to Covid 19. I…

A good turn up of riders 8 in total, with the weather expectations of a possible shower or two. Our destination was Meredith for a barbeque morning tea/ lunch at Graeme Wilson sons 10 Acre property to help celebrate Graeme 80th Birthday. Out through Ceres once again, turned right into Pollocksford Road to the Hamilton…

A very pleasant 25 degree day expected, and with a few phone calls going around on Saturday we had the company of a few ladies. Rod Dutton planned a ride, with the intention of staying away from the coast because of the long weekend and busy traffic we headed out through Ceries to Stonehaven,  Gheringhap…

Sad though it was that the Melbourne guys “ Big Day Out” was cancelled due to Covid restrictions, it worked out well for us Geelong blokes as we were then able to meet for once with a few of our Melbourne mates! We joined up at Bacchus Marsh for a most enjoyable tour up and…

“The talk about weather in previous reports was still relevant as there was only 7 attendees at Chirnside Park which could have been the result of an early morning shower on the day. Mike lead us through Lilydale, then headed towards Mt. Evelyne and out the back of Monbulk and towards Yellingbo, I found it…

Ron had offered to lead a longer ride to places we hadn’t been to for a while and so we set off with the Otway town of Forrest in sight.  Noel Wills (recovering from his new hip) met us at the start for a chat. Reckons he will be back on his bike by next…

DESTINATION: YEA The Short Version: From Upper ‘Boro way We departed to the fray We cut some slack And gave it crack And ended up in Yea  (Hip Hip Hooray) The Longer Version: On arrival at the Caltex Servo, I was struck by the orderly line of fine steeds which greeted me….’All the Pretty Horses’…

Subtitle: FIRST CLUB RIDE SINCE LOCKDOWN. After what seemed like years of Melbourne lockdown we finally were allowed to ride again as a club, albeit with some restrictions still. The weather was mild, although we were all aware that the forecast was for rain and wind later on. But when is a forecast right? We…

After some disappointment that Geelong’s 1st Sunday ride was “blown out the water” on the 3rd due to lousy weather, it was good to see a very good turnout yesterday. Decision was made to go a bit further than normal and head out through Anakie and the Brisbane Ranges to end up in Mt Edgerton…