Tuesday Night Ride, from Queens Gardens (southern end) . PGMTB Club Tuesday night social ride is for those riders who deem themselves intermediate skill level & fitness and above… . This MTB ride is the more technical and faster version of our Sunday morning social ride and is NOT available to Foundation-level or beginner riders. . In saying that, the Queens Gardens ride should be considered for your first night ride with the group given the ‘easier’ types of trails in the south end of the Gorge. . Lights are mandatory unless you have an echolocating ability - that is, the ability to emit ultrasonic waves that bounce back letting you know an object is front of you. . We’ll have an experienced local rider leading, sometimes with a plan laid out on an EXCEL spreadsheet with coloured cells which looks cool, and at other times just making a decision whether to turn right, left or continue straight on a whim, whilst another (normally a far more responsible person) stays at the rear of the group to ensure no-one gets lost and taken by the Plenty Gorge panthers (yep, they're real!). . Arrive 6:30pm for a 6:45 pm departure, typically returning around 9:15pm. . Mountain biking, like most active sports, carries with it an inherent risk that you acknowledge when participating in this event. . You are encouraged to become an AusCycling Member with the Plenty Gorge MTB Club, which gives you Third Party Liability Insurance as well as Personal Accident Insurance coverage. . https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership . #plentygorgemtbclub #plentygorgemtb #mtbvic #mtbmelbourne #plentygorge . I do wonder sometimes whether anybody actually reads these things... . If you do read this & turn up to the event, a free Club water bottle is yours! . >>>

PGMTB Club Trail Care event . Details to be finalised (working with Parks Victoria). . Volunteers are asked to become Parks Connect Volunteers - registration here: https://www.parkconnect.vic.gov.au/ . The more volunteers registered & attending, the greater the PV resource can be pushed our way. . • Gain practical knowledge: learn about sustainable land management, biodiversity, mtb trail maintenance and outdoor leadership. . • Meet MTB people: work alongside like-minded MTB volunteers who share a passion for MTBing in the outdoors. . • Get active: support physical health and mental wellbeing by spending time moving outdoors in nature. . Typically we rake the trail clear of debris, ensuring water sheets across the trail by creating drainage points as well as cutting back vegetation that impedes users on the trail or blocks 'sight-lines' of corners... . There will be a quick safety briefing & overview on what, where, how & when to rake and cut. . If enough volunteers, we’ll split into two teams . Tools to bring (if you have them): - plastic (not metal!) rake - although the Club has a few now! - secateurs or small pruning saw - no digging tools! - Club will provide blower for clearing trails & pole pruner for any cutting requirements . Personal gear: - hand protection: gardening-type gloves - eye protection: sunglasses or safety googles - foot protection: closed shoes or boots - leg protection: long pants if using a line trimmer or brush cutter - radiation protection: hat & sunscreen (well, at least the hat…) - dehydration protection: backpack bladder is a good way to carry water or bottle/s - rain protection: raincoat . See you there! . #PGMTB #PGMTBCLUB #mtbtrailcare

TUESDAY Night Ride, from The Tank @ Goldsworthy Lane . PGMTB Club Tuesday night social ride is for those riders who deem themselves intermediate skill level / fitness and above… . This MTB ride is the more technical and faster version of our Sunday morning social ride and is NOT available to Foundation-level or beginner riders. . Starting from The Tank in Goldsworthy Lane means we can head south, head north or mix it up on the mid-Gorge trails. . A good light / battery set-up is still needed for the latter part of the ride - ideally, a light on your helmet and one on your handle bar. . We’ll have an experienced local rider leading, and another 'sweeping' at the rear of the group to ensure no-one gets lost. . Arrive 6:30pm for a 6:45 pm departure, typically returning about 9:15pm but it could be later depending on the ride leader's energy levels and/or their masochistic personality in deciding to ride up very obvious downhill tracks... . Mountain biking, like most active sports, carries with it an inherent risk that you acknowledge when participating in this event. . You are encouraged to become an AusCycling Member with the Plenty Gorge MTB Club, which gives you Third Party Liability Insurance as well as Personal Accident Insurance coverage. . https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership . #plentygorgemtbclub #plentygorgemtb #mtbvic #mtbmelbourne #plentygorge . By the way, awesome night given our planet Earth will be in aphelion, that is, at the furthest distance from the Sun - no wonder it's bloody cold! >>>