Tuesday Night Ride, into THE NORGE! . 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. . Not for the faint-hearted, the NORGE is the more raw MTB single-track experience in the Gorge – technical skills and fitness are essential here! . A good light / battery set-up is needed - ideally, one light on your helmet, another on your handle bar. . We’ll have an experienced local rider leading, and another 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. . 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 . >>>

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! . >>>

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 needed - 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! >>>