Melbourne Cycling

Please expand this section and read through before joining, thanks.
MELBOURNE CYCLING is a meetup cycling group founded in 2008 and still going strong. We organise recreational bike rides several times a week around Melbourne and beyond, thanks to our volunteer leaders, and all for free. You can donate $5 annually if you wish to offset our expenses which are mostly the twice a year fee to Meetup that the Organiser pays. See down below how to pay, thanks.

We organise group rides along metropolitan roads and bike paths and sometimes we'll travel further out of town for country road-rides, rail trails and weekends away.

Please scroll our Past Meetups page for an insight into what we've been doing lately or browse the Calendar for past and future events. New rides are announced to members by email and appear in the Notifications page so you can RSVP to reserve a place. (No need to respond with "No" unless cancelling your attendance)

Rides do vary in speed, fitness level and distance so there will be something for most and ride speeds and distances will usually be in the meetup event title so you can choose to attend rides matching your riding style and ability.
Beginners / novices will find the slower and shorter rides more suitable and more advanced riders can find longer and hilly rides to go harder / longer / faster, etc. Between all our ride leaders (ie Event Hosts) there are usually enough rides posted for each weekend to suit everyone, weather permitting. If you would like to try leading any rides then tell me in person or message me via Meetup private messages, please.

IMPORTANTLY: If you are joining, please use a real name on your account (It's a matter of trust as you'll be meeting real people so keep it real) and answer all five questions. If you would like to add a short bio to the five membership answers, it would the leaders quite a lot.

We do require a recognisable profile picture of yourself and Meetup has recently ceased supporting different member profile images for each group you join so endeavour to upload a clear photo of yourself you think is suitable for all purposes.

Whenever you RSVP to our rides it is up to you to keep across any changes to the event by monitoring emails, comments (or push notifications on the Meetup App) for any changes or a cancellation. Eg, Bad weather, train cancellations and sometimes even a ride leader coming down with illness.

Should you realise you cannot make it to the ride, please change your RSVP to 'NO' immediately even if you are still on the Waitlist. That's being fair to others still queued.

You'll find Melbourne Cycling here on Facebook for discussions: https://www.facebook.com/groups/melbcycling...

As mentioned above, there is annual $5 voluntary subscription based on your membership date, should you wish to donate. Meetup charges the Organiser every six months to keep the group active plus we have some other small expenses so your donation is appreciated.
Payment is accepted using: Cash or bank transfer. You can pay Neil on a ride or into BSB 814282 Acc 50572735 direct to Neil Griffiths. Reference your name please so we know who sent the donation.

--If you direct deposit then let Neil know by a meetup private message as
sometimes your name is cut short by the banking transfer system and I need to record it against your Melbourne Cycling profile (not visible to anyone else).
--FastPay, if your bank app has it, is also available to PayID 0419560409 (Neil's phone number) and will transfer into our Special Account. Again, names can be cut short in the transfer notice so please send me a message so I can manage your donation properly.
--Importantly, I won't know who the donation came from if your bank knows you by another name to the one I know, so message me privately there and then and there will be no confusion, thanks folks.

Welcome to all joining Melbourne Cycling members and we wish you happy cycling with us!