Rides
For the path pedaller interested in fun, friends, and coffee, we do two social rides per month, suitable for most abilities. Most of these rides follow or cross Melbourne’s rail system. If riders are new to riding and are finding it difficult, they can catch a train home, you can build your cycling ability over time. For the lycra-clad road warrior, we will do monthly road rides in the western suburbs if members are interested.
Every so often we get a little more adventurous and explore Victoria on a weekend ride, such as a Lilydale to Warburton overnight trip.
All rides are free and open to anyone who would like to participate. After two rides, we ask you become a member of BayWest BUG.
All rides have a “Ride Leader and Ride Tail Rider”, please stay with your ride leader, should you have any issue while on a ride, your ride tail rider will be able to contact our leader.
We ask that all riders program their mobile phone with an “ICE” [In Case of Emergency] contact number[s] so that we can contact someone for you in an emergency.
If the weather is inclement, please contact the ride leader to check if the ride is on. Please also note that rides may be altered due to circumstances beyond our control. Please check our website, it will be updated as soon as possible to advise any change.
Meet at the Altona pier to leave at 10.00am for one of our favourite rides. We will follow the BayWest trail through to Williamstown, Newport, and Yarraville and on to Seddon where we will stop for a late breakfast or an early lunch at Seddon Deadly Sins. We will reverse our trip back to Altona for a 40 km return trip.
Contact – Allan [0417 594 601].
We will meet at the Westgate Punt by 10.00am for crossing at 10.15am. Take the 9.26am train from Werribee, 9.36am from Laverton and 9.42am from Altona to Spotswood Station for a short ride to the punt. Once over the Yarra River, we will ride from Port Melbourne to Gardenvale via the Bay Trail and then follow the Elwood Canal. There is a short on road section here. We can stop at Gardenvale for morning tea, or maybe lunch before riding onto Brighton following the Nepean Hwy off road Bike Path and then a small section on road along Bay Street. Brighton can be an alternate lunch stop. Riders can leave the Ride at Gardenvale, Brighton or Middle Brighton Stations to return home, or continue riding back to the Westgate Punt at Port Melbourne and cross the Yarra River again for a train from Spotswood station. The full ride will be approximately 40kms.
Contact – Alison [0409850132].
We will meet at the Altona pier to leave at 10.00am and ride the Bay Trail through the Coastal Park, over the Kororoit Creek and on to Williamstown, continuing to Newport, Spotswood until we reach Yarraville where we leave the trail on Hyde Street to follow the back roads into the Yarraville Village where we will find a café for coffee and cake, or maybe lunch. We reverse the trip back to Altona. Ride will be approximately 30kms.
Contact – Mary [0412 848 067]
