Lysterfield District Trail Riders and Change Our Game are pleased to offer a Junior Skills Day! Cooper from Joyride will be the Skills Coach for the day Beginner to Intermediate: 9am to 12 noon (8.45 arrival for registration) Intermediate to Advanced: 1pm to 4pm (12.45 arrival for registration) Limited Spots are available, preference will be given to LDTR Club members and their families. Sessions are based on skill, not age.  There is no charge for this event but you MUST register. All riders must have Aus Cycling insurance: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership  Free 4-week trial is available: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial What you will need: - A mountain bike in good working order - An Australian safety standards-approved helmet - Water, snacks, spare tube - Aus Cycling insurance     

Join us for a relaxed social ride on Lysterfield's beautiful mountain bike trails. We ride in 3 groups, so regardless of your ability and fitness, this is the ride for you. All groups are no drop rides. If the single trails are closed, we will do a mini mystery adventure at lysterfield park. Cruisy Competent/Foundation Are you new to the sport? Or wanting to get back into it after a few years away? Whether you’ve never ridden a mountain bike before, or you don't get out that often but enjoy a bit of a challenge, but mostly want a ride through the bush with some features and lots of laughs along the way. This is the group for you. Whether you're an absolute newby, or a competant rider. Come ride with us! Intermediate Relaxed: This ride is for those able to ride their MTB with confidence and would like to explore Lysty at a relaxed pace. Can you ride a loop at Lysty? Is your fitness at a level where you can ride 14-20k comfortably. Can you ride 60-70% of the features at Lysty? Then this ride would suit you. Intermediate Confident: Are you confident on 70-90% of the trails at Lysterfield? Do you ride regularly at Lysty and at other MTB parks? Would like like a bit a speed and a lot of adventure? Then this will be the group for you! You must register for this event, we will be running as separate groups, subject to ride leader availability. Once we have finished join us for coffee and snacks and chats at the Orchard @ Montagues. There is no charge for this event but you MUST register. All riders must have Aus Cycling insurance: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership  Free 4 week trail is available: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial What you will need: - A mountain bike in good working order - An Australian safety standards approved helmet - Water, snacks, spare tube

Welcome to the LDTR Lysty Chicks, Lake Mountain Adventure!   This ride is for intermediate and intermediate-advanced riders only, who are capable of most terrains. (Intermediate is based on ability, technical skill, and endurance) While this event is free to you, it is funded by Change our Game to promote women's participation in sport. Your spot can be secured by filling out this form. Please only apply if you are confident you can attend the event. If you are unsure about this ride, it is probably not for you, you are more than welcome to join us on a social ride on another occasion. This ride is well known for its technicality, and endurance, it's not a 12k loop with exits. We also ask, If you are going to commit, we ask that you commit to the ride as last minute cancellations are difficult to manage and are unfair to those who miss out. We will confirm your spots with you, you will be allocated a spot after approval of application Due to the application process for this event, we endeavour to inform you of your position as soon as possible. Your position is not transferable. We are carefully considering all applications.  We ask that you are honest with your skill level. Cascades is an advanced trail with no easy short cut. Once you are on the mountain we cannot show you the easy way out, and there will be many kilometres of terrain to navigate.  We must consider the safety of the whole group.   All riders must have Aus Cycling insurance: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership  Free 4 week trail is available: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial QR scanning will be available on site, we are required to abide by any vaccine or covid restrictions in place at the time. For updates, visit https://www.health.vic.gov.au What you will need: - Ambulance Cover strongly recommended - A mountain bike in good working order - An Australian safety standards approved helmet - Water, snacks, spare tube Mountain Biking is a High Risk sport, you are participating at your own risk.  

Join us for a relaxed social ride on Lysterfield's beautiful mountain bike trails. We ride in 3 groups, so regardless of your ability and fitness, this is the ride for you. All groups are no drop rides. If the single trails are closed, we will do a mini mystery adventure at lysterfield park. Cruisy Competant/Foundation Are you new to the sport? Or wanting to get back into it after a few years away? Whether you’ve never ridden a mountain bike before, or you don't get out that often but enjoy a bit of a challenge, but mostly want a ride through the bush with some features and lots of laughs along the way. This is the group for you. Whether you're an absolute newby, or a competant rider. Come ride with us! Intermediate Relaxed: This ride is for those able to ride their MTB with confidence and would like to explore Lysty at a relaxed pace. Can you ride a loop at Lysty? Is your fitness at a level where you can ride 14-20k comfortably. Can you ride 60-70% of the features at Lysty? Then this ride would suit you. Intermediate Confident: Are you confident on 70-90% of the trails at Lysterfield? Do you ride regularly at Lysty and at other MTB parks? Would like like a bit a speed and a lot of adventure? Then this will be the group for you! You must register for this event, we will be running as separate groups, subject to ride leader availability. Once we have finished join us for coffee and snacks and chats at the Orchard @ Montagues. There is no charge for this event but you MUST register. All riders must have Aus Cycling insurance: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership  Free 4 week trail is available: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial What you will need: - A mountain bike in good working order - An Australian safety standards approved helmet - Water, snacks, spare tube

2023 and we've  got some SUNSHINE for once! interesting the difference a few weeks can make in melbourne. a month ago the park was a waterway, now we're all dry and dusty :P  Come and join the TrailBlazers for the first social ride of the year, with some trails definitely open again, we'll be able to see what the trail fairys have been up to and have a bit of singletrack fun again. This month we wont be setting any groups... Due to the unknown status of some of the trails at this stage, we wont be setting any courses or making any groups in advance. We'll work out what everyone feels like doing in the morning and just go for a ride ;) Ride lengths will be around 1.5hrs, and is open to all abilities (rides may be longer or shorter depending on the riders). Any groups we split off into will be "no drop" and we'll meet up at any junctions for a chat - its a nice cruisy social ride  Parents are REQUIRED to ride with us - please let us know if this is an issue, we will do our best to accomodate If you just want to head out for your own ride and come back for the BBQ after, this is fine! just let us know so we can make sure we have enough to go around ;)    Time & Place: Please enter via Horswood Road, drive through the gates and turn LEFT at the roundabout into the carpark, then follow this all the way to the BBQ/Lake carpark at the end. We meet at the BBQ area nearest to the dam wall and skills park. Check in from 0830 to 0850, for a 0900 ride out for all groups Meet back up at the BBQ area around 10:30 for some snags, drinks, and catch up on the ride Duration: (roughly 1.5hrs ride time, varies depending on group speed). Cost: FREE! - but you must register all participants (Parents and Guardians do not need to register) (If you are an aus cycling member and having trouble registering, please send an email to mos@auscycling.org.au with your membership details and the issues you are having) All Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian - we are unable to take unsupervised children for this ride  

An all-inclusive ride, come along and meet new friends, and see the trails in a different way. Join Break the Boundary and LDTR Saturday 3rd of December. Join us for a relaxed social ride on Lysterfield's beautiful mountain bike trails. We ride in 3 groups, so regardless of your ability and fitness, this is the ride for you. All groups are no drop rides. If the single trails are closed, we will do a mini mystery adventure at Lysterfield park Foundation: Are you new to the sport, or want to get back into it after a few years away? Whether you’ve never ridden a mountain bike before, or you’re hooked on wide dirt trails but don’t have the confidence to consistently ride narrower trails with roots and tighter corners, the Foundation group may be for you. Intermediate Relaxed: This ride is for those able to ride their MTB with confidence and would like to explore Lysty at a relaxed pace. Can you ride a loop at Lysty? is your fitness at a level where you can ride 14-20k comfortably? Can you ride 60-70% of the features at Lysty? then this ride would suit you Intermediate Confident: Are you confident on 70-90% of the trails at Lysterfield? do you ride regularly at Lysty and at other MTB parks? would like like a bit a speed and alot of adventure? then this will be the group for you! You must register for this event, we will be following strict Covid safe guidelines. We will be running as separate groups, subject to ride leader availability. Once finished, join us for refreshments at the former Trail Mix building. There is no charge for this event but you MUST register. All riders must have Aus Cycling insurance: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership  Free 4 week trail is available: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial What you will need: - A mountain bike in good working order - An Australian safety standards-approved helmet - Water, snacks, spare tube

Join us for a relaxed social ride on Lysterfield's beautiful mountain bike trails. We ride in 3 groups, so regardless of your ability and fitness, this is the ride for you. All groups are no drop rides. If the single trails are closed, we will do a mini mystery adventure at lysterfield park Foundation Ride: Are you new to the sport, or wanting to get back into it after a few years away? Whether you’ve never ridden a mountain bike before, or you’re hooked on wide dirt trails but don’t have the confidence to consistently ride narrower trails with roots and tighter corners, the BEGINNERS group may be for you. Intermediate Relaxed: This ride is for those able to ride their MTB with confidence and would like to explore Lysty at a relaxed pace. Can you ride a loop at Lysty? is your fitness at a level where you can ride 14-20k comfortably. Can you ride 60-70% of the features at Lysty? then this ride would suit you Intermediate Confident: Are you confident on 70-90% of the trails at Lysterfield? do you ride regularly at Lysty and at other MTB parks? would like like a bit a speed and alot of adventure? then this will be the group for you! You must register for this event, QR scanning will be on site, your Vax cert will need to be sighted by our registration team. We will be following strict Covid safe guidelines. We will be running as separate groups, subject to ride leader availability. Once finished join us for coffee and snacks and chats at the Orchard @ Montagues. There is no charge for this event but you MUST register. All riders must have Aus Cycling insurance: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership  Free 4 week trail is available: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial QR scanning will be available on site, we are required to abide by any vaccine or covid restrictions in place at the time. For updates, visit https://www.health.vic.gov.au What you will need: - A mountain bike in good working order - An Australian safety standards approved helmet - Water, snacks, spare tube

Great weather... If you're a duck ;) It's rained, its poured, its rained some more, and the trails are still a boggy mess out there so they're all still closed :'( This months ride will be all firetrails again, we're starting to see a bit of a theme here. thats ok, reports were that last months ride was a hoot with some big challenging climbs and a whole lot of puddles to splash each other with.  We'll head out as one group this month Group may be limited depending on volunteer numbers (Parents are REQUIRED to ride with us - please let us know if this is an issue, we will do our best to accomodate) If you just want to head out for your own ride and come back for the BBQ after, this is fine! just let us know so we can make sure we have enough to go around ;)  Time & Place: Please enter via Horswood Road, drive through the gates and turn LEFT at the roundabout into the carpark, then follow this all the way to the BBQ/Lake carpark at the end. We meet at the BBQ area nearest to the dam wall and skills park. Check in from 0830 to 0850, for a 0900 ride out for all groups Meet back up at the BBQ area around 10:30 for some snags, drinks, and catch up on the ride Duration: (roughly 1.5hrs ride time, varies depending on group speed). Cost: FREE! - but you must register all participants (Parents and Guardians do not need to register) (If you are an aus cycling member and having trouble registering, please send an email to mos@auscycling.org.au with your membership details and the issues you are having) All Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian - we are unable to take unsupervised children for this ride We are required to abide by any vaccine or covid restrictions in place at the time. For updates, visit https://www.health.vic.gov.au/

Focus Intermediate riders who want to learn advanced techniques: Skills session with Johnathan Goh ​Duration: 2 hours Maximum 5 participants ​ Covers the key skills such as: picking different line choices,  how to tackle trail obstacles, advanced braking techniques, body position for faster cornering, stronger climbing and more confident, stable descending. ​​ Particular techniques explored on the day will depend on the interest and abilities of the riders present. Moderate level of fitness is recommended  ​Minimum Age: 15 years All riders must have Aus Cycling insurance: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership  Free 4 week trail is available: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial A waiver will be sent prior to event please confrim and completed before your session. Please have proof of your Aus Cycling membership ready to veiw before your session starts. 20th August 8.30am-11am Horswood Car Park Main Entrance Please arrive 15 mins before your session

Who is up for some Halloween fun?? We are!!!!  With the days getting longer lets hit the trails and find the spooks in the forrest! We will have two loops running, a short track that leads off from the Race Village and returns to the race village, and for the adventurous speed freaks how does laps of Anurysum sound? Dress yourself up, dress your bike up, and keep an eye out for the goulies carrying sugary goodnees! Family Friendly event, Mums and Dads ride with your kids. Big kids welcome to join in on the fun. Cost: FREE but you must register (all paricipants) All riders must have Aus Cycling insurance: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership  Free 4 week trail is available: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial What you will need: - A mountain bike in good working order - An Australian safety standards approved helmet - Water, snacks, spare tube      

Another cruisy spin around Lysty :D How wet and wild has the weather been?! This months ride looks like it will likely be a firetrail affair only, unless we have some miraculously dry weather, the trails are going to be too wet and damaged to ride on, so we'll have to stick to the fire tracks. there might be some big puddles to jump in still too, did someone say "cannonball"?   This month we'll be running 3 groups, Blazers, Speedies and Joeys Groups will be limited to 20 kids per group (Parents are REQUIRED to ride with us - please let us know if this is an issue, we will do our best to accomodate) If you just want to head out for your own ride and come back for the BBQ after, this is fine! just let us know so we can make sure we have enough to go around ;)  Joeys (Beginners) - a relaxed ride around the lake on mostly fire trails, with a little easier singletrack to get used to riding bumpy stuff. ~6km start to finish (This months Joeys ride will be close to the usual ride, but will skip the singletrack.) Blazers (intermediate) - more challenging ride mostly on single track, but taken at an easy pace. ~9km start to finish (this months Blazers will be a longer ride on firetrails, but still fairly relaxed.) Speedies (intermediate fast) – A bit longer, and a bit more of a spirited ride. For competent riders only as it will include some of the black rated comm games trail. ~12km start to finish (this month's Speedies will tackle some of the infamous "Trent's Shortcuts" that are a tough slog for anyone - we'll have mars bars at the end for anyone that can make it up a shortcut!) Time & Place: Please enter via Horswood Road, drive through the gates and turn LEFT at the roundabout into the carpark, then follow this all the way to the BBQ/Lake carpark at the end. We meet at the BBQ area nearest to the dam wall and skills park. Check in from 0830 to 0850, for a 0900 ride out for all groups Meet back up at the BBQ area around 10:30 for some snags, drinks, and catch up on the ride Duration: (roughly 1.5hrs ride time, varies depending on group speed). Cost: FREE! - but you must register all participants (Parents and Guardians do not need to register) (If you are an aus cycling member and having trouble registering, please send an email to mos@auscycling.org.au with your membership details and the issues you are having) All Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian - we are unable to take unsupervised children for this ride We are required to abide by any vaccine or covid restrictions in place at the time. For updates, visit https://www.health.vic.gov.au/

Join us for a relaxed social ride on Lysterfield's beautiful mountain bike trails. We ride in 3 groups, so regardless of your ability and fitness, this is the ride for you. All groups are no drop rides. If the single trails are closed, we will do a mini mystery adventure at lysterfield park Beginners: Are you new to the sport, or wanting to get back into it after a few years away? Whether you’ve never ridden a mountain bike before, or you’re hooked on wide dirt trails but don’t have the confidence to consistently ride narrower trails with roots and tighter corners, the BEGINNERS group may be for you. Intermediate Relaxed: This ride is for those able to ride their MTB with confidence and would like to explore Lysty at a relaxed pace. Can you ride a loop at Lysty? is your fitness at a level where you can ride 14-20k comfortably. Can you ride 60-70% of the features at Lysty? then this ride would suit you Intermediate Confident: Are you confident on 70-90% of the trails at Lysterfield? do you ride regularly at Lysty and at other MTB parks? would like like a bit a speed and alot of adventure? then this will be the group for you! You must register for this event, QR scanning will be on site, your Vax cert will need to be sighted by our registration team. We will be following strict Covid safe guidelines. We will be running as separate groups, subject to ride leader availability. Once finished join us for coffee and snacks and chats at the Orchard @ Montagues. There is no charge for this event but you MUST register. All riders must have Aus Cycling insurance: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership  Free 4 week trail is available: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial QR scanning will be available on site, we are required to abide by any vaccine or covid restrictions in place at the time. For updates, visit https://www.health.vic.gov.au What you will need: - A mountain bike in good working order - An Australian safety standards approved helmet - Water, snacks, spare tube