Training & Preparation

• Time: 7:00am
• Ride leader: Chris Stack
• Meeting location: 32 Guilford Lane. Melbourne, 3000
• Route: Kinglake – Victorias most accessible climb from the Melbourne CBD.
• Distance: 122km
• Pace: No drop

Notes

Rapha Clubhouse will host you for an espresso before enjoying the endless undulating roads out to Kinglake National Park via Diamond Creek, Nutfield and St Andrews before summiting the notorious climb.

Don’t be upset, it doesn’t end there – they will then drop down the back toward the Mernda highway to also summit from the back side.

• Time: 7:00am sharp
• Ride leaders: James Garriock, Iain Matheson, Cam Clamp, Laurence Basell, Keith Leonard, Alison McCormack, Justin Benson, Kate Penglase, Daniel Frawley and Richard Cross
• Meeting location: 101 Yarra St (also known as Warrandyte Rd)
• Route: Warrandyte / Healsville / St Andrews
• Distance: 112km
• Pace: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 hours

Notes

Briefing at 7am sharp at the car park/toilet block

• Time: 7:00am
• Ride leader: Oscar Stevenson
• Meeting location: 32 Guilford Lane. Melbourne, 3000
• Route: 1/20 and The Wall from the Melbourne CBD.
• Distance: 116km
• Pace: Tempo

Notes

Tackle one of Melbourne’s most popular climbs, the 1 in 20. The route features some of Melbourne’s bike path network which may be new to some. Once regrouped at the top of the 1/20 the group will descend through the lush Sherbrooke Forrest before climbing the renowned ‘Wall’, a steep 6.5km climb. The group will return along a mix of bike paths and roads before finishing at the Rapha Melbourne Clubhouse for a coffee (or three).

• Time: 7:00am
• Ride leader: Chris Stack
• Meeting location: 32 Guilford Lane. Melbourne, 3000
• Route: Kinglake – Victorias most accessible climb from the Melbourne CBD.
• Distance: 163km
• Pace: Tempo

Notes

This will serve as the second last Peaks training ride hosted by Rapha and the RCC. A great opportunity to keep building that endurance and iron out your nutrition plan.

• Time: 6:30am sharp departure (6:20am meeting)
• Ride leaders: Justin Benson, Laurence Basell, Iain Matheson, Keith Leonard, Kate Penglase, Prita J, Shel Hyde, Daniel Frawley, Fats Taj and Richard Cross
• Meeting location: Warburton Recreation Reserve car park
• Distance: 180km (4,656m elevation)
• Pace: 9, 10, 11 and 12 hours

Notes

Ride follows the (now) Giro Della Donna circuit, via Reefton Spur but diverting off for a Lake Mountain climb, before descending to Marysville and then climbing back up Donna Buang via Acheron Way.

• Time: 7:00am
• Ride leader: Oscar Stevenson
• Meeting location: 32 Guilford Lane. Melbourne, 3000
• Route: Dandenongs loop from the Melbourne CBD.
• Distance: 157km
• Pace: Tempo

Notes

This ride will cover some of the more well know climbs such as the 1/20 and The Wall as well as some roads that are likely to be new to some. This ride has a mix of steady climbing, rolling roads as well as a steep pinch coming out of cockatoo (around 95km in), to replicate WTF corner.

The ride will again travel out and back along Melbourne’s bike path network.

• Time: 7:00am
• Ride leader: Darcy Ellerm Norton
• Meeting location: 4/410 crown street, Surry Hills. 2010
• Route: Heading south to savour some of the most iconic roads that NSW has to offer through the Royal National Park (the second National Park in the world).
• Distance: 122km
• Pace: Tempo

Notes

Join Darcy of the Rapha Clubhouse, Sydney on the first NSW training ride for Peaks Challenge Falls Creek. 

This loop contains some breath taking scenery as well as some lung burning climbs. There will be multiple spots to regroup on the ride before returning to the Clubhouse on Crown Street for a coffee.

• Time: 7:00am
• Ride leader: Angus Whittle
• Meeting location: 4/410 crown street, Surry Hills. 2010
• Route: Gus will take you one his favourite 4 Gorges loop; 150km with plenty of spots to re group and re fill your bidons.
• Distance: 155km
• Pace: Tempo

Notes

Clubhouse staff member and Peaks Challenge entrant Angus Whittle will be leading an open training ride that will take in some of the most valued training roads on the Northern side of Sydney. 

• Time: 7:00am
• Ride leader: Angus Whittle
• Meeting location: 4/410 crown street, Surry Hills. 2010
• Route: Gus will take you on his favourite 4 Gorges loop with an add on of the Brooklyn descent to the Hawkesbury River and the climb back out; 175km with plenty of spots to re group and re fill your bidons.
• Distance: 175km
• Pace: Tempo

Notes

Clubhouse staff member and Peaks Challenge entrant Angus Whittle will be leading an open training ride that will take in some of the most valued training roads on the Northern side of Sydney. 

• Time: 7:00am
• Ride leader: Darcy Ellerm Norton
• Meeting location: 4/410 crown street, Surry Hills. 2010
• Route: Heading south to savour some of the most iconic roads that NSW has to offer through the Royal National Park (the second National Park in the world).
• Distance: 162km
• Pace: No drop

Notes

This ride will serve as the last big training ride for Sydney riders that are entered for the Peaks Challenge 

This double loop contains some breath taking scenery as well as some lung burning climbs. There will be multiple spots to regroup on the ride before returning to the Clubhouse on Crown Street for a coffee.

• Time: 6:30am sharp
• Ride leaders: Amanda Reddy, Owen Macphillamy and Mark Skeates
• Meeting location: Landsborough Railway Station
• Route: Peachester / Palmwoods / Montville
• Distance: 110km
• Pace: 25km/h

Notes

From Landsborough the climbing ride starts straight away with a 10% grade climb towards Maleny ridge then a loop round to Peachester. Up over Bald Knob back to Landsborough for a cafe break and on to the burgs through Eudlo for the Montville Climb.

South along the ridge, the ride ends with a fun descent back to the start/finish point. Have a big breakfast and bring plenty of food and water for this one!