Enjoy your cycling and the many conquests to be had on the Goldie.
I am always happy to help out where I can, so if you are lost and need some help, then just give me a call and I will do what I can to point you in the right direction.
Cheers
Steve
P: +61 415153522
steve@ridegoldcoast.com
About
www.steveholmes.net.au
RGC – Links
Ride Gold Coast
RGC Kits
Important Note
We do not organise any Group Rides or Events, we centralises and simplify all the good info stuff for your convenience – Steve 🙂
Include details
of your preferred
- Starting location
- Pace
- Distance
- Terrain
Group Rides Gold Coast
This facebook covers all riders and groups
Gold Coast Cycling Combine
This page is more for competitive riders
Coffee
Main Beach
- Hard Coffee Tedder Avenue
Alfresco and loves cyclists – Frank & Donna
Home of the Sharks, One Sector Cycling and the Sunday bunch Riders
Mechanic
- Kenny Cunningham (Labrador)
- 0405 560 839
Bicycle Market
Have a crack at the Gold Coasts 5 best climbs – can you do them in 5 days (or better ) – if so brag it out on
Mt Tomewin -Best of all Lookout -Springbrook – Binna Burra – O’Rielly’s – Tamborine Mountain
Hope Island (Northern)
H20 Shop Ride
- Start Location – Shop – Map Link
- Week day and Weekend
- 2 Groups Fast and Medium pace
- Contact Andy – Shop – (07) 5514 0084
- Facebook – Link
Runaway Bay (Northern)
Caffene Ride
- Start location: Caffene Break Cafe – Map Link
- Most week days
- Fast and Flat (-ish) 50 kms
- Pace: start out 35km/h come home at 55km/h
- Contact Rich at General Realty Tedder Ave Main Beach 07 5591 4700
Labrador (Northern & Central)
Sharks Group Ride
- Tuesdays & Fridays
- Labrador – Currumbin – Tedder Avenue
- 65 kms start at 30kms/h come home at 55kms/h
- Turn short options
- Contact Macca at General Realty Tedder Ave Main Beach – 07 5591 4700
Main Beach (Central)
One Sector Group Ride
- Sundays
- Start location Hard Coffee Cafe – Map link
- Hard Coffee Owners Donna and Frank know all the groups – Facebook Link
- 5:00 am – 5:15am in Summer & 5:15 to 5:30 in winter
- Typically 85 km’s
- 30 – 35km/h pace leave between 5 am -5:15am Summer & 5:15 to 5:30 winter
- Every alternate week is hills
- Contacts – Mark, Lawrence, Kylie, Debs – just turn up 🙂
- These guys also run the Spit on Mon -Thurs & Sat 10 -15 kms 5:20 min/km pace
Mermaid Waters – Central
McDonalds Social Riding Group
Rides on most days
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- Join Facebook Group
- Contact is Gary Wardrop
- Start Location – Tuesdays: Emerald Lakes – Laps around lake
- Start Location – Saturdays: 5:30 am from Maccas Q-Store to Camp Eden
Currumbin (Southern)
Southern Gold Coast Cycling
- Start location
- Weekdays and Weekends
- Contact Deryck –Facebook Link -Personal
- Facebook Group – Group Link
There are many more group rides on the Goldie – see facebook groups for more.
If you have a ride that you would like to be included- contact Steve 0415153522
Women’s Group Rides
Madonnavelo
Great starting point
Sheridan & Terry @ Storm Cycles
- Spin Sisters – Nerang -Brooke
- Storm Facebook Link Ph Sheridan o75534 7450
- MadonnaVelo Website Link –Tugan
- Girls Just Riding – Nerang
- Liv Shop Rides -First Saturday of the Month
- Sara Carrigan
Gold Coast Chicks
Popular Destinations
There are many but here are the ones you need to tick off – most are between 75 -120kms
Flat
There are many but here are the ones you need to tick off
- Point Danger – Cooloongatta (South) – Map Link
- Currumbin Valley – Map Link
- Burleigh
- The Spit @ Main Beach – Map Link (Facebook page – facebook.com/TheSpitMainBeach )
- Jacobs Well – Cane fields – Boat ramp (North) Map Link
Undulating
- Currumbin Valley – turn at Rock Pools or further up to the Car park beyond Camp Eden
Hills
Goldie climb 5 n 5 day challenge
If you succeed at this in 5 days or better we all want to know – post it on the group rides and cycling combine facebooks!
Hash tag your social media #goldie5n5
- Beechmont – Bus stop Climb kms @ 5- 6 % – 50 km round trip –Map Link
- Beechmont – Round About –Map Link
- Binna Burra Teahouse –Map Link
- Mt Tamborine
- O’Reilly’s via Beechmont and Canungra – Map Link
- Springbrook – turnarounds at – Bus stop – fudge shop – Best of All look Out – Map Link
- Mt Tomewin – Murwillumbah – Steep 1km @ 16% thereafter average 1o% big descent into Murwillumbah – very scenic Map Link
Meeting Spots
- Most rides begin going travelling north or south along the Coastline, before turning inland (East) for climbs.
- Gold Coast Groups are happy absorb visitor riders – that’s what the Goldie is all about – please just make sure you say gidday and shout a coffee 🙂
- All Surf Club Car parks – 5 am – 5:30 am Summer or 5:30 – 6:00 am Winter
- Burleigh Car Park is especially popular – Map Link
- Tedder Avenue (Hard Coffee Crn) 5 -5:15am Summer – Map Link
Tracks
Nerang Velodrome and Criterium
Central – Inland
- Facebook Link
- #nerangvelodrome
Luke Harrop High-Performance Criterium
Northern Coast – Runaway bay
- Facebook Link
- #Lukeharropcircuit
About these facilities
These facilities are operated by the
Gold Coast City Council
View Council Cycling Page Link
Highlights from the above Council link
- Email: GCCC Venues
- Phone: 07 5581 7082
- Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4.30pm
- Opening hours: Subject to bookings
General observation
- Free use to the public, unless otherwise book for an event or club fixture.
- Phoning the council can be a long process if you are enquiring about a normal ride of public access. Most cyclists just turn up and take their chances.
Clubs
Fixtures/Events
Wednesday Worlds: (Nerang) Velo – Evenings – Best contact via Gold Coast Cycling Club
Saturday and Sundays – Weekend Crits – both clubs
Maps -Resources
- Maps – Trailforks
- Gold Coast MTB Parks & Venues – GCCC
- Govt. Parks & Forests
Fb Groups
- Nerang Gnomes MTB (41 members)
- Rusty Kneeman MTB (51 members)
- Gold Coast MTB (4.3k members)
- Liv Nerang (223 Members)
- Just Ride Nerang – MTB Shop Rides
- Qld Mountain Bike Racers – (641 members)
If you need to update, add, or correct information to this page, please email steve@ridegoldcost.com.au or call Steve 0415153255
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