The innaugural Gravelaide Grinduro event on 30 October seeks to explore some of the less-travelled paths through the gratuitously pretty Adelaide Hills. Event organisers have served up a menu loaded with gravel, quiet back-roads, and burgers. Count us in!

There's plenty of organised rides to get involved in right now. We've been talking to the guys at Ride & Seek about the Berry Challenge, a ride set is simply stunning country that provides the opportunity to get together with some mates and choose your own adventure.

Hells 500 and the Climbing Cyclist have announced a bonus Domestique Ride at Mount Baw Baw on Saturday 13th February 2016. 

The Wednesday night Essendon Cyclery (EC) shop ride is a mid-week dust off. 

For those of us who don’t get to ride every morning either on a bunch training ride, or as a commute, this is the perfect mid-week blitz around Essendon, Tullamarine, Keilor and then back to Essendon. 

 Kirra McDonald reports