Shop Rides
If you live local to Curve HQ in Abbotsford, and would like to join us for a social spin each week. All our rides are social and fun, they are inclusive, no drop and will offer a small adventure in the local Melbourne suburbs. All rides start with complimentary coffee at HQ and finish with a follow up at a local cafe. All riders and bikes are welcome! Please download the ride files. While Curve social rides are free, we require you to agree to our waiver and register here!
Thursday - Curve's Pedal to Pedla
Ride Details
Every Thursday @6:30 am | 17km/300vm
Start: Curve HQ
Finish: Pedla HQ
Surface: Mixed Terrain
Ride Difficulty: Beginner
Ride File: HERE
Curve and Pedla are joining forces to bring you a social, beginner friendly mixed terrain ride to your week!
Whether you've just jumped on your first gravel bike, want to find some new local trails or looking to build some confidence on the dirt, this is going to be the perfect morning hang out for you! Meeting at Curve HQ (the coffee pot will be on!) and finishing at Pedla for catch ups & coffees before you shoot off to work.
This ride is designed to be social, accessible to all and a great intro to mixed terrain riding.
Please read if you plan to attend!
The route will be mixed terrain and your perfect intro to off-road riding! Come along on a social spin between two of Melbourne's great bike brands!
Coffee at Curve HQ from 6:30 am
Ride departs at 6:45 am SHARP!
Ride finishes at Pedla HQ no later than 8:00 am
Please have good lights in the Winter months.
In the event of poor/wet weather/other, we will make a decision by 5:45 am the morning of the ride if it is cancelled. This cancellation notice will be posted on our social pages.
DISCLAIMER:
While Curve social rides are free, we require you toagree to our waiver and register here!
EVENTS
Joining Curve on one of our events? Please read all details of the event below. If an event needs to be cancelled, we will communicate this on our social media pages. We look forward to seeing you out there!
August Monthly Ride: Wild Woodlands!
Event Info
DATE UPDATE: The ride will now be 31st Aug! Come join us as a shakedown the week before Dirty Valda!
Our August Monthly Ride is a classic Wild Woodlands Loop! Expect mostly gravel tracks, bike paths and a little bit of single track. There are a couple of short hike-a-bike sections in the final few km before Pentridge where the course ends. Be careful here - FALL LEFT. You'll see what I mean when you're there!
Start: 9am @ Denzil Don Playground, Brunswick West (See GPX File)
Finish: BrewDog Pentridge, for post ride refreshments!
Surface: Mostly gravel tracks, bike paths and little bit of single track
Ride Difficulty: This ride isn't a particularly challenging one. Quite flat and much more chilled than other monthly rides. A great intro to Curve!
Ride File: HERE
What bike: Gravel bike or CX bikes
Please read if you plan to attend
DISCLAIMER:While Curve social rides are free, we require you to agree to our waiver and register here!
TCR Race Report Night
EVENT INFORMATION
When: 6pm 4th Sept 2025
Where: Curve HQ, Abbotsford
Join us at Curve HQ to wish a HUGE congratulations to David and Jenna for their TCR efforts and hear some stories from the road from them both!
Expect stories of high mountain passes, dirt naps and the full how-to in fashioning a loaf of bread as a pillow.
Curve will provide some refreshments.
You are welcome to bring/order food.
Dirty Valda Bikepacking Quest
EVENT INFORMATION
When: Saturday 6th Sept @ 6:22am
Start: Melbourne Town Hall
Fin: Whippets Workshop, Adelaide
Route: HERE
What bike: A gravel/adventure/bikepacking bike! It is possible to ride the route with 40mm off-road tyres but it won't be very comfortable. A bigger tyre (think 2.1") will help on the corrugated and sandy sections.
Who: Experienced bike packers and first timers looking for a challenge. Be prepared and get ready for an awesome adventure!
FAQs: All the answers you need are HERE!
Dirty Valda MAProgress: Optional registration for MAProgress, if you want to sign up for some dot watching fun and let friends and family follow along!
Please read if you plan to attend!
The route will be finalised in August 2025.
Curve will run the Dirty Valda as a spirited social ride starting on Sat 6 Sep 2025 @ 6:22am. Melbourne Town Hall, the route finishes at Whippets Workshop in Stepney, South Australia.
The route is likely to be very similar to the 2024 edition, any changes will be in response to road works/ changed traffic conditions close to the start of the route.
A MAProgress page will be created for some 'dot watching' fun, for those who want to use a tracking device.
Expect a bit of everything on this course, lots of riding, some hiking, a taste of singletrack, black top, sand, big towns and tiny ones, forests, rivers, plains and climbs. Some basic logistics information has been provided to assist your planning. The distances between resupply points and water may look manageable, but careful planning and preparation will be required; opening times are not always reliable, some of the terrain may take longer than expected, especially in adverse weather.
Take some mates or leave everyone in your dust, ride the lot or jump on for part of it, then hop on a train. Tent, bivvy, motels or other, this adventure is yours to make of it what you will.
Unless you're a fan of phrases like 'would have', 'could have' and 'should have', this is the moment to have a go at a bike packing trip.
There is no support offered of any kind, all riders must be self-sufficient.
To get amongst the action on Curve events please read and complete the registration and waiver on the Curve Cycling website: curvecycling.com/pages/ride-event-need-to-know?_pos=1&_sid=c8af5d6f6&_ss=r
Womxn of Curve Dirty Hundy
Event Details
103 km
1450 vm
Sat, 13 Sept - 8 am
Start: Pakenham Train Station
Fin: Nancy Cafe, Pakenham.
Resupply: Gembrook at 72km.
What bike: A gravel bike will be best for this ride.
Route: HERE
A TICKET IS REQUIRED VIA EVENTBRITE: HERE
Rapha launched the Women's 100 13 years ago. Since then, thousands of women worldwide take part in this initiative every year. This is our way of celebrating that legacy!
This mixed terrain ride is open to all women, trans and gender-non-conforming riders. It is a social and inclusive ride.
This event is all about challenging yourself and having a go, so don’t be shy - come and ride with us! Curve staff April, Gemma & Bec will be on the ride and are willing to lend a hand, but please do your best to be self-sufficient. Pack plenty of snacks and water, and bring your friends.
Please read if you plan to attend!
DISCLAIMER:While Curve social rides are free, we require you to agree to our waiver and register here!
The Border Run XL
EVENT INFO
When: 26th Sept 2025
Ride info: 397km 5627vm
Route: HERE
Start: Melbourne GPO 4:30am
Fin: Albury NSW Border Sign
Surface: Mixed Terrain but mostly gravel
What bike: Gravel bike with minimum 40mm tires, as always we recommend robust tyres set up tubeless. Only go narrower if you're a hell cat!
What is The Border Run?
Same Plan. New Border.
How fast can you get from your bed to the border by bike? In 2024, around the March equinox we hosted the inaugural Border Run, a fast and flat blast to the border. For the September Equinox we’re going bigger, we are going XL!! Curve will run the Border Run XL as a spirited social ride starting on Fri 26 Sep 2025. Roll out will be at 4:30am from the old Melbourne GPO.
If that time and date don’t work for you, do it whenever you can make it happen. Go on! Get off the couch and have a crack! This one is a tougher ride than the Border Run; it’s longer and has more climbing.Like many historic overlander missions, this ride will depart from Melbourne’s original GPO. Expect some bike paths on the way out of town, then a mix of sealed and unsealed roads heading north. Please take it easy on the bike paths on the way out of town.
Ride it all in one hit if you dare! Ride it over two, three, four or twenty days. See how fast you can ride it, flashpack it, bikepack it, leave your bike at home and run it. Make your own rules. Slap the border sign to finish your ride across the state!The ride finishes at the Vic-NSW border on Gateway Island at the Welcome to NSW sign. Your ride is complete once you tap the “Welcome to New South Wales” sign and take a finisher photo.
Need help planning your ride?
For a full breakdown check out this BLOG
There are plenty of options for indoor accommodation or camping on the way to Albury. The route deliberately has good resupply options too. The route passes through Kinglake (70 km), Alexandra (158 km), Bonnie Doon (194 km), Swanpool (243 km), Benalla (270 km) and Wangaratta (318 km).
If you're an uncontrollable hellcat, ride it all in one hit! Some may want two and three day options. Here are some itineraries ranging from BOLD to more civilised that can be flashpacked (indoor accommodation to cut down on what you need to take).
For a 2-day mission, with a BIG first day, try this:
Day 1: Melbourne to Benalla (270 km). This gets most of the climbing out of the way.
Day 2: Benalla to Albury (127 km). Recovery ride!
For a 2-day mission, with a more even split, try this:
Day 1: Melbourne to Bonnie Doon (194 km)
Day 2: Boonie Doon to Albury (203 km). Longer but easier than day 1 with less climbing.
For a 3-day graventure stay in Alexandra and Benalla:
Day 1: Melbourne to Alexandra (158 km)
Day 2: Alexandra to Benalla (112 km)
Day 3: Benalla to Albury (127 km)
Need some insipiration?
Watch Curve Ambassador Oskar Moore take on the Border Run XL setting the fastest known time in 16hrs 16mins!
Check it out HERE
PLEASE read if you plan to attend
DISCLAIMER:
While Curve social rides are free, we require you to agree to our waiver and register here!