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Apr 2026 · News · localroads, longestday
Ride: Ettalong
If you are looking for a ride that takes you out of Sydney, the Ettalong loop is one of our favourites. This ~160km circuit links the Eastern Suburbs to the Central Coast via Brooklyn, Mt White, and the Hawkesbury, with a ferry crossing between Ettalong and Palm Beach connecting it all into a proper loop. It has become
Dec 2025 · Real People · longestday
The tale of two Longest Days
Some rides are defined by the mountains you climb or the kilometres you cover. Others are defined by what you don't do. This is the story of two Longest Days that humbled us. Sometimes conditions are everything and there's no shame in staying alive. The plan that wasn't The original plan was simple enough. Run the Etta
Sept 2025 · Real People · longestday
A Berry Good Celebration of Spring
Our original, slightly ambitious route through the Royal National Park was swapped for a simpler, less-stressed path to make our pub lunch in Berry that didn't involve heroics. Five of us, Longest Day veterans and excited newcomers, were ready for the ride where the story is more important than the speed. Our Longest D
Feb 2025 · Real People · longestday
Love is in the air - The Longest Valentine’s Day
Forget roses and chocolates, this Valentine's Day was all about endorphins and energy gels. A hearty crew of MC Velo adventurers swapped Cupid's arrows for carbon bikes and set out to conquer the legendary Longest Day to Ettalong. The Longest Day is no walk in the park (or a casual spin along the beaches). It can be a
Dec 2024 · Real People · longestday
A Longest Day Inferno
Ah, the end of the year in Sydney. A time for festive cheer, questionable fashion choices, and... unpredictable weather. This year's annual Wollongong return ride was shaping up to be a scorcher, with the mercury threatening 30+ degrees and wind gusts that would propel us southward. I'd booked our breakfast stop at ou
Dec 2024 · Real People · longestday
Longest Day - Newcastle
This grand Longest Day, the inaugural ride of our MC Velo HECTIC500, had already been delayed thanks to those delightful train strikes that seem to be a recurring feature of transport in Sydney. But as fate would have it, our rescheduled date of 23 December just happened to coincide with the day our esteemed NSW Labor
Nov 2024 · Real People · longestday
"In Through the Out Door"
Another Friday, another train strike (threat)! Apparently, those Sydney train drivers weren't too keen on our intended Newcastle adventure. Maybe they just wanted in on the action? With our plans temporarily derailed, we scrambled for a new route, only to find out at the last minute that the strike was off. Undeterred
Nov 2024 · Real People · longestday
Longest Day - The Three Towns Tour
Have you ever scrolled through those epic Longest Day tales and thought, "Hmm, maybe I could do that...?" Well, the Three Towns Tour was designed as the perfect route for the Longest Day curious. Escape hatches galore! This route is paved with train stations. If you feel the burn, just hop on a train and head home lik
Apr 2024 · Real People · longestday
A Longest Day to Ettalong
As daylight saving time bids goodbye and ushers in mornings bathed in golden light, what better setting for an epic MC ride? With April's continuing warm weather and calm seas, conditions were ripe for none other than the revered Longest Day to Ettalong. The Longest Day is no ordinary ride. It's a day-long pilgrimage w
Dec 2023 · Real People · longestday
They say lightning never strikes twice, but it can get pretty close.
What has become a tradition, our annual HECTIC500 return ride to Wollongong helps to fill in the week between Christmas and NYE, making a big dent in 500 kms for the week. 2023 will be one to remember. Boxing Day was a weird weather day - blue skies with very localised thunderstorms, intense enough to cause some havoc
Nov 2023 · Real People · longestday
LONGEST DAY FOR EPIC+ ETTALONG
A Friday in November. A day off work. A target time to make the ferry. A plan for lunch. All that was remaining was weather. With the forecast clear, my ride advertising mode moved to “EPIC” as the day approached. The Longest Day is about all day - no time pressure. No clock watching (except for lunch bookings and so
Aug 2023 · Real People · longestday
THE LONGEST DAY TO BOWRAL
We live in a world of constant information delivered to our eyeballs by devices. Being always connected makes things feel faster and faster and the sense of being bombarded is familiar to all. Everything risks being short-paced and bite sized. So sometimes it helps to slow down, take longer, and indulge in one of th
Aug 2023 · News · longestday
It's time for the Longest Day - Friday 4 August
MC Velo Longest Days are what legends are made of! Our Longest Day is about all day - no time pressure. No clock watching (except for lunch bookings, ferries and trains to catch). A target of 200km (or these days anything more than 160km) that brings freedom for the mind. Nothing but country air, new scenes, and all da
Apr 2023 · Real People · longestday
MC VELO LONGEST DAY - WHAT A WAY TO SEE OUT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!
There are memorable routes on which the MC Velo Longest Day has taken us. When considering where to ride in the last week of Daylight Savings in March before clocks change back, we thought we would put it to the vote for a favourite route to emerge from previous adventures. The winner was clear - a loop to Ettalong, v
Aug 2022 · Real People · longestday
LONGEST DAY VI
It’s been a while since our last Longest Day. Deferred by CV19 and the incessant rain in Sydney, it was time. The Longest Day is about all day - no time pressure. No clock watching (except for lunch bookings). A target of 200km (or these days anything more than 160km) that brings freedom for the mind. Nothing but coun
June 2021 · Real People · longestday
The Longest Day IV (2021)
With just under a month from the winter solstice (or the Longest Day in the northern hemisphere), we weren’t waiting. It was time to take a Friday off and ride all day with the target of 200kms in mind. Josh's planned route was a loop to Ettalong, and while slightly short of 200kms (an imperial century - 100m / 160kms)
Dec 2020 · Real People · longestday
The Longest Day III (2020)
Following two fantastic Longest Day events in 2020, as MC Velo plans for riding Rapha’s Festive500 in 2020 came together, another Longest Day involving a return ride to Wollongong got to the ride list quickly. Wollongong return would be a 180km ride but making the 200km milestone within reach. Designed with options fo
Nov 2020 · Real People · longestday
The Longest Day II (Nowhere to be, but for a ferry at Ettalong)
What doesn’t sound good about taking a Friday off work to simply enjoy riding your bike? No clock watching. No computer. No Zoom schedules. The Longest Day is that. A target of 200kms that brings freedom for the mind. Nothing but country air, new scenes, and all day with like-minded cyclists. Our inaugural Longest Day
July 2020 · Real People · longestday
The Longest Day
Inspired by the Summer Solstice in June where many northern hemisphere cyclists take the opportunity for extra long rides for the longest day, we thought we would do the same (despite being Winter and the Southern Hemisphere's shortest day of the year). What doesn’t sound good about taking a Friday off work to simply