Photo: Onomichi · Shimanami Kaido — not the event itself
The one day the Shimanami Kaido expressway itself closes to cars so riders can use the main carriageway across the islands between Onomichi and Imabari. Several course options are offered; the bridges are the reason to come.
Checked against the organiser’s official site on 5 September 2026. Dates, routes and entry conditions change — confirm on the official site before booking flights or accommodation. We are not the organiser and take no entries.
A ride around Port Phillip Bay from Melbourne, with six options from a short family ride up to the full 220 km circuit. Flat, coastal and aimed at every level of rider — for many Victorians it is the first big day they ever ride.
The established mass-participation gran fondo in northern Thailand, part of the Gran Fondo World Series, starting from PAO Park with four distances. December puts it in the cool, dry season, which is why it works.
The ride Australians just call Three Peaks: 235 km from Falls Creek over Tawonga Gap, Mt Hotham and back up Falls Creek itself, with a 13-hour cutoff. It is the longest, hardest one-day mass-participation road ride on the Australian calendar, and the last climb starts when you have already ridden 200 km.