METAL FOR ALL
This tee we made for the Surly Band tee is now available due to overwhelming demand.
PRE-ORDER closes 27 July - Shipping 31 July*
* Unless we have an issue with roadies and/or groupies.
Roobaix Rizz!
PAVÉ Snapback Cap - Melburn Roobaix
2025 Melburn Roobaix would not be possible without
Hectic Sponsors
Keeping the event chain lubricated are these
Awesome Supporters
Foodbank
Charity Partner
We smashed our goal and raised $5652 for Food Bank.
Every registered rider is part of that success.
Why the hell should you ride?
On top of the experience described as the best day in the saddle ever, you get all these & more.
- Super tough Melburn Roobaix musette.
- Spoke Card. Priceless!
- Limited Edition Schwag.
- A sweet treat.
- Printed course map
- Digital route on Strava + RidewithGPS + GPX
- New route every year.
- Marked route for easey peasey navigation.
- Professional Rider Portrait.
- Mid ride surprise activations.
- Manifest and pen to mark your ride.
- Event Village with hot food, beer, coffee and more.
- Mad deals from event sponsors and supporters.
Amazing!
GOOD - BETTER - BEST
MEL - RBX
20 years of amazing events.
2006
Allez!
Advertised in cafes, bike shops and a blog - 100 brave souls turned up at Fed Square to ride north into the unknown.
Most of them finished in Brunswick velodrome, to a DIY Sausage Sizzle.
2007
It's back.
With no intention of repeating the inaugural event, word of mouth meant it instantly doubled in size.
On the other side of the world, Stuart O'Grady became the first Australian to win Paris-Roubaix.
2008
Hold this!
Riders get their first musette to carry their map and pen through Hell.
The first GOLD Pave trophy is won - randomly from a raffle with a 'meat tray' making up the other prize.
2009
Hotel Lomond
Still starting in Fed Square - 400 Riders attempted to cram into the Lomond Hotel front room for the last time.
2010
The map saga.
First year of online registration and the site crashed nearly every damn time!
Quickly outgrowing the limits of the Bicycle Victoria (Network) TravelSmart map, we made our own on thick card stock.
A new start location in Richmond by the banks of the muddy Yarra to suit the field size of 800.
2011
Pain is Temporary
Portraits are forever!
The iconic rider photos are introduced for the 1200 riders that rolled to Roobaix.
2012
2000 Roobaixers.
From Hawthorn Velodrome to Brunswick Veldodrome.
The Koppenberg becomes the new iconic sector due to its grade and length!
The Grand Prize is a trip to Paris to see Roubaix - worthy of the record field size.
2014
The wet one.
Torrential rain and flooded drains couldn't stop shivering souls making it to Roobaix.
A custom FYXO singlespeed was just one of the awesome prizes.
Entry is capped and it's a SELL OUT.
2015
10 years
A true milestone.
Stuart O'Grady traded lycra for denim and a hoody to revel amongst other Roobaixers. Phil Anderson also rocked the cobbles, and the in the spirit of 'Roubaix' the winner's trophy weighed 25kg!
2016
Under Construction
Riders finished in the park adjacent to Roobaix as the Brunswick Velodrome resurfacing begins and clubrooms upgraded from a shack and shipping container to the grand centre it is today.
2017
Mapei Madness
Perfect weather fell upon a fresh new track and Brunswick CC clubrooms.
The craziness was taken to new heights with a 'bedhead bike' crowned champion of crazy contraptions.
2018
Far Kew
The furthest start from Roobaix ever made for a very big day in the saddle.
The 'Bunnings Sausage Sizzle' trailer fed the people and won their hearts.
2019
Northcote Hell
Starting in John Cain Park in Northcote, Strava routing was introduced with QR Code technology that would soon become very useful for 'checking in'.
The last of the pre-COVID era and it was a banger!
2024
The Maddest of them all
From the huge Early Bird / Swap Meet / Show n Shine, to the cooling of the coals from the fire pits. We made it epic!
2025
20 years of radness
Record numbers, $10k+ in prizes, $5652 raised for Food Bank Charity, a wet miserable start, and a gloriously sunny finish!
