Olympic Park to the City – Ride North or South of the Parramatta River?
I wanted to compare the quickest commute trail from Olympic park area to the Anzac bridge. So I rode from Rozelle to Rhodes via Lillyfield Rd then back down the north side of the river to see which side of the river was better. Here is the area on the CycleSydney map >> The result […]
Sydney Olympic Park – A great place to ride car free
OK, the reality has hit, we ain’t going anywhere. If you live in Sydney, its time to check the joint out. Lets start with a bicycle and a ferry ride. For this story, we are going to catch the fastest Sydney ferry called the RiverCat way up the Parramatta river to Sydney Olympic park. There […]
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Sydney’s Top 10 Bike Trails
When I first started thinking about Sydney trails, my head was filled with thoughts of steep hills, cars and faded white pictures of bikes on green patches on the road. After a much exploring, I can now reveal that Sydney has some very good places to ride if you have the motivation to going exploring. These rides […]
Pools on Bike Trails in Sydney
Its hot, time to think swimming pools in Sydney. This page features pools that are on the bike trails of Sydney. Probably a good idea to start riding from the pool if you can so you can finish off with a relaxing swim and then hop on the train or in the car. Checklist for […]
Parramatta and the North West of Sydney
This wiki is being moved to an exciting new substack newsletter/website. Parra and the NW will be grouped herehttps://www.cyclesydney.com/t/nw The Parramatta area is crisscrossed by great trails starting with the Parramatta to Meadowbank path. From this path you have two bridge options to Olympic Park and Rhodes. Further towards the city is the Putney ferry […]
Iron Cove and Cooks River Area
This page is about the trails in the Iron Cove and Cooks River trail area of Sydney. That includes great trails around Canada Bay, Balmain, Earlwood and more. Read about the Cooks river trail further down the page and the paths at Sydney Airport Here are all the videos Note: All links to Google MyMaps […]
Beat the Bus #11 – the speedy RiverCat
Twice a day there is a no stop River Cat ferry from Barangaroo wharf to Olympic Park, Sydney’s best off road cycling place. Leaves at 7:30 and 8:30 at the time of writing. Takes 25 minutes. Similar no stoppers return late in the day from Olympic Park. So the challenge was ride from Redfern Station […]
The Parramatta River Cycleway
One of Sydneys best cycleways is the Parramatta River Cycleway. For most people it starts at Meadowbank and heads to Parramatta Park or the other way around. Many people cross the river using the Silverwater bridge into Olympic Park wihere there are 30km more cycle paths. If you don’t like cars, this is a great […]
My First E-bike Experience
RIP young man. All the best to Rachel Here was my day with Gary in 2018. A few weeks ago, I was reading a blog by Gary Corbett, holder of the world record for continuous e-Bike riding which he set at 28,000kms. In the post he discussed his plans to ride his Ebike in great […]
Bankstown Area and Oatley
The longer shared path bike trails in the Bankstown area are Salt Pan Creek. the M5 Linear Path and Duck Creek. The rest of the trails on the map are a collection of short paths and council roads. This includes the meandering Bankstown oval path, Rookwood Cemetery, Padstow to Revesby and the council designated cycle […]
Penrith Area
West of the M7 Cycleway around Penrith is a continuous shared path network that is quite decent. Emu Plains, Glenmore Park and the Sydney Regatta centre gives you lots of easy riding (25km). Just out of Glenmore Park is the brand new Northern Rd cycleway. This runs 24km from near Kingswood Station to Bringelly. Past […]
The worlds biggest puzzle
Welcome to Active Jigsaw mapping, the art where you never cross over a ride you have done before but try to ride along the edges of previous rides. Then you put all of your efforts on a map to make a jigsaw. Yes I am doing this whilst cycling but you can do this whilst […]
Sydney Bike Trails
Initially, when I thought about Sydney trails, I imagined steep hills, cars, and faded bike symbols on green road patches. However, after extensive exploration, I can confidently affirm that Sydney boasts 1500 km of picturesque recreational bike trails well worth exploring. Here are some links View all the trails in Sydney here >> ( Direct map […]