Alternatives to the Pink Buses on the Canterbury Bankstown train line
Today is the first day after the school buses and the pink buses are crammed and the roads are gridlocked. What can you do ? Keep upto date with the latest videos and links on Facebook about cycling in sydney here Don’t have a bike, get a second hand one and help both recyle and […]
Sydneysiders – find your cycling district
Sydney is a gigantic place, more than 10 times bigger than Paris. In this Wiki, content can be refined to 10 different cycling districts across Sydney. The pages on each district can be found here Northern Beaches | Lane Cove | Parramatta and NW | Penrith | Liverpool | Bankstown | Iron Cove and Cooks […]
Ride around Sydney twice in two minutes
Here is an animation of the two popular ways to ride around Sydney on the popular Greater Sydney BikeTrack You will see where the four corner points of ride are in relation to all the shared paths and occasional roads that make up the 220km classic route and the 150km route and a few pictures […]
Ride around Sydney on 85% shared paths
About 20 loopers in December
There was 20 or so loopers of Sydney in December 2023. Ed Forrester used his lap to conclude 1043 kilometers of riding for the 1043 endangered species in Australia. His ride and cause was written up by the Manly Observer here See many of the ways folks have gone around here by using the Legend […]
Whites Creek Lane and Sydney Park Loop
On a really nice Saturday in January, I headed off to try and find a workable easy way to connect the wonderful Whites Creek Lane bike path in Annandale with the equally wonderful Sydney Park in Erskinville. That meant I would have to ride down to Pyrmont and head over the Anzac bridge and then […]
Sans Souci to Oatley and a big Woronora loop
They say that Sydney is not so great for cycling and one of the areas where this rule of thumb applies is the area around Kogarah Bay and Hurstville. As I love the cycling around Oatley and along Botany Bay so much, I have gone over the maps many times and ventured into the area […]
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 […]
The Greater Sydney BikeTrail got some great press
Last weekend the trail that I put together to join many of the scenic trails around Sydney was featured on pages 22 and 23 of the Sydney Morning Herald. You can read the article on the SMH here or click on the pic below to see a picture of the article. Read about the trail […]
Best New Sydney Cycle Infrastructure Awards – 2023
Every year BikeTrail.Blog and friends announce the best new cycling infrastructure across the whole of Sydney. Previous prize winners can be found here 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 To win, there must be an increase in the numbers of people using the path or facility, the path or bridge or tunnel has to pretty […]
Best New Sydney Cycle Infrastructure Awards -2022
Here are the best bicycle infrastructure improvements in 2022 across the whole of Sydney. To win, there must be an increase in the numbers of people using the path or facility, the path has to pretty safe, good looking and fun to ride. It doesn’t have to be long if it connects existing trails better. […]
Woolwich – Perfect Now and You Need a Guide
Its mid November, the jacarandas are in full bloom, some spring flowers are still around and everything is green. Its time to go slow riding around Woolwich and Hunters Hill. Here is how you do it. I have been experimenting with Komoot Voice directions and I used them to direct me around all the best […]
How to look at the streets and decide a trail
One of the most awesome things that has made deciding on a way to pick a bike track is Google Maps. Google Maps say you, its bike routing is awful. Correct. Read on. I am not talking about Google bicycle routing (trail selection). First up you need to open Google Maps and zoom into an […]
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 […]
The 100km Greater Sydney BikeTrail
Looking at the Greater Sydney BikeTrail one day last week and it dawned on me that you could add train segments to the ride to reduce the overall distance. So I woke up one morning and thought, lets just forget all the maths and plans and start riding. It was hot so I knew I […]