The Greater Sydney Bike Trail
Why not hop on your bike and ride around Sydney? This page is here to inspire you to explore the world’s premier city and discover hidden gems you might have missed. The Greater Sydney Bike Trail, put out there by one and crafted by many, loops around the outer edges of metropolitan Sydney, showcasing the […]
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 […]
Northern Beaches
If visitors come to Sydney, it is likely they will enjoy the Opera House and the Bridge, they will head to Bondi and walk to Coogee and then they are going want to head to Manly on the ferry. And why not! When they get to Manly, they can walk around and its likely they […]
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
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 trail and the convoluted Olympic Park to Cooks River Cycleway. Recently added is the wonderful Carlingford Rail Trail with […]
Lane Cove Area
There is lots to ride in the Lane Cove area and the best is Lane Cove National Park which consists of very quiet roads and lots of bush. There are two good trails for commuting/scenery, the 17km long Epping Rd Cycleway and the shorter Shrimptons Creek cycleway to Ryde. But if you really want to […]
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 […]
Parramatta, Olympic and the Northwest
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Best New Sydney Cycle Infrastructure Awards -2021
Here are the best bicycle infrastructure improvements in 2021 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. […]
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 […]
The Greater Sydney Bike Trail – Riders Notes
After listening to some inspiring ladies at the Bike-packing talk night at Omafiets in Redfern and then heading to The Big Bike Film Night at the Randwick Ritz, I realised it was time to complete a challenge of my own. A thought bubble came to me, why not ride around Sydney. Hopefully this page will […]
The Colours of the Sydney Bicycle Map
The Sydney cycle trail map (<<click to open) has been built using Google MyMaps and appears as an overlay to Google Maps. It has been viewed 450,000 times. It comes with a legend of 8 different types of bike tracks and related places of interest. You can turn these on and off in the map. […]