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 […]
Liverpool Area
Liverpool area is large and has some decent trails to ride. The best rides are Georges River (East Hills to Fairfield 20km), the Liverpool Rail Trail (25km), Chipping Norton Lake, the M7 and Narrellan and Mt Annan (30km of tracks). There is also the path to the M7 from Glenfield Station and Narellan Rd, Banks […]
M7 Cycleway and Prospect Reservoir
This page covers the M7 cycleway (north and south) in Sydneys West, the Parklands Trail, Bungarribee, Duck Creek, Prospect Reservoir. and the Liverpool Railtrail. See all the videos across this area here Note: All links to Google MyMaps are shown with a >> You will need either a PC or a Google Account to make this […]
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 […]
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 […]
Liverpool has some terrific rides
Penrith Area has some long rides
Add 25km and more to your M7 Cycleway Ride
A common theme amongst Sydney cyclists is that the cycle paths are terrible or non-existent. Well that is certainly true in middle suburbs like Punchbowl and Greenacre and much of the North Shore but its not the case as you head into the newer suburbs in the far west. Great small examples out west are […]
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. […]
Liverpool to Glenfield
One handy little trail to know in Sydney is the Liverpool to Glenfield path that runs alongside the railway line. It is at the end of the Liverpool Railtrail. Its a bit messy in Liverpool but once you head down the hill and under the M5 bridge, it is just a good trail with river […]
The Condensed Sydney Bike Trail – Video
After first riding around Sydney I felt content that I had conquered the big one. Then one day I thought can I trim it down so its more accessible to those that only have a long weekend. The 147km condensed Sydney bike trail was worked out and it still follows the rules of the […]
Harrington and Oran Park – Video
Almost a year ago I explored Harrington and Oran Parks, two suburbs in the south western extremities of Sydney. Both have a pretty decent collection of shared paths. Oran Park streets are named after all the greats of the car world inc Peter Brook drive and Skaife Street and The Straight. Enjoy, the whole […]
Best New Sydney Cycle Infrastructure Awards -2019
Here are the best 3 bicycle infrastructure improvements in 2019 across the whole of Sydney. To win, there must be an increase in the numbers of people using the path, 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. 1st […]