Cycling News

Where to find us this week

Popping up at different locations in the morning or evening, on shared paths and cycleways across the City, the Share the Path team are out encouraging safe riding and walking, and good cycling etiquette. You might find bells, lights, tune ups, even coffee. Week of…

George Street, Redfern

New footpaths, trees, grass and bike paths will soon provide a missing link for pedestrians and bike riders between Green Square and Prince Alfred Park. Work has begun on a street upgrade and separated cycleway along George Street, Redfern. It is the first of a…

NAIDOC in the City – Ride-about

A free bike tour exploring significant places of cultural interest in the heart of Sydney CBD.  Designed to finish at the NAIDOC in the City event in Hyde Park. Two tours will be running during the day. Bookings are essential as places are limited. Book…

New connections for growing bike numbers

Eight new and five upgraded shared paths will provide critical new links across Sydney’s growing bike network. The work to help less confident cyclists ride safely alongside busy roads was approved at last night’s Council meeting. Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the project would help…

Taylor Square Bike Hub

An historic Taylor Square building could soon house a new bike hub to serve Sydney’s booming bike culture, and a museum celebrating the area’s heritage. Expressions of interest are being sought from a broad range of tenants to revive the former T2 nightclub building –…

Let’s do some (bike) good!

Do you have some great bike ideas you want to see happen in Chippendale? Come along to BikeTank#11 on Thursday 4 April. You’ll be guided step-by-step through the City of Sydney’s Matching Grants program and encouraged to develop your ideas into a new grant application. BikeTank…

Hundreds of happy, healthy Sydney kids join Ride2School day

Celebrity Mum Claudia Karvan joined a ‘bike bus’ of up to 200 children, parents and teachers from Crown Street Public School this morning for national Bicycle Network Ride2School Day. Thousands of children across Australia took to two wheels to show how active transport can make…

Free bike course to get teens on two wheels

A special bike course will be held in Sydney Park next month to help 12-18-year-olds embrace this year’s Youth Week in the City theme: ‘Be active. Be happy. Be you.’ The half-day class on Saturday 13 April will teach teens vital traffic skills and give…

Sydney’s cycling revolution in full bloom

The competition is on to find the best colour photo capturing the spirit of bike riding in Sydney. The photo will be the inspiration for a city floral display this spring as part of the Sydney Rides Festival. “In Spring this photo competition will bring…

Free bike course for older spokes

Sprightly Sydneysiders are invited to dust-off their exercise gear and enrol in the City’s first Over 55s bike course during Seniors Week, 17-24 March. The free, half-day Back on Your Bike class at Sydney Park will teach seniors tips and traffic skills to help them…