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Great Rides: Away with the Fairies in Greenhithe & Hobsonville
More common than you'd think. With The Midget Assassin safely entrusted to the fairies at Ivy Cottage it was dad’s chance to escape by bike and have a bit of a nosey around Greenhithe. My memories of Greenhithe to date were winter mornings spent standing around in the mud, rain lashing at my back as I watched my sons play football. The b...
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Orakei Basin shared footpath and cycleway open
Good news! Paul pointed out that the new Orakei Basin walk/cycleway from Purewa St (by Meadowbank Station) to Orakei Road is now open. I did a trial cycle across it this morning and for Eastern Suburb cyclists this offers a quiet and fume-free alternative to the busy St Johns Road/Remuera Road/Orakei Road route to get to the waterfront. At 9:30AM t...
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Great Rides: Sanders Reserve Mountainbike Park
Looking back toward the Visitors Centre. Now before we get going, let’s just say it’s not a “Great Ride” yet. In-fact, I’d give the trails a 1-out-of-10 at this point, but the park has potential, huge potential, and it hasn’t even opened yet. The reserve is on a magnificent headland just South of Auckland Prison....
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Great Rides (for under Fives): Onepoto Domain
If you’ve got pre-schoolers just itch’n-to-ride, you want a fun, safe destination to burn-off some of that energy. This is the place to bring them. The park in Onepoto Basin has plenty to keep everyone amused for a couple of hours with shady picnic-spots, a man-made pond for remote-control yachts, sports-grounds and walking tracks. The...
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the love affair continues; stronger than ever
A few Sundays ago, I enjoyed the last in the series of the 2010 Cycle Action Spring rides. The ride headed out West along the NW cycleway and finished in the beautiful Falls Park in the Waitakere City Centre. I really wished that this cycle path that runs beside the motorway was there when I was a kid, growing up in Te Atatu. We had moved th...
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Hidden Treasure – Tuff Crater Reserve
Heading down to the crater's edge from the Akoranga Drive end. One of the great things about getting around under your own steam is you can explore all the nooks and crannies of you neighbourhood, places you just wouldn’t see from the road. Walking is good, but a bike lets you stray further afield and still explore parks and pathways with...
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Aotea Square
Aotea Square is one of Auckland’s most iconic BMX/Skate spots that have been shredded for years and was temporarily under reconstruction. It’s been around a 2 years since being first closed off and is back and pretty amazing. The council has out done themselves with what could be now NZ’s best street spot. I was stooping around the fen...
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Pedaling into Summer
Manukau Foreshore in the Spring Bike Wise is a government organisation that exists to organise bike rides and bike events to promote cycling. Bike Wise events take place in February when the weather is even more perfect for riding a bike. Then some clever person asked some clever questions. Why don’t we hold some bike rides in the Sprin...
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Fathers’ Day and Spring Cycling
I chocolate you. Spring has sprung as they say. And what a difference a day makes. It has been by my count, a pretty reasonable winter from a cycling point of view. And my preparedness has really paid off big time. But now that we have officially hit Spring, it’s amazing the psychological boost it provides. Summer now feels like it ...
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Positivity, Politeness and Persistence Personified
A pot of gold was found in Mt Roskill-they are regularly popping up all over the city. Cycle Action has developed a knack of becoming a magnet to alot of wonderful and skilled people. These people just keep popping up and are wanting to offer their time and expertise. This speaks volumes for the type of organisation Cycle Action has becom...
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Green Route Rocks
photo/Garry Brandon Here’s a story from Sean Gillespie of The Aucklander on 11 August that features Jena of Cycle Action. The story shows Jena Niquidet enjoying the cycle/walk path which runs from Devonport to Takapuna. Jena Niquidet takes the quiet way home. Far from the honk of horns and impatient revving of engines on Lake Rd, one Nort...
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Great Rides: Mangere Bridge to Ambury Farm.
Boys doing what boys do. Onehunga Wharf in the distance. “Great Ride” might be a misnomer as the scenery is nothing special but after decades driving out to the airport and looking down at the old Mangere Bridge from its younger cousin it was a part of Auckland I was keen to explore. If you’re riding with children or avoid hills ...
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North-western cycleway
View North-Western Cycleway in a larger map About 11km. Gentle gradient. Easier if starting from Upper Queen Street.
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Arch Hill MTB trails open in the City
Opening-day sketch by local artist (and cyclist) Mr Dewhurst Aucklanders can now get a taste of mountain biking without leaving town with the newly built tracks in the Arch Hill Scenic Reserve. There are two trails in this Grey Lynn park for riders to enjoy mountain biking not 4km from Downtown Auckland. ‘Training Wheels’ is a beginner ...
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Help a reader: day trips
Claire writes: I have been scouring the net for day rides (3–4 hours) I could do around Auckland or within an hour or two’s drive of Auckland on a road bike (well actually, a Raleigh with hybrid tyres) and am struggling to find any info. Have done the north-western motorway and the creek cycle out west, but these are a bit short, and IR...
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Great Rides: Dum-Dum & Son’s Wild West Adventure
In an attempt to pry my boys off the Xbox for a few hours we loaded the car up with bikes and headed west to explore some new bike trails. I had the excellent MAXX Cycle Map sent to me for the Western Region and it showed an off-road path that meandered from the Central Park Business District (by The Trusts Stadium) to the West Wave Aquatic Cent...
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