Great Rides
Cycling destinations and bike-friendly bits around Auckland that I have tried and enjoyed. Nothing grand here, just little gems we have stumbled upon that you might like too.
Lady Phoenix Reserve, Greenhithe
Orewa – Te Ara Tahuna Estuary Cycleway
Sanders Reserve Mountainbike Park
Dum-Dum & Son’s Wild-West Adventure
Greenhithe to Hobsonville
The Royal Albany Mountainbike Trails
Unsworth Reserve to Rosedale Road
Leave a comment here if you try one out and enjoy it, we’d love to hear from you.
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Thanks so much for this fab website has provided me and my boys 6 and 4 with heaps of fun we new to the area so this is perfect for us keep up the good work – hope to feature on it soon like my eldest’s friend from school who is on the Sanders reserve one !
I’m glad the write-ups have been of help to you and thanks so much for the positive feedback.
- Antoine
Thanks for the great write ups! Very informative. I live in East Auckland, Botany however and have just started bringing my 7yr old on the bike. Is there any similar blog sites for tracks around our area? Any info you can provide would be useful.
I don’t know of any similar blogs Jeremy but check the Council’s (and Auckland Transport’s?) websites – I’ve seen a list of mountainbike parks in there somewhere.
The foreshore path heading east from the old Mangere Bridge would be good for your child. It is dead flat and goes through the cemetery which kids normally enjoy.
They’ll like the people fishing off the bridge too.
great selection of rides, tried long bay this weekend and its a great ride for off road novices too. the 2 year old and I find that ngataringa (sp?) park, memorial drive, devenport is well worth it as an alternative to onepoto bike park, He can readily get around the paths on his balance bike, and its a bit more interesting really.
Thanks Chris
I’m in the process of writing-up the Devonport Green Route which passes through Ngataringa Park, that’s great your boy can scoot along the gravel paths on a balance bike.
I’ve also taken the kids out to the new cycleway in Orewa, pictures to come…
haven’t made it their ourselves yet, but it looks good from the bridge.:-)
Good post, please keep updating it with new rides, and any other links to rides in Auckland….
Love your website – gives me ideas of things to try with my new bike. Keep up the good work, it is much appreciated!
Thank you so much, was that you on the beach this morning? The weather was so nice I just wanted to keep riding, but the children can only be abandoned for so long ;^)