<![CDATA[Bike Marrickville - Rides]]>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:44:12 +1000Weebly<![CDATA[Spring Ride 2026]]>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMThttps://www.bikemarrickville.org.au/rides/spring-ride-2026Our ears are still buzzing after last Saturday's fabulous Sydney Bike Rave — and we're already planning the next group ride.
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Keep your Saturday morning free on 12 September. Details coming soon. Watch this space!
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Sydney Bike Rave @ Rozelle Parklands 2026
]]><![CDATA[August Flash Rave with Sydney Bike Rave]]>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMThttps://www.bikemarrickville.org.au/rides/august-flash-raveThis month we're teaming up with Sydney Bike Rave for something a little different — a night ride that's more rolling party than peloton.

Once a month after dark, Sydney Bike Rave takes over the city for a slow, social ride lit up with fairy lights and powered by a rolling soundtrack. There's no racing and no one gets dropped — the pack stays together and looks after each other the whole way. Whatever you ride and however fast you go, you're welcome.

🕗 Saturday 29 August – 5.30PM
📍 Roll out from Prince Alfred Park, Surry Hills at 6.00PM sharp
🚲 Any bike in good working order. Road-legal pedal-assist e-bikes (250W, cutting out at 25km/h) are welcome — no throttle-only or modded bikes.
💡 It's a night ride, so lights on and get there early.
📱 Route drops and weather calls land on Instagram first
🎫 Sign the rider waiver to RSVP: sydneybikerave.org/waiver →

​See you out there! 🚲
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July's Bike Rave was a blast
]]><![CDATA[101 Ride: "How To Get To My Metro Station?"]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMThttps://www.bikemarrickville.org.au/rides/winter-2026-group-rideJoin us on a tour of the quiet streets around the new Metro stations. With services starting in October, use this ride to get familiar with your route to and from the station.

🚲 You'll need a bike in good working order and a helmet. 
⚠️ While the route we've chosen will be suitable for relative beginners, you will need to be comfortable riding on roads and familiar with the road rules.
🗺️ The route we plan on taking can be viewed at RideWithGPS.
🕗 Saturday 18 July – 9.00AM - 1.00PM
☕️ Mid-ride stop in Hurlstone Park.
📍 We'll gather from 8.30AM near the bike parking areas on the Metro side of Sydenham Station.

See details or RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/metro-station-tour → ​

​We hope to see you on Saturday!
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Group photo from our June 2026 ride to Brighton-le-Sands
]]><![CDATA[Secret 2nd "GreenWay" to Brighton-Le-Sands!]]>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMThttps://www.bikemarrickville.org.au/rides/secret-2nd-greenway-to-brighton-le-sandsOn Saturday 6 June 2026 we're heading south via a wonderful corridor quietly announced in the shadows of the GreenWay opening! 
The M6 Active Transport Corridor stretches 4 kilometres from Kyeemagh to Monterey, wide, separated, and genuinely lovely. It's the kind of infrastructure that makes you wonder why we don't build everything like this.
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We'll also be passing through some of the Inner West's cycling infrastructure along the way: the quick-build route on Meeks Road, the Carrington Road cycleway, and the Botany Bay foreshore path.

🗺️ Check out the route: ridewithgps.com/routes/54645516.
​🚲 Be sure to bring a functioning bike and your water.
🕗 8.30AM - 1.00PM
📍 We'll gather near the bike parking areas on the Metro side of Sydenham Station.
🎫 Register on Facebook → ​

Comments:
It was a great ride today with beautiful weather!
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]]><![CDATA[Chocolate and fine food ride]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMThttps://www.bikemarrickville.org.au/rides/chocolate-and-fine-food-ride4700996Saturday 11 April 2026 - Join our annual Chocolate and Fine Food ride after Easter!
- Meet at 8:45am for a 9am start, from Stanmore Station, northern side outside Hearthe cafe
- fairly easy, 17km with lots of stops, mostly cycleways and quiet streets (some short busy sections/crossings which we will manage)
- Finish at approximately 12:15 back at Stanmore station (or optional finish in Petersham for lunch at 12:05)

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It was a fun day! The chocolate is already gone, but we still have the photos:
]]><![CDATA[Ride to Reopen Glebe Island Bridge]]>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://www.bikemarrickville.org.au/rides/ride-to-reopen-glebe-island-bridge
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There are many great reasons to ride, including reducing your carbon footprint! 🌞 Climate-Change-Balmain-Rozelle have been pushing for this as part of their vision for an active transport corridor connecting future high density areas at Bays West to the city.
Member for Balmain, Kobi Shetty, is hosting a free BBQ and a group ride to help demonstrate the strong public support to reopen the Glebe Island Bridge for walking and cycling 🚲 We'll help you get there!
📍Meet us at McNeilly Park in Marrickville
🕘 9am for a 9:30am start.
NOTE: this is a ONE WAY ride! We'll pause at Hearthe, opposite Stanmore Station for a coffee and a baked treat, before continuing at 10am, to arrive at the Rozelle Parklands in time for the 10:30am OFFICIAL bike bus to the BBQ at Waterfront Park, Pyrmont. Everyone is responsible for getting themselves home from Pyrmont.
📢 Register for the free BBQ here: https://www.kobishetty.org.au/reopen_glebe_island_bridge_bbq
📱 Bring a phone to make a submission on the Building our Community consultation while we wait: https://bikemarrickville.short.gy/build
✅ Sign the petition to reopen the bridge to walking and cycling: https://www.kobishetty.org.au/restore-glebe-island-bridge
🌉 See the full vision here: https://www.climatechangebr.org/campaigns/sustainable-transport/active-transport/bays-west-harbour-pathway
🚲 Another great write up by Bicycle NSW on the advocacy efforts: https://bicyclensw.org.au/a-new-future-for-glebe-island-bridge/
]]><![CDATA[Tempe to Rozelle Parklands and the Oxford St Cycleway Loop]]>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:00:00 GMThttps://www.bikemarrickville.org.au/rides/tempe-to-rozelle-parklands-and-the-oxford-st-cycleway-loop
Join us on this loop through the Inner West to check out the new shared paths in Rozelle Parklands, and then over the Anzac Bridge to ride from Darling Harbour to Taylor Square traversing the brand New Oxford St Cycleway before rolling down the Bourke St Cycleway and onto the new Alexandra Canal Shared path back to Tempe.
Meet Up: Meet Up: https://www.meetup.com/bike-marrickville/events/310916555/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events​
Date: Saturday 18 October 2025
Time: 8.45am for 9am start, finish approx. 12.30pm
Start and finish: Tempe station Carpark
Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51898633 Slow pace, back streets, cycleways and shared paths
Enquiries: John 0418 262706​​​
]]><![CDATA[Chocolate and fine food ride Saturday 5 April 2025]]>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:00:00 GMThttps://www.bikemarrickville.org.au/rides/chocolate-and-fine-food-ride-saturday-5-april-2025Join us for another famous chocolate and fine food ride, an (almost) calorie neutral food tour of Alexandria and surrounds. An easy ride on cycleways, shared paths and quiet back streets – ride ten minutes, eat ten minutes and repeat...

We start and finish at Stanmore station. Don't forget your backpacks, baskets and panniers.

Date: Saturday 5 April 2025
Time: 9.45am for 10am start, finish approx 12.30pm
Start and finish: Stanmore station, north side
Route: Slow pace, back streets, cycleways and shared paths
Enquiries: Fiona 0401 628 742​​​]]><![CDATA[Ride to work day, Wednesday 16 October 2024]]>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://www.bikemarrickville.org.au/rides/ride-to-work-day-wednesday-16-october-2024Worried about the closedown of the T3 line? Interested in learning low stress routes from the inner west into the city? Join one of our ride to work day rides.

Ride 1: Lewisham to Town Hall

Departure: 8am from Lewisham station, south side - on Victoria Street near the corner with Hobbs Street
Destination: Town Hall House on Kent Street
Route: Shared path, cycleway and quiet streets the whole way, suitable for inexperienced riders, via Newtown, Chippendale and Darling Harbour
Contact: Fiona Campbell, 0401628742
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Ride 2: Marrickville to Wynyard

Departure: 7.30am from McNeilly Park, Warburton St Marrickville
Destination: Wynyard Station, Kent St entrance
Route: Back streets and cycleways, some short stretches on busier roads, via St Peters, Erskineville, Alexandria and Redfern.
​Contact: Natalie Ross, 0435117463

​Ride 3: Rozelle Parklands to Museum station

Departure: 8am from Rozelle Parklands in the tunnel under Victoria Road
Destination: Museum Station on Liverpool and Castlereagh Sts 
Route: Cycleways, shared paths and bridges, suitable for inexperienced riders, via Anzac Bridge, Pyrmont, Kent St Cycleway.
Contact: John McNeil, 0490768124]]><![CDATA[Chocolate and fine food ride]]>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://www.bikemarrickville.org.au/rides/chocolate-and-fine-food-ride5300399
An easy ride (16km), on cycleways and quiet streets to sample delights of the local food industry.
10:00 Start at Stanmore Station, northern side. Be early for a pre-ride coffee/pastry from Hearthe (from the founder of Black Star Pastry).
Return to Stanmore station around midday.

You can find the route at: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45882142
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More information: Fiona ph 0403821374
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