Biketober 2020 Events

This online game is a month-long series of biking missions to keep you and your friends and whānau active and having fun by bike all through Biketober. The missions include everything from snapping a picture of your favourite bike spot, family fun rides, helmet safety and getting wheely art and crafty with bike art.

See how many of the #Biketober 2020 missions you can complete over the month! Just download the Goose Chase app, search for and join the “Biketober 2020” game and start a mission. New missions will be released daily. Have fun!

Download the Goose Chase app now at https://www.goosechase.com/download/

They’re everywhere in Auckland: power boxes, transformers or utility boxes that have been painted and turned into art. This Biketober, jump on your bike to join the Power Box Bike Challenge! Visit a painted power box in Auckland by bike, submit a photo and be in to win more than $1000 worth of amazing prizes.

Here’s how it works:
1. Visit a painted power box in Auckland by bike.
2. Take a photo which includes the painted power box, you and your bike.
3. Join the EcoMatters Bike Hubs Facebook group and post your photo in the group. Include the street name and suburb of the power box.
4. Each photo of you, your bike and a different power box is one entry for the prize draw, but if you tag a friend in your post and invite them to the challenge, your entry counts twice.
5. (Optional) Include a story about your bike ride in your post to enter the competition for Best Story.

If you haven’t been on a bike for a while, or looking to develop your bike handling skills, then this relaxed practical session is for you. It’s for those getting on a bike for the first time, as well as anyone wanting to practice bike control, including using the gears and brakes, and will get you riding independently with confidence. This 2-hour course is in an off-road environment.

You will learn:
How to check and fit a helmet,
basic bike introduction and check,
balancing on a bike and pedalling independently,
starting without help, braking, gears, bike control,
and for those looking to progress on to the next level, bike handling skills, look backs and signalling.

Registration is required for this course due to limited capacity. Confirmation and further details will be sent to you when you register.

If you don’t have a bicycle or helmet we can bring these for you to use during the course.

This session is for Greville Reserve, East Coast Road, and Forrest Hill.

Get involved in the #Learn2Ride sessions. Auckland Transport’s team of qualified instructors work alongside parents to get kids riding.

Whether starting on a balance bike or making the transition to a pedal bike, the team is there to help. Come along, chat to our instructors, try out some different bikes and get your kids riding.

Each event is weather dependent and you can drop in anytime during the session. Bikes are available on a limited basis.

Registration is not required, but keep an eye on the Auckland Transport events page on Facebook to see any cycling event updates.

Cycle Action Waiheke are kicking of Bike-tober with a morning of pedal power at the Ostend Market.
Bring your bikes down for safety checks with the Waiheke Bike Shop, win prizes in the fun and bell ringing quiz ‘Who’s Road is it anyway?’ and share with us your ideas about how to make our road safer for all road users.

This fun, 2-hour interactive workshop takes the mystery out of the bicycle. It will show you how to do a basic inspection to ensure your bike is in safe working order, how to clean your bike and make minor adjustments, and how to fix the dreaded flat tyre.

The course can be tailored for either beginner or more advanced material depending on the prior knowledge of the participants. Participants are encouraged to bring along their own bikes so they can become familiar with the mechanics of their own bike.

You will learn how to:
• do a maintenance check and name parts of a bike,
• remove and fit a wheel,
• fix a puncture,
• clean and lubricate a bike.

• Advanced course can include:
– brakes,
– gears,
– bike fit,
– and questions on request.

Registration is required for this course due to limited capacity. Confirmation and further details will be sent to you when you register.

If you don’t have a bicycle or helmet, we can bring these for you to use during the course.

Bike East Auckland is running four, fun community rides every Sunday throughout October. Each ride will showcase local attractions, shared paths, quiet roads and cycle loops – a mix of recreational and informative routes to get you out and about locally. Complimentary coffee on each of these rides, thanks to AK Transport and the Community Bike Fund!

Cascades Connect on the 4th of October: 8:15am start, meet at Cnr Kyeemagh and Le Perouse Streets, Howick.

Get biking, get free stuff.

Pedal to Grey Lynn Farmers Market on any Sunday in October, and if you’re one of the first 70 people to arrive, you could receive a $5 voucher redeemable that day from any market stall.

Leave your bike securely, in the care of Bike Auckland’s bike valet service while you shop – it’s free.

The Bike to the Market event is part of the month-long Biketober celebration, thanks to a collaboration between the market and Bike Grey Lynn. Gratefully supported by Auckland Transport Community Bike Fund.

Meet at Onehunga Bay Reserve by the skate ramp to ride via points of interest in Onehunga’s history! This won’t be a long ride (about 8km) and we will go the speed of our slowest rider, so it will be suitable for all ages and abilities with plenty of stops to learn about the history of our fascinating suburb.

This ride is mainly on road, and we will end at the old Carnegie Library, AKA The Good Home, for a drink/coffee/snack. Kids can play on the playground there.

Let us know if you’re interested on Bike Onehunga’s facebook page.

5.00 Join us before the talk for a mix and mingle with delicious Italian bar snacks and a glass of beer or wine – all included in your ticket.

6.00 Panel discussion

Guerilla painted bike lanes, pop up parks, spotted intersections, flower box separators… What is Tactical Urbanism all about? Who is it for? And what does it do?

Repurposing public space to make it easier and more attractive to move around our city is an increasingly popular option for city planners and communities alike.

This month our panel of Tactical Urbanists will help us upskill our community toolkit and understand the roles of Auckland Council and NZTA in the process.

The panel features NZTA’s own Urban Pirate – Cameron Perkins and Urban Designers, Emma McInnes from Resilio and George Weeks from Auckland Council

Seats are limited, so grab your tickets quick-smart!

Get involved in the #Learn2Ride sessions. Auckland Transport’s team of qualified instructors work alongside parents to get kids riding.

Whether starting on a balance bike or making the transition to a pedal bike, the team is there to help. Come along, chat to our instructors, try out some different bikes and get your kids riding.

This session is for Avondale.

Get involved in the #Learn2Ride sessions. Auckland Transport’s team of qualified instructors work alongside parents to get kids riding.

Whether starting on a balance bike or making the transition to a pedal bike, the team is there to help. Come along, chat to our instructors, try out some different bikes and get your kids riding.

Each event is weather dependent and you can drop in anytime during the session. Bikes are available on a limited basis.

Registration is not required, but keep an eye on the Auckland Transport events page on Facebook to see any cycling event updates.

Just an informal meet up to talk through your Three Kings bike journeys. We will begin with a small talk about how to cycle safely and where you like to go in the neighbourhood. We can discuss the best and safest route to get there by bike. There are always nifty shortcuts and scenic routes! We will follow with a small bike ride around the neighbourhood to discover some places you may not have seen before.

Bring your bike along but not compulsory, you can just come along for the talk 🙂

Meet Bobby and Vesselina at the end of Kimiora Street in the “shared space”, or if drizzly, the sheltered entry 3 in Obsidian Apartments. Brought to you by Roskill Community Voice.

Bike East Auckland is running four, fun community rides every Sunday throughout October. Each ride will showcase local attractions, shared paths, quiet roads and cycle loops – a mix of recreational and informative routes to get you out and about locally. Complimentary coffee on each of these rides, thanks to AK Transport and the Community Bike Fund!

Barry Curtis Park on the 11th October: 8:15am start, meet at Cnr Kyeemagh and Le Perouse Streets, Howick.

Get biking, get free stuff

Pedal to Grey Lynn Farmers Market on any Sunday in October, and if you’re one of the first 70 people to arrive, you could receive a $5 voucher redeemable that day from any market stall.

Leave your bike securely, in the care of Bike Auckland’s bike valet service while you shop – it’s free.

The Bike to the Market event is part of the month-long Biketober celebration, thanks to a collaboration between the market and Bike Grey Lynn. Gratefully supported by Auckland Transport Community Bike Fund.

Wanna have a BBQ on the beach? Course you do! We all do! But not all BBQs mean prepacked sausages, buns, chips and dip… and a sea of packaging. Our jam-packed cycle tour is going to show you how to enjoy a carbon neutral, packaging-free picnic.
Meeting at the Sustainability Centre at 9:45am to check in ready for our 10am departure.
With stop-offs to a number of local businesses in Oneroa, Surfdale and Ostend to purchase our packaging-free goodies, the tour will finish up in Palm Beach where we will cook our goods, eat and enjoy.

Take your riding to the next level by embarking on shared paths and quiet roads. This course goes through how to choose safe routes, on-road bike handling skills, and how to communicate with other path/road users. This 3-hour course begins in an off-road environment before moving to shared paths and quiet local roads. The course will start with practising some basic bike skills and a summary of the Bronze bike skills course, before heading out to explore the local area by bike. By the end of the session you can expect to have learned skills which you can utilise to ride anywhere in urban Auckland. You will: • Gain an understanding of road signs and road rules and their relation to bike riders, • Learn about riding on a shared path and quiet roads including: – positioning, – passing side roads and parked cars, – turning left into and out of intersections, – turning right into and out of intersections, – travelling straight through an intersection, – route planning. Registration is required for this course due to limited capacity. Confirmation and further details will be sent to you when you register. If you don’t have a bicycle or helmet, we can bring these for you to use during the course.

The Pink Shirt No Bully Bike Ride, Supporting Pink Shirt Day 2020. Join the ride! A Fun 5km Bike Ride – all welcome!!! #BikeToberFest
#KeepTheWheelsSpinning

Join Auckland Council’s bird expert, Chris Bindon and Bike Te Atatū for a fascinating guided ride starting at Te Atatū Peninsula and winging along the northwestern cycleway causeway and back. Learn about the area’s unique coastal bird life.

Numbers are strictly limited to 20, register on our website!

If you haven’t been on a bike for a while, or looking to develop your bike handling skills, then this relaxed practical session is for you. It’s for those getting on a bike for the first time, as well as anyone wanting to practice bike control, including using the gears and brakes, and will get you riding independently with confidence. This 2-hour course is in an off-road environment.

You will learn:
How to check and fit a helmet,
basic bike introduction and check,
balancing on a bike and pedalling independently,
starting without help, braking, gears, bike control,
and for those looking to progress on to the next level, bike handling skills, look backs and signalling.

Registration is required for this course due to limited capacity. Confirmation and further details will be sent to you when you register.

If you don’t have a bicycle or helmet we can bring these for you to use during the course.

The Cycle Action Network (CAN) will be running a Blindzone Demonstration at the Roskill Cultural Festival. This is a chance for people to experience the road from the point of view of a truck driver. You’ll get a chance to sit in the drivers seat and see exactly what the driver can (and more importantly can’t) see and take home some useful tools that will allow to to have a more confident ride and position yourself to be safe and visible out on the road around heavy vehicles.

This event is aimed at riders of all ages and all road users to better understand how to share the road.

Bike East Auckland is running four, fun community rides every Sunday throughout October. Each ride will showcase local attractions, shared paths, quiet roads and cycle loops – a mix of recreational and informative routes to get you out and about locally. Complimentary coffee on each of these rides, thanks to AK Transport and the Community Bike Fund!

Tour de Gravel Ride on the 18th October: 8:00am start, meet at Howick Info Centre, Picton Street, Howick.

Get biking, get free stuff

Pedal to Grey Lynn Farmers Market on any Sunday in October, and if you’re one of the first 70 people to arrive, you could receive a $5 voucher redeemable that day from any market stall.

Leave your bike securely, in the care of Bike Auckland’s bike valet service while you shop – it’s free.

The Bike to the Market event is part of the month-long Biketober celebration, thanks to a collaboration between the market and Bike Grey Lynn. Gratefully supported by Auckland Transport Community Bike Fund.

This ride will be an adventure you will not forget. You will get to ride up five of Tāmaki Makaurau’s most magnificent Maunga. You will be climbing a total of 630 vertical metres over the 3-4 hour 32 Km ride so a reasonable level of fitness (or a grunty eBike) will be required. There are some steep sections on each of the Maunga, so if you are riding an eBike, you will need to be able to control your bicycle going up and down these sections. The view from the top of the Maunga is pure magic. We will have speakers arranged (including Councillor Chris Darby) to talk about different facets of our city from the summits. Of course there will be a break for coffee in Mt Eden village. There will be a few short sections on arterial roads including Mt Eden and Manakau Roads but much of the ride will be in beautiful parks, reserves or off road paths.

For those who have started biking on the road who would like some tips and pointers to enable you to ride more confidently and safely in heavier traffic. This 3-hour course begins in an off-road environment before progressing to busier roads.

This course will include a summary of Bronze and Silver bike skills courses, and begin on quiet streets to cover basic road position and turning left, right and straight through minor intersections. It will then progress to busier roads and cover riding in on-road cycle lanes, negotiating roundabouts, traffic lights and more complex intersections.

You will learn about:
• riding in multi lane roundabouts,
• traffic lights,
• on road cycle lanes,
• turning right in heavy traffic/hook turns,
• complex intersections.

Registration is required for this course due to limited capacity. Confirmation and further details will be sent to you when you register.

If you don’t have a bicycle or helmet, we can bring these for you to use during the course.

This session is for Glen Innes.

Get involved in the #Learn2Ride sessions. Auckland Transport’s team of qualified instructors work alongside parents to get kids riding.

Whether starting on a balance bike or making the transition to a pedal bike, the team is there to help. Come along, chat to our instructors, try out some different bikes and get your kids riding.

Each event is weather dependent and you can drop in anytime during the session. Bikes are available on a limited basis.

Registration is not required, but keep an eye on the Auckland Transport events page on Facebook to see any cycling event updates.

Join Bike Te Atatū for a “Pop-up bike hub”. Come along and say hi!

– Bike fix-up: get help and advice to fix your bike
– Donate your old bike: clear out the shed!
– Pimp your bike: bike decorating
– Local bike info: safe riding routes etc
– Bike Te Atatū stickers: bring a gold coin koha and pick up a sweet decal for your bike or helmet

Bike East Auckland is running four, fun community rides every Sunday throughout October. Each ride will showcase local attractions, shared paths, quiet roads and cycle loops – a mix of recreational and informative routes to get you out and about locally. Complimentary coffee on each of these rides, thanks to AK Transport and the Community Bike Fund!

East Escape on the 25th of October: 8:00am start, meet at Howick Historical Village, Lloyd Elsmore Park.

Get biking, get free stuff

Pedal to Grey Lynn Farmers Market on any Sunday in October, and if you’re one of the first 70 people to arrive, you could receive a $5 voucher redeemable that day from any market stall.

Leave your bike securely, in the care of Bike Auckland’s bike valet service while you shop – it’s free.

The Bike to the Market event is part of the month-long Biketober celebration, thanks to a collaboration between the market and Bike Grey Lynn. Gratefully supported by Auckland Transport Community Bike Fund.

We will ride a circuit starting and finishing at a Waiheke cafe, catch the Sealink ferry and ride close to the water as we can keeping water on our right side and land on out left until we end up at the ferry building for and the ferry ride home. Our guide will be Google embellished by our own exploratory nature. We ride as a group stopping at convenient places for coffee etc at least to regroup every 40 mins or so. Maybe a couple of little side trips (Savage memorial for the views) as the group desires. Cost will be for ferry rides for those without gold cards. The idea is a cruisey ride and a a chatty social day. Be wise to carry a litre of H2O and snacks (dates are good).

A free community fun day at the Mangere Town Centre car park, Waddon Place.

Music, food, activities, games, prizes, giveaways and fun bike rides!

This fun, 2-hour interactive workshop takes the mystery out of the bicycle. It will show you how to do a basic inspection to ensure your bike is in safe working order, how to clean your bike and make minor adjustments, and how to fix the dreaded flat tyre.

The course can be tailored for either beginner or more advanced material depending on the prior knowledge of the participants. Participants are encouraged to bring along their own bikes so they can become familiar with the mechanics of their own bike.

You will learn how to:
• do a maintenance check and name parts of a bike,
• remove and fit a wheel,
• fix a puncture,
• clean and lubricate a bike.

• Advanced course can include:
– brakes,
– gears,
– bike fit,
– and questions on request.

Registration is required for this course due to limited capacity. Confirmation and further details will be sent to you when you register.

If you don’t have a bicycle or helmet, we can bring these for you to use during the course.

At the end of the course you’re welcome to stay for the Roskill Bike Kitchen Bike Fix Day which is happening 10am-2pm. This is a monthly community event where you can practise your new skills.

Find out more about the Roskill Bike Kitchen on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/Roskill-Bike-Kitchen-216230118812624/

For those who have started biking on the road who would like some tips and pointers to enable you to ride more confidently and safely in heavier traffic. This 3-hour course begins in an off-road environment before progressing to busier roads.

This course will include a summary of Bronze and Silver bike skills courses, and begin on quiet streets to cover basic road position and turning left, right and straight through minor intersections. It will then progress to busier roads and cover riding in on-road cycle lanes, negotiating roundabouts, traffic lights and more complex intersections.

You will learn about:
• riding in multi lane roundabouts,
• traffic lights,
• on road cycle lanes,
• turning right in heavy traffic/hook turns,
• complex intersections.

Registration is required for this course due to limited capacity. Confirmation and further details will be sent to you when you register.

If you don’t have a bicycle or helmet, we can bring these for you to use during the course.

It’s the time of year again to get all dressed up and join the Henderson Halloween Ride. This is a fun community event that encourages families to walk, ride or scoot along the Project Twin Streams Opanuku path at Henderson Park. Families take a self-guided ride along the path and complete a Halloween themed quiz. On their return a trick or treat station is available for those who dare……

The event takes place in Henderson Park on Saturday 31st October between 4 and 7pm. Meet at the start point off Mt Lebanon Lane entrance to Corban’s Estate Art Centre, Henderson.

So come and get dressed up for fun and enjoy Halloween by bike, scooter or on foot.

How’s the Northwestern cycleway looking this morning? Free flowing? As always?

Bike Auckland takes to the airwaves for another Biketober! The Bike Report is back to keep you informed about the movements on cycleways Auckland-wide, all October long.

Tune in to 95bFM Breakfast with Rachel and 95bFM Drive with Jonny & Big Hungry any weekday to catch it!