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Bike tours

Connect with others, have fun, and discover our compact city’s stories in a low-carbon way.

Alongside our growing network of cycle-safer streets, we launched our inaugural bike tour in January 2023. It was so successful that we are making bike tours a permanent fixture on our events calendar.

Free tours and bikes

Guided tours

All tours are guided and marshalled. We'll stop at various places of interest along the route. The run times and other details may vary, so check out the tour you would like to do for specific information.

Our routes are carefully designed so that they can be enjoyed at a relaxed pace, and you can get to know the other riders.

Bring your own bike or borrow one

If you're bringing your own bike, please make sure it is in good mechanical condition, check your brakes and tyres, and remember to wear a helmet. We'll have marshals on the route in case you run into any problems.  

If you don’t have a bike, you can borrow a bike and helmet free of charge. Please indicate with your booking if you’d like to borrow a bike.

Upcoming tours

Park2Park

On Saturday 5 April (rain day 6 April), from noon to night, a colourful range of community activities are being offered on and along the newly completed cycle-route from Waitangi Park to Shorland Park, Island Bay.

If you’re keen to take part in one of the guided rides with Pedal Ready, please register beforehand to make sure you don’t miss out.

As well as scheduled activities, there will be pop-up events and roving activities throughout the day along the route.

Join Park2Park

Contact us

If you have any questions, email us at tours@wcc.govt.nz.

We're passionate about our city, and love sharing our stories. We hope you will join us to experience our unique city by bike.

Thank you to our bike partners, Switched on Bikes and Pedal Ready, who generously help to make these events happen.

Previous tours

Check out some of the images of these tours below.