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Maungakiekie Tāmaki & Ōrākei Bicycle Safari
Saturday May 3 @ 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Intro: This ride will take in many of the lovely sites, parks, beaches, and particularly the quality cycling infrastructure the Maungakiekie Tāmaki & Ōrākei Local Board Areas have to offer.
Start/Finish will be at the Bike Hub Onehunga next to the Train Station, we will finish at the Britomart Train Station. So all being well, you will be able to catch a train to and from the event.
Timing: We will start riding at 9:00am, we should be at Britomart by around 1:30pm.
What kind of bike: You do not have to have an eBike for this ride, but it is around a 30km ride, and we will encounter hills right after lunch. We will be riding on paved surfaces.
Who should ride: We will be riding for a little under 3 hours, so a reasonable level of fitness is required. While most of the ride is off road, the sections we are on road are on busy areas so you will need to be comfortable with this. In saying that, you will be in a guided group which makes thing easier.
Route: Over three quarters of the route will be on off road shared paths. We start by riding along the edge of the Manukau Harbour from Onehunga to Penrose, then along the path beside the express way to Sylvia Park. We have a short busy patch through the Sylvia Park Shopping Mall car park before getting onto the beautiful path around the Panmure Basin. There is a short ride on road before joining the wonderful path along the Tamaki River to the beginning of the path along the Tamaki River then up on to the new separated cycle paths along Taniwha St to the Glen Innes Village. We will stop in at the Bike Hub Glen Innes before having morning tea at the Glen Innes Starbucks on Aprirana Ave. Then after having had a rest and refreshments we climb up a cycle path that runs parallel to Felton Mathew Ave to St Johns Rd and the beginning of the ‘Te Ara Ki Uta Ki Tai’ (the path of land and sea) through Pourewa Valley, over the Eastern rail line and through the Ōrākei Basin. That delivers us via paths along Paratai Drive onto the beautiful Tāmaki Drive path all the way to Britomart Station.
Coffee: We will have morning tea at the Glen Innes Starbucks on Aprinana Ave.
Please register click here. If you have any questions, please contact me at richard@path.net.nz if you have any questions.
