tips – canberra.bike

Commuting to work

What makes cycling to work easier, and what things do not really make a difference. Here is an overview of things to consider.

Hill climbs of interest in the wilderness

Pond, Namadgi Visitor Centre, Namadgi National Park, ACT, after the fires in 2020

Some love hills. As meditation or to test oneself, the key seems to lie in enjoying the experience. Here are a list of hill climbs that lie in the remote wilderness of the ACT including the Namadgi National Park.

Wahoo and cycling: inside and out

Canberra.bike has never been about sport. For Facebook, we chose “health and wellbeing” as a category. Cycling is a way of living and changes the way you experience the world.

canberra.bike is free to share

The intention of canberra.bike was to create a shareable resource all about cycling in Canberra. We have made this official with Creative Commons. Here we explain what this means.

Ginninderra Creek, Belconnen

Ride from the end of the Belconnen Bikeway to the Macgregor along the Ginninderra Creek. This valley is very pretty and highly recommended.

Mapping your rides with komoot

Komoot is a good way to map your rides. Take a few photos and add them to the route. In this way others can find the destination for their next ride.

Canberra cycling planner

If you want to plan a ride around Canberra, you will need a good map. After that, a route suggestion could be useful. Here both are discussed.

Technologically obsolete: bike parts not available

The product life cycles seem to be getting shorter with the result that parts for previous models – less than 1 year old – may be no longer available. This technological advancement has the benefit of providing us with better bikes, but it is making their lifespan shorter.