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August 2026 Adelaide Bromptoneering Update

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Next Ride

The next ride is Sunday 16 August 2026 leaving from SixTwelve Brewing in St Agnes. For those contemplating public transport, it is a short ride from the Tea Tree Plaza Interchange.

For those who rode with us on Sunday 10 December 2023 from SixTwelve Brewing, I can advise that this is an entirely new route. We check out the local suburbs and then scoot along the Dry Creek Linear trail from the Wynn Vale dam. All new and very enjoyable!

Ride schedule updates

In the last update, I advised about a change of venue for the October Adventure Ride. I am also changing the date for the November ride to avoid the city based motor race. The date has changed from Saturday 28 November 2026 to Saturday 21 November 2026. The best way to keep up to date is directly adding the Adelaide Bromptoneering Calendar into your calendar.

The rides for the remainder of 2026 are:

  • Sunday August 16 at 11:00am – SixTwelve Brewing, St Agnes
  • Sunday September 13 at 11:00am – Catlin in Magill, Magill
  • Sunday October 11 at 11:00am – Adventure Ride – Unit 3 Collective, Lonsdale
  • Saturday November 21 at 11:00am – The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Thebarton
  • Sunday December 20 at 11:00am – Christmas Ride – The Brickmakers Arms, Brompton

Adelaide Urban Adventures Ride Library

Our recent rides get added to the library as they are created. However, I am also progressively updating the Adelaide Urban Adventures Ride Library with some of our older rides. This month the following rides have been added:

Throwback Thursday

Every so often on a Thursday I go out and re-ride one of Adelaide Urban Adventures. Anyone is welcome to join me – even if they don’t have a Brompton. On Thursday 10 September at 11:00am I will be re-riding Adelaide Airport – Yellow Matter route originally used on 28 July 2024. This time I will start and finish at Beach Break Cafe (1 Seaview Rd, West Beach SA 5024). No RSVP required just turn up on the day.

Brisbane: Northern beaches explorer

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Time9:00am
Thursday 22 July 2027
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LocationCity Botanic Gardens
Corner of Edward and Alice Streets, Brisbane
RouteStandard route 65km, 239 vertical meters
Challenge 75km, 335 vertical meters
Easy rider 53km, 150 vertical meters
Standard Route
Description		This ride takes us from the City Botanic Gardens to Kippa-ring Railway Station for a return train trip to Brisbane City.

We start off skirting the City Botanic Gardens and Brisbane City on the Bicentennial Bikeway before turning north. We will take a few city streets before connecting to the Northern Bikeway. After a few suburban streets we will join the Kedron Brook Cycleway and start headings toward the airport and the ocean.

Our first stop will be on Kedron Brook Cycleway near Toombul Railway Station. This is the meeting point for the Easy Riders who will take a train from Brisbane City and saving them 12km of cycling.

Our first rest stop will be 1km further down the Kedron Brook Cycleway/Jim Soorley Bikeway at Albert Bishop Park Criterium Circuit. This will be a thermos coffee and cake stop. For those super keen on cemeteries, the Nundah Historic Cemetery is next door.

We will ride alongside the airport before heading north through the scenic Boondall Wetlands on the bikeway of bitumen, concrete, and boardwalk! There will be a short rest stop at the Boondall Wetlands Environment Centre.

We join the Gateway North Bikeway next to the motorway for a couple of kilometres before we head towards the beachside suburbs… starting with Shorncliffe. If you plan your trip well you could buy some fresh prawns from the trawlers on Cabbage Tree Creek (e.g. Rolinda and Moonshine Seafoods) and then throw them on the barbie for lunch! Something to think about!!

We continue on the Moreton Bay Cycleway for 25 kilometres of beach side cycling. The lunch stop will be Sandgate Beach. Where you will have the choice of using a public BBQ and throwing some prawns on it. Or alternatively, fish and chips (and other goodies) are on offer from a number of providers like Flinders Seafood and Bar, Sandgate Fishmonger and Doug’s Seafood Cafe.

After lunch we continue on the Moreton Bay Cycleway. Shortly after leaving Sandgate will complete a 3km over water crossing on the half way a long you’ll be able to admire the Ted Smout Memorial Fishing Pier. There are a few more jetties to enjoy. There will be a short rest stop at the Redcliffe Jetty and then we’ll head towards “afternoon tea” at Scarborough Harbour Brewing.

After snack and a frothy or two, it’s an easy 5 or so kilometres to the train station through the newish canal suburbs! You’ll see what I mean. At Kippa-ring we will catch the train back. Those seeking a challenger will ride a further 10km along the Moreton Bay Cycleway to Petrie Train Station.

Morning Tea15km Albert Bishop Park Criterium Circuit.
111 Hedley Av, Nundah QLD 4012
Rest Stop28km Boondall Wetlands Environmental Centre
31 Paperbark Dr, Boondall QLD 4034
Lunch38km Sandgate Beach
164 Flinders Parade, Sandgate QLD 4017
Rest Stop52km Redcliffe Jetty
139 Redcliffe Parade, Redcliffe QLD 4020
Afternoon ‘Tea’59km Scarborough Harbour Brewing
21 Bird Opassage Parade, Scarborough QLD 4020
FinishKippa-ring Railway Station
48-54 Fleet Dr, Kippa-Ring QLD 4021
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August 2026 SixTwelve Brewing Adelaide Bromptoneering Social Ride

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Time11:00am
Sunday 16 August 2026
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LocationSixTwelve Brewing
Warehouse 3/132 Tolley Rd, St Agnes SA 5097
Route20Km Loop ride through St Agnes, Ridgehaven, Redwood Park, Surrey Downs, Golden Grove, Wynn Vale, Modbury Heights, Modbury North, Modbury.
Strava Link
GPX Route
Coffee StopCafe de Grove
1150 Golden Grove Rd, Golden Grove SA 5125
RegisterPlease let us know you are coming…

Brisbane: A tale of two gardens

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Time8:00am
Monday 19 July 2027
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LocationCity Botanic Gardens
Corner of Edward and Alice Streets, Brisbane
RouteStandard route 44km, 638 vertical meters
Challenge 55km, 992 vertical meters
Easy rider 32km, 382 vertical meters
Standard Route
Description		This ride takes us from the City Botanic Gardens to Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens and back.

We start off with a ride through the City Botanic Gardens where we will stop for breakfast in the gardens. We will then sample Brisbane’s Veloway 1 getting some interesting glimpses of the Brisbane’s dedicated busway. We won’t stay on the veloway for too long. We head west towards Dutton Park, this is where we will visit the first cemetery of the trip – the South Brisbane Cemetery.

We will cross the river on a dedicated bus, pedestrian and bike bridge towards University of Queensland. We won’t explore UQ today as we are on a mission westwards towards the rest stop at Indooroopilly.

After the rest stop, we check out the the Indooroopilly River and head through Treacy College towards the Western Freeway Bikeway. There will be some steady climbing as we head towards the Mt Cootah Botanic Gardens. For the stand ride, the peak of the day will be in the Botanic Gardens at the lookout. There are plenty of lawns for a picnic (if you’d like to make one) or you can go the garden’s cafe.

The Challenge involves a climb to the top of Mt Coot-tha while the ‘standard’ people have lunch. The Easy Riders scoot down to the riverside bikeway after lunch.

The standard route has a few more hills to climb before we settle into a steady downhill run along the Enoggera Creek bikeway. The first hill will be getting into the Toowong Cemetery our second cemetery of the day – which certainly offers great views for the dead! After that, there a couple of lumpy hills to get over (which I didn’t actually do – as I got terribly lost trying to find something a little easier).

We had back into the centre of town next Victoria Park (the subject of much controversy) and Roma Street Parklands (maybe this makes the ride a tale of three gardens) and Station. We will pass the iconic Brisbane City Hall and then dismount to walk a bit of Albert Street Mall before heading down the city link cycleways back to Brisbane Botanic Gardens.

Breakfast StopThe Garden’s Club
75 Gardens Point Rd, Brisbane City QLD 4000
Morning TeaHetty and Herm’s
9 Lambert Rd, Indooroopilly QLD 4068

This is coffee caravan in a park. If you prefer you can leave your own refreshments in the support vehicle.
LunchBotanic Gardens Cafe
152 Mount Coot-Tha Rd, Mount Coot-tha QLD 4066

You are welcome to picnic in the park!
Afternoon TeaAshgrove Sports Park
Ashgrove QLD 4060
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July 2026 Adelaide Bromptoneering Update

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Next Ride

The next ride is on 19 July 2026 leaving from The Ed in Mitcham.

*** Reminder *** we are again having “Coffee Outside” please bring a warm drink of your preference.

We will be bringing some sweets and a few spare cups of coffee. If you’d like bake something let us know.

Remembering good times

Vanessa posted some great photos on Facebook of her Brompton along the Torrens recounting some of June 2026 Social Ride. Please keep the submissions coming.

If you’d like to re-ride an Adelaide Bromptoneering route, then head over to the Adelaide Urban Adventures page where we have more than 24 months of Adelaide Bromptoneering rides.

Helen and I recently re-rode the Coopers Brewery route and had a great time. We noticed a few minor improvements that could be made. We will make those improvements so that the next person who rides finds it even better.

Let us know that you have re-ridden a route by posting some photos. If you find some issues with the route let us know so we can update and improve the information on the Adelaide Urban Adventures page.

Brisbane Takeover 2027

The dates have been set for the Brisbane Takeover. They are Monday 19 to Friday 23 July.

Like Canberra there will be 5 days of riding Adelaide Bromptoneering style. I have just returned from doing the reccy. I am very happy with the routes. If you are interested in joining us please register on Brisbane Takeover page. There is a cap on the number of riders that can participate and this will be determined by the date a person registers interest.

Change to the venue for the October 2026 Adventure Ride

The original plan was to visit Gawler River Brewing near Angle Vale. I do recommend visiting this brewery as it has good beer, food and vibe! But, I cannot recommend it as a ride.

I was planning to ride in the local area and the eastern side of the Northern Expressway where the older suburbs and public transport is located. Despite there being an off-road cycle path in Angle Vale, I could not find a single safe cycling or pedestrian route to cross the Northern Expressway. It is only about 600 metres from Angle Vales off-road cycle path to the Stuart O’Grady Bikeway. It seems to me that the State and Local Governments are denying autonomy to young adults and are locking the north into a car only future. Surely, this is not a good outcome.

We will move our adventure ride to Onkaparinga, which in my opinion has some of the best riding in Adelaide. We will visit Unit Three Collective and do a loop around the Souther Suburbs.

June 2026 Update

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Next Adelaide Bromptonering Social Ride

The June 2026 Adelaide Bromptoneering Social Ride is leaving from Brightstar Brewing at 11:00am on Sunday 14 June. The weather is looking good. The coffee stop will be “Coffee Outside” please bring your preferred hot drink in a thermos. If you’d like to bake some goodies for us please let me know.

For route and other details visit the June 2026 Brightstar x Coffee Outside post. Please let us know if you intend to go (so there is enough space on the table at the end!).

We want your photos!

We would love to see your photos of your Brompton (and maybe you!).

Treadly Bikeshop has kindly donated two t-shirts (a size S and size M) which will be handed out our Christmas lunch to the people who sends us the two best photos in the second half of this year (subjectively selected by Helen and me).

The photo doesn’t have to be from one of our rides, just any photo that you love and have taken that has a Brompton in it.

If you are on Facebook send it to the Adelaide Bromptoneering Group. If you are not, you can e-mail it to ride@bromptoneering.blog.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday is the day when I choose one Adelaide Bromptoneering’s Social Rides from the vault and re-ride it! The purpose is to have a bit of fun and to update the route (which is now on the Adelaide Urban Adventures page) for current circumstances.

The next Throwback Thursday ride will be the Lady Burra ride. Adelaide Bromptoneering last rode this ride in March 2025. Anyone who attended this ride last time will agree with me that a Lady Burra is definitely a better place to visit on Thursday Lunch than Saturday Night on a bike ride. No need to RSVP just be out front of Lady Burra at 10:30am on Thursday 18 June.

The last Throwback Thursday ride had two participants. Gordon from Sydney and I re-traced the steps of the March 2024 Mismatch Brewing ride. The ride is still great even if Mismatch Brewing is no longer at that site.

The route is flexible and you can chose to start it from the Prince Albert Hotel (like I did), or Little Bang, Bowden Brewing or Brightstar Brewing.

Thebarton – Brightstar x Coffee Outside

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LocationBrightstar Brewing
35-37 Stirling St, Thebarton SA 5031
Route25 km loop ride through Thebarton, Adelaide, Gilberton, Joslin, Klemzig, Vale Park, Walkerville, Medindie, North Adelaide, Bowden
Strava Link
GPX Route
Coffee StopCoffee Outside@Lochiel Park Southern Wetland
Lochiel Park, Campbelltown SA 5074

Please bring a thermos of your preferred warm drink.
Let us know if you’d like to bake some goodies!
Last riddenSunday 14 June 2026 – Ride Report with photos and video

April/May 2026 Update

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Brisbane Takeover 2027

We’ve taken over the country’s capital, now it is time to takeover Brisvegas. Don’t worry there is much more to Brisbane than the Fortitude Valley night life. We will be exploring Brisbane, Adelaide Bromptoneering style.

If you are interested in joining us next year, let us know on the Brisbane Takeover 2027 page.

Canberra Takeover 2026

We had a great time in Canberra with near perfect weather, fantastic company and excellent bike routes. We also met some local Brompton owners and Helen was interviewed by local radio. On top of all that we raised $1,150 for Mildura Days for Girls the charity supported by our most excellent supporter – Julie.

If you are curious about what we did or would like an indication about what Brisbane will be like is then checkout Canberra Takeover Ride Report by Helen

Next Adelaide Bromptoneering Social Ride

The May 2026 Adelaide Bromptoneering Social ride is leaving from Pirate Life in Port Adelaide at 11:00am on Sunday 17 May.

For route and other details visit the Pirate Life Social Ride post.

Throwback Thursday

On Thursday 28 May, I am going to re-ride the Mismatch Brewing route that we rode on 17 March 2024. Times have changed, Mismatch is now closed. So I will be starting and finishing my throwback-Thursday ride at the Prince Albert Hotel. If you’d like to join, I’ll be passing by the Prince Albert Hotel around 10:30am. No need to RSVP.

My second throwback is to thirteen years ago when we rode the 5 Boro Bike Tour in New York with 32,000 of our closest friends. The 5 Boro Bike Tour happens each year and perhaps it something you might like to consider on your Brompton! I am sure Jeff would happily join you for a ride.

Brompton World Championship

Saturday 18 April 2026 was not a normal day at California’s Laguna Seca Raceway. While the circuit is more accustomed to motorcycle screams and tyre smoke, this time it hosted something altogether more civilised — and considerably more eccentric. The Brompton World Championship returned to the Americas for the first time since 2018, and it did not disappoint. Read more on Grand Fondo Daily News.

Or see it from a rider’s perspective in this video.