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Sydney: Day 4 Parramatta to Sydney

Posted on by kymdt

For those who have been following daily, I’ve added some drone footage to the blog post about Sydney: Day 3 Casula to Parramatta. According to Google Maps it is a 29km bike ride from Parramatta to Sydney. But that is not the way us intrepid explorers like to roll – we prefer the 57km route. I’ve been sharing our plans on a number of Facebook Groups. On day 4 we had two takers – Gordon a fellow Brompton rider who has previously visited us in Adelaide and Winston a person we have never met before except through Greater Sydney Bike Trail Facebook Group. You can find my ride details on Strava and the offical route on Cycle Sydney.

Andrew, Lizzie and I started in Parramatta and decided to take a small deviation to visit the Auburn Sakura Festival. We were well supported by coffee and breakfast from Circa near Parramatta Station. We took some back streets from our hotel until we arrived at the M4 – we followed that trail for less than 1km or so – but we did manage to see a large police presence at an incident between a delivery bike and car on(or near) a pedestrian crossing! We then followed the path next to Duck River to the Auburn Botanic Gardens. We arrived soon after opening and it got busier and busier. It certainly must be heaving on a weekend. The only problem is that you can’t plan nature and the cherry trees were not at full blossom. I reckon next week (when there is no festival or entry fee?) will probably be better viewing.

Gordon joined us with has steel framed Brompton with super special rear heel engaged low geared chainring. This will come into its own later. We returned down duck river and followed the mostly quiet back streets at least until we got to the crazy crossing over the train line that gave no space to pedestrians or cyclists. We managed that ok – but I would definitely follow a different way to cross next time. After getting through the industrial area we enjoyed the sublime paths and scenery of Sydney Olympic Park (Newington and Blaxland Riverside Park) before crossing the Silverwater Bridge.

The four of us returned to the original GSBT route following the northern shore of the Parramatta River (at least while construction allowed us). This part was relatively easy and joyful – we weren’t aware what was coming. We stopped for lunch at Fork and Spoon. After lunch Winston joined us and Lizzie left us – the RiverCat was an excellent option. Winston was sporting a retrieved and repaired mountain bike – something he was going to value on his most epic ride today! As we rode we tackled a few hills and beautiful trails before heading into Lane Cove National Park. The road through the national park with its 30 km/h limit is some of the best scenery and cycling on the trail. BUT after that! All I can say is that hill should come with a mandatory warning. It had a hit rate of 75% – 3 of us walked at least part of it – but Gordon is a dead set legend he clicked his heel like Dorothy and the magic happened – his Brompton turned into the ultimate hill climber. We had a few more hills like that before we started the “on average” downward run towards the Harbour.

More beautiful trails, places so isolated that is it hard to believe they are in a big international city and then the classic tourist photos. It was an absolute pleasure to use the new ramp onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge and an even greater pleasure to roll of the Bridge on the other side in to the warm embrace of the Lord Nelson. Lizzie rejoined us for a beer and pork pie, no better way to reward such an epic ride. Winston complete his longest and biggest ride ever and this makes him a dead set legend too. I hope he keeps up and finds some riding buddies to try out other Cycle Sydney routes.

Sydney: Day 3 Casula to Parramatta

Posted on by kymdt

I am pleased to report that the three Ms of the previous day were replaced with a single M. That is the big M7! Details about the route are available from Cycle Sydney. This was the biggest day of our ride and our deviations made it a touch longer. My stats from our ride are available in Strava.

Our ride however started in Casula on a trail to Glenfield. We could have turned the other direction for a much short ride to Parramatta on the Rail Trail. But that’s not what this adventure is about. On the trail towards Glenfield we did come across the Liverpool Powerhouse. If we riding on a Saturday, I know we would have had breakfast at the Powerhouse Artisan and Growers Market rather than at our budget Ibis! As we left the rail trail and crossed the train tracks at Casula Station we admired the tiled wall mural.

There is a bit of suburb hopping to get from the Glenfield Trail to the M7. Rather than take the more direct route included in the official route we deviated into the newer suburbs of Glenfield to investigate. The M7 cycleway should be the minimum standard for any non-stop transport corridor. Non stop for pedestrians, bikes and cars – something Adelaide could learn from. While our Southern Expressway achieved this outcome the Government was clearly cost cutting on the Northern Expressway providing no safe connections for pedestrians and cyclists to the suburbs on the western side and requiring cyclists to cross every major entry/exit onto the expressway unaided along to Stuart O’Grady cycleway.

Near the M7 in Prestons is St Dreux coffee roasters. About three weeks ago they have opened up a nook in their shed for the tradies. I would have prepared the obligatory coffee photos but the guy in charge seemed very keen to talk about our Bromptons. We were happy to oblige. It is arguably the best coffee of the tour – so good I bought some beans to take home. If someone in Sydney would like to lobby, the path from the M7 to Ash Road in Prestons needs to be converted from mud to something more rideable – that would make Ste Dreux the perfect stop.

We continued our journey along to M7.

**Update – I forgot to mention that the route deviates into the Western Sydney Parklands for a bit. This gave Andrew an opportunity to test out his drone again. I’ve included some of that video here for you.

We appreciated the cycle path that was intended to connect to the M7 but for some reason there is a wire fence in the way. Perhaps its for some citizen action? Lunch was at T Spoon Cafe Eastern Creek – also a good spot if you are in need of some bike parts.

After lunch we continued on our ride along the M7. Stopped at the Kings Park Tavern for a coldie. The design of the place reveals a lot about the area. There was nos bicycle parks and “footpath” was painted path in the gutter of the road – bad luck if it’s raining and you don’t want to get your feet wet while entering the venue. After our refreshment stop it was time to scoot into Parramatta. I did enjoy, however, that at peak hour it seemed that our Bromptons went faster than cars on the M7! A note to my Adelaide readers, a good bus priority system doesn’t need concrete tracks like the O-Bahn a simple Transit Way is just as effective and lower cost. There appears to be a new bikeway on the way to Parramatta which is not on the GSBT route we took that instead – we were impressed by its quality. A quick lap around Parramatta Park and the on to our accomodation for total of 68.8kms completed

Sydney: Day 2 Cronulla to Casula

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Today was a day the three Ms – Moisture, Mechanicals and Manoush! Fortunately, the fourth M was missing there were no Magpie strikes despite the warnings we received last night. Our route from Cronulla to Casula follows the Greater Sydney Bike Trail. Follow the link to get those details. To find out the stats about our ride check out my Strava activity.

The day started out with a very pleasant sunrise. I enjoyed the view from my oceanside room balcony before heading done for some breakfast with Andrew and Lizzie at Little’s. The Barista had never visited South Australia – but he seemed keen to find out more. Hopefully, I’ve steered him away from Hahndorf and Glenelg… he also seemed quite interested in the Great Australian Bight and the Flinders Ranges. Returning back to the hotel the weather was still looking great. Boy, we were wrong!

The first 10km or so went pretty well. Some great scenery with perfect weather. A bunch of bakeries and coffee shops along the route tempting us for an early stop. But one just screamed at us to stop and that was Flour Coffee and Doughroom. Its screaming was backed up by deeds. Nobody left disappointed – but as we did leave we noticed the first bit of moisture a few drops of rain. Now, the forecast leading up to our tour had been promising rain on this day – but the morning forecast had become a bit more optimistic. It was, however, just a confidence trick. Those few drops turned into a steady drizzle for the next six or so hours of riding. That’s the first M. Fortunately, we were mostly prepared for that.

We persisted with our regular riding gear and few drops of moisture. We were optimistic, based on the BoM forecast, that this was just going to clear up. The next section featured some impressive scenery and certainly the most impressive bit of bike and walking infrastructure that we’ve seen in Syndey thus far – the Woronora River Walk. Just so you get the full experience, I’ve included some drone footage from Andrew (if you are reading the e-mail newsletter you’ll need to go to our website to view the video). One thing to be mindful of, is that the path leading the Woronora River Walk has some metal grates that form part of the path, which are very slippery – at least in mildly wet conditions – so please be careful!

There was a bit of climbing in the first part of the ride. So there was an impromptu stop at Menai for a protein boost for Lizzie (yummy chicken) and carbs for the rest from Sonoma Bakery. We were kindly provided with some food suggestions in Gymea and Revesby on Facebook with the previous night – but they didn’t quite fit with our immediate body needs! We certainly agree that there are good options there. As we continued on Lizzie was concerned about some wobbliness in here steering. At first glance Andrew concluded that there as nothing wrong …. but at closer inspection of the wheel he found that most of the spokes unexplainably had loosened – the wheel was like jelly! That was the start of our second M – mechanicals. But things like these go in threes don’t they?

Fortunately, we were close to our planned lunch stop. Our third M in our trilogy Manoush and Co. So Lizzie and I ordered while Andrew got has hands dirty fixing the spokes. Brompton’s special toolkit is a modern miracle it has every tool you need to fix a Brompton on the road including a spoke tool geniusly integrated into the tyre lever. Andrew fixing the wheel wasn’t bad entertainment while I ate lunch.

I guess one shouldn’t enjoy others misfortunes. We made good progress in the wet weather. But it was going to be my turn to have a mechanical issue. This time mine was a little more ordinary – a flat tyre on Riverside Drive in Chipping Norton (I just had to get that suburb name in!) – also not that surprising given the waste recovery industry located along that road. I thought I had expertly changed the tube and checked for the debris that caused the flat. But it wasn’t so. The third mechanical was a second flat tyre less than 1 kilometre down the road – this time I found a chunk of glass embedded in the tyre – I am pretty sure it was there the first time. But who knows eh?

We rolled into Liverpool a little wet and through with fixing bikes. A beer was in order at the Railway Hotel – an unreconstructed working pub. My usual riding partner is hard at work back in South Australia. But as an homage to her we all visited the Liverpool City Library a fantastic service that the community should be very proud of. A few more kilometres to Casula to the Budget Ibis – our cheap a cheerful accomodation for the night – that when combined with the previous night ensured that I was meeting my accomodation budget. We banqueted on Lebanse food at Larouche Restaurant and Bakehouse in the back streets of Liverpool South. It claims it has best felafel – I agree it was pretty good!

I am looking forward to the biggest ride of the tour tomorrow and hoping for a little less moisture.

Sydney: Day 1 Mascot to Cronulla

Posted on by kymdt

I’ve been keen to do the Greater Sydney Bike Trail for some time. It is a ready made tour of Sydney – the sort of thing I have done in Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne but with all the route planning done by someone else! Day 1 of the ride was around 28km from Mascot to Cronulla. This ride is a plane lovers special! The ride results are available on Strava.

This morning I woke up in Adelaide! The 8:50am flight to Sydney meant that I arrived late morning. With my big bike bag, the easiest thing for me to do, once I had arrived in Sydney, was to catch the train one stop (yes it’s quiet expensive) and deliver my bag to the phone store that was offering storage online through Radical Storage. I’ve been encouraging others to join my ride. Thus far Andrew and Lizzie from Adelaide are riding with me. They met me at Mascot.

If you know me, you know that I appreciate Japanese food and culture. One of those cultural things is ”Asadora”, Japanese morning tv with 15 minute episodes. One show in particular that I like is Manpuku. A story about the inventor of instant ramen. If there is a ramen shop called Manpuku in Mascot what do you think I am going to do? I had Tsukemen and a beer. It was very good – so unfortunately for you there are no photos.

We headed along the route on a range of paths of varying quality. But, they were all certainly better than dicing with the traffic. We rode around the north-western side of Sydney Airport tootling along quite a good quality path. As we rounded the bend we had the awesome site of a Qantas A380 taking off directly over us. Plus two A380s one the tarmac – that’s 30% of the Qantas A380 fleet in on view!! Oh yeah, we didn’t get a photo for you! Our real goal was to get coffee from Where’s Wolli? But there was a coffee snob preventing me from sampling it…. Instead we had seaside coffee in Brighton-le-sands and a beer and snacks at the St George Sailing Club.

After the beer, we were on the home leg towards Cronulla. To get there we had to climb up to and cross the Captain Cook Bridge. Let me tell you the “cycling” path is a little narrow – be prepared to stop and let other cyclists pass! The Woolooware Shared Pathway, which is quite delightful. As a note to regular Adelaide Bromptoneers, there is, if you a riding Wednesday to Sunday, a microbrewery option at the Hairyman Brewery. The final run into Cronulla was along the foreshore path. A few too many of the Fatboy Bikes (apparently Australia’s favourite electric bike) being used around here! I am writing this post from a room with a lovely view of the beach.

Tomorrow looks there will be some rain later in the afternoon. So we will make an early break from Cronulla to try and avoid most the rain. Until tomorrow.

Ride Report from the Rear – Canberra Takeover April 2026

Posted on by helenhmk

Canberra is a fabulous place to ride your Brompton. No one will be able to convince me otherwise. I know I had a great time – and it was made more enjoyable by the people who came along for the ride & experience. Weather was perfect, cycling was perfect – what more can one say? Well… just a little bit…

Day 1 – Capital Brewing: 41.51km

Today we were out of the blocks at 7:30am with a short 6.5km ride through established neighbourhoods to the Lyneham Shops for breakfast at one of the many spots before heading back to get ready for the main ride. This ensured everyone knew the location of the shops and could pick up additional supplies for the week. Additionally, it was the coldest morning of the whole week… and the wind chill factor was high.

Today’s main ride started off with the traditional Brompton line up (always good to take up car parking space of people checking-in and out – see below), once the introductions and formalities for the week were over we headed the long way to Capital Brewing. The first part involved following bike & pedestrian paths and lanes through the back streets of North Canberra. It was surprising how many lanes there were… and surprisingly Kym only made one wrong turn. Morning tea was held in a park near Mt Ainslie. The cakes (Anzac cake and Apricot Cake) were generously provided by friends of our on road support Julie – given I ate two pieces, I must have worked up an appetite.

Following the contour of the mountain we took the side entrance to Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve. The terrain changed from smooth roads and paths to gravel, which required more concentration given the high proportion of rocks. Before long we were at the back of the Australian War Memorial. Once the bikes were locked up, we made a brief stop for an hour to look inside and inspect the new ANZAC Galleries. We were back on our bikes and headed down and back up Anzac Parade with a view toward Parliament House, passing many memorials. There was the obligatory photo stop before we took to the back streets, winding between the houses, then Defence Force buildings (we didn’t stop to join in the lunch time pilates behind the secured fence), before heading around Lake Burley Griffin. By this time hunger pains were starting to creep in – wondering ‘how much further ’til lunch’. We were nearly at Capital Brewing when a person emerged from a local community garden with their Brompton – and was astonished to see 12 other Bromptons in the wild. We invited her to come on the rides during the week, and she confirmed we didn’t have far to go for lunch. Like all good breweries it had a food truck on the inside. Thankfully the service was quick and the food tasty.

We rode back through the Jerrabomberra Wetlands and Kingston. A few people stopped off to look at the National Library and National Art Gallery as we passed, while the rest returned to our respective cabins at the Alivio Tourist Park. Alivio is delightfully located surrounded by native trees and with a view of Black Mountain and the Telstra Tower. The down side is when there are 2 kms to go it is all up hill (boo-hoo)! The compensation is that when you leave towards the city there is a fabulous downhill.

Dinner in the evening was butter chicken in the Camp Kitchen (thanks Caroline), finished off with a very delightful apple pie and ice cream (thanks Anthony!). There was enough food to go round and the lucky ones took left overs of the apple pie for breakfast.

Riders start – 13 : Riders at end – 10

Day 2 – Embassies: 47.39km

Today’s ride was designed based on a request from Mary. There was an early morning route update for those who didn’t want to cycle up Red Hill. After the early morning line up we were headed down hill through the city. We made a brief stop to collect coffee filters (yes, we brought ones which were too small and spilt coffee) and coffee beans before crossing Lake Burley Griffin. We briefly stopped at the British High Commission for culturally appropriate Brompton photos and dominoes (lets face it – we knew it was going to happen at some stage, and thankfully my bike was not the cause!).

This part of ride went past soooo many embassies! It was a great opportunity to see the different architectural approaches reflecting their country. Apparently, Australia is the only country where this done. For more information check out the If You’re Listening Podcast (15 minute listen). With this part of the ride, I was going so slow looking at the different buildings and, true to the title of this report, constantly at the rear! There is no doubt that the embassies are best observed by cycling. You would not see nearly as much by car or walking. Here is some of the things I observed:

  • Gloria Jeans coffee truck outside the German Embassy
  • USA looked like a fenced off bowls club with added security (just don’t stay too long looking at the building)
  • site of Russian Embassy needs a little work (will it ever get built..??)
  • Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands both had fabulous roof lines
  • France still had the poster up promoting the Olympics (.. it was 2024 I think the sign can be removed)
  • Finland & Estonia share a site – one side with no fence!
  • Do not, repeat do not spend too much time outside of the Iran or Israel Embassy – I was slow and thankfully we were not moved on (there were hills!)

Traversing through the suburbs, we made a stop at the Australian Mint for morning tea (more fabulous cake .. yummmo) and a quick tour of the mint. We continued through suburbs of Deakin and Hughes before stopping at a food truck at Eddison Park for Momo’s (see the photos for the steamed goat momos). This was a delightful stop under the trees.. and enough crates for everyone! At this point of couple of the group decided to go around Red Hill and meet up with the main bunch after we had been the top. It was a little steep…. prior to the last significant up we briefly stoped in front of a large building associated with Saudi Arabia.. couldn’t tell if it was an embassy or a house, but it did have a Didi car out the font – who knows! While regaining our energy we had a sugar hit of jellies before the brief climb to the top. Looking out over Canberra on a blue sky day was perfect – what an achievement, and we all enjoyed a TimTam in honour of Andrew’s birthday. From here we headed back down around Parliament House (from the rear) back to Alivo.

For dinner we headed out to Verity Lane, like a food hall but with better vibe featuring food from different cultures. Dinner was enjoyed with Paris who moderates the Canberra by Bike and Canberra Brompton Club Facebook pages. Afterwards, a few of us managed to get the last tiramisu for desert before a fast cold ride back up the hill.

Riders start – 13 : riders at end – 13

Day 3 – Parliamentary Triangle: 56.52km

There was an another early morning route change. Kym combined the dinner ride with the main ride which made more sense given that everyone was planning to go to dinner. Today, Emma joined us with her P Line and cool water bottle holder! She is a Canberra Brompton local who saw our post on the Canberra Brompton Club Facebook page. Unlike the previous two days, we headed left towards Aranda Bushland Nature reserve, where we briefly stopped for some a photos overlooking a horse paddock. We continued on for a short while then we came to a fork in the road. We divided into two groups. One going up to the National Arboretum and the another avoiding the hill and enjoying a longer morning tea stop.

Nine of us (including Emma) took the high road. We decided to follow the local recommendation rather than the planned route and go up via Forest Drive to get to the Dairy Farmers lookout. It was steep, but the view was oh so worthy! It was a real delight as the colours of autumn were shining in the morning light throughout the Arboretum. At the top we enjoyed a some fruit jellies (thanks Andrew & Lizzie), took photos of the Bromptons and the view. The majority of us went down via the switch-back path, (you’ll have to take a look at our Strava activity to be impressed) which was really fun before going on to join the rest of the group for fresh home made scones with jam and cream at morning tea at Weston Park, next door to the Governor General.

After a decent rest it was back on the bikes as we followed the path around Lake Burley Griffin until Commonwealth Place. We said farewell to Emma and enjoyed a two hour break to visit any of the cultural buildings in the area. Kym and I decided to go to the Portrait Gallery for lunch, as did almost everyone else. I enjoyed a fresh poke bowl while sitting outside. The gallery were mid exhibition change over – but it was good to see the 2023 Matildas moving image portrait of the team (enjoying comfy chair for a good 15 minutes) in addition to the John Brack x Noel McKenna exhibition.

After the break we were back on the Bromptons and heading towards Parliament House for a brief stop and line up of the bikes. From here we headed through the Parliamentary gardens (who knew there was adult fitness equipment there?) at the side, and around the hill through to Manuka and looping up to the bridge and along the water front towards the National Museum of Australia. We stopped here for afternoon tea where we enjoyed the last of scones. By this time it was near 4:30pm, and some went on to a bike shop in Braddon to return a seat (its a long story – if you see Ian ask him). The rest of us took the planned route through ANU back towards Braddon to Bent Spoke for dinner.

Paris (from the day previous) had lined up an interview on a commercial radio station to talk about the Adelaide Bromptoneering Canberra takeover. This took place at around 5:30, and we managed to make to dinner location well before the scheduled time (even though there were road works and limited places to lock the bikes). Additionally, I was glad no-one knew which radio station it was on, to avoid anyone from the group listening. Dinner was very enjoyable! Despite it being cold, some of us decided to grab an ice cream from Messina before heading back,

Riders at start – 14 (picked up extra rider at the beginning): riders at end (dinner) -13

Day 4 – C7C9 Peripherique – 52.94km

We started off with the usual route and headed through Braddon and CBR central. Made a brief stop in Duntroon enabling Andrew, Tin and David to head up to Mount Pleasant while the rest of us headed onto the morning tea stop at the Mount Majura Nature Reserve. The cycling path there was very scenic, with wide open fields with views of the hills (an unnamed building we assumed ASIO) with horses and cows. At the reserve Rique, who we met on Monday near the community garden, decided to join us for the day on her Bromtpon which had been converted to electric. The morning tea spot was just lovely under some trees in a forrest reserve. From here we headed up towards a gentle hill before a very enjoyable downhill into Gungahlin.

The lunch stop was Cypher Brewing (if only we had called ahead we might of got a discount – and seniors menu should be operating now). Nevertheless, the Thursday special of burger and beer was the perfect after all the hills. Afterwards, the route winded through the suburbs and connecting bike paths past Lake Ginninderra (who knew there were sooo many lakes in Canberra) where we made a brief stop by a nepalese food truck for a break and afternoon tea. We were only were 8km from our accomodation, so it was a nice short ride back home through the grounds of Australian Institute of Sport, where we saw a number of kangaroos – thankfully not too near us.

We rode to dinner at a Filipino restaurant called Lolo and Lola (13km round trip). As Chief food organiser for the evening Caroline decided all the dishes and we shared the food amongst the group – and it was super tasty. If you are ever in Canberra its worth a stop.

Riders at start – 11 (picked up an extra and finished after afternoon tea stop): riders at finish – 11

Day 5 – C5C4 – Southern Explorer – 61.90km

Our last day – and the longest. Yet another route update, this time Kym decided to merge the breakfast ride with the main ride as most people were planning to do both. It was an early 8am start so we could visit the bakery within the School of Art and Design building of the Australian National University. There were a lot more people on the path heading to work/uni. The bakery is run by French people – no wonder the croissant was fabulously flakey. If you are ever in Canberra between Monday – Friday you need to go to Saviour French – oh it’s perfect. From here it was a very short uphill ride to the Australian National Botanical Gardens. Andrew and Tin left us to complete the final Takeover challenge of climbing Black Mountain while the rest of us parked our bikes and wandered around the garden enjoying the banksias.

I’m not going to talk about the bike parking discussion a number of us had with a staff member from the botanical gardens. Let’s just say the bike parking is not as obvious to everyone who visits the gardens. Leaving the gardens behind we went back and followed Lake Burley Griffin for a bit before heading south through Weston Creek and onto Kambah Village for lunch. The majority of us stopped at L’epi Artisan Bakery for some of their baked goods, and pick up a jar of jam. Ian managed to pick up a Basque cheesecake for the evenings dinner to celebrate Margaret’s Birthday. Michelle left 30 minutes early, to get ahead of the group. The route after lunch was generally downhill, again around another lake, before the route took us back towards the centre of Canberra. There was one more brief afternoon tea stop near Woden, before we did the last 17km of the official Canberra Takeover. The route back took us along bike paths next to rivers, through parks, back past Lake Burley Griffin and over the bridge where we stopped for a photo with the National Library of Australia in the background. By this time the battery in my phone had been used up, so Kym was left to take the photos. We headed back through the centre of town towards Alivio – where we found out Michelle beat us back by 15 minutes.

Riders start-13 : riders end: 12

Upon returning, there was a quick flurry of changing and packing bags for some who were heading out on the evening plane back to Adelaide. While the rest of us either drove or cycled to dinner to celebrate Margaret’s birthday and a fantastic week of cycling in Canberra. A few brave souls did venture out for the dawn service at 5:30am some by bike and some by warm car!

If you didn’t come, hopefully this report might convince you to take your Brompton with you next time you visit Canberra! All of the routes will remain on bromptoneering.blog to help you with your planning.

Many thanks to everyone who came along for the ride. Regardless of whether you brought your own Brompton or you rode a friend’s, I hope you enjoyed the overall experience as much as I did. I certainly want to take my Brompton back to Canberra next autumn!

Helen K

Advance Notice – Adelaide Bromptoneering Canberra Takeover ’26

Posted on by kymdt

In April 2026 Adelaide Bromptoneering is heading to Canberra for 5 days.

If you are available Monday 20 April to Friday 24 April 2026 inclusive. We’re really pleased that we have reached our rider registration cap. If you are interested and would like to be added to the waitlist, then head over to our registration page to register your interest. We will contact you to confirm registration and will include on the ride if a spot becomes available.

Each day will have one long ride and one short ride. The short ride will be a coffee/breakfast ride or a dinner ride. It is expected that if all rides are completed a total of 250 – 300 km will be covered.

Like Adelaide Bromptoneering, the routes will use paths or low use roads. Canberra has an extensive well connected bike network.

All rides will start and finish at the same accommodation.