Biketober is a community-created bike festival presented by Bike Auckland. 

Looking for the perfect excuse to dust off your bike and create some springtime fun with friends and family? Join our annual festival of cycle fun, brightening up neighbourhoods all over Tāmaki Makaurau, all October long. With activities for all ages, abilities, and bike styles, let’s celebrate the joys of cycling together!

Biketober activities are community-led and self-run, leaving unlimited capacity for maximum creativity. 

Biketober also takes place in other parts of Aotearoa New Zealand. Find out what’s happening in Hamilton, Christchurch and Otago.

 
Wed
8
Oct
Wednesday October 8 @ 5:30 pm

Goodspace Presents: PEDAL – A Cycle-powered Music Video Screening

Lim Chhour Foodcourt 184 Karangahape Road
This installation – PEDAL – puts the audience on a bike for a cycle-powered screening of Goodspace’s music video ‘Easier Said Than Done’ The idea? Listeners have to pedal a specially designed bike continuously for 3 mins, which in turn, powers & plays the MV.

Goodspace Presents: PEDAL – A Cycle-powered Music Video Screening

Thu
9
Oct
Thursday October 9 @ 5:30 pm

Goodspace Presents: PEDAL – A Cycle-powered Music Video Screening

Lim Chhour Foodcourt 184 Karangahape Road
This installation – PEDAL – puts the audience on a bike for a cycle-powered screening of Goodspace’s music video ‘Easier Said Than Done’ The idea? Listeners have to pedal a specially designed bike continuously for 3 mins, which in turn, powers & plays the MV.

Goodspace Presents: PEDAL – A Cycle-powered Music Video Screening

Sat
11
Oct
Saturday October 11 @ 9:00 am

Get a Refurbished Bike This Biketober

Wairau Zero Waste Hub, 9 Porana Road, Glenfield 9 Prorana Road Glenfield
This event is by Got To Get Out.   Have you Got To Get A Bicycle, to attend this years Biketober events & get out riding for summer? ** Also if you have a bike to donate, this would be a great time to rehome it to a good cause!** Social enterprise Got To Get Out is displaying all of their recently refurbished bicycles on Saturday October 11th at the Wairau Zero Waste Hub, located at 9 Porana Road, Glenfield Auckland.

Get a Refurbished Bike This Biketober

Sat
11
Oct
Saturday October 11 @ 10:00 am

Biketober at MOTAT

MOTAT 805 Great North Road Western Springs
This event is by MOTAT.   It’s Biketober! Bring your bike in for a check-up on selected Saturdays throughout October at our Great North Road location. On Saturdays 4, 11, and 18 October, MOTAT is teaming up with Josca Bicycle Repairs to host a pop-up bike repair and service stall for cycle enthusiasts of all ages.

Biketober at MOTAT

Sat
11
Oct
Saturday October 11 @ 10:30 am

Waiheke: Electric Bike Basics at the Hub

Waiheke Sustainability Centre 1a Mako St
This event is by Cycle Action Waiheke. Registration required.   Are you e-bike curious? Have you been meaning to give them a try, but not sure where to start, whom to ask for advice, what to look out for? Do you have an e-bike and need to know how to best look after it, what to do to stay on top of maintenance? Join Bike Hub mechanic Mark Boswell for an in-person session at Waiheke Bike Hub! Mark will roll you through a quick buyers’ guide with what to look for (and look out for), with an opportunity to ask all the questions you’ve wanted to ask about buying, trying, selling and maintaining electric bikes and batteries! Please register to confirm your attendance.

Waiheke: Electric Bike Basics at the Hub

Sat
11
Oct
Saturday October 11 @ 12:00 pm

Bike Valet – BNZ Auckland Diwali Festival 205

Aotea Square. 291-297 Queen Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010
Bike Auckland’s Bike Valet Service will be running at Diwali so you can enjoy the event worry free! Roll right up to the Gate A for free VIP parking, located on Queen St & Mayoral Dr. Bike Auckland can also help you to register your bike to 529 Garage, an anti-theft and bike recovery database.

Bike Valet – BNZ Auckland Diwali Festival 205

Sat
11
Oct
Saturday October 11 @ 1:00 pm

Waiheke: Bikes & Beats at the Bike Hub

Waiheke Sustainability Centre 1a Mako St
This event is by Cycle Action Waiheke.   A banger of a Saturday arvo session! Who knew our awesome bike mechanics were also vinyl collectors and DJs? You’ve been saving your bike maintenance for just the right time, and that time is now.

Waiheke: Bikes & Beats at the Bike Hub

Sat
11
Oct
Saturday October 11 @ 4:30 pm

Progressive Dinner Group Ride

The Beer Spot, Morningside 596 New North Road, Morningside
This event is by Bike Kingsland.     It’s progressive dinner time again. Join us for a multi-stop evening through the ‘burbs with food, drinks, rides, and good vibes!   The Plan: 4:30pm – Me...

Progressive Dinner Group Ride

Sat
11
Oct
Saturday October 11 @ 7:00 pm

Bike Rave Sunnynook: Light the Night!

Sunnynook Community Centre Playground 90 Sunnynook Road, Sunnynook
This event is by Bike Sunnynook.   Biketober is nearly here! Sat 11th October, 7pm – save the date! Bring your lights, bring your friends, bring your whānau, and let’s ride!   When: 7pm, Saturday 11th OctoberWhere: playground by Sunnynook community centreWhat else? Bring your lights, glow up your ride! And if you’re stuck, we’ve got a few free shiny bike lights to share.

Bike Rave Sunnynook: Light the Night!

Sun
12
Oct
Sunday October 12 @ 8:00 am

Opening of Te Ara O Puuriri Trail

Bledisloe Park Sports Centre QWV3+R9H Pukekohe
This event is by Franklin Active Trails. A choice of two simultaneous bike rides along and beyond the freshly opened Te Ara O Puuriri Trail. Routes will be available on the day and via Ride with GPS links.

Opening of Te Ara O Puuriri Trail

Sun
12
Oct
Sunday October 12 @ 9:00 am

Love Your Path – Eastern Suburbs

Sunhill Garden Centre 317 Saint Johns Road, St Heliers
Come and join our team of enthusiastic volunteers and spend a couple of hours helping make one of our great cycle paths for everyone to enjoy. Now locked in for the 2nd Sunday of every month!  Meet at Sunhill Garden Centre on St John’s Rd.

Love Your Path – Eastern Suburbs

Sun
12
Oct
Sunday October 12 @ 12:00 pm

Bike Valet – BNZ Auckland Diwali Festival 205

Aotea Square. 291-297 Queen Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010
Bike Auckland’s Bike Valet Service will be running at Diwali so you can enjoy the event worry free! Roll right up to the Gate A for free VIP parking, located on Queen St & Mayoral Dr. Bike Auckland can also help you to register your bike to 529 Garage, an anti-theft and bike recovery database.

Bike Valet – BNZ Auckland Diwali Festival 205

Sun
12
Oct
Sunday October 12 @ 1:00 pm

Onehunga Farm to Farm Ride

Cornwall Park Band Rotunda Band Rotunda, Cornwall Park, Pohutaka Drive, Greenlane
This event is by Bike Onehunga.   Come along and celebrate Biketober with a fabulous bike ride through Onehunga! We’ll start at the Cornwall Park Band Rotunda, and make our way down to Ambury Park with a few stops on the way.

Onehunga Farm to Farm Ride

Wed
15
Oct
Wednesday October 15 @ 12:00 pm

Locky Dock Pit Stop

Various (see event description) Auckland
These Pit Stops are by Big Street Bikers and their Locky Dock programme.    It’s Biketober, so we’re giving you lucky Locky Dockers in Auckland and Christchurch a free tune up. Check the schedule for when our team are going to be on the scene.

Locky Dock Pit Stop

Wed
15
Oct
Wednesday October 15 @ 5:00 pm

Karanga-a-Hape Station perimeter tour

Northern Line Pub 4 Beresford Square
To mark Biketober, Link Alliance are inviting members of the bike community to join a special perimeter tour of Karanga-a-Hape Station, one of the new City Rail Link stations designed to be friendly for both rail and bike users.

Karanga-a-Hape Station perimeter tour

Thu
16
Oct
Thursday October 16 @ 6:00 pm

Community Climate Action Workshop

The Flagship Education Centre 55 Madden Street, Auckland CBD
Join Climate Club Aotearoa for the internationally-acclaimed Climate Fresk workshop and find out how you can take climate action in your life and community. Make new connections and learn with others about the causes and consequences of climate change in a fun and participatory way, and leave with a plan for how you can take action.

Community Climate Action Workshop

Thu
16
Oct
Thursday October 16 @ 7:00 pm

Waiheke: Bike Pecha Kucha

Waiheke Sustainability Centre 1a Mako St
This event is by Cycle Action Waiheke. Registration required.   Come and delight in the tales of bike adventurers, bike enthusiasts, bike raconteurs and the bike-curious. Pecha kucha is a 6 min 40 sec presentation, a quick show and tell that never gets boring! As long as it involves bicycles, it can be about your daily commute, or your round-the-world trip, or about how you met the love of your life on a bike – we love to see it! Previous pecha kucha have included cycling in Japan, fun yet disastrous mountain biking in Banff, cycle-friendly architecture infrastructure, cycling love on a bike, and more! A super fun night to gather and learn more about people and their bike-centric interests and adventures.

Waiheke: Bike Pecha Kucha

Fri
17
Oct
Friday October 17 @ 5:30 pm

Cycle Safety Trail

Waterview Reserve 31 Herdman Street
Bring your bike to a sundown bike trail at Waterview Reserve. Learn about cycle safety, then show off your skills as you cycle between games to win prizes! There will also be sign painting for crafty kids who want to make their neighbourhood more bike-aware.

Cycle Safety Trail

Fri
17
Oct
Friday October 17 @ 7:00 pm

Movie Night – “Turbo Kid”

Gribblehirst Community Hub 5 Cabbage Tree Swamp Drive
This event is by Tumeke Cycle Space and the Gribblehirst Community Hub.    Come watch a post apocalyptic bike movie with us! Turbo Kid follows the adventures of a teenage comic book fan turned superhero, who adopts the persona of his favourite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord, in an alternate post-apocalyptic Earth.

Movie Night – “Turbo Kid”

Sat
18
Oct
Saturday October 18 @ 9:00 am

Super City Teams Champs – Cycle Race

Camp Adair, Hunua 2487 Hunua Rd
Give cycle racing a go by entering the 4th race of the Super City Race series. Racing is run in grades 1-5 based on ability, with the idea of riding in a peloton (bunch) and challenging yourself against the course for a fun day out.

Super City Teams Champs – Cycle Race

Sat
18
Oct
Saturday October 18 @ 9:00 am

Bike Kaipātiki – Bike Recycling with Wairau Zero Waste Hub

Wairau Zero Waste Hub, 9 Porana Road, Glenfield 9 Prorana Road Glenfield
Bike Kaipatiki is excited to announce a new partnership with Wairau Zero Waste Hub! We’ll be hosting regular bike repair days to rescue bikes from the waste stream and get them back into the community.

Bike Kaipātiki – Bike Recycling with Wairau Zero Waste Hub

Sat
18
Oct
Saturday October 18 @ 10:00 am

TryaCycle in Manurewa

Manurewa Table Tennis Club 3 Mcvilly Road, Manurewa
This event is organised in partnership with Bike Auckland, Cycling NZ, Blind Sport NZ, and Beautification Trust’s Manurewa Bike Hub, and hosted by the Manurewa Table Tennis Club.   Hop on for a day of FREE adaptive cycling fun! Everyone is welcome to come and explore all kinds of bikes such as handcycles, recumbent bikes, trikes, tandems and more in a welcoming, inclusive environment.

TryaCycle in Manurewa

Sat
18
Oct
Saturday October 18 @ 10:00 am

Biketober at MOTAT

MOTAT 805 Great North Road Western Springs
This event is by MOTAT.   It’s Biketober! Bring your bike in for a check-up on selected Saturdays throughout October at our Great North Road location. On Saturdays 4, 11, and 18 October, MOTAT is teaming up with Josca Bicycle Repairs to host a pop-up bike repair and service stall for cycle enthusiasts of all ages.

Biketober at MOTAT

Sat
18
Oct
Saturday October 18 @ 10:00 am

Waiheke: Bike Scavenger Hunt 2025

Waiheke Island Waiheke Island
This event is by Cycle Action Waiheke. Registration required.   This event has been postponed to Saturday October 18th.   It’s the perfect school holiday activity, so pump up your tyres and get your sleuthing powers on! You’ll be finding your way to the Ostend Market by bike, solving puzzles and conundrums along the way.

Waiheke: Bike Scavenger Hunt 2025

Sat
18
Oct
Saturday October 18 @ 4:30 pm

Locky Dock Pit Stop

Various (see event description) Auckland
These Pit Stops are by Big Street Bikers and their Locky Dock programme.    It’s Biketober, so we’re giving you lucky Locky Dockers in Auckland and Christchurch a free tune up. Check the schedule for when our team are going to be on the scene.

Locky Dock Pit Stop

Sun
19
Oct
Sunday October 19 @ 9:00 am

Fish Bike Workshop

Sunhill Garden Centre 317 Saint Johns Road, St Heliers
Event by Bike Eastern Suburbs. RSVP required as numbers are strictly limited!   Come and turn your bike into a fish! This fun, free three-hour workshop you will cut out, assemble, fit and decorate a cardboard fish head for your bike.

Fish Bike Workshop

Sun
19
Oct
Sunday October 19 @ 10:00 am

Waiheke: Mountain Bike Sampler

Onetangi Sports Park Onetangi Sports Park, Waiheke Island
This event is by Cycle Action Waiheke. Registration required.   Are you mountain bike curious? Do you have a bike but don’t know how to get started trail-riding? Do you look longingly at the bush-clad hills of Onetangi Sports Park and wish you could get amongst it on two wheels? Mountain biking is so much fun – it’s great for physical and mental health, gets you out into nature, and is so exciting and exhilarating (NOT scary – unless you want it to be!).

Waiheke: Mountain Bike Sampler

Sun
19
Oct
Sunday October 19 @ 10:00 am

Learn to Fix Bikes with Got To Get Out

Wairau Zero Waste Hub, 9 Porana Road, Glenfield 9 Prorana Road Glenfield
This event is by Got To Get Out.   Got to learn bicycle maintanence, or get into bike refurbishment? Biketober is the perfect month to learn more about bikes! ** Also if you have a bike to donate, this would be a great day to rehome it to a good cause!** Social enterprise Got To Get Out is hosting a Workshop open day / bike maintanence lessson on Sunday 19th October at the Got To Get Out Workshop.

Learn to Fix Bikes with Got To Get Out

Sun
19
Oct
Sunday October 19 @ 1:00 pm

Explore by Bike: Scavenger Hunt at Colin Lawrie Fields

Colin Lawrie Fields 47 Reynolds Road, Pukekohe
This event is by Bike Pukekohe   Join us for a fun and active afternoon exploring Colin Lawrie Fields by bike, foot, scooter, or any wheels you like! Follow the trail, find the clues, and be in to win some great spot prizes.

Explore by Bike: Scavenger Hunt at Colin Lawrie Fields

Wed
22
Oct
Wednesday October 22 @ 12:00 pm

Locky Dock Pit Stop

Various (see event description) Auckland
These Pit Stops are by Big Street Bikers and their Locky Dock programme.    It’s Biketober, so we’re giving you lucky Locky Dockers in Auckland and Christchurch a free tune up. Check the schedule for when our team are going to be on the scene.

Locky Dock Pit Stop

Wed
22
Oct
Wednesday October 22 @ 12:00 pm

Collaborate for Climate IV

Grey Lynn Community Centre 510 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn
This event is by Community Climate Action Network, which Bike Auckland is a steering member of. Registration required.   As members of the Community Climate Action Network, we invite you to our final Hui of 2025, on Wednesday 22 October.

Collaborate for Climate IV

Wed
22
Oct
Wednesday October 22 @ 5:00 pm

Karanga-a-Hape Station perimeter tour

Northern Line Pub 4 Beresford Square
To mark Biketober, Link Alliance are inviting members of the bike community to join a special perimeter tour of Karanga-a-Hape Station, one of the new City Rail Link stations designed to be friendly for both rail and bike users.

Karanga-a-Hape Station perimeter tour

Thu
23
Oct
Thursday October 23 @ 6:00 pm

The Big Biketober Game Design Workshop

Gribblehirst Community Hub 5 Cabbage Tree Swamp Drive
Event by Bike Kingsland. Registration required.   Can you imagine playing a game that has a bike theme? Bike Kingsland are proud to host Toby Falconer from The Open Fort in this brilliantly bike-themed game design workshop*.

The Big Biketober Game Design Workshop

Sat
25
Oct
Saturday October 25 @ 9:00 am

Bicycle Safari: Te Auaunga

Molley Green Reserve Mount Roskill
This event is by Puketāpapa Active Transport Haven and Bike Hub Mount Roskill. Registration required.   Details. Saturday October 25th, Start 9:00am Finish 12:00pm – Start at Molley Green Reserve close to the source of the Awa, and finish at Waterview Reserve where the Awa empties into the Waitematā.

Bicycle Safari: Te Auaunga

Sat
25
Oct
Saturday October 25 @ 7:30 pm

Bike Rave Mission Bay

Clock Tower, Mission Bay, Auckland 1071 71 Tamaki Drive, Mission Bay
Event by Bike Eastern Suburbs   We’re having a good old fashioned Bike Rave at Mission Bay. Charge up your portable speakers, bling up your bike, get your party clothes on and let’s light up the Bays.

Bike Rave Mission Bay

Sun
26
Oct
Sunday October 26 @ 1:00 pm

Bike Te Atatū: Nature Ride

Harbour View Beach Reserve Harbour View Road, Te Atatu Peninsula
This event is by Bike Te Atatū. Registration required.   Join Bike Te Atatū for a fascinating guided ride starting at Te Atatū Peninsula and winging along the Northwestern cycleway causeway and back.

Bike Te Atatū: Nature Ride

Mon
27
Oct
Monday October 27 @ 10:00 am

Waiheke: Labour Day Loop Ride

Four Square Onetangi 2 Eden Terrace, Onetangi
This event is by Cycle Action Waiheke. Registration required.   Let’s do the loop! Meet at the Four Square in Onetangi to discover Waiheke’s eastern end. We stop for lunch at Man O’ War, so bring your wallet or a picnic.

Waiheke: Labour Day Loop Ride

Wed
29
Oct
Wednesday October 29 @ 5:00 pm

Karanga-a-Hape Station perimeter tour

Northern Line Pub 4 Beresford Square
To mark Biketober, Link Alliance are inviting members of the bike community to join a special perimeter tour of Karanga-a-Hape Station, one of the new City Rail Link stations designed to be friendly for both rail and bike users.

Karanga-a-Hape Station perimeter tour

Wed
29
Oct
Wednesday October 29 @ 5:30 pm

Bikes and BBQ

Got To Get Out Workshop 5/9 Porana Road, Glenfield
This event is by Got To Get Out.   Got to get social for the almost-end of #Biketober 2025? On Wednesday night, 29th October, we’re opening the huge roller-door to our workshop for a free BBQ and catch up.

Bikes and BBQ

Fri
31
Oct
Friday October 31 @ 8:00 am

Spooky Halloween Bike Ride: Waterview Primary Bike Train!

11 Cadman Avenue, Waterview 11 Cadman Avenue, Waterview
Event by the Waterview Primary Bike Train   Meet us for a spooky morning ride through the Waterview Neighbourhood, with the Waterview Bike Train! With prizes for those who dress up!   See Facebook event page for updates.

Spooky Halloween Bike Ride: Waterview Primary Bike Train!

Fri
31
Oct
Friday October 31 @ 5:00 pm

Locky Dock Pit Stop

Various (see event description) Auckland
These Pit Stops are by Big Street Bikers and their Locky Dock programme.    It’s Biketober, so we’re giving you lucky Locky Dockers in Auckland and Christchurch a free tune up. Check the schedule for when our team are going to be on the scene.

Locky Dock Pit Stop

Fri
31
Oct
Friday October 31 @ 6:00 pm

Bikes n Beers in Biketober

The Beer Spot, Morningside 596 New North Road, Morningside
Join Bike Ōwairaka for an after-work craft ale or two at The Beer Spot in Morningside! Bikes n Beers is now a Bike Burb led catch-up for people who like bikes and enjoy a tasteful beverage in the evening.

Bikes n Beers in Biketober

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