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 bicycle 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 also takes place in other parts of Aotearoa New Zealand. Find out what’s happening in Hamilton, Christchurch, and Otago.
Biketober activities are community-led and self-run, leaving unlimited capacity for maximum creativity. Help us compile a full calendar of joyous community-led bike fun from 1-31 October! Rides, tours, workshops, get-togethers – whether big or small, if your event involves people on bikes we’d love to hear from you.
Join the Biketober Movement!
Tue
1
Oct
Tuesday October 1 @ 12:00 am - Thursday October 31 @ 11:59 pm
Ride ‘n’ Seek the City Centre Loop
City Centre Loop
Month-long activities! Join Auckland Transport on a Ride ‘n’ seek journey and explore the City Centre Loop, a 6.7km network of off-road paths and protected cycle lanes connecting you to all the city centre has to offer.
Tue
1
Oct
Tuesday October 1 @ 12:00 am - Thursday October 31 @ 12:00 am
Gribblehirst – Bike Bingo, and a Raffle!
Gribblehirst Community Hub 5 Cabbage Tree Swamp Drive
Month-long bike-related stuff organised by Gribblihirst Community Hub aka Ghub!
From their Facebook:
We encourage people to get out on their bikes this month and explore with Bike Bingo! Snap a square, a line, or go for the whole board! Tag us in your photos for a chance to win a spot prize.
Thu
3
Oct
Thursday October 3 @ 8:00 am - Thursday October 31 @ 9:00 am
Waterview School Bike Train
Kids ride to school safely guided by other students. Every Thursday and Friday in Biketober!
Thu
17
Oct
Thursday October 17 @ 9:15 am
Franklin – Third Thursday cycling
The Valley Home Kitchen 47 Twomey Drive, Pukekohe
Hi all
Looking forward to seeing you 9.15 Thursday 17 October at Valley Kitchen, 47 Twomey Drive, for rideout 9.30. See route listed as text below, as well as as an image above. All seal. Can stop for coffee and disperse from Sparrow and Sweet for convenience of those who have cycled in from that side of town.
Thu
17
Oct
Thursday October 17 @ 7:00 pm
Waiheke – Bike Pecha Kucha!
Waiheke Sustainability Centre 1a Mako St
Come and delight in the tales of bike adventurers, bike enthusiasts, bike raconteurs and the bike-curious!
Have an adventure to share? Get in touch now. The format is 20 slides displayed 20 seconds each for a 6 min 40 presentation, so a quick show & 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!
Bike Pecha Kucha is for everyone – you don’t have to ride a bike to love a good story! Help us prepare and kindly RSVP!
Contact cawaiheke@gmail.
Sat
19
Oct
Saturday October 19 @ 9:30 am
Calling All Bike Mechanics and Enthusiasts
Wairau Zero Waste Hub, 9 Porana Road, Glenfield 9 Prorana Road Glenfield
Bring your love of bikes and join us for a rewarding day of community bike repair at the Wairau Zero Waste Hub!
We’re thrilled to announce that we have an overflow of bikes in need of repair, and we’re calling on skilled bike mechanics and enthusiasts like you to help us get them back on the road.
Sat
19
Oct
Saturday October 19 @ 11:45 am
Cargo Bike Picnic (Updated date and venue!)
Point Chevalier School 7 Te Ra Road, Point Chevalier
We’ve changed the details so that the Cargo Bike Picnic can take place at the ‘Here comes the Fun’ event at Point Chev School. This is a celebratory bike event put on by Bike Pt Chev and Point Chev School community and will have food, coffee, music, kids’ bike challenges, an adult ‘talk tent’ for bike conversations, and much more! In short – a perfect place to have a cargo bike picnic!
Ride option: meet at Electric Bike Team (29 east street) before 12pm to ride together to Point Chevalier School – Rangi-mata-rau a 7km flat ride, all on bike paths.
Sat
19
Oct
Saturday October 19 @ 1:00 pm
Pt Chev – Here Comes the Fun!
Pt Chevalier School Te Ra Road
Here Comes the Fun
Saturday 19 October 2024
1-4pm
Point Chevalier School, Te Ra Road
A family-friendly afternoon of wheely good fun with bike-minded neighbours, brought to you by Bike Pt Chev and the Pt Chevalier School community.
Sun
20
Oct
Sunday October 20 @ 12:00 pm
Learn to pilot a tandem
Silo Park Corner Beaumont Street and Jellicoe, Jellicoe St,
Learn to ride a tandem bike with people who are blind or have low vision.
Tandem pilots bring the joy of cycling to people who are blind or have low vision, who may otherwise be excluded from cycling.
Tue
22
Oct
Tuesday October 22 @ 7:00 am
Waiheke – Bike Commuter Treats!
Matiatia Ferry Terminal 6 Ocean View Road, Oneroa
Ride your bike to the Matiatia ferry and pick up a treat and a coffee voucher. If you work in Oneroa, no worries! Cycle down for your treats and cheer other cyclists as they coast down for the boat. N...
Wed
23
Oct
Wednesday October 23 @ 4:00 pm
Understanding Climate Change – Climate Fresk, Biketober edition
The Flagship Education Centre 55 Madden Street, Auckland CBD
An award-winning, interactive workshop on one of the biggest issues of our time, with trained facilitators. All ages welcome, up to 30 participants.
The opportunity to connect with new faces in your local area.
Thu
24
Oct
Thursday October 24 @ 7:30 am
Waiheke – Bike to School Days
Blackpool Hall 31 Nikau Road, Oneroa
Bike To School days are here again!
Be part of a ‘bike train’ to school with heaps of other parents and kids!
Te Huruhi – 24 October, 7:30am – Blackpool Reserve
Te Huruhi’s ride will start at Blackpool Hall, head around the Esplanade and stop to pick up more tamariki at the Surfdale Reserve, before heading up to Te Huruhi via the footpath.
Fri
25
Oct
Friday October 25 @ 4:00 pm
Avondale – Halloween Party!
Avondale Train Station Avondale Train Station, Avondale
When: Friday, 25 October, 4pm – 6pm
Where: Meet neat the Avondale train station and all ride together behind the bicycle sound system to Ecomatters Olympic Park.
What: Bike/Scooter/Blade to the free indoor halloween party.
Fri
25
Oct
Friday October 25 @ 6:00 pm
Bikes n Beers Biketober! He Rā Maumahara | Remembering the NZ Land Wars
Brothers Beer Mt Eden 5 Akiraho Street, Mt Eden
As people on bikes, we are intimately familiar with the geography of our city, but what about it’s history? Did you know Auckland’s Great South Road was built to make it easier for colonial forces to invade the Waikato?
This month we’ll be acknowledging He Rā Maumahara, our National Day of Remembrance of the New Zealand Land Wars, commemorated on October 28th.
Sat
26
Oct
Saturday October 26 @ 1:00 pm
Family Bike Ride
Keith Hay Park 63 Arundel St, Mt Roskill
It’s Biketober and in Puketāpapa/ Mt Roskill we’re celebrating with a fabulous community event which is open to everyone! Join our Family Bike Ride on Saturday 26th October and celebrate the joy of cycling.
Sun
27
Oct
Sunday October 27 @ 10:00 am
Labour Day Weekend Bike Ride
Ferry Building Quay Street 107 Quay Street, Auckland CBD
We’ll take the ferry over to the Northshore (Birkenhead) for a bike ride then return to the city via Takapuna, Narrowneck and Devonport. We will meet up at the Ferry Building on Quay Street at 10am and decide which is the best ferry to get on.
Mon
28
Oct
Monday October 28 @ 10:00 am
Waiheke – Labour Day Loop Ride!
Ostend RSA 29 Belgium Street, Ostend
Meet in Ostend outside the RSA (where the Saturday Market is held) to begin your cycle discovery of Waiheke’s Eastern end. The hills are legendary, the gravel gravelly, the views unparalleled! This is a 45k ride, and challenging for e-bikes as well as analog bikes – the hills eat away at your battery reserves so be prepared.
Tue
29
Oct
Tuesday October 29 @ 6:00 pm
Bike Maintenance Workshop at Bike Hub Mt Roskill
Bike Hub Mt Roskill 740 Sandringham Road Ext, Wesley
Bring your bike along and join us for this free workshop. You’ll get the opportunity to repair your own bike under the guidance of professional mechanic Rene. Whether you need to adjust your gears, fix a flat, or replace worn-out parts, this workshop is perfect for cyclists of all levels looking to improve their maintenance skills and ensure their bike is in top shape.
Wed
30
Oct
Wednesday October 30 @ 7:45 am
Waiheke – Bike to School Days
The Rock 11 Belgium Street, Ostend
Bike To School days are here again!
Be part of a ‘bike train’ to school with heaps of other parents and kids!
Te Huruhi – 24 October, 7:30am – Blackpool Reserve
Te Huruhi’s ride will start at Blackpool Hall, head around the Esplanade and stop to pick up more tamariki at the Surfdale Reserve, before heading up to Te Huruhi via the footpath.
Join the Movement!
Join today and make a difference for Auckland’s cycle network!
The more of us there are, the stronger our voice!
The more of us there are, the stronger our voice!
