Join us at Bicycle NSW Spring Cycle on Sunday 11th October The excitement is palpable! Join thousands of riders for a celebration of cycling that starts in North Sydney and continues across the Sydney Harbour Bridge main deck and on to the festival-style atmosphere at the finish sites. The Spring Cycle provides a unique opportunity…
Originally posted Sep 2025, updated in June 2026 If you are working in transport, planning and the built environment industry and are keen to expand your knowledge of providing high quality active transport facilities, there are two courses for you in NSW! Designing for Pedestrians and Bicycle Riders UNSW Cycleway Design short course Designing for…
For the full-time team at Bicycle NSW and the volunteer Board Members, every office-based work day begins and ends with a commute, riding along the very infrastructure that we’ve campaigned for. We have the chance to enjoy the rewards of 50 years of Bicycle NSW advocacy, and watch as Sydney continues to become a safer…
Cycling is often talked about in terms of movement – speed, efficiency, congestion relief, carbon reduction. But for many people, the decision to ride — or not — has very little to do with kilometres or commute times. It comes down to something much more fundamental: Do I feel safe? Alice Vincent is an Associate…
Celebrate our 50th anniversary and make a tax-deductible donation this End of Financial Year This year Bicycle NSW is proud to celebrate an important milestone: 50 years of creating a better environment for all bicycle riders in NSW. We hope that one day New South Wales will be a cycling utopia. But, as the only…
Back in October 2025, before the Sydney Harbour Bridge Cycleway northern access ramp was complete, we positioned ourselves at the bottom of the Milsons Point steps, and undertook a bike count during the peak commuting hour. We marked every bicycle rider that passed us in both directions, scribbling away to make a note of several…
Mountain bike trails near meNew South Wales has plenty of surrounding natural landscape that is suitable for mountain biking. Explore the varied list of resources to find that flow. Before you pedal offJoin Bicycle NSW and be part of a movement dedicated to better infrastructure and a safer environment for all bicycle riders. Not only…
Our latest Bicycle User Group (BUG) forum took place in October, creating a platform for some of the most passionate cycling advocates in NSW to share their ideas. One of the highlights of the forum was the opportunity to hear from Orange BUG. From running regular rides to local campaigns, Orange BUG is at the…
At Bicycle NSW, our work benefits from listening to all our Members’ experiences – from those that have supported advocacy efforts for multiple decades, to those who have only recently begun to cycle. And fresh perspectives are always helpful. In this piece we hear from Ali Macleod, a passionate cyclist who is new to Sydney.…
In our latest blog post we have a guest entry from Scott Shirbin, who has recently returned to Sydney after several years overseas. His work with institutions, communities and movements navigating transition ‘moves between systems thinking, public design, and storytelling’. Inspired by a formative period in Mexico, Scott shares his vision for a Sydney with…