What we’re about
Social, leisurely 🚲 rides on quiet streets or separated paths, at a pace you can talk normally. Wear whatever is comfortable. Be yourself.
We're for people who use bikes to get from A to B. People of all ages, abilities, & identities who use all types of cycles. We are not lycra-clad cyclists who want to ride beside traffic doing 80km/h.
Think of us as trying to recreate the enjoyable experiences of riding in Copenhagen or Amsterdam (as on YouTube channels Bicycle Dutch and Not Just Bikes), but with cockatoos and kangaroos.
Upcoming events (4)
See all- Mick Jagger's Birthday Bike PartyThe Street Theatre, Canberra
Grab your mates and celebrate the 82nd birthday of the rock legend, Mick Jagger, on our slow, social ride around Lake Burley Griffin playing Rolling Stones tracks from a giant speaker on our cargo bike. You pick the songs and we'll add them to our playlist.
New to our bike parties? Bring lights, flags if you have them, and wear layers. For an idea about what to expect, here’s one we prepared earlier during Halloween.
We ride from the Street Theatre to Lake Burley Griffin's central basin, heading clockwise. We stop at the majestic Ouroboros sculpture by Lindy Lee at the National Gallery before returning to the Street.
We welcome all people on all cycles and scooters. The route is about 7km, and there are toilets at multiple locations along the way.
This is a mostly flat ride, except for the inclines over Parkes Way, and the approaches to the Commonwealth Ave and Kings Ave Bridges.
Image shows Mick Jagger on a Van Moof bike beside a windmill in the Netherlands during rehearsals in 2022. Lifted from his Facebook. - Madonna’s Birthday Night Ride Bike Party - Belco EditionBelconnen Arts Centre, Canberra
Hey Belco!
We’re celebrating Madonna Louise Ciccone's 67th birthday with a social ride around Lake Ginninderra, and playing her songs really loud on our JBL Partybox speaker. We're taking requests, so tell us what should be on the playlist.
If you can, dress up as as one of your favourite Queen of Pop incarnations. (For an idea about what to expect, here’s one we prepared earlier during Halloween).
We'll meet outside the Belco Arts Centre on Emu Bank, and ride a 7km loop around Lake Ginninderra, staying on the shared paths.
We welcome all people on all cycles and scooters. This is a mostly flat ride, expect for the incline to the Ginninderra Drive bridge.
How to get here: If coming from outside Belconnen, take your bike on the front of any Transport Canberra bus, if you're able to lift your bike. Otherwise there will be plenty of car parking in the Westfield car park across the road. Emu Bank's restaurants do have parking spaces, also.
- Handlebars of happiness: storytelling about cyclingSmith's Alternative Café/Bar, Canberra
A 2025 Cyclonats Festival of Cycling Culture event, presented by Canberra by Bike Design Company and Smith's Alternative
Make new friends and connect with old ones as we gather for the communal experience of storytelling, and music. This is an uplifting event celebrating the positive differences cycling has made to people's lives.
Our August speakers will include local scientist turned artist, Sophie Baker, who recently held her second solo exhibition, Circumnavigating Bush Capital from a (Bike) Saddle, at the Belconnen Arts Centre. Sophie carries her canvases on her back, and paints from wherever her mountain bike takes her.
You'll also hear from people who use cargo bikes for daily transportation, such as taking children to soccer games, or getting groceries.
Here's a review of the June edition of our storytelling night, thanks to Pedal Power, the ACT's main cycling advocacy organisation.Our event is inspired by Bike Story Night, started in Texas USA by Valerie Ruiz.
- ABBA bike partyThe Street Theatre, Canberra
Grab your spandex, pull on your capes, and join our family-friendly celebration of ABBA, Sweden's musical geniuses who rose from Eurovision song contest success to conquer the world, via Australia.
It was Australian music fans who in late 1975 demanded that 'Mamma Mia' be released as a single, thanks to falling in love with ABBA's promotional music video which Molly Meldrum added to Countdown on ABC TV.
The band's record label initially said no, to keep the focus on the album, 'ABBA'. But after learning about Australians' strong reactions, released it as a single on 22/09/1975, according to the Kent Music Report, which tracked local music charts. It spent 10 weeks at number one, and was ABBA's second Australian number one after 'I do, I do, I do, I do, I do'. It was then released in other countries, and became a top five hit in at least 10 countries, ABBAsite says.
As ABBA's Benny Andersson, who co-wrote songs with Bjorn Ulvaeus, sums it up, “We have always been grateful to the Australian audience, because that’s when things started to happen.”
Bring anyone you know who loves ABBA or has yet to experience them, and join us for a joyful, slow, social ride from the Street Theatre to see the National Triangle differently.
We head clockwise around the Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin, stopping at the Jetty on the south bank for refreshments, before returning at the Street. Give us your song requests and we'll blast them from our Partybox speaker we carry on our cargo bike. Here's an example of what our bike parties are like.
We welcome all people on all cycles and scooters. The route is about 7km, is mostly flat (save for the Commonwealth Ave and Kings Ave bridge approaches), and there are toilets at multiple locations along the way.
Photo: ABBA live on stage in Edmonton, Canada, 1979, photographed by Anders Hanser.
