Rides starting in St Ives

Route: Mona Vale Rd, McCarrs Creek Rd, Akuna Bay, Church Point, Mona Vale, Warriewood Beach Cafe for coffee and cakes. Returning via Church Pt, McCarrs Creek Rd, Terrey Hills and back to St Ives. Coffee at St Ives (if needed!). Plenty of options to stretch the legs coming home – Akuna anti-clockwise, West Head, Cottage Point and Duffy’s.

Strava route: SICO Warriewood | 53.3 km Road Cycling Route on Strava

Route: Mona Vale Rd to the traffic lights at Forest Way, turn right. At the end of Forest Way turn left and then right onto Wakehurst Parkway. Follow back roads to Manly. Stop at North Head viewpoint. Return to beach front. Ride back via hills and beaches to Mona Vale, or a subgroup may choose the easier route back up Pittwater Rd. Return via Church Point where we regroup and climb McCarrs Creek Rd. Return to St Ives for coffee.

Strava route: SIC Manly Beaches | 72.9 km Road Cycling Route on Strava

Route: Down Mona Vale Rd to the Pacific Highway. Bomb south to Crows Nest and take the signposted cycle route through Cremorne and Mosman to Spit Bridge. Climb up to Seaforth and follow back roads to Manly. Stop at North Head viewpoint. Return to beach front. Ride back via hills and beaches to Mona Vale, or a subgroup may choose the easier route back up Pittwater Rd. Return via Church Point where we regroup and climb McCarrs Creek Rd. Return to St Ives for coffee.

Strava route: Manly and Beaches via Pacific Hwy | 80.6 km Cycling Route on Strava

Ride on Mona Vale Rd to the traffic lights at Forest Way, turn right. At the end of Forest Way turn left and then right onto Wakehurst Parkway.  Follow back roads to Manly.  Stop at North Head viewpoint.  Return to beach front.  Ride back via Allambie Rd and Forest Way to St Ives for coffee.

Strava route: Manly ride – short option returning via Allambie Rd | 53.4 km Cycling Route on Strava

Down Mona Vale Rd to the Pacific Highway. Bomb south to Crows Nest and take the signposted cycle route through Cremorne and Mosman to Spit Bridge. Climb up to Seaforth and follow back roads to Manly.  Stop at North Head viewpoint.  Return to beach front.  Ride back via Allambie Rd and Forest Way to St Ives for coffee.

Strava route: Manly, Allambie Rd via Pacific Highway | 59.8 km Cycling Route on Strava

Route: Mona Vale Road to Terrey Hills, McCarrs Creek Road, through Church Point. Hook a left at the lights at Darley Street, cross Pittwater Road and ride to the beach. Turn left. Drink coffee. Turn round, go home the same way. Drink coffee at St Ives. What could be simpler?

Strava route: SIC Mona Vale Coffee Run | 50.4 km Road Cycling Route on Strava

This is a safe and scenic tour to the Opera House via the North Shore’s safest bicycle commuter routes.  If you work in the City (ha – remember the days when we used to go to the City to work…) and have contemplated a bicycle commute but didn’t quite know how to go, this will give you all you need to take on the challenge.

Coffee at St Ives.

Strava route: City ride via Pacific Hwy | 47.9 km Road Cycling Route on Strava

Route: Turramurra, Brown’s Waterhole, Eastwood, Meadowbank, Rhodes, Concord, Five Dock, round the bays, across Anzac Bridge and through Pyrmont and Barangaroo to the Opera House (photo stop), then over the Harbour Bridge and the standard commuters’ North Shore Real Estate Tour. Home purchase optional but encouraged. This is a good ride with plenty for all.

Strava route: City Ride via Rhodes | 62.6 km Cycling Route on Strava

Note: This ride requires a RSVP to the Ride Leader so the ferry can be booked. See the Calendar for ride leader contact details.

Pace will be designed to keep us all together so that we get to Palm Beach in time (8:45) to catch the 9am ferry to Wagstaffe and Ettalong.

From St Ives we take the usual route along Mona Vale Rd then down McCarrs Creek Rd to Church Point turning left before Mona Vale to cross to Barrenjoey Rd for the run north to Palm Beach and the ferry wharf.

Leave the ferry at Wagstaffe and follow the coastal bike path to the one stiff climb up to the expansive coastal views from Killcare Heights and a pretty run along the Scenic Rd around to Woy Woy.  Coffee in Woy Woy near the station then train back to Hornsby where some may choose to ride home and others to catch a second train to Turramurra.

Strava route Part 1: St Ives to Palm Beach ferry | 35.9 km Road Cycling Route on Strava
And Part 2: Wagstaffe to Woy Woy | 29.6 km Road Cycling Route on Strava

Medium paced ride via Mona Vale Road to Terrey Hills, blast down McCarrs Creek Road to Church Point to regroup.  Then on to the roundabout at Mona Vale where you chuck a U’y and return to Church Point to regroup.  Back to St Ives with a mandatory Akuna.  Regroup at the West Head turnoff and and again at the top of Akuna.  Throw in a quick Golf Course for the sheer hell of it and regroup at St Ives for coffee.

Strava route: SICO Church Point, Akuna and Golf Course | 66.1 km Road Cycling Route on Strava

This is something new – a Tour de Beaches with breakfast at Balmoral.

Proceed via Terrey Hills, McCarrs Creek, Church Point, the Beaches, Manly, Balgowlah and over the Spit Bridge into Mosman and down to Balmoral for coffee and a bacon and egg roll at the Bathers Kiosk.  Then, back roads of Mosman and Neutral Bay to Cammeray, and home up the City to North Shore bike route.  Should be a good morning out with something for everyone.

Strava route: Beaches and Balmoral Loop | 73.1 km Road Cycling Route on Strava

Blaze down Mona Vale Rd and the Pacific Highway to Artarmon. Turn off the highway and onto the commuter bike path to Cammeray, then the signposted bike route through Cremorne and Mosman to the big descent to Balmoral Beach.  Promenade along the beachfront, admire the water views, and gather strength for the stiff climb up to Middle Head Rd. Then to the fabulous views from Georges Head and Middle Head followed by a down-and-back to Chowder Bay and the same to Bradley’s Head. Return via the back streets of Mosman and Cremorne to join the main commuter route up the north shore to St Ives for coffee.

Strava route: Harbour headlands tour | 61.4 km Road Cycling Route on Strava

We ride down Mona Vale Rd and turn right onto Telegraph Rd to reach Turramurra, and roll down Kissing Point Rd to Browns Waterhole.  Then through Eastwood and onwards to the river at Meadowbank.

This should really be called the Two Rivers Run because we ride both sides of short sections of both the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers. The Lane Cove park run is particularly lovely . . . until we reach the steep little climb out of the park to West Lindfield.  More climbing follows via Gordon and the St Ives Alps to a welcome coffee back at St Ives.

Strava route: Parramatta River Run from St Ives | 52.0 km Road Cycling Route on Strava