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- Recreational cycling
Journey through Christchurch's stunning landscapes and enjoy over 70km of mountain bike tracks and scenic road rides.
Mountain biking
Respect the track, respect others and respect the rules – follow the mountain biker's code.(external link)
Family cycling
Other popular rides
- Christchurch Adventure Park(external link) has mountain bike trails aimed at all levels - flowy trails for beginners, sweeping intermediate trails and technical jump tracks for experts.
- Christchurch cycle map has information on urban cycle routes.
- Department of Conservation(external link) has information on more popular rides around Canterbury and the rest of New Zealand.
- Hurunui Trail(external link) links Kaikōura and Canterbury via a historic inland road from the coast through mountain ranges and the Canterbury plains to Ōtautahi Christchurch.
- Le Race Route is a great challenge for road cyclists.
- Summit Road makes for a change of scenery for road cyclists.
Mountain bike trail map
Official tracks are displayed as clickable blue, green and black lines.
We cannot verify the status or safety of any other track displayed on the base map which comes from open-source data.