The Tasmanian Bicycle Council coordinates the statewide Bike Week, held over the first weekend in March, and has done every year since 2001.
Bike Week promotes recreational, sport and transport bicycle riding and aims to give people opportunities and support to ride more often.
This is the calendar of events for rides and bike-related events during Bike Week from bicycle organisations, user groups and event managers. Please contact them directly for more details.
If you are holding a community or individual bike event/activity during Bike Week, please let us know and we’ll include it in our calendar.
Bike Week 1–8 March 2024.
Sunday 5 March
- Hobart Bike Kitchen – 130 Davey Street Hobart, 1–4 pm. Come along to learn how to build and look after your bike. Free.
- Retro Bike Showcase and Ride – TBUG, Village Green, Latour Street, Longford, 10 am – 2 pm. BYO classic bike, lunch and chair and dress to impress in period cycling attire. Prize for best restored/maintained bike: $100 gift voucher
- Hobart screening of the US film MOTHERLOAD! all about cargo bikes and how they can change the way we get around, South Hobart Sustainable Community, 3 pm, Wide Angle Tasmania, 6 Washington Street, South Hobart, free.
- Launceston screening of the US film MOTHERLOAD!, TBUG, 7 pm, Raymond Ferrall Centre at the Newnham Campus, free. Ride from Royal Park to the screening will leave at 6 pm.
- Pipeline Track from Fern Tree or Hamlet – Bicycle Network free social ride, 10 am – 2 pm, meet at Fern Tree Tavern car park
- Back on your Bike beginner MTB sessions. If you know how to ride a bike but have no idea about mountain biking this is a good taste of riding on beginner trails before you go on to skills session training. Queens Domain. 4.30–6 pm. Free but please RSVP.
- Back on your Bike sessions at Okines Bike Shed, 10am – 11.30am, 12pm – 1.30pm. 540 Old Forcett Road, Dodges Ferry. Free but please RSVP.
Monday 6 March
- Okines Bike Shed – Okines Community House, 11 am – 3 pm, 540 Old Forcett Road, Dodges Ferry. Learn to repair your bike, parts available. Free.
- TBUG Bike Maintenance and pizza – Riverbend Park, 81 Lindsay Street, Invermay, 6 pm. Free discussion with The Bike Guy and pizza – RSVP for catering.
Tuesday 7 March
- Bike Polo Match for newer players – Hobart Bike Polo, Unigym outdoor courts in Sandy Bay, 5.30–7.30, contact tuuhbpc@gmail.com, $10 one-off price, $5 for regular players. Double vaccination required.
- Super Tuesday annual commuter count – Bicycle Network, Launceston Council, Devonport Council. Register online for Hobart count.
Wednesday 8 March
- TBUG Wednesday ride – Hazelbrae to Bracknell, 42 km, 9.15 am – 1 pm. Free.
- International Womens Day ride – TBUG, 5.45 pm, Silos car park Tamar River side. A supportive ride to the Tailrace and back for fruit punch and talk from the Women’s Legal Service. Wear green and purple. Free
- International Womens Day ride – Bicycle Network, RSVP direct to ride leader Di, Sandy Bay to Taroona ride.
- Back on your Bike Lunchtime Skills Refresher session 12–1 pm and After Work Group Ride 5.15–6 pm. Free but please RSVP.
Thursday 9 March
- Bike Polo match for experienced players – Hobart Bike Polo, Unigym outdoor courts in Sandy Bay, 5.30–7.30, contact tuuhbpc@gmail.com, $10 one-off price, $5 for regular players.
- Okines Bike Shed – Okines Community House, 11 am – 3 pm, 540 Old Forcett Road, Dodges Ferry. Learn to repair your bike, parts available. Free.
- TBUG Thursday night ride – Meet at 5.45 pm at the Park St entrance to Royal Park. 10–15 km. Free
- Ranelagh River Ride – Bicycle Network, 9.45 am – 12.30 pm, 26.7 km on bitumen and gravel roads, leaving from Summer Kitchen Bakery. Free.
- Back on your Bike sessions at the South Hobart Rivulet. 10–11.30 am and 12–1.30 pm. Free but please RSVP.
Friday 10 March
- History Ride – TBUG, 9.45 am, Silo Hotel car park to Ravenswood Bike Museum. Lunch back at the Silos. Free.
- River to Mountain: Friday Bike Week pub lunch – Bicycle Network, 10.30 am, Meet at upper car park at Cornelian Bay. Free.
- Back on your Bike session at Howrah, 10–11.30 am. Free but please RSVP.
Saturday 11 March
- Night Ride – TBUG, 7 pm. More details to come. Free. Prize for best decorated bike: $100 gift voucher from Roll Cycles.
- Bromptons Bike Week Rally – Bicycle Network, 9.45 am, McVilly Drive car park, ride to Mona along the Intercity Cycleway. Free
- Back on your Bike social ride along the Intercity Cycleway for anyone whose been to a skills session, 10 am – 12 pm. Free but please RSVP.
Sunday 12 March
- Community Bike ride – TBUG, 11 am, Royal Park. Free. Followed by pedal powered smoothies and BYO lunch afterwards.
- Back on your Bike session at Royal Park before the community ride, 10–11 am. Free but please RSVP.
View the 2022 Tasmanian Bike Week calendar of events
Tasmanian Bicycle Council 