Cycling in Canterbury
Discover Canterbury by bike with routes created by our community.
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Get to know Canterbury
Find the right bike route for you through Canterbury, where we've got 1,298 cycle routes to explore. The routes you most commonly find here are of the hilly or uphill type. Most people get on their bikes to ride here in the months of February and April.
131,539 km
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1,298
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The best bike routes in Canterbury
Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling "Harbour Challenge"
Cycling route in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
- 78.1 km
- Distance
- 412 m
- Ascent
- 412 m
- Descent
Inland Kaikoura Road, Inland Road to Inland Kaikoura Road, Inland Road
Cycling route in Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand
- 57.1 km
- Distance
- 2,330 m
- Ascent
- 2,381 m
- Descent
Christchurch - Hokitita
Cycling route in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurche zum Lake Coleridge über den Arthur's Pass dann Lake Kaniere nach Hokitita
- 300.5 km
- Distance
- 1,860 m
- Ascent
- 1,867 m
- Descent
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Christchurch to Waikari- Day1- Distance
- 93.8 km
- Ascent
- 315 m
- Descent
- 260 m
- Location
- Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch Little River Scenic Loop- Distance
- 97.7 km
- Ascent
- 1,258 m
- Descent
- 1,205 m
- Location
- Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch-Tekapo- Distance
- 299.1 km
- Ascent
- 1,287 m
- Descent
- 576 m
- Location
- Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Cooptown Classic Handicap- Distance
- 88.6 km
- Ascent
- 109 m
- Descent
- 116 m
- Location
- Prebbleton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Al Lees Memorial 48km Handicap- Distance
- 48.4 km
- Ascent
- 308 m
- Descent
- 315 m
- Location
- Prebbleton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Short Long Bays- Distance
- 54.5 km
- Ascent
- 940 m
- Descent
- 939 m
- Location
- Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Sefton 16km Block- Distance
- 16.2 km
- Ascent
- 72 m
- Descent
- 72 m
- Location
- Woodend, Canterbury, New Zealand
78 Branthwaite Dr, Rolleston to Johns Road Service Ln, Christchurch- Distance
- 30 km
- Ascent
- 22 m
- Descent
- 47 m
- Location
- Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand
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