Getting About
The City of Yarra is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia in the inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. It is the second smallest LGA in the state with an area of 19.5 square kilometres (7.5 sq mi), and in June 2018 it had a population of 98,521,making it the second most densely populated LGA, with around 5,040 people per square kilometre. (Wikipedia)
New to riding, looking for a social group or routes? Information on this page includes tips on getting started, cycling routes, protected lanes and trials in Yarra, apps, maps, bicycle user groups, social rides, clubs and cycling groups based in Melbourne’s inner north and beyond
We currently don’t organise regular social rides however local riding groups include Birrarung Cycling Club, Bent Kranks, The Pedla Local Loops, XR Vic Pedal Rebels, COTA Cycling, Darebin BUG, Meetup: Cycling groups in Melbourne, Melbourne Brompton Club, Merri-bek BUG, Melburn Durt and Wheel Women
Looking for inner Melbourne shop rides? Browse Bicycle Shops + Retail, especially Curve Cycling, Total Rush, Jetnikoff Bicycle Co, Commuter Cycles and Bike Gallery
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- 1. Get started
- A beginner's guide to cycle commuting in Australia
- A Novice’s Guide to Commuting to Melbourne CBD by Bike
- Bicycle Network: Getting started
- Bike Skills - courses in Aspendale & Mordialloc
- City of Darebin: One on one bike training + Bicycle checks
- Cycling for Beginners: 6 Need-to-Know Tips to Get Started
- Cycling Unlimited - Port Melbourne
- How To Ride A Bike From Scratch!
- How to Start Training for Cycling as a Beginner
- I learnt how to ride a bike as an adult and you can too
- Jika Jika Community Centre: Bicycle & Cycling Courses
- Let's Ride Melbourne: Building your confidence on a bike
- RACV: Beginner’s guide to riding a bike to work
- Study Melbourne: Riding a bike around Melbourne
- VicRoads: Bike Ed
- VicRoads: Learning to ride
- 2. Cycling Routes + Maps
- 16 Best Bike Rides & Off Road Trails in Melbourne for Kids & Families
- BigYak Bike Trails
- Capital City Trail: Southbank around the city to Docklands
- Clifton Hill to Abbotsford route: Heidelberg Road to Gipps Street
- Hawthorn to Kew Rail Trail: Hawthorn to Kew
- Inner Circle Rail Trail: Rushall to Royal Park
- Inner Melbourne - Core Bicycle Routes
- Main Yarra Trail: Princes Bridge to Mullum Mullum Creek Trail
- Melbourne Bike Grid Map: off-road, on-road cycling routes & points of interest
- Melbourne Cycle Loops
- Merri Creek Trail
- Outer Circle Rail Trail: Kew to Hughesdale
- Rail Trails Australia
- Sharing Yarra's Roads and Paths (2012)
- VicRoads: Bicycle and walking route maps
- Webb Dock Bridge: Docklands to Southbank
- Yarra Boulevard
- Yarra Travel Smart Map 2014 (pdf)
- 3. Protected lanes + trials in Yarra
- A new bike lane for Park Street, Fitzroy North
- Brunswick Street - Pop-up bike lanes
- Trialling a safer Elizabeth Street
- VicRoads Pop-up Bike Lanes Program - Heidelberg Road Link
- VicRoads Pop-up Bike Lanes Program: Darebin and Yarra Connectors / St Georges Road Off-road Routes
- VicRoads: Napier Street Cycling Improvements
- Wellington Street Copenhagen-style bike lanes, Collingwood
- 4. Cycling apps
- 6. Bicycle User Groups
- Ballarat Bicycle User Group
- Banyule Bicycle User Group
- Bay West Bicycle User Group
- Bicycle Users Geelong
- Bike Melbourne
- Bike West
- Boroondara Bicycle User Group
- Brimbank Bicycle User Group
- Darebin Bicycle User Group
- Glen Eira Bicycle Users Group
- Golden Plains Bicycle Users Group
- Manningham Bicycle Users Group
- Merri-bek Bicycle User Group
- Metro East Bicycle User Group
- Moonee Valley Bicycle User Group
- Phillip Island Bicycle User Group
- Port Phillip Bicycle User Group
- Stawell Bicycle User Group
- Stonnington Bicycle User Group
- Whittlesea Bicycle User Group