The best 100 recreational road rides in New Zealand
By Kieran Turner and Jonathan Kennett
ISBN 978-0-9582673-8-0
Published November 2010
Distributed by Kennett Brothers
Recommended Retail NZ $29.90
BikeNZ CEO Kieran Turner and cycling author Jonathan Kennett have teamed up to write a comprehensive guidebook to the best 100 recreational road rides in New Zealand.
The book provides everything you’ll need to choose a trip that best suits your favoured style of riding. The hills, the flats, the scenery, quiet roads and infamous traffic hot spots – if it’s important, you’ll find the details here.
Full ride descriptions, along with route maps and altitude graphs are provides for three or four classic rides within each region. The authors have also provided Tour de France climb categories, annual average daily traffic volumes (AADT), as well as café stops along the ride.
These well researched rides are a great way to combine experiencing the natural beauty of New Zealand with the joy of biking - what could be better!
The book is available from the shops listed below, with a recommended retail price of $39.90.
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Bike stores
- AvantiPlus Browns, Dunedin
- AvantiPlus Hastings
- AvantiPlus Masterton
- AvantiPlus Mt Eden
- AvantiPlus On Yer Bike Paraparaumu
- AvantiPlus On Yer Bike Wellington
- AvantiPlus Taupo - The Corner Shop
- Bicycle Business, Christchurch
- Bike Barn, Wellington
- Bike Hutt, Upper Hutt
- Bike Shed Wanganui
- Bike Vegas, Rotorua
- Biking Mad, Raumati Beach
- Bivouac Wellington
- Burkes Cycles, Karori, Wellington
- Chain Reaction, Christchurch
- Crank It Cycles, Palmerston North
- Cranked Cycles Napier
- Cycle City, Manukau City, Auckland
- Cycle Inn, New Plymouth
- Cycle Surgery Dunedin
- Cycle Surgery Invercargill
- Cycle Trading Company, Christchurch
- Gladstone Cycles, Invercargill
- Hedgehog Bikes Takapuna
- iRIDE, Thorndon Quay, Wellington
- John Bull Cycles, Christchurch
- Johnsonville Cycles, Johnsonville, Wellington
- Kiwi Bikes, Rotorua
- Kiwivelo, Auckland
- Pack and Pedal Porirua
- Paul Wylie Cyclerama
- Pedal Power Taradale
- Pedal Pushers, Palmerston North
- Penny Farthing Cycles Wellington
- Pushbikes Christchurch City
- Quiet Revolution Cycles, Takaka
- R&R Sport Auckland
- R&R Sport Queenstown
- R&R Sport Wellington
- Revolution Bikes Havelock North
- Revolution Cycles, Northland, Wellington
- Roadworks, Wellington
- Scotty Browns
- Stewarts AvantiPlus, Nelson
- The Cyclery, Timaru
- The Hub Cycle Centre, Hastings
- Top Gear Cycles, Taupo
- Wallis Cycles, Ellerslie, Auckland
- Wensley's Cycles, Invercargill
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Book shops
- Academy Book Company, www.academybooks.co.nz
- Bennys Books, New Plymouth
- Blenheim Bookworld, Blenheim
- Books A Plenty, Tauranga
- Bruce McKenzie Booksellers, Palmerston North
- Capital Books, Wellington
- Carsons Bookshop Thames
- Chapters & Verses, Timaru
- Dymocks Ponsonby, Auckland
- Dymocks Tauranga
- Hedleys Bookshop Ltd
- Map Shop and CFL, Wellington
- Mapworld, Christchurch
- Marsden Books, Karori, Wellington
- McLeods Booksellers, Rotorua
- Page & Blackmore, Nelson
- Paper Plus Alexandra
- Paper Plus Bethlehem
- Paper Plus Books Lower Hutt
- Paper Plus Dunedin
- Paper Plus Johnsonville (Ahradsens)
- Paper Plus Levin
- Paper Plus Masterton
- Paper Plus New Plymouth
- Paper Plus South City
- Paper Plus Taupo
- Paper Plus The Base Hamilton
- Parsons Books & Music Wellington
- Piccadilly Bookshop, Christchurch
- Prices Bookshop, Taupo
- Scorpio Books, Christchurch
- Take Note Whangamata
- Technical Books Christchurch
- The Arts Centre Bookshop, Christchurch
- The Booklover, Takapuna Beach
- Unity Books Auckland
- Unity Books Wellington
- University Book Shop Auckland
- University Book Shop Otago
- Wheelers Books Albany
- Wrights Bookshop, Cambridge
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