City of Auckland

09/28/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/27/2025 08:21

The Birkdale Bicycle Club

Cycling as a sport grew rapidly in the late Victorian era and has been contested at every summer Olympic Games since the inception of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 summer Olympics, where a road race and five track events were held.

Just a few years later, a group of enthusiastic and hardy residents formed the Birkdale Cycle League... Discover their story and more!

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