A Cycling Road is a type of location introduced in Generation I.
Description
A Cycling Road can be traveled on only with a Bicycle or a Motorcycle, meaning that the player cannot get off of their vehicle while traveling down a Cycling Road. There are often a number of Cyclists to battle along the way.
Appearances
Core series
In the Kanto region, the Cycling Road connects Celadon City to Fuchsia City, and it covers the entirety of Route 17 and portions of Route 16 and Route 18. It is based on the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line and spans across a large body of water. There are fifteen Pokémon Trainers along the way, consisting of Cyclists and Roughnecks. The Cycling Road appears in the Generation I games and the remakes Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version, but it does not appear in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!, since the Bicycle is not obtainable in the games, and the location has been renamed to Pokémon Road.
There is no Cycling Road in Johto, although a Cycling Road does appear in Hoenn, the Seaside Cycling Road, which is located above Route 110 and connects Slateport City to Mauville City. It appears in Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version, Pokémon Emerald Version, and the remakes Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.
In the Sinnoh region, a Cycling Road is the overhead path of Route 206 connecting Eterna City to Route 207. It first appears in Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version, then returns in Pokémon Platinum Version, which adds two tunnels as well as streetlights along the path, and in the remakes Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl.
Kalos does not have a Cycling Road, although in Cyllage City, there is a circuit that circles around the city and has other Cyclists whom the player has to battle.
Anime
Only the Cycling Roads of the Kanto and Sinnoh regions have appeared in Pokémon the Series.
The Cycling Road of Kanto leads to Fuchsia city, like in the core series. It first appears in "The Bridge Bike Gang", in which it has a major role, since Ash, Brock, and Misty get in a conflict with a gang of Cyclists there. The Cycling Road reappears in "The Green Guardian", where it is closed, so Ash and his friends take a shortcut through the forest on their way to the Battle Pike.
The Cycling Road of Sinnoh is passed through by Ash and his friends in "One Big Happiny Family!".