Tracey and I are currently looking at plans for where we might head to in Europe next year. One of my friends is currently touring around Europe and recently visited Porto, the "City of Bridges", in Portugal. And over a decade ago, regular blogger Robert described his visit there, as ...
Every Breath You Take…10 Sep 2025Cycle-centric ideas / People riding bikesA few years ago I had an email from a reader (and my apologies that it’s taken this long to respond to it!): I ride my bike every day in my rounds as a support worker visiting people’s homes here in Christchurch. My colleagues always say “how healthy”, but I am starting to get seriously … Continue reading “Every Breath You Take…” [...]
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Flashback Friday: Bikes for earthquakes5 Sep 2025Benefits of cycling / General A2B by bikeYesterday marked 15 years since the first big earthquake hit Christchurch in the early hours of Sept 4th. Little did we know an even more devastating one would show up a few months later… Transport options are an interesting consideration when natural disasters strike – witness the queues of traffic often associated with mass movement … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Bikes for earthquakes” [...]
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Commuter Waka: a great tool for travel data31 Aug 2025Cycle-centric ideas / People riding bikesYou will recall last year that the results of the 2023 Census came out with some interesting (and mostly positive) findings for transport patterns around the country and in Christchurch. While Statistics NZ has some online data tools for delving into the information, they can be a bit clunky to find your way around, especially … Continue reading “Commuter Waka: a great tool for travel data” [...]
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Flashback Friday: Council Rates and MCRs 10129 Aug 2025Bicycle politics / Cycle infrastructure / Cyclivism / General A2B by bikeNo surprises that cycleways are one of the hot topics in this coming election, and will no doubt get some airing at the Mayoral Forum next Thu 4th Sep. A news article last week looked into the supposed extravagance of cycleways and found that they actually were only contributing 0.11% to expected rates increases. This … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Council Rates and MCRs 101” [...]
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Flashback Friday: A near-brush with The Law22 Aug 2025Bicycle politicsHot on the heels of all the palaver about cycle helmets (and even The Spinoff has waded into the discussion this week), let me take you back to this post from Nov 2012, when guest blogger “Meerkat” decided to be brave… I’ve decided to experiment: I’m going to ride my bike sans helmet and see … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: A near-brush with The Law” [...]
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A heads-up about the bike helmet rule19 Aug 2025Benefits of cycling / Bicycle politics / Bikes & equipmentThere’s been an interesting flurry of discussions in the past few days, following the news that Regulation Minister David Seymour sought advice on the possibility of removing mandatory cycling helmet requirements. The upshot (for now at least) is that the advice provided to Seymour was that the risks of removing the requirements would outweigh any … Continue reading “A heads-up about the bike helmet rule” [...]
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Flashback Friday – Unterhaching, Munich: Cycling and good planning15 Aug 2025Cycle infrastructure / Cycle-centric ideasThis week we have hosted a young German at our place, who hails from outside Cologne. Ten years ago, I got to explore a fair bit of Germany, both big and small places. In the southeastern part of Germany, this included an interesting small settlement on the outskirts of Munich, as reported in this post … Continue reading “Flashback Friday – Unterhaching, Munich: Cycling and good planning” [...]
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Mythbusting: Cyclists or Bikes should be Licensed13 Aug 2025Bicycle politicsYou may have seen a week ago some fairly big transport news came down from the Government, announcing future plans to do away with petrol excise levies for motorists and replace them with Road User Charges (RUCs) instead. Not surprisingly, there were a lot of comments about this topic, with people debating the pros and … Continue reading “Mythbusting: Cyclists or Bikes should be Licensed” [...]
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Flashback Friday: Have your Say on the Park Terrace Cycleway8 Aug 2025Cycle infrastructure / Cycle-centric ideasEarlier this week, mayoral re-election hopeful Phil Mauger engaged in a spot of dog-whistling by calling for the Park Terrace pop-up cycleway to be ripped out. For something that has been working successfully for over two years (I often use it when heading over that side of town), it calls to mind all the similar … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Have your Say on the Park Terrace Cycleway” [...]
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Ride to the Go Green Expo and get a Bike Valet!3 Aug 2025Events / General A2B by bikeA few months ago, we told you about the bike valet parking offered by Spokes Canterbury at a recent Ninja Valley event. Next weekend, the Go Green Expo is being held at Wolfbrook Arena (Sat 9th and Sun 10th Aug) and Spokes will be back again with more bike parking! Yep, head along to the … Continue reading “Ride to the Go Green Expo and get a Bike Valet!” [...]
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