Spokes Canterbury secretary George Laxton recently helped with an interesting bike event in Upper Riccarton; in this guest post he recounts the action…
A few weeks ago Spokes Canterbury (with the support of Ninja Valley Christchurch and Bush Inn Mall) …
About six weeks ago, the Govt’s National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) came out and currently Councils around the country are grappling with its implications for their funding plans, especially when it comes to road safety and sustainable transport projects – …
Greetings from somewhere down the Waitaki Valley! Yes, I’m currently busy biking the Alps2Ocean cycle trail; will give you a full rundown about it on my return. The A2O is part of a growing network of off-road and on-road …
It’s well and truly Spring now, and Summer is just around the corner! That’s as good a reason as any to get out on your bike and experience the many different facets of life around Christchurch… Back in Oct 2016…
No, we’re not talking about some clever circus trick; here is a very practical guest post from Douglas Horrell about the interesting question of how to bring your favourite furry friend along for a ride on your bike…
This is …
So I gather that it’s been a bit chilly in Christchurch and surrounds lately. I say “I gather” because meanwhile I’ve been enjoying some slightly warmer temperatures in Rarotonga… (I did try to grab some e-bikes to explore the …
Mental health seems to be getting a bigger airing these days, with more and more people realising that we don’t all have good days (or weeks, or months…) and sometimes we need to talk to someone about that or find …
Welcome to Aotearoa Bike Challenge month! Normally about now I’d be telling you about some rides and other bike events coming up that you could take part in, like the previous Nostalgia Bike Gang and Blueberry Rides. But… Omicron… So, …
After a year in which most of us have been unable to do any overseas travel, it is nice to reminisce on opportunities in the past to visit interesting new places. Regular viewer Frank Dohmen (Cyclomaniac) provided a guest post …
We’ve had various guest contributors over the years (my thanks to you all), and a few years back we had a few submissions from Anton Angelo, including this one below originally posted in Aug 2013. I remember the …
Seven years ago when I was still working at university, we were fortunate to be visited by a colleague and cycling expert from the UK, Prof John Parkin (I was very pleased to be able to return the favour when …
As someone who is veering rather close to his 50th birthday soon, I am glad that I have activities like biking to help keep me in good shape as I get older. I’ve been biking essentially most of my adult …
Over at Talking Transport, Chris Morahan has been musing on a topic that annoys me too…
Something that irritates me far more than it should, is when people put up signs that say “no bike parking” but don’t tell …
Guest contributor Minnkey gives us a little cycle-related story about her wedding…
Just over 3 years ago, amongst other things, I started thinking about a bit of a unique way to turn up to my own wedding, preferably on some …
Local blogwatcher Ian Chesterman has spotted something rather interesting:
Last week the government very quietly launched a new programme called “Innovating Streets for People”, which is aimed at the kind of tactical urbanism projects I wrote about in this …
I guess many people right now might be learning to deal with a life without work, socialising, and many other things we take for granted. For Alastair Brown and his family, living without a car has been something they’ve dealt …
What a difference a week makes… My week has been fairly busy out of town (hence the lack of posts), but it may well be the last trip away for a while, thanks to a certain virus cancelling things everywhere… …
Our photo this week comes from guest contributor Chris:
“I just snapped a photo on the way home last night; I thought you might be interested in using it (it’s the Lincoln/Barrington/Whiteleigh intersection by the way):
“I thought it was …
Guest contributor Criggie offered up this little historical snapshot for our viewing:
We’ve got this picture as a poster-print on the wall of our bike shed at work:
The photo was originally from the National Archives, and bears this …
Well I did ask for more guest contributions and, even before then, Don Robertson was in with some less-than-desirable cycleway etiquette around town:
“Thought you might like some pictures for the picture of the day feature on your site. The …
