Welcome to spring! Wow, the weather is certainly quite stunning at the moment (let’s just ignore those warnings of some looming Antarctic stratospheric thingamybob…). I’m seeing heaps of people out and about on bikes, especially on the weekends …
Category: Events
Details about any relevant happenings, past, present & future. See also the Events Calendar
Biketober Chch 2019 begins to take shape – can you help?
Springtime is looming, bringing with it daffodils, local body elections, and (most importantly) Biketober 2019! Remember last year?
The volunteer Biketober organising team have been keeping warm during these wintery months by preparing another action-packed October full of all …
Biking Events for Aug 2019
Is winter over yet? Not judging by the weather out there; oh well, keep thinking of spring… In the meantime, here’s a few activities coming up this month (including some where you can keep indoors), maintained on our events …
Biking Events for Jul 2019
Brrr, it’s been pretty cold lately on a number of evenings and mornings; certainly a good excuse to dig out all your layers for your next ride. In contrast, the night of this year’s recent Winter Solstice Ride was positively …
2019 Winter Solstice Ride is nearly here!
The shortest day of the year is almost upon us – and in Christchurch that means it’s time for the annual Winter Solstice Night Ride! For the 8th year running, people from all over the city will be congregating …
Biking Events for Jun 2019
June is being heralded with the first decent winter snap this weekend, so maybe you’re not relishing the prospect of getting out on your bike this month. Hopefully we can tempt you with some of the events coming up…
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Peace Train Memorial Bike Ride 26th May
Join the Peace Train Ride! This is a 9 km memorial bike ride visiting a variety of places of worship in and around the centre of Christchurch. Sharing the message “We are One”, the ride will promote peace, acceptance, tolerance …
Biking Events for May 2019
Another month into autumn and, while the cycling activity around the city may be winding down a bit (although not as much as many assume), there are still plenty of things to keep the bike fan happy. This …
Biking Events for Apr 2019
With daylight savings about to be a distant memory for another year, many fair-weather riders will soon hop off their treadlies and taper down for the winter. The cycling events calendar for April is also tapering off a bit, but …
F3C3 2019 – Fossil Fuel Free Coast to Coast to Coast
The idea of the Fossil Fuel Free Coast to Coast to Coast (F3C3) is to have a fun holiday, and to encourage the use of active (fossil fuel free) transport for as many journeys as possible, particularly those journeys that …
Biking Events for Mar 2019
I hope that you got lots of biking done during February (and also filled in your ride details via the Aotearoa Bike Challenge). The summer weather has suddenly taken a cooler turn; let’s hope there’s still a bit …
Biking Events for Feb 2019
It certainly feels like summer has shown up this week (of course, just as many people are getting back to study and work…). Summer invariably means quite a lot happening on the cycling front, and the coming month is …
Biketober 2019 – Really?? It’s Only January
It is now over two months since Biketober 2018 took place. A debrief meeting has been held. The debate about what was good and not so good was lively and positive. The talk turned to Biketober 2019. The organising committee …
Cycling in Chch 2018: when bikes were counted and countered
I hope you are all enjoying a nice summer break (or if you’re one of the unlucky ones who has to work, then I hope you get a great break later!). As another year draws to a close, it’s …
Biking Events for Dec 2018
After the mad dash of events that filled up Biketober, it’s quite relaxing to settle down to a more “normal” programme of biking events heading towards the Christmas holidays. While it may not be quite as frantic, here are a …
Come and hear the Bruntletts talk about a cycle-friendly city
Melissa and Chris Bruntlett, from Vancouver Canada, sold their car in 2010 and embraced a “car-lite” life of cycling, walking, public transport and car share with their two young children. Since then, they have become two of the city’s leading …
F3C3 Fossil Fuel Free Coast to Coast to Coast 2019
Would you like to be part of an entertaining outing happening 15-22 Feb 2019? It will be the third time Steve Muir and around seven others will bike from Christchurch to the West Coast and back again towing kayaks behind …
What did you think of Biketober? Fill in the survey!
Biketober is over and now we’re in the month of… Bikevember? Whatever, we hope that you enjoyed the chance to take part in over 80 biking events in Christchurch last month. Maybe you attended heaps of things (and went nuts …
The last week of Biketober 2018 – and beyond
We’re into the final days now of Biketober Chch for its second incarnation, and it’s been fantastic to see what the month has unearthed in terms of a wide variety of events. So what’s left to take part in? Here …
CHOCBAR 2018
The 2018 CHOCBAR (CHristchurch Otautahi Cargo Bike Annual Rally) happened on Labour day 22nd October 2018 and was enjoyed by 25 riders and three dogs. There are an increasing number of cargo bikes seen on the roads of Christchurch …