It might be getting a bit frostier, but funnily enough the cycling action around Christchurch is just starting to hot up! A number of exciting bike-related activities are happening this month, both on and off your saddle. As usual, keep …
Category: Events
Details about any relevant happenings, past, present & future. See also the Events Calendar
Biking Activities for May 2018
The colder, wetter stuff is showing up a little more often now as autumn gets into full stride and winter looms. I’ve certainly noticed a (slight) drop-off already in the numbers biking to school and work, as the shadows lengthen …
Bikes Mean Business
Planning for this year’s Biketober has started in earnest. Over the next few months there will be a frenzy of meetings: meetings of the committee variety, meetings for fundraising applications, meetings to ‘let’s have a coffee and chat’, and …
Biking Activities for April 2018
As summer slowly fades away (although it’s currently a rather glorious autumn weekend), the regular biking activities are also starting to quieten a little too. We’ve listed a few below; remember to keep an eye on our Events & Activities …
Rickshaw Charity Ride Success
Last weekend (24-25 March) Sean Pawson and Josh Geddes took turns pedaling a cycle rickshaw 250kms across the South Island from Kumara Beach, over Arthurs and Porters Passes, crossing the Canterbury Plains, and ending up at New Brighton Beach in …
Fossil Fuel Free Multisport 2018
We have done a few Fossil Fuel Free Multisport outings since 2011, ranging from 20km to 500km. This year we did a smaller version from 16-18 February, biking about 45km with our kayaks in tow from Christchurch, over Dyers …
Rickshaw Charity Ride
Sean Pawson and Josh Geddes are taking turns pedaling a cycle rickshaw 250kms across the South Island from Kumara Beach, over Arthurs and Porters Passes, crossing the Canterbury Plains, and ending up at New Brighton Beach in Christchurch. This undertaking …
Guest Post: My Bike – My Bucket List
Guest blogger Robert has big plans for 2018…
Youth brings with it dreams devoid of boundaries; the desire to achieve all things and everything, the strength and ability to follow through. Very quickly however things change, the wish list of …
Biking Activities for March 2018
The traditional national bike month has come and gone; I hope that many of you were clocking up the kms for the Aotearoa Bike Challenge (have you logged all your rides?). Great to see a number of you at …
Biking Activities for February 2018
Summer continues to impress weather-wise, so there’s been no real excuse to get on the saddle and go for a ride. And there continue to be a range of biking activities to keep people happy; hopefully the weather will keep …
2017 in Review: Bikeways, Biketober, Bikelash…
Another year over; time to reflect on what has happened cycling-wise over the past 12 months in Christchurch, since our last review. And what a crazy, wild ride it has been…
We’ll start with the good stuff. And for …
Biking Activities for December 2017
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December is often associated with a lot of rushing around preparing for and celebrating Christmas and the holidays; hardly a time to be holding biking events you’d think. And yet, at the same time, the weather is just fantastic at …
Biking Activities for November 2017
Yep, I know, we’re all barely getting over the rush that was Biketober – but wait there’s more! Well you know there’s more, because this is Christchurch and we always have a ton of cycling things happening around the city, …
Bike Expo a great success
The first NZ Bike Expo has been a great success. To save me having to write something, I’ll simply bring you the words of Expo organisers Jo Mackay and Krissy O’Connor:
The first-ever NZ Bike Expo, which was held in …
Final bumper week of Biketober 2017
I haven’t managed to write many other cycling posts lately – that’s because I’ve been so busy with Biketober! We’ve had a lot of great activities (including last week’s Asia-Pacific Cycle Congress – presentations now available online) …
Biketober continues on through Labour Weekend
Labour Weekend seems an apt time to be confirming a change of Government (and a cycle-friendly one at that), so why not celebrate by taking part in a few Biketober activities? After a busy week of activities around the …
Another bumper Biketober week
Hard to believe that we’re almost at the halfway point of Biketober – and there’s still plenty to go. Some damp weather last week took its toll on some events, but it was great to see many enjoying the free …
Biketober Week 2
Biketober Christchurch is underway! The month-long celebration of cycling kicked off last weekend with a flurry of rides and other activities on Sunday 1st; there was a fantastic turnout at the Streets for People party. We talked to heaps of …
Biketober 2017 is Here!
Time for another month to tick over again, but this time not just any old month – no, it’s Biketober! Wait, what happened to October?
Biketober (not surprisingly, a fusion of ‘bike’ and ‘October’) is a month-long celebration of cycling …
Spring is back – and so are we!
The days are getting lighter and there is also the hint of some warmer weather popping up on occasion. Meanwhile a few more people are coming out of hibernation to hop on their bikes. And there’s lots happening on the …