Category: General A2B by bike

The idea of Fossil Fuel Free multi-sport outings is to show you can have lots of fun doing multi-sport activities or holidaying, without burning a single drop of fossil fuel to achieve it. This is in contrast to many multi-sport …

It’s not just Christchurch City that has seen exciting new cycling developments in the region. Nearest neighbours Selwyn District have also been investing in new cycling facilities.

As part of the Govt’s Urban Cycleways “quick start” projects, a new off-road …

Rent a car park in Central City on 18th Sept and transform it into a PARK (enjoyable public open space). Gapfiller are doing some things around the commons including RAD Bikes and ICECycles doing some free bike maintenance, there could …

Jump on your bikes, scooters, skateboards and rollerblades and join Generation Zero in a 1km-long celebration of zero carbon transport, in the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris this November. This event is being held in …

With spring just around the corner, the number of fun cycling things to do is starting to creep up – recall the wonderful variety of things to choose from last summer and autumn. So, with that in mind, here …

In amongst everything else cycle-wise going on around the city, it’s exciting to know that soon we will also have our pilot public bike scheme up and running. As you may recall, thanks to a great crowd-funding initiative late last …

Here’s another guest report from northern local Robert, regarding the Papanui Parallel Cycleway:

So, as outlined in Lennyboy’s blogpost, there is certainly activity in the City Centre and west to the University for our long promised cycleway infrastructure already …

While work continues to construct the new section of the Uni-Cycle Major Cycleway route on Matai St East, consultation is now out for two further bits of work either side. In both cases, while the route already exists, what is …

ICECyles Free Bike Maintenance Workshop

Another ICEcycles (Inner City East Cycles) free bike maintenance workshop is happening from 1-4pm on Saturday 20 June at Delta House 105 North Avon Road. It will be held inside so no matter if the …

It might be feeling more and more like winter (not where I currently am…), but the Christchurch cycling calendar still has a few more activities coming up that may be of interest to you:

• The next ICEcycles free bike

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Time is running out to have your say about proposed plans for changes to Riccarton Rd. Although mainly promoted as a “bus priority” project, there’s actually a lot of implications for cycling down there too.

Riccarton is probably the …

This is the second in an occasional series of posts on cycling related matters. See Part One here. Some of the same issues then are repeated. While it is about infrastructure, it reflects on an underlying culture of staff employed …

Here’s another guest post from regular blogger Robert:

Like Steve Muir, I too braved the cool southerly to witness the opening of the Antigua foot (and bike) bridge at 7.30am last Thursday morning. By looking at the City Council …

This week there are two things happening that might be of interest if you are a regular rider in the central city:

• The repairs to the earthquake damaged Antigua Street Footbridge repairs are almost finished and it will be opening

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A little project that has slipped under the radar somewhat has been the repair to the Gayhurst Rd Bridge in Avonside/Dallington. With the bridge due to reopen to traffic again mid-year, some interesting work is proposed on the approach roads. …

Another report from the home trenches, courtesy of guest blogger, Robert:

Lennyboy is on a voyage of discovery and comprehensive fact finding journey. Please do not read this to mean “taxpayer funded junket” (editor’s note: especially when my consulting earnings …