It says something about the crazy busy week I’ve just had that even managing to do a regular Flashback Friday on time (let alone any other blogpost) escaped me. So as I finally get some R&R time on the weekend, …
Category: General A2B by bike
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Flashback Friday: New National Cycle Network Planning / Design Guidance
Phew, it has definitely been difficult lately to find the time to whip up some blog posts! The social life has been pretty busy and the work side of things seems to get busier and busier… One of those work …
Flashback Friday: What are your current Chch cycle safety concerns?
This week I’m helping to teach a road safety course at Canterbury University. Road safety was also one of the considerations by City Council when determining this week which local transport projects might get the chop as a result of …
Flashback Friday – Guest Post: Statistics, Dollars, and the Intangible (Priceless) Benefits of Cycling
We’re all becoming a bit more acutely aware of the cost-of-living crisis, as inflation keeps pushing many prices hard. For many people heavily reliant on their motor vehicles, the recent fuel prices haven’t helped – the impending prospect of the …
Flashback Friday – Cycling and the Law: Where can you Ride your Bike?
As we roll out more cycleways and other facilities around the city, it’s probably timely to remind everyone where you can and can’t bike and the Road Rules around them. Mind you, that could all change before we know it; …
Flashback Friday: Progress on Cycle Safety Panel Recommendations
It hasn’t be a great year for cycling safety in NZ, with a larger than average number of road deaths to date. While there is sadly an element of randomness about whether some crashes become fatal or not, it has …
Flashback Friday: Help us out – Where can you bike in your suburb?
Work and life in general has been rather busy lately, making it difficult to get many new Cycling in Chch posts out the door – sorry about that; hopefully rectified in the near future. Another item on my to-do list …
Flashback Friday: Why Traffic Speed Matters for Walking and Cycling
This week I have been busy attending the Australasian Road Safety Conference, being held for the first time ever here in Ĺtautahi Christchurch. It’s been a fantastic event, with over 450 people attending from the road safety sector in …
Flashback Friday: Cycling in the Wet
It’s been a wee bit damp this week around the country… No-one was really spared too much, although obviously some places like Nelson, Northland and the West Coast copped it more than most. There’s a little bit of the wet …
Flashback Friday – Nobody Rides Bikes in Winter! Right?
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 …
Flashback Friday: Cycling in the Cold
I don’t know about you, but this week has suddenly felt decidedly nippy out there. For some people, that’s when they give up on cycling for a while until spring returns, but for others it’s just a case of applying …
Flashback Friday: The Orthodoxy of the Highway
It’s been an interesting week for transport policy, both nationally and locally. For a start the Government’s first Emission Reduction Plan was finally released on Monday, which personally was a bit underwhelming but at least makes some signals about further …
Flashback Friday: Pathway Leaves – A Menace for Cycling?
Autumn is a lovely time of year as the leaves on the trees turn into golden shades. But it’s also the time when those leaves eventually start dropping off. I was reminded of this when cycling along one of the …
10 Years of “Cycling in Christchurch” – A Decade of Change…
On this day, 10 years ago back in 2012, a social media developer from Auckland called Jenny Marshall (aka “Unity Finesmith”) first launched a little blogsite called in Cycling in Christchurch, as well as sister sites Cycling in Auckland…
Flashback Friday – Book Review: Easy Rider, A Kiwi’s Guide to Cycling
The days are getting shorter and cooler, so maybe you don’t feel quite so keen to get out on your bike over the winter months (although we do have advice for those who do want to cycle in the cold…
Flashback Friday: Bikes on Buses
I’m back home again in Christchurch after a long stint away, although ironically I’m heading out of town again this weekend, so back to the airport I go… As mentioned previously, my short jaunts away typically involve a combination …
Flashback Friday: The sanity of cycling
Nearly seven years on from this Mar 2015 post, and a new job later, but the crazy-busy-ness in my life is still there – and I have been feeling a bit sniffly again this week (not Covid fortunately…). That’s …
Flashback Friday: Zen and the Art of Cycling
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, …
Flashback Friday: Bus Bike Racks continue to grow
As we gradually develop our burgeoning cycleway network around Christchurch, it’s useful to remind ourselves of the other way that we can expand our network around the city – by bus. Since 2008, the option has been there to pop …
Flashback Friday – Defensive cycling: Looking left
It’s never too late to learn a few more tips and tricks for getting around on your bike safely. Here’s some useful thoughts from Chrys about some defensive cycling practices, first posted in Dec 2014…
I’ve been cycling around …