Another guest post by Robyn M Speed
Sometimes life is like biking into a never-ending headwind. Sometimes life is happening so fast and out of control that it’s like flying downhill, both exhilarating and terrifying at the same time.
The …
Tag: Health
The sanity of cycling
Phew, what a week… 16 lectures to prepare and deliver, a bunch of student research meetings, preparing for a conference this coming week, and the usual emails and admin to deal with. It meant a lot of late nights followed …
Guest Post: As Easy As Riding a Bike
Here’s a guest post from Jack Jiang, kindly reprinted from his original AECOM blog post:
Improving urban wellbeing: as easy as riding a bike
The landscape of post-earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand is changing rapidly. When there is change, there …
Biking – Easier on the Body
I’ve had a few significant aches and pains lately (mostly self inflicted – don’t play football against your son’s team…) and have been feeling less mobile than normal. This was then exacerbated when I moved into my new house last …
Cycling and Health
This is a wee collection of articles that look at the health effects of getting on your bike!
From looking at the effects of exercise on general health to understanding how having fewer people in motor vehicles has a downward …
It is the little things …
A guest post by Robert F
I am a cyclist. To define more accurately, I am not a competitive cyclist, extreme cyclist or even much of a recreational cyclist nowadays. Just a cyclist. I cycle because it feels physically good, …
Cycle paths – important for keeping our aging population fit and well?
Separated cycle paths are an important part of a cycle network because they can help people get the cycling bug and to build their confidence to cycle and to manage in traffic.
My mother (currently in her mid 70s) had …
Should we have cycle helmet legislation? NOT the same question as “should we wear helmets”!
I’m writing this here because I seem to be writing something like it often recently thanks to Aaron Keown’s comments in the media recently!
All other things being equal, I agree, it is better to wear a helmet when cycling …
How to Ride a Bike: A Guide for Fat Cyclists
Here is a neat link that a friend sent me. Another perspective of how fattist we as a society is (and yes, my day job is health promotion to combat obesity!) http://www.charlottecooper.net/docs/fat/rideabike.htm
…Even though we were active cyclists as kids,
Canterbury Active Transport Forum
Just sharing some news:
…The Canterbury Active Transport Forum is back!
This is a preliminary notice of a forum to be held on Friday, June 1st at the Christchurch City Council civic offices in Hereford Street from 12.30pm until