Christchurch City Council have recently posted about how the various cycle counters around the city have seen further good growth in cycle trips over the past couple of years - great results from the investment in new cycleways. Perhaps not surprisingly, the social media naysayers have been out in force ...
Flashback Friday – Guest Post: Biking to the Boundary – Waimakariri River Regional Park, Pt.210 Jan 2025Cycling routes / People riding bikesLast weekend I told you one way for getting out to McLeans Island Forest. Back in Jan 2018, guest blogger Robert also explored ways to get there during the summer break. In the second part of his adventures, he concludes his journey on Christchurch’s outer trails further east along the Waimakariri River corridor: It is … Continue reading “Flashback Friday – Guest Post: Biking to the Boundary – Waimakariri River Regional Park, Pt.2” [...]
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Biking out to McLeans Forest – here’s how5 Jan 2025Cycle infrastructure / Cycling routesA few months back I decided to head out to McLeans Forest mountainbike park, for some reconnaissance riding ahead of the 6-Hour Blast event being held there. Not having a bike rack for my car, I figured that the most pragmatic way to get there would be by simply biking the roads and paths leading … Continue reading “Biking out to McLeans Forest – here’s how” [...]
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Flashback Friday – First look: Chch Adventure Park3 Jan 2025Cycle infrastructureHappy New Year! I hope that you are getting out and enjoying some of the many different cycling options that Ōtautahi Christchurch has to offer. One of our major recreational facilities is the Christchurch Adventure Park nestled in Worsleys Valley on the Port Hills. Opened in late 2016, I got the chance to have an … Continue reading “Flashback Friday – First look: Chch Adventure Park” [...]
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Cycling in Chch 2024 in Review: People, Places, and Pushback…31 Dec 2024Annual Review / Bicycle politics / Cycle infrastructure / People riding bikesAnother calendar year flies by and we’re ready to herald in 2025 – Happy New Year! For many of us, we might be grateful to see the back of 2024, with various worrying signs for cycling foreshadowed back in our 2023 review… The new Government for starters was very quick to signal its distaste for … Continue reading “Cycling in Chch 2024 in Review: People, Places, and Pushback…” [...]
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Flashback Friday: Vale, Keith Guthrie27 Dec 2024Cycle-centric ideas / People riding bikesNearly a week ago, my partner’s father passed away; needless to say it has been a sad and emotional time – rest in peace, Poppa… As all of us get older, sadly we can expect to have more in our own cycling circles depart this earth. Many of them have made an important impact in … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Vale, Keith Guthrie” [...]
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If not bikes on buses, how about prams again?24 Dec 2024Bikes & equipment / Cycle-centric ideasSeasons greetings everyone! I hope you will have a fun Christmas and summer break and also hopefully get out and about on your bike when you can too… I’ll pop up an end-of-year review in a week, but certainly one of the recent hot topics has been the banning of bikes from bus racks. As … Continue reading “If not bikes on buses, how about prams again?” [...]
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Flashback Friday – Photo of the Day: Cycle Counter Display20 Dec 2024General A2B by bike / Photo of the DayLast week we celebrated the notable milestone of the half-millionth bike traversing the Antigua Boatshed bridge cycle counter. Let’s look back to when it was first installed over six years ago, as reported in this blog post from June 2018… A nice development in Christchurch over the past few months has been the introduction of … Continue reading “Flashback Friday – Photo of the Day: Cycle Counter Display” [...]
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Photo of the Day: Half a million bikes15 Dec 2024Cycle infrastructure / People riding bikesChristchurch’s Major Cycle Routes have helped to fuel an impressive surge in numbers of people cycling around the city over the past few years. One of the busiest locations is at the Antigua Boatshed bridge, where an electronic display helps show passersby how many people have biked past the spot each day and for the … Continue reading “Photo of the Day: Half a million bikes” [...]
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Flashback Friday – #2walkandcycle: Interesting stuff around Nelson13 Dec 2024Cycle infrastructure / Cycle-centric ideas / EventsLast weekend I was up in Nelson for a wedding; while there, we also took the opportunity to do a bit more socialising and checking out the Nelson-Richmond district. Not surprisingly, we saw plenty of people biking while there as well – Nelson is the one city in New Zealand that surpassed Christchurch for cycling … Continue reading “Flashback Friday – #2walkandcycle: Interesting stuff around Nelson” [...]
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Flashback Friday: Should Cycling be allowed in the Botanic Gardens?6 Dec 2024Cycle infrastructure / Cycle-centric ideasThe Christchurch City Council is currently consulting on an update to its Parks and Bylaw 2016; you’ve got until Sun Dec 15th to get some feedback in. One of the changes proposed is to expand the mentions of “bicycles” to include “electric bicycle, scooter or electric scooter” to reflect the current prevalence of new micro-mobility … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Should Cycling be allowed in the Botanic Gardens?” [...]
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