Comments on: How do you make your bike commute more interesting? https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2015/09/27/how-do-you-make-your-bike-commute-more-interesting/ Regular people riding bicycles Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: emilymlane https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2015/09/27/how-do-you-make-your-bike-commute-more-interesting/#comment-1369 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 01:09:48 +0000 http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/?p=6295#comment-1369 I try to get an ike commute in at least once a week. (i.e. I go uni rather than bi). Not exactly fast but it maximises the smiles and people interactions you get. Oh and it is a great way to turn a short commute into some exercise – especially if you are on a 20 inch.

]]> By: StrontiumDogNz https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2015/09/27/how-do-you-make-your-bike-commute-more-interesting/#comment-1368 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:07:37 +0000 http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/?p=6295#comment-1368 I play Ingress on my bike – http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/72396807/Ingress-has-transformed-Christchurch-into-a-city-of-portals . It makes the commute about four times as long, with detours through just about every park and reserve in the area, but that’s great for me as my commute is too short to get a decent amount of exercise otherwise.

]]> By: biking2work https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2015/09/27/how-do-you-make-your-bike-commute-more-interesting/#comment-1367 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 08:46:13 +0000 http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/?p=6295#comment-1367 Like that guy on the blog, I’ve had the biking funk but for the last 6 months. I was laid off with a minor injury for 2 weeks just as I was upping my distances and speed. I missed it incredibly but when I started back I couldn’t enjoy it (the English summer did not help). For me at the moment, riding my bike is a purgatorial slog to save on petrol. I can only ride 2 or 3 times a week and at 20km each way for the shortest route it keeps me active. The funny tgi g is that i know that I’d miss it if I stopped but worried that I won’t and get lazy and overweight again so I’m sticking at it.

So I’ve tried most of the suggestions and they’re good as they’ve kept me going but they soon lose their novelty. Another habit that I’ve gotten into is memorising number plates-you never know when you’ll need that skill out on the roads some days.

]]> By: Criggie https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2015/09/27/how-do-you-make-your-bike-commute-more-interesting/#comment-1366 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 06:36:28 +0000 http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/?p=6295#comment-1366 Sometimes on long boring empty country roads (eg Tram Road) I count the roadside markers… the white ones with a red bit at the top. +1 for each marker I pass, and -1 for each car that passes me.

Another suggestion – swap bikes with someone for a bit. I’ve let multiple people ride my electric bike while I ride their bikes.

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