Comments on: Biketober 2019 – Really?? It’s Only January

By: LennyBoy

LennyBoy — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:06:14 +0000

In reply to Criggie. Actually the crowded opening in 2014 (has it been that long already?) was for the 50th anniversary. Fun yes, but needing some crowd-size limitations to make it even more enjoyable for riding. With Evans Pass open by Biketober, there shouldn't be any excuses for not having a go at closing it for a ride again. Ahead of that, it would be great if the Council let people walk/bike/scoot the new Evans Pass road before officially opening it to traffic. NZTA are pretty good at doing that when they open big infrastructure.

By: Criggie

Criggie — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 23:45:36 +0000

I did the tunnel run in the late 90s when they had a 50th. It was metered so the tunnel wasn’t crowded, and us roller bladers got to go first (and fast!)

The 65th anniversary opening last year was a lot more crowded – you couldn’t even walk normally, it was more shuffling. Those who tried to ride through were doing more standing than rolling, despite having discreet “lanes”

I observe that Evans Pass to Lyttelton is due to open in “early 2019” so it should be open for biketober. That could be a nice road to ride/walk for a weekend morning. People haven’t been on that road for 8 years now – could be a good activity to ride up and down Evans.

By: sonny

sonny — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:57:05 +0000

1. Do the Lyttleton Tunnel again or Sumner.
2. Why cant Chch do our own version of Late Night Bicycle Rave.
3. Attract more people for bike events via radio/tv/CCC or social media, perhaps some flyers to people who visits bike parks.

Just my 2cents.