Comments on: Guest Post: Are the Demographics of Cyclists Changing?

By: chouette

chouette — Sat, 30 Mar 2019 20:32:34 +0000

In reply to Anouk. Anouk, do you mean Moana on Lake Brunner? What route do your in-laws take to get to Marlborough Sounds?

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:41:04 +0000

In reply to Criggie. Not Salmoning. Thats going the wrong way on a one way path Shoaling is the term your looking for. @bikesnobnyc

By: Anouk

Anouk — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 01:51:28 +0000

I am very pleased with the change in demographics in Chch! We organised an e-bike tour around the bays for my in-laws (all 4 over 60 y/o) last year. Now they all have purchased an e-bike and ride regularly for exercise that they otherwise wouldn’t get. They make the most of it and ride with friends from Moana to the Marlborough Sounds now. Like elsewhere in the world e-bikes are getting people riding again! But we still need more safe infrastructure in Chch to get them using it regularly.

By: Criggie

Criggie — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:48:27 +0000

In reply to Mac Man.

So, you admit to salmoning ? I find its best to wait your place in line at the lights and move up elsewhere. Commuting is not racing.

That said – chasing down an ebike on a non-ebike is kinda fun.

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 22:23:37 +0000

Totally agree, I have always biked but now feel confident taking my eight year old with me on cycleways and my parents in their 70s still cycle on cycleways too (no electric bikes for them either!)

By: Mac Man

Mac Man — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 21:07:08 +0000

As one of the “lycra clad” that has cycled on a daily basis for the past 10 years, I would say most definitely. The biggest noticeable difference is you now need to thread your way through multiple cyclist if you want a fast getaway at the lights, and even then you are quite often beaten by an electric bike. It’s great, more bikes mean less cars trying to take you out.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:36:19 +0000

Two years on from the Papanui Parallel cycleway completion the transport modes mentioned above are very evident on the pathway through the Rutland Reserve, bikes of all descriptions , scooters, walkers. For the half hour prior and post school times there is real congestion as people make their way to the Paparoa Street School. Prior to the cycleway, access to the school from the north required a long walk/bike/scooter on rat-run infested streets, which are to a degree still busy with vehicles. But at least now 100’s are choosing the quiet, safe and enjoyable route which means a social journey for all users. A better way to start the school day.