Comments on: A Great Ride for Christchurch?

By: chris abbott

chris abbott — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 23:15:33 +0000

Summit Rd is already a “great ride”.
I recently returned to an old-time favourite.
I started (from home) in Sumner, (e)biked up Evans Pass (Road) then right onto the Summit Rd, all the way to the Sign of the Kiwi for some of the best scones anywhere (date scones made with softened dates being my favourite). The views of Chch and the Harbour are stunning. For much of the route there are no cars as the road has been closed to them since the 2010/22 earthquakes. And when there are cars they can usually be heard from afar

From the Sign of the Kiwi, there are choices aplenty depending on your appetite for hills and traffic…

To return home, I cruised down Dyers Pass, then along the Heathcote River, joined up with the Christchurch Coastal Pathway and made my way back to Sumner.

By: Joy Burt

Joy Burt — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 21:30:22 +0000

How about using the ECAN controlled banks of the Waimakariri to the bridge (with cycle extension) across to Oxford, Glentunnel, then back along the Ashley River to Rangiora using existing routes back to Christchurch.

By: Robert Fleming

Robert Fleming — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 21:53:34 +0000

As someone who coordinates group rides around the city (and a bit further sometimes) every week for up to 50 people aged between 50 and 85 I concur with every word of this brilliant article plus some.

How many dollars are put into the local community by local people who are discovering the joy of our city by bike ? Christchurch is pretty good at promoting our recreational riding treasures for the adventure inclined but urban cycle tourism has largely been ignored so far, yet the cycleway network only gets better and better.

We have to do this; already our cycleway network is the envy of the country within established cycling ‘circles’ but how many others even know ? A huge cohort of of silver grey two wheelers is loving the Great Rides everywhere else but Canterbury; many would marvel at the experience here if only they knew about it.