Cycling in Chch (Guest) – Cycling in Christchurch

Flashback Friday: More dodgy bike and car parking

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:48:26 +0000

New cycleways can be great for cycling, but they don’t always stop bad behaviour by motorists. This has certainly come to the fore lately in Auckland, where several drivers have (for whatever reason) elected to park their cars in the …

Flashback Friday Guest Post: Should kids be able to ride on the footpath?

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:40:04 +0000

You might have heard the news the other day that the Government is proposing a number of interesting road rule changes, many of them with significance for cycling. I’ll cover them in more detail in a future post but, for …

Flashback Friday Guest Post: RAD Bikes

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:20:39 +0000

Happy Waitangi Day! I hope you have been enjoying the first week of the Aotearoa Bike Challenge too. Last week, we highlighted many of the cycling activities and events planned over this month. One of them was the newly …

Flashback Friday Guest Photo of the Day: Theory and Practice of Wheel-Bender Cycle Parking

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:08:34 +0000

I’ve just biked over to The Palms shopping centre in Shirley to pick up some new glasses and a few groceries – thankfully the weather stayed relatively dry. The Palms has a number of handy bike parking areas, generally …

Guest Post: The joys of biking Memorial Ave

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:25:08 +0000

Guest contributor Stephen Judd muses on a recent bike ride to the airport:

Last weekend I had an overnight trip to Auckland booked. So I thought I could ride my bike for once and save myself two days’ parking or …

Flashback Friday: A near-brush with The Law

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:16:35 +0000

Hot on the heels of all the palaver about cycle helmets (and even The Spinoff has waded into the discussion this week), let me take you back to this post from Nov 2012, when guest blogger “Meerkat” decided to …

Flashback Friday: Flat Tyre, Redux.

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 01:58:36 +0000

I’ve just had my bike in to get a (much overdue) service. Some brake pads, cables, bike-chain, gears, derailleur and several dollars later, the bike is in much better working order! I’m probably tempting fate now, but at least I …

Guest Post: Ninja Valley Bike Valet Parking

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:56:53 +0000

Spokes Canterbury secretary George Laxton recently helped with an interesting bike event in Upper Riccarton; in this guest post he recounts the action…

A few weeks ago Spokes Canterbury (with the support of Ninja Valley Christchurch and Bush Inn Mall) …

Flashback Friday: A complete cycling network for 34 cents a year

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 03:01:29 +0000

About six weeks ago, the Govt’s National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) came out and currently Councils around the country are grappling with its implications for their funding plans, especially when it comes to road safety and sustainable transport projects – …

Flashback Friday: A Regional Cycle Node Network

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 21:01:02 +0000

Greetings from somewhere down the Waitaki Valley! Yes, I’m currently busy biking the Alps2Ocean cycle trail; will give you a full rundown about it on my return. The A2O is part of a growing network of off-road and on-road …