It’s hard yakka producing blog posts for Cycling in Christchurch; and yet somehow we’ve managed to publish over 800 (!) of them since the start in May 2012. We’ll keep endeavouring to post on all manner of things when we …
Author: LennyBoy
What do you wear when cycling?
One of the pervasive myths about cycling in New Zealand is that you can’t do it without wearing lycra, hi-vis, cleated shoes and the like. It has helped fuel the image of the “MAMIL” and has even been cited as …
Biking Events for Jul 2019
Brrr, it’s been pretty cold lately on a number of evenings and mornings; certainly a good excuse to dig out all your layers for your next ride. In contrast, the night of this year’s recent Winter Solstice Ride was positively …
Cycling and the Law: Positioning yourself on the Road
OK, time to consider some of the nitty-gritty in the road rules when you’re riding, particularly when in the vicinity of other road users. We’ve previously covered the various places where you can/can’t ride, but it’s probably on the …
2019 Winter Solstice Ride is nearly here!
The shortest day of the year is almost upon us – and in Christchurch that means it’s time for the annual Winter Solstice Night Ride! For the 8th year running, people from all over the city will be congregating …
Photo of the Day: the Variety of Bikes (and other things)
Many people in NZ still perceive “bicycles” as only either a mountain-bike of some sort or a sleek road bike. When that is your worldview of bikes, it’s not surprising that you might struggle to comprehend that they could also …
What to do about Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection?
Currently out for consultation by the City Council are proposals for the Harewood/Gardiners/Breens intersection in the northwest part of the city. Some of you may have heard about this intersection, as it was a major campaign platform for Cr Aaron …
Biking Events for Jun 2019
June is being heralded with the first decent winter snap this weekend, so maybe you’re not relishing the prospect of getting out on your bike this month. Hopefully we can tempt you with some of the events coming up…
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Review/Preview: Big Bike Film Night 2019
Last night, Christchurch played host to the 2019 Big Bike Film Night. Another fairly full Charles Luney Auditorium audience watched a diverse collection of eleven short films about all manner of biking. More on them in a moment…
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High St revitalisation
While consultation is happening at one corner of the central city along Victoria St, another proposal is also out now in the opposite corner along High St. Consultation has begun for plans to reconstruct High St between Cashel St/Mall …
Victoria St saga continues
You might recall over two years ago the proposed plans to upgrade Victoria St, including better cycle lanes, bus priority and limiting general traffic thoroughfare. The project didn’t go down too well with many locals and, even though they …
Biking Events for May 2019
Another month into autumn and, while the cycling activity around the city may be winding down a bit (although not as much as many assume), there are still plenty of things to keep the bike fan happy. This …
Photo of the Day: Traffic lane closures
Perhaps this should be called “pet peeve of the day”: At the moment, work is underway for the city-end section of the Heathcote Express cycleway along Ferry Rd. This is necessitating some traffic lane closures, including turning lanes into Ferry …
Do closer average passes mean less safe cycling?
A recent news article (and similar variants) has been doing the rounds recently and sparked a lot of social media comment. The article reports on some recent research from Australia that measured the space given by motorists passing people …
Sensibel: More testers needed
What’s cycling like in Christchurch? Some of you may remember the introduction last year to Sensibel, a new way of capturing information about people’s cycling experiences (good or bad). Now, more help is still needed to collect more information.…
Photo of the Day: Belfast Rd Cycle Subway
Another busy week, but just enough time to get in a sneak preview of some coming cycle infrastructure: A few weeks back, I was lucky to visit the site of the new Northern Arterial, scheduled for completion in mid-2020.…
Biking Events for Apr 2019
With daylight savings about to be a distant memory for another year, many fair-weather riders will soon hop off their treadlies and taper down for the winter. The cycling events calendar for April is also tapering off a bit, but …
Cycle Planning & Design course coming to Chch (1st May)
For over 15 years, there has been industry and student training in NZ on “planning and design for cycling”, much of it via the company that I work for, ViaStrada. During that time, over 1200 people have attended the …
Photo of the Day: Wellington Bike Corral
Biking routes around the city are all very well, but at some point you need a place to park your trusty vehicle. Christchurch is proving generally pretty good at rolling out more public bike parking with every new street or …
New Directional Cycle Signal Surveys
If you’ve cycled around the central city, you may have seen the new directional cycle signals at the High / Madras / St Asaph and Antigua / St Asaph intersections. These allow different cycling movements to be controlled separately. Even …