“To have a “light-bulb moment”, the power has to be on.”
Said someone relatively famous. Thanks Google
For me, the power is on whenever conversing with partner Peter over a pint or a coffee, or when riding the bike. …
Author: Robert Fleming
Flashback Friday: It is the little things …
We’ve had many guest posts over the years from different contributors; some one-hit wonders and other quite regular bloggers. One in the latter category is Robert Fleming, who has now graced this site with over 50 blog posts – …
Guest Post: Wednesday Wheelers
Regular guest writer Robert provides an update on a growing cycling group…
Wednesday November 20th 2019 marked the second birthday of the St Albans Bike Group (aka “The Wednesday Wheelers”). The St Albans Residents Association hosted a lunch to celebrate, …
Biketober 2019 in Review
Biketober convenor Robert sums up this year’s activities:
The third annual Biketober Festival of Cycling held in Christchurch is over for another year. How did it go ? Did you participate in any of the 60 different events ? What …
Cycling Central Melbourne
Since the Christchurch earthquakes, the subsequent rebuild, the rearrangement of certain public spaces, and changes to the way people are being encouraged to travel around the city, travelling to other cities sets me onto comparison mode. Naturally, critiquing the cycling …
Biketober 2019 – Really?? It’s Only January
It is now over two months since Biketober 2018 took place. A debrief meeting has been held. The debate about what was good and not so good was lively and positive. The talk turned to Biketober 2019. The organising committee …
The Oxford Gap – Almost there
If the St Asaph Street upgrade could be described as the ‘flashpoint of debate’ for the Accessible City programme, then the Oxford Gap (Oxford Terrace from the Hospital Corner intersection to the junction with Antigua St linking into The …
Guest Post: A Sign of the Times
Guest blogger Robert has a look around our growing cycleway network:
“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you ride through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your …
Guest Post: Christchurch Will Never Be Amsterdam
Regular contributor Robert reflects on his recent overseas travels and more local happenings:
This week I rode along to City Council Chambers to present a 5-minute oral submission to the hearings panel concerning lowering of some central Christchurch speed limits …
Guest Post: Cycling in Edinburgh
Guest blogger Robert has just returned from some overseas travels. Here is a post about one of his sojourns…
Edinburgh is a beautiful city. With a few hills in the central area and a perceived inclement climate, one is surprised …
Bikes Mean Business
Planning for this year’s Biketober has started in earnest. Over the next few months there will be a frenzy of meetings: meetings of the committee variety, meetings for fundraising applications, meetings to ‘let’s have a coffee and chat’, and …
Guest Post: Christchurch Cycleway Construction Progress April 2018
Guest blogger Robert has been checking recent progress on new cycleways:
Taking a look at smartview.ccc.govt.nz, it is pleasing to see actual (and recent) data of the numbers of people riding bikes around the city.
Click “On the go …
Guest Post: My Bike – My Bucket List
Guest blogger Robert has big plans for 2018…
Youth brings with it dreams devoid of boundaries; the desire to achieve all things and everything, the strength and ability to follow through. Very quickly however things change, the wish list of …
Guest Post: First Count – Rapanui / Shag Rock
Guest blogger Robert has cast his counting eye towards the newest cycleway in the city…
Fitzgerald Avenue/Worcester Street Intersection: Rapanui-Shag Rock Cycleway, 7th Feb 2018
- First consulted – Nov 2015
- Construction Commencement – Winter 2016
- Opening Ceremony – Early December
Guest Post: Cogitations from a Person who counts other Persons Riding Bikes
Guest blogger Robert confesses about his ‘other life’…:
It began innocently enough.
The controversy of St Asaph Street cycleway. A little bit of anger perhaps that so many ‘experts’ in the comments section of The Press or on Facebook would, …
Guest Post: Biking to the Boundary – Waimakariri River Regional Park, Pt.2
Guest blogger Robert concludes his adventures on Christchurch’s outer trails:
It is hard to beat a mild cloudless windless day in Canterbury for biking, particularly at the dying stages of a southwest storm. The air is pristine, views are spectacular …
Guest Post: Biking to the Boundary – Waimakariri River Regional Park, Pt.1
Guest blogger Robert has been exploring our northern recreational trails…
As New Zealand leaps forward in the provision of good infrastructure for urban cycling, and adventure tourism cycle trails, increasingly it is easy and attractive to jump on a bike …
Guest Post: Edgeware Village – Strength to Strength
Guest blogger Robert has some thoughts about his local…
Can the injection of a cycleway help revitalise a Village that keeps on keeping on?
Like most small suburban centres in any New Zealand city, life has been tough for Edgeware …
Guest Post: Cycleway Progress Update Dec 2017
Regular blogger Robert is back with some observations on recent cycleways:
The months leading up to Biketober, and Biketober month itself consumed the spare or work time of many an advocate for “more people on bikes more often”. Whether volunteer …
Guest Post: Progress in Bucketloads
Guest blogger Robert continues his check of the new cycleways by inspecting progress on the Little River Link (note, due to website technical issues, this post is a couple of weeks overdue):
This photographic essay is the third of four …