I’m sure there are thousands of cyclists out there with the same problem as me. Lying awake at night wondering “what would it be like taking a steep downhill hairpin corner at high speed on my bike while towing a …
Author: stevenmuir
Be Safe Be Heard
Autumn usually brings a flurry of articles about being well lit up when cycling, but I think an overlooked area of cycling safety is the ability to warn cars of your presence on the road. The bike bell is very …
ICECycles free bike maintenance workshop proves popular
ICECyles (Inner City East Cycles) ran its eleventh free bike maintenance workshop from 1-4pm on Saturday 2/3/13 at the Delta Community House in Richmond. An article running in the Press (www.cycletrailers.co.nz/press.jpg) that morning seemed to get the word …
Christchurch Otautahi Cargo Bike Annual Rally (CHOCBAR)
put this in your diary
Date: Saturday 20th April (Sunday 21st if wet Saturday).
Time: 10am -11.30am.
Route: Meet outside the museum for a circuit of North Hagley Park then into Cashel Mall for an icecream (and some chocolate bars …
Bike Maintenance Workshop – Sat 2nd Mar
Another free bike maintenance workshop from the ICECycles team this Saturday 2nd March 1-4pm at Delta 105 North Avon Road. Bring along your old bike and get it tuned up. Bring along some tools and help out. Bring along your …
Fossil Fuel Free Multi-sport 2013
Five people took part in the world’s second ever fossil fuel free multisport outing, which took place on Sunday 17th February 2013. The idea was to do multisport without burning a single drop of fossil fuel to achieve it, in …
New kayak-towbar test drive
The fossil fuel free multisport is happening this Sunday 17th starting 7.45 am from the corner of Armagh and Barbadoes st (details here). You could join us for a ride or come for a picnic at the very …
Pallette pavillion bike fixup radio report
The January bike fixup with the ICECycles team at the pallette pavillion was a very enjoyable evening resulting in 26 bikes being repaired and an entertaining radio interview done by Radio NZ. You can listen to the interview for a …
Big Bike Tune-up January 28th
ICECycles in conjunction with Gap-Filler are running a bike bike tune-up on Monday 28th January 6-9pm at the Palette Pavillion cnr Kilmore & Durham sts. Bring your old bike along and the team of volunteers will help you get it …
Undrivers licence
Heres an interesting idea – undrivers.org in Seattle issue people with Undrivers licences at festivals to encourage people to reduce their car use – an extract from an interview with founder Julia Field…
Undriving started in 2007. I was involved …
Shopping by bike trial
A very interesting article I saw in the CAN enews (link here) about a trial to get people doing their shopping by bike. Various incentives were offered to convince people to make shopping trips by bike and they mostly enjoyed …
Santa parade and the longest sleigh
Spokes and Frocks on Bikes organised a cycling float for the Santa parade Sunday which was great fun. I managed to set the record for my longest ever pedal powered vehicle at just over nine meters, breaking my record from …
How many bikes can a bike rider take if a bike rider could take bikes?
The answer is 19, but with a few adjustments required. This was found out in a highly scientific study on 10th November whilst transferring restored bicycles to the ICECycles free bike maintenance workshop held at Richmond School in Christchurch. Steven …
ICECycles free bike maintenance workshop Nov 10
ICECycles Free bike maintenance workshop with fun bikes from Pedal Mania.
Saturday 10 November 1-4pm at Richmond School, Pavitt Street. Phone Jenny: 379 5134, or Jonathon 389 4227 or Steve 021 0619296, email: steve@cycletrailers.co.nz.
Come along and get your …
Fossil Fuel Free Multisport 2013
Sunday 17 February 2013
The idea is to do multisport (bike, kayak, run) without burning a single drop of fossil fuel to achieve it, in contrast to many multisport events which rely on lots of fossil-fuel-burning support vehicles to transfer …
Addington Big Bike Fixup
Saturday 15th Sept saw lots of keen bike fixers turn up out the back of Addington Coffee Coop for the first ever big bike fixup in Addington. 45 bikes were fixed, some excellent pumpkin soup and sausages enjoyed and a …
A funny thing happened on the way home…
I was out and about on my 3 wheeler ‘tadpole’ having delivered a couple of huge CRT TV’s for recycling, then a couple of dozen wheels and tyres, preparing for the next round of fixing up old bikes for ICECycles…
Pannier/backpack
Raviv has just got himself a custom made Twin Needle Mini Me pannier/backpack. The idea was to enjoy a simple, comfortable, strong & waterproof backpack which can also be easily carried on a bike while commuting to work.
The pack …
Moving house by bicycle
Ok so this is just a dolls house, but it did have to go off to the city mission to unclutter our house and its pretty awkward to put on the carrier of my bike. No worries for a bike …
Banana box challenge take-2
It’s scary how much stuff we need to put into boxes. I had another trip to the supermarket this time with the large 3 wheel bike trailer to carry boxes on and managed to get 24 boxes on without even …