Category: Cycling routes

Anything to share about cycle routes – good, bad, preferred etc.

Cycling in Chch 2025 in Review: Slow and Steady wins the Race…

And just like that, we’ve reached the end of 2025! As we herald the New Year, let’s look at how things have gone in the cycling world over the past 12 months…

While the signs were looking somewhat worrying at …

Flashback Friday Guest Post: Biking to the Boundary – Waimakariri River Regional Park, Pt.1

Merry Christmas, and I hope you’re enjoying Boxing Day as well! The summer holidays are always a great time to get out and explore a few new places by bike. If you need some suggestions on where to go, guest …

First Look: City to Sea Pathway Stage 1

The lovely (albeit windy) weather over the weekend was the perfect opportunity to finally have a chance to check out the first section completed of the City to Sea Pathway. As the name suggests, this shared pathway follows the …

Flashback Friday: Some more Cycling Projects on the go

My consulting company has just celebrated 20 years in business. I actually joined them nearly ten years ago, after 12 years at university – quite the industry change… So what was happening around Christchurch when I first started at …

Photo of the Day: Antigua St cycleway takes shape

A project that generated a fair bit of discussion but finally got underway nearly six months ago is the Antigua St cycleway connection between Moorhouse Ave and St Asaph St. It is now nearing completion, ideally in sync with the …

Flashback Friday – Cycling in Singapore: A study in contrasts

Today is gearing up to be a busy one as Tracey and I prepare to head over to Perth tomorrow for a conference next week – still a bit of bag packing and finalising presentations before getting up rather early …

Photo of the Day: City to Sea pathway crossing at Stanmore Rd

Many of you will be monitoring the steady progress of the City to Sea pathway winding its way out to New Brighton from the central city along the Ōtakaro Avon River corridor. I certainly plan to do a bit of …

Semi-Hidden Treasures: Chch Northern Corridor Pathway

The weather this weekend certainly hasn’t been the flashest here (or in most parts of the country…), but we’re starting to see more nicer spring days returning (next week looks particularly good). So, as the warm months arrive, it’s …

Flashback Friday: A Boost for Avon River network

Earlier this week, the Christchurch City Council celebrated the opening of the 4th walk/cycle bridge over the Ōtākaro Avon River corridor near Dallington – another piece in the puzzle creating a lovely recreational riding route from the central city to …

Flashback Friday: Feeling the Love

Earlier this week, Star News featured a very nice article about one of our regular contributors Robert Fleming. Over more than a decade, Robert has contributed more than 60 blog posts (not counting Flashback Fridays), including updates on cycleway …

Flashback Friday Guest Post Part 6 – Cycling in Porto

Tracey and I are currently looking at plans for where we might head to in Europe next year. One of my friends is currently touring around Europe and recently visited Porto, the “City of Bridges”, in Portugal. And over a …

Northern Line cycleway railway crossings are now all go

For anyone who has been a regular user of the Northern Line cycleway (previously known as the Railway Cycleway), one of the challenges has often been safely crossing some of the busier roads in Papanui. Certainly the last time …

Flashback Friday: Have your say on allowing Footpath Cycling

Hot on the heels of the recent Road Rule change announcements, including introducing footpath cycling for children, let me take you back nine years ago when an earlier proposal for this was being campaigned on, as reported in this …

Flashback Friday: Munich – Cycling for a Big City

While here in NZ, we are currently enduring some chilly days, and quite a bit of rain to boot, over in Europe at the moment a heatwave is sending temperatures soaring. Germany is not immune; interestingly the first time I …

Photo of the Day: Sockburn Roundabout & Overbridge

A few weeks back, I caught up with a friend at a brewery near the western end of Blenheim Rd. It was a lovely day so I biked over there, managing to avoid “running the gauntlet” for most of the …

Flashback Friday: Arnhem and Nijmegen – Twin Cycling Cities

Halfway around the world from us, the latest Velo-City cycling conference is just wrapping up in Gdansk, Poland. The Velo-City series has been an ongoing event since 1980; although mostly based in European cities, it has occasionally graced other …