Hands up who remembers those heady days of 2013 and 2014 when the cycleway network proposal for Christchurch was first suggested. The $69 million spend; the completion within 5 years. How things have changed over those last 8 years. …
Category: Cycling routes
Anything to share about cycle routes – good, bad, preferred etc.
Flashback Friday: Top Tips for Starting Bike Commuting
Sometimes at Cycling in Chch we post about issues that are topical at the time, and sometimes we just like to put up “timeless” pieces that are just hopefully useful advice any time. This one (originally from Sep 2014) …
Flashback Friday – Cycling in Madrid
The welcome news in the last day that Spain has come to the rescue with some additional vaccines for us brings to mind previous mutterings on this site about the cycling provisions over there. Regular guest blogger Robert has been …
Flashback Friday: More messy pathways in winter
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We’re about to cop a whole bunch of rain again for the next few days and, while, the amount of cycling around may be somewhat reduced anyway due to lockdown, it will be interesting to see how our pathways fare. …
Where can you bike locally during lockdown?
We’ve all heard the messages during lockdown Level 4 that we are still allowed (indeed, encouraged) to get out and about for exercise like walking, biking, etc but that you should only do so locally and practice social distancing. This …
Progress on Chch Cycling Projects
It’s a chilly old time of it in Christchurch lately, and it can feel sometimes like not much is happening locally on the cycle front. Actually there are quite a few projects on the go, either physically on the ground …
Flashback Friday: A Ride around Town – The Old and the New
It’s easy sometimes to get a bit pessimistic or frustrated as we wait for the next bit of the rebuild in the city to take place – when exactly will we see that sports stadium? But sometimes it’s also useful …
Flashback Friday: Keeping Pathways Dry
With some more rain on the way for Christchurch, anyone riding needs to be a little mindful of how their favourite routes fare with a bit of water around. Personally, I’ve noticed a big improvement in most cycleways drainage-wise over …
Discovering Local – Kaiapoi
The opportunity and subsequent benefits of Covid lockdowns and travel restrictions over the past 12 months to get out locally and discover our own back yard have in a bitter sweet way been significant. What better way to see your …
Flashback Friday: Riding Long Distances
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We often talk about how cycling can be a great substitute for short-medium trips by car, but there are plenty of people who are happy to clock up the kilometres on longer journeys by bike (especially with some of the …
Flashback Friday: A Ride to Sumner (and the promise of things to come)
It’s almost the end of the lovely summer weather and it might feel like there’s less excuse to jump on the bike and check out the city’s great cycleways. But maybe it’s useful to appreciate a time not that long …
Biking in City Mall – Have Your Say
Did you know that, technically, you are not allowed to bike through City Mall? Being a popular traffic-free cycling connection through town, it comes as a bit of a surprise to some that this is the case and clearly, judging …
Flashback Friday: Cycling and Hills
Life seems a little bit crazy busy right now for me, which explains why I haven’t managed to get a few new blog posts out the door lately (a couple of interesting consultations floating around right now – watch this …
Flashback Friday: Cycling to/from New Places
Given the rapid rate of knots that new cycleways are being built around the city right now, you could be forgiven for not keeping up with the best routes to get around by bike. And if you suddenly change your …
Flashback Friday: “Accessible City” Plan – What’s In it for Cycling?
As we get around our post-quake rebuilt city, it seems a lifetime ago when the original plans for the rebuild (esp. in the central city) were being finalised by Govt after Council’s initial proposals. Not surprisingly the transport aspects of …
Wednesday Wheelies – 3 years of riding and learning
November 18th 2020 was officially the 3rd birthday of our slow and social riding group based in St Albans. Celebrated at Abberley Park Cottage with a sumptuous lunch of roast lamb and salmon, prepared by the St Albans Residents’ Association, …
Flashback Friday: Does your mother not let you ride on the road?
We’ve had various guest contributors over the years (my thanks to you all), and a few years back we had a few submissions from Anton Angelo, including this one below originally posted in Aug 2013. I remember the …
Flashback Friday – Hidden Treasures: Tennyson St Cycleway
If you think all of these separated cycleways are relatively new for Christchurch, then you have forgotten that the first one actually popped up nearly 18 years ago. Ultimately destined to form part of the Southern Lights major cycle route, …
Big funding boost for Chch cycleways
Yesterday morning, Christchurch woke to the news that the Government was investing in the completion of six major cycle routes, thanks to funding from the Government’s shovel-ready infrastructure fund for COVID-19 recovery.
An extra $87 million is being pumped …
The thing about Tuam St…
Now for something different to ponder, while we have the time… a couple of months ago, pre-lockdown, I was riding down the separated cycleway along Tuam St. For those who are familiar with it, you will know that it is …