It’s less than a week now until this year’s Winter Solstice Bike Ride in North Hagley Park next Friday 21st starting from 5.30pm. Hopefully the weather won’t be as miserable as it has been today; at this stage it’s a …
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Winter 2024 brings lots of Cycling Activities
As the days get shorter, and the temperatures drop, the urge to get out on a bike may be waning (although, as the saying goes, “there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing”…). But there’s actually …
Flashback Friday: Christchurch wins big at 2018 Bike to the Future awards
I’ll continue the Palmerston North theme of late, by mentioning one of the successful outcomes from the 2018 2WALKandCYCLE Conference there – a couple of big award wins for Christchurch-based projects, as first reported back in Aug 2018. The …
Flashback Friday: Highlights from #2WALKandCYCLE Conference Auckland
Next week sees the return of the 2WALKandCYCLE Conference, hosted in Wellington. Partly due to lockdown disruptions, it’s been three years since the last one in Dunedin – quite the wait. Unfortunately I won’t be attending this one – …
Photo of the Day: New Brighton Kite Day bike parking
What a fantastic summer weekend! And just perfect yesterday for the Kite Day out at New Brighton Beach; lots of sun and the right amount of wind. My partner and I jumped on our bikes to go and check out …
Cycling in Chch 2023 in Review: The Good, the Bad, the in-Between
And just like that, another year is over and we ponder what has happened since we last reviewed the state of cycling Chch at the end of 2022 – suffice to say that it seems like a mix of things……
Photo of the Day: Canterbury Show Bike Parking
I hope that everyone in Canterbury enjoyed a nice long weekend this Canterbury Anniversary! My partner and I decided to visit the Canterbury Agricultural (or A&P) Show on Friday, and it was a fun few hours looking around at the …
Only one week of Biketober 2023 to go!
I hope that you’ve been having a good time taking part in some of the many activities for Biketober 2023! As I mentioned at the start of the month, the timing this year has often unfortunately coincided with …
Flashback Friday: Bike Expo 2017 a great success
I hope you’re enjoying Biketober 2023 so far! As mentioned a few weeks back, the first Biketober was held in 2017 and a feature event was the inaugural NZ Bike Expo. The following year the exercise was repeated …
Biketober 2023 is Here!
It’s the last day of September, which means that tomorrow is… Biketober! Yep, Christchurch’s annual festival of all things biking continues in its 7th year, with another bumper list of activities.
Here’s some of what you can expect; for …
Flashback Friday: Biketober 2017 is Here!
As we race through September (or Mahuru or Hepetema if you’ve been following along with Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori) you’ll realise that, before we know it, it will be Biketober again! The programme for this year’s activities …
Flashback Friday – Highlights from #2walkandcycle Conference Nelson
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Earlier this week, I attended the NZ Walking Summit here in Christchurch, organised by pedestrian advocates Living Streets Aotearoa. It was a fairly well attended forum, with delegates from around the country coming to hear the latest thinking on creating …
Flashback Friday: 2014 Winter Solstice Ride Highlights
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It’s been a chilly couple of weeks in Christchurch (and much of the rest of the country apparently); a reminder that winter has arrived. It looks like the cooler temperatures are set to ease off from this weekend , which …
Photo of the Day: Cycle Planning & Design Training
It’s a measure of just how crazy-busy I was last week that I didn’t even realise that I’d forgotten to do a Flashback Friday – oh well, onto another one this week… So, what was occupying my time? Well, I …
Autumn Biking Events 2023
The start of some cooler temperatures around town (at least in the morning) tells us that summer has ended (as has daylight savings) and we are now headed towards winter. While that might dampen the enthusiasm for getting out on …
Flashback Friday: Getting to the A&P Show by Bike
Happy holiday! It’s a nice feeling to have the day off while the rest of the country is still working… Some of you might have gone to the Canterbury A&P Show this week – some of you might have even …
Biketober 2022: nearly halfway but much more to come…
Hard to believe that this weekend we will already be at the halfway point for Christchurch’s Biketober 2022 festival! I hope you’ve had a chance to take part in a few activities already and there’s plenty more to come…
For …
Biketober 2022 – on the very near horizon
Doesn’t the time go! Spring officially began three weeks ago and now it is six days until the start of Biketober 2022 – https://biketoberchch.nz. Wow – so fast!
Check out the 50 and more events we’ve got in store …
Flashback Friday: Bus-Bike Workshop a Success
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Mixing with heavy vehicles such as trucks and buses while biking can be a daunting prospect to say the least. As was evidenced by the controversy just last week about a close-passing truck in Wellington, we still have some …
Flashback Friday: Cycling in Nantes and #VeloCity2015 Conference
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Like many parts of the world, Europe is starting to attempt some semblance of post-lockdown normality (even despite the ongoing Covid infection numbers…). In the cycling world, that meant another recent Velo-City cycling conference two weeks ago, in Ljubljana, …