As a thank you for my Biketober seminar presentation a couple of weeks ago, I got given a lovely sage green Biketober t-shirt featuring a “Tube”-style map of Christchurch’s cycle network (kudos to Adam Lines for the great design …

Hot on the heels of our announcement about next month’s Biketober 2026 programme, let’s cast our mind back to when it was last held three years ago. Not surprisingly, there were a LOT of events on that month too, …

Some of you may recall the very successful Biketober festivals of cycling, set up here originally back in October 2017 and continued annually for several years after that. The last one was back in 2023, after which there was …

Having first kicked off here in 2024, the 3rd Christchurch Outdoor Expo is happening on Fri 2 – Sun 4 October at Canterbury Agricultural Park in Christchurch – and the organisers have got 20% OFF tickets for Cycling in Christchurch…

While much of my European travels involved sightseeing and doing various fun activities, I did take the opportunity when I was in Rimini, Italy to attend the 2026 Velo-City cycle conference.

Organised by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), Velo-City …

Having regaled you earlier this week with some pics from Amsterdam, a heads-up about another cycling luminary from that fair city about to pay a visit to Christchurch.

Prof Marco te Brömmelstroet is Chair of Urban Mobility Futures at …

Greetings from Naples, Italy! My partner and I have just flown here from Oslo in Norway – literally from northern Europe to the south now. Here in Europe, we are approaching the summer solstice, so the days are certainly getting …

My European travels continue across northern Europe; this past week I’ve visited Copenhagen (Denmark), Stockholm (Sweden), and currently in Oslo (Norway). Very soon, I’ll be headed down to Italy; firstly to Naples and the Amalfi Coast, and then across to …

As we head into May, there are a few cycling events of note coming up (check out our Events Calendar for more of them). Let’s start with this info from Spokes Canterbury:

Announcing our SPOKES 2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING…

The weekend just gone in Christchurch has been an awesome feast of activity as the new One NZ Stadium (aka Te Kaha) hosted the Super Rugby round for all ten teams. It certainly brought the crowds in; the central city …