If you’ve never seen a band on bicycles before, you’re in for a treat this Sunday, 29th September, when Christchurch’s Bicycle Band will lead the Cyclovia parade.
Have a look at this clip of the Dutch Army Bicycle Band to …
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It’s Back – Open Streets Ciclovía, Sun Sept 29th
Well, after the miserable weather forced the postponement of the first Christchurch “Open Streets” event in July, spring has arrived for a second take at this wonderful event, thanks to the City Council and a few other keen bods. …
Velo-City Global Cycling Conference is coming to Adelaide 2014
Psst, want to go to a world-class cycling conference right on your back door? In case you hadn’t heard, the Velo-City Global cycling conference series is coming to Adelaide in May 2014.
Velo-City is something of an institution in …
What if… We built a cycle-friendly Christchurch? Wed 28th Aug
A presentation coming up might be of interest to viewers, as part of the University of Canterbury’s “What If Wednesdays” series of free public seminars.
What if… We built a cycle-friendly Christchurch?
Presenter: Dr Glen Koorey
Wed 28th August, from …
2013 Winter Solstice Ride – Highlights
Oh ye of little faith… the wet and snowy weather clearly put a lot of people off taking part in this year’s Winter Solstice Ride last night. But, apart from a couple of brief squalls, the Ride itself was relatively …
2nd Winter Solstice Ride – Friday 21st June
Winter is closing in on us and soon it will be the shortest day of the year, AKA the winter solstice. So what better reason than that to celebrate and all get on our bikes for a fun ride around …
Todd Litman in Christchurch – May 13th
Some exciting news – internationally renowned researcher and advocate for sustainable transport Todd Litman is visiting New Zealand next month. And he will be presenting a series of seminars in Christchurch on Monday May 13th, thanks to Healthy Christchurch…
Time for a Ciclovía in Christchurch?
Encouraging cycling is more than just building infrastructure, and one way is to create events that encourage people to get on their bikes and enjoy the freedom and fun that is cycling. Around the world, many places have embraced this …
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 that morning seemed to get the word out very effectively …
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 …
Go By Bike Day
Technically February is Bike Wise Month and this Wednesday (13th) is Go By Bike Day. You may not be aware of this because there has been pretty much zilch publicity about it in Christchurch. Contrast this with:
- Wellington, where they’ll
Borrow a Bike: 6th-9th Feb
Here’s another nifty idea for anyone who needs a little push to try out biking – Borrow a Bike! After a successful trial at Canterbury University in 2011, Rosalee Jenkin is organising an event during this Wed 6th – …
Canterbury Active Transport Forum – 14th Feb
It’s nearly Valentines Day again, and this year we’d like it to be VELOtines Day! The next Canterbury Active Transport (CAT) Forum, hosted by Environment Canterbury, will be held on Thursday 14th February and features a couple of interesting …
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 Pallet Pavilion cnr Kilmore & Durham Sts. Bring your old bike along and the team of volunteers will help you get it …
Summer Solstice pimp-my-ride
I’m really looking forward to the summer solstice ride around Hagley Park this Friday. For one thing, this time I’ll be able to see where I’m going; I couldn’t see a thing on the Winter Solstice ride! So many …
Threeseater Bicycle riding opportunity 15th December
Meerkats can spot some fun things because we sit up nice and straight; here’s one for Saturday 15th December. Check out this one here.
This Saturday the 15th is the last leg, and they wanted to do something special …
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 metres, breaking my record from …
Bike the New Motorway – Sat 17th November
Whatever your opinion of the Roads of National (Party) Significance (RoNS), they’re here for now and steady progress has been made locally on the Christchurch Southern Motorway project. The new section of motorway west of Curletts Rd will be open …
Getting to the A&P Show by Bike
Canterbury Anniversary is this week and of course that means the Canterbury A&P Show is on this Wednesday to Friday. Anyone who has driven to The Show in previous years knows that it can be real hassle crawling along there …