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 …
Details about any relevant happenings, past, present & future. See also the Events Calendar
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 …
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 …
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, …
Another year, another successful Winter Solstice Matariki Night Light Ride under our belt! Last Tuesday saw the latest incarnation of this popular event, with lots of enthusiastic people and their bikes decked out in all manner of colourful bright flashing …
It’s hard to believe that a simple fun idea dreamed up 10 years ago would turn into a much-loved institution in the Christchurch cycling calendar. But that was the concept started by Ian Wells all those years ago, with the …
Summer is upon us (in between the rain…) and that means around the country lots of people are out and about on their bikes during February for the Aotearoa Bike Challenge! This annual event encourages people to give biking …
Who Counts the Counters was a Biketober event held on October 18th 2021. A manual visual count to see check the accuracy of the EcoCounter at Antigua Bridge on the day. The response of the counter was noted by volunteers …
Last Tuesday, the final Biketober Tuesday seminar saw a panel discussion about safety issues between bikes and trucks. It was a very useful conversation about the progress that has been made (or not) in this area, and it highlighted how …
On Saturday 23rd October, around 13 people gathered at the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church to construct 8 wooden-framed bike trailers for $50 each. Steven Muir supplied the aluminium towbars, quick release ball-joint hitch, wheel attachments, and a variety of 2…
Principally Biketober is about getting out on your bike and discovering the city. It is especially for those who may not have ridden so much in the past, but have discovered that our new cycleways, shared paths and other recently …
With all the drama of a wee Covid lockdown to enthral us the past couple of months, you could be forgiven for overlooking the fact that the month of October has nearly crept up on us and that means… Biketober…
Not long now until the month of Biketober is upon us! This year, Biketober is thrilled to announce a Kids Passport Competition, ideal for under-12s to share in the Passport fun and compete for their own prize pool.
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With spring here and Biketober just around the corner, expect to see a lot more people out and about on their bikes. But I imagine that nothing will come close the thousands that we saw out in force seven years …
As you saw from our earlier post this week, Biketober is nearly upon us again for 2021. One thing we have been trying to organise since the first Biketober in 2017 is another Lyttelton Tunnel Ride; unfortunately Covid has scuppered …
Springtime is looming, bringing with it daffodils, hopefully minimal Covid, and (most importantly) Biketober 2021! Remember last year?
The volunteer Biketober organising team have been keeping warm during these wintery months by preparing another action-packed October full of …
It’s hard to picture while Covid currently rages across Australia, but back in 2014 hundreds of people from around the globe descended on Adelaide to take part in the first instance of a global cycling conference happening down under. …
The days are getting colder and a bit darker sooner, so maybe you’re not thinking about biking quite as much now as during the summer months. Fair enough, even if there are ways and means to protect you from the …
It’s already halfway through May, but I thought it was important to let you know about three interesting biking-related events coming up very soon in May:
The month of March is already a few days in but, now that we’re about to move back down to COVID Level 1, there’s a lot more certainty about what is coming up this month (don’t jinx it……
It’s been a very busy week of work and social activities; hence the lack of blogposts lately. One of those events (pre-lockdown) was the Electric Avenue music festival – very fun, but disappointing again to see zero consideration of bike …