Category: General A2B by bike

While Christchurch has been busy planning some impressive cycling facilities, our southern neighbours in Dunedin have also been busy making things a little better for cycling. The most recent initiative has been to install some cycle lane separator posts to …

Saturday 11th May saw 50 people congregate on an intriguing variety of cargo bikes, tadpoles, bike trailers, stretched bikes, bakfiets, recumbents, butcher bikes and other weird & wonderful pedal powered creations. We went on a circuit of North Hagley Park …

Spokes Canterbury are your local cycling advocacy organisation and it’s that time of the year when they hold their Annual General Meeting. This year, with local body elections looming and current talk of cycleways, a number of sitting City …

I’m sure there are thousands of cyclists out there with the same problem as me. Lying awake at night wondering “what would it be like taking a steep downhill hairpin corner at high speed on my bike while towing a …

Feeling in need of some cycling inspiration? How about visiting Auckland next month? The next “CAN Do”, a 2-day workshop looking at how to promote everyday cycling, is being held in the City of Sails on the 13th-14th of …

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 (www.cycletrailers.co.nz/press.jpg) that morning seemed to get the word …

Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you’ll know that this Tuesday 5th March is Census Day. Replacing the quake-postponed 2011 Census, this is when the Government collects a range of data from all NZ residents, relating to …

If you need something to help inspire you for your next ride, whether it’s a commute to work or a big cross-country tour, then a new local magazine might be just the thing. The first issue of Journey, by …

We’re experts at tactical urbanism here in Christchurch, so I’ve discovered.  It’s what Greening the Rubble and Gapfiller have been doing every since our earthquakes began – putting in quick, often temporary, cheap projects to make a small part of …

This post follows on from my comments about pandering the cost of catering for cars. Once again the Christchurch City Council have shown their true colours by singling cycling infrastructure out as an “extra $20 tax” to provide the …

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 …

The Christchurch City Council in conjunction with the Police are currently running a “Share the Road” campaign and you could even win a prize! Go to the Transport for Christchurch website, watch the video and answer a simple question.

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Five people took part in the world’s second ever fossil fuel free multisport outing, which took place on Sunday 17th February 2013. The idea was to do multisport without burning a single drop of fossil fuel to achieve it, in …

Aaron Keown’s remarks about cycling infrastructure adding $16 to each households rates have sparked some comment!    It is interesting that there is no analysis in this discussion of the cost per household of providing roading and maintaining roads primarily for …

The fossil fuel free multisport is happening this Sunday 17th starting 7.45 am from the corner of Armagh and Barbadoes st (details here). You could join us for a ride or come for a picnic at the very …