Category: General A2B by bike

It’s now only a week away until the results of the local body elections are tallied up. Due to various resignations, some major changes at the Council table in Christchurch are guaranteed and, given the drama of the past three …

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 …

Well after three attempts over the years I think I’ve got the almost perfect billboard trailer design. Simple & very light & good size, taking two 1200×900 corflute boards, one each side. I’ve had it out in a couple of …

More news about the shared path along the river.

Yesterday a forum on Te Papa Ōtākaro/Avon River Precinct and Art Trail was held at the civil offices. The forum was in the form of a presentation, discussion and feedback and …

Te Papa AvON-Ōtākaro River Precinct is the first anchor project of the rebuild to commence. It is the “showcase” project and an indication of where we are going for the next 100 years.

The project is managed by CCC’s CityCare …

A combination of a tigr, a kryptonite cable and a New York Fahgettaboudit lock made a bike on campus the best locked bike I’ve ever seen.  This is in a place where it seems quite usual to leave your …

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 …

Haven’t heard any complaints about magpies for a while but spring is here so no doubt there’ll be a few incidents on their way. I was reading Michael Leunig last night and thought this poem would be appropriate for all …

The Christchurch City Council is currently starting to consult on its review of the District Plan. For those not familiar with city planning, this might not seem terribly relevant to cycling, but in fact arguably it’s the most important …

This is a guest post from Helen Fitt who sat down to write a submission on the Curletts Road options and decided that none of them are acceptable and that we should be telling NZTA that this is the case!…

Earlier in the year I was making smoothies at the energy future expo on the bike blender and chatting to people about cycling. I estimated over 8 out of 10 people said they would cycle more but it was too …

A bit of recent news activity points to some improvements looming for anyone riding to/from the seaside suburbs of Sumner and Redcliffs. This will be of great relief to anyone who has suffered the hair-raising ride over the past couple …

Its a tiny bit of, I assume, steel.  I couldn’t find it.  The mechanics at the local bike shop couldn’t find it after turning the tyre inside out.  I was in town at an appointment, and coming out and finding …

When I told people that my first post for Cycling in Christchurch was going to be about my never having had a flat they rolled their eyes, and warned me that ‘I’d had it now’. A flat was in my …

I came across this article looking at the ways in which Cities in the States are starting to rethink the use of transport spaces.

Car transport takes up a lot of space in our lives and in our cities and …

I’ve never had a flat tyre.  Never.  There are two reasons for that – the first is I have only been cycling for a couple of years, and until recently my commutes have been pretty short – a couple …

I was reflecting the other day on the way people out there rose to the occasion and put in submissions both to the Christchurch Transport Strategic Plan and to the Three year plan to support the development of a cycle …

{UPDATE: OpenStreets has now been postponed until SUN 29TH SEPTEMBER, due to anticipated weather conditions this weekend}

The first Open Streets ciclovía in NZ is now only days away from happening in central Christchurch. A briefing occurred tonight for …