Category: General A2B by bike

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 …

The January bike fixup with the ICECycles team at the pallette pavillion was a very enjoyable evening resulting in 26 bikes being repaired and an entertaining radio interview done by Radio NZ. You can listen to the interview for a …

The submissions on the proposed transport chapter of the central city rebuild blueprint closed on 1st Feb. The transport section of the blueprint was delayed so more time could be given to getting it right.

Amongst other things it proposes …

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 – …

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 …

ICECycles in conjunction with Gap-Filler are running a bike bike tune-up on Monday 28th January 6-9pm at the Palette Pavillion cnr Kilmore & Durham sts. Bring your old bike along and the team of volunteers will help you get it …

As we head into Christmas with the knowledge that the City Council will be installing separated cycleways along Ilam Road in the New Year, it seems we’re not the only place in New Zealand to be looking at this type …

After that Soft Brush with the Law recently, I have had little Meerkat Qualms about riding sans helmet. Meerkats scare easily and after only Two Sleeps, I was a little Bundle of Apprehension.

So imagine my chagrin when I hopped …

Heres an interesting idea – undrivers.org in Seattle issue people with Undrivers licences at festivals to encourage people to reduce their car use – an extract from an interview with founder Julia Field…

Undriving started in 2007. I was involved …

A very interesting article I saw in the CAN enews (link here) about a trial to get people doing their shopping by bike. Various incentives were offered to convince people to make shopping trips by bike  and they mostly enjoyed …

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 …