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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Category: General A2B by bike
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Fossil Fuel Free Multi-sport 2013
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 …
Cost of pandering to cars
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 …
New kayak-towbar test drive
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 …
Handy Tips: Avoiding Dooring
There has been a flurry of interest just recently with the release of an online map showing where in NZ cyclists have suffered “dooring” crashes, i.e. they have been hit by an opening door of a parked car as they’ve …
Pallette pavillion bike fixup radio report
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 …
Accessible City – Christchurch Central Recovery Plan 2013
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 …
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 Palette Pavillion cnr Kilmore & Durham sts. Bring your old bike along and the team of volunteers will help you get it …
It is the little things …
A guest post by Robert F
I am a cyclist. To define more accurately, I am not a competitive cyclist, extreme cyclist or even much of a recreational cyclist nowadays. Just a cyclist. I cycle because it feels physically good, …
Handy Tips: Sharing those Pathways
With summer upon us, many people will be out and about to enjoy the various off-road recreational facilities around the city. Places like Hagley Park, the Railway Cycleway and Bottle Lake Forest are always popular, and the Council has …
Cycling Wishes for 2013
Happy New Year everyone! I hope your celebrations have gone well. As we roll over a new calendar it is timely to review what has happened for cycling in Christchurch over the past year and what might come in the …
Book Review: Easy Rider – A Kiwi’s Guide to Cycling
by Jon Bridges (203pp., Penguin Books, Auckland, RRP $40)
If you have Xmas book vouchers burning a hole in your pocket, here is one new book that you might like to get a hold of.
Jon Bridges has been …
Auckland’s getting separated bikeways too…
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 …
Meerkat Apprehensions and Funny Thoughts
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 …
The Cycle Path to Happiness
Scientists are confirming what most cyclists instinctively know – that riding a bike has extraordinary effects on our brain chemistry
Discover how the latest research is revealing
Undrivers licence
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 …
100 Blog Posts: What should the next 100 cover?
On the 12th of May this year, the Cycling in Christchurch website was launched. Hard to believe that just on seven months later we have come to the 100th blog post of Cycling in Christchurch. That’s roughly one post …
Shopping by bike trial
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 …