Happy New Year everyone! I’m glad to see the sun popping out a bit today as it’s been a bit up-and-down weather-wise as a summer holiday period so far.
Still, as we’ve learned previously, people cycling in Christchurch are …
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Flashback Friday – Hidden Treasures: Westburn Reserve Bike Park
Of all the blog-posts we have published over the years, consistently the most popular is the one I wrote back in Dec 2012 about the Westburn Reserve bike park. Back when my kids were younger (as featured in this article), …
Changing Times: Speedy Cycles
Guest contributor Criggie offered up this little historical snapshot for our viewing:
We’ve got this picture as a poster-print on the wall of our bike shed at work:
The photo was originally from the National Archives, and bears this …
Flashback Friday: Are you “Interested but Concerned”?
One of the more useful concepts in modern cycle planning first came to NZ by way of a US cycle planner keynoting a NZ walking/cycling conference. It might seem odd that we would pick up a cycling lesson from car-centric …
Biketober’s almost over – what’s up in Nov 2019?
It’s been another fantastic Biketober with lots of activities across Christchurch over the past month. If you’re quick, you can still listen in on the “Reclaiming the Streets” seminar at Tūranga this evening (5.30pm) or take part in tonight’s Halloween …
It’s the final week of Biketober 2019!
Have you been getting involved in Biketober events around Christchurch this year? I’ve seen some great photos of activities to date (even if the weather hasn’t always behaved…). You’ve only got a week to get involved in the remaining activities …
Photo of the Day (Night) – Bike Rave Chch style
It’s hard to believe that we’re already almost halfway through Biketober for 2019. Already there have been about 25 events so far this month, with about as many again still to go. The weather this year has been a bit …
Do cycle counters only count bikes?
The recent news article about the growth in Christchurch cycle numbers was great to see (even better to see such a good-news story on the front page of The Press too…). It looks like the investment in cycling infrastructure …
Flashback Friday: Public Bikes for Christchurch?
With all the car/bike/scooter sharing schemes available these days (partly thanks to clever apps on our smartphones), it’s hard to remind ourselves that only a few years ago these were all pie-in-the-sky ideas, certainly in NZ. As reported back in …
Flashback Friday: Is cycling a part of the new Central City Plan?
It’s almost hard to believe that it was seven years ago when we were pondering how to rebuild our transport networks in Christchurch after the earthquakes. Christchurch City Council had a go first, but then the Govt Agency CERA took …
Passing in cycleways
When I visited the cycle-friendly city of Portland (Oregon US) nearly a decade ago, I remember being intrigued to see a “bike overtaking lane” on the climb up to a bridge. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised for a route …
Biking Events for Sep 2019
Welcome to spring! Wow, the weather is certainly quite stunning at the moment (let’s just ignore those warnings of some looming Antarctic stratospheric thingamybob…). I’m seeing heaps of people out and about on bikes, especially on the weekends …
Flashback Friday: Cycling in the News
Here at Cycling in Christchurch we like to keep you up to date on the latest topical happenings cycle-wise around our city (please let us know if you have some interesting gossip we have missed!). Sometimes we do that by …
Flashback Friday: Snow chains on bikes
Steven Muir has been a regular contributor to “Cycling in Chch” since the start. Many will be familiar with his numerous inventive cycling accessories, a lot of them captured on his cycletrailers.co.nz website. It’s hard to believe now, given that …
Flashback Friday: Starting with a Solid Base
It’s hard yakka producing blog posts for Cycling in Christchurch; and yet somehow we’ve managed to publish over 800 (!) of them since the start in May 2012. We’ll keep endeavouring to post on all manner of things when we …
What do you wear when cycling?
One of the pervasive myths about cycling in New Zealand is that you can’t do it without wearing lycra, hi-vis, cleated shoes and the like. It has helped fuel the image of the “MAMIL” and has even been cited as …
Cycling and the Law: Positioning yourself on the Road
OK, time to consider some of the nitty-gritty in the road rules when you’re riding, particularly when in the vicinity of other road users. We’ve previously covered the various places where you can/can’t ride, but it’s probably on the …
2019 Winter Solstice Ride is nearly here!
The shortest day of the year is almost upon us – and in Christchurch that means it’s time for the annual Winter Solstice Night Ride! For the 8th year running, people from all over the city will be congregating …
Review/Preview: Big Bike Film Night 2019
Last night, Christchurch played host to the 2019 Big Bike Film Night. Another fairly full Charles Luney Auditorium audience watched a diverse collection of eleven short films about all manner of biking. More on them in a moment…
If …
Guest Post: Nobody Rides Bikes in Winter! Right?
Chris Morahan, over at Talking Transport, has been musing about the cycleway count stats for Chch…:
Recently somebody said to me something to the effect of:
“we shouldn’t be building cycleways because even if they’re OK in summer, nobody …