We’ve just had the shortest day of the year, and with it the annual Winter Solstice Ride. So it seems appropriate to share a pic from the evening, just before everyone headed away…
The cooler weather kept a few …
Category: Photo of the Day
One-off photo posts that briefly capture a small aspect of cycling in Christchurch
Photo of the Day: Mothers’ Day Biking
Happy Mothers Day to all the mums out there! It was a lovely day too to be out and about. I went for a ride this afternoon and saw plenty of people walking, biking, whatever. Plenty of family groups enjoying …
Photo of the Day: Coastal Pathway Sumner
The cooler wetter weather right now is a pleasant respite from the hot dry summer we’ve had for the past month. Earlier this week when the mercury was still stupidly high, I finally got the opportunity to check out the …
Guest Photo of the Day: Bikes vs Buses
Our photo this week comes from guest contributor Chris:
“I just snapped a photo on the way home last night; I thought you might be interested in using it (it’s the Lincoln/Barrington/Whiteleigh intersection by the way):
“I thought it was …
Photo of the Day: New Year, more bikes
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 …
Photo of the Day: Quarrymans Trail completion
Heading to Halswell from the southern suburbs used to be an exercise of nerves, putting up with narrow shoulders on busy roads like Sparks Rd. The first part of the Quarrymans Trail made it easy to access the likes of …
Photo of the Day: New Central City Bike Parking
It is a truism the world over that there never is enough bike parking (motorists might argue that there is never enough car parking either, but that’s another discussion…). Whether you’re in Amsterdam or Auckland, Copenhagen or Christchurch any …
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 …
Photo of the Day: Heathcote Expressway river path
Last month, we introduced to you the new section of cycleway along Ferry Road that forms part of the Heathcote Expressway route from town out to The Tannery in Woolston, and ultimately Heathcote Valley. One more piece of the puzzle …
Photo of the Day: Ferry Road cycleway ready to go
Signs of cycleway progress continue to pop up around the city. Just yesterday I noticed the next bit of the Quarrymans Trail out to Halswell looking nearly complete; will have to do a full recon soon. And the Sumner …
Guest Photo of the Day: Theory and Practice of Wheel-Bender Cycle Parking
Jan Jakob Bornheim sent in this interesting photo from his recent travels around town. Jan Jakob says: “I noticed the following when going shopping recently (at the green grocery store at Northlands). Note that there are seven bicycles, but only …
Photo of the Day: the Variety of Bikes (and other things)
Many people in NZ still perceive “bicycles” as only either a mountain-bike of some sort or a sleek road bike. When that is your worldview of bikes, it’s not surprising that you might struggle to comprehend that they could also …
Photo of the Day: Traffic lane closures
Perhaps this should be called “pet peeve of the day”: At the moment, work is underway for the city-end section of the Heathcote Express cycleway along Ferry Rd. This is necessitating some traffic lane closures, including turning lanes into Ferry …
Photo of the Day: Belfast Rd Cycle Subway
Another busy week, but just enough time to get in a sneak preview of some coming cycle infrastructure: A few weeks back, I was lucky to visit the site of the new Northern Arterial, scheduled for completion in mid-2020.…
Photo of the Day: Wellington Bike Corral
Biking routes around the city are all very well, but at some point you need a place to park your trusty vehicle. Christchurch is proving generally pretty good at rolling out more public bike parking with every new street or …
Photo of the Day: Wellington Hutt Road cycleway
Last week I spent a couple of days in Wellington attending a meeting of the Active Modes Infrastructure Group (AMIG). While much of AMIG is about discussions of the minutiae of walking and cycling design layouts and standards, there is …
Photo of the Day: Heathcote Express through to the Tannery
Construction of the Heathcote Expressway has been ticking along over summer. Already you can ride from Wilsons Rd (near the old stadium) through Charleston and Woolston to The Tannery. Most of the route is a 30km/h neighbourhood greenway treatment, with …
Guest Photo of the Day: Dodgy cycleway parking
As I said the other day, we’re always after guest contributions to Cycling in Christchurch, big or small. And here’s an example of a simple addition to the conversation. Blogsite reader Geof Wilson sent in this photo with …
Photo of the Day: East Frame Pump Track
There’s a lot going on in town these days; it’s great to see it all coming together. New buildings are popping up; we’re getting nice new spaces like the Oxford Promenade, and fun events like the Bread & Circus…
Photo of the Day: New cycleway crossings in town
It’s been a crazy-busy couple of weeks for me lately, hence the trickle of blog posts (lots of half-written draft ones coming one day…). In absence of a full-length post or two, here’s a quick look at one of the …