The month of October is imminent and that means… Biketober is back! Yes, the award-winning festival of biking is back for the entire month right across Christchurch.
Last year, we enjoyed over 60 different events happening throughout the month; this …
The weather in the last day or so may not have felt like it, but spring has technically returned, with the promise of warmer temperatures and longer days. So there’s even more reason now to get out and about on …
Thursday 21st June, Armagh Street entrance to Hagley Park
Gathering from 5pm, starting to bike at 5:30pm
Light up your bike and celebrate the joy of cycling on the shortest day with a slow meander around North Hagley Park …
It might be getting a bit frostier, but funnily enough the cycling action around Christchurch is just starting to hot up! A number of exciting bike-related activities are happening this month, both on and off your saddle. As usual, keep …
As summer slowly fades away (although it’s currently a rather glorious autumn weekend), the regular biking activities are also starting to quieten a little too. We’ve listed a few below; remember to keep an eye on our Events & Activities …
Last weekend (24-25 March) Sean Pawson and Josh Geddes took turns pedaling a cycle rickshaw 250kms across the South Island from Kumara Beach, over Arthurs and Porters Passes, crossing the Canterbury Plains, and ending up at New Brighton Beach in …
Sean Pawson and Josh Geddes are taking turns pedaling a cycle rickshaw 250kms across the South Island from Kumara Beach, over Arthurs and Porters Passes, crossing the Canterbury Plains, and ending up at New Brighton Beach in Christchurch. This undertaking …
Guest blogger Robert has big plans for 2018…
Youth brings with it dreams devoid of boundaries; the desire to achieve all things and everything, the strength and ability to follow through. Very quickly however things change, the wish list of …
The traditional national bike month has come and gone; I hope that many of you were clocking up the kms for the Aotearoa Bike Challenge (have you logged all your rides?). Great to see a number of you at …
Summer continues to impress weather-wise, so there’s been no real excuse to get on the saddle and go for a ride. And there continue to be a range of biking activities to keep people happy; hopefully the weather will keep …
Another year over; time to reflect on what has happened cycling-wise over the past 12 months in Christchurch, since our last review. And what a crazy, wild ride it has been…
We’ll start with the good stuff. And for …
December is often associated with a lot of rushing around preparing for and celebrating Christmas and the holidays; hardly a time to be holding biking events you’d think. And yet, at the same time, the weather is just fantastic at …
Yep, I know, we’re all barely getting over the rush that was Biketober – but wait there’s more! Well you know there’s more, because this is Christchurch and we always have a ton of cycling things happening around the city, …
I haven’t managed to write many other cycling posts lately – that’s because I’ve been so busy with Biketober! We’ve had a lot of great activities (including last week’s Asia-Pacific Cycle Congress – presentations now available online) …
Biketober Christchurch is underway! The month-long celebration of cycling kicked off last weekend with a flurry of rides and other activities on Sunday 1st; there was a fantastic turnout at the Streets for People party. We talked to heaps of …
Time for another month to tick over again, but this time not just any old month – no, it’s Biketober! Wait, what happened to October?
Biketober (not surprisingly, a fusion of ‘bike’ and ‘October’) is a month-long celebration of cycling …
Brrrr, suddenly the weather seems to be telling us that summer might truly be over! Fortunately there are still plenty of opportunities to get your biking fix, whether outside or in; hopefully the weather will oblige when necessary. We’ll summarise …
Is it still summer? The weather is holding out reasonably well, so let’s keep on biking! No doubt many of you took part in February’s Aotearoa Bike Challenge – make sure you get those last few rides logged online and …
Guest blogger Robert contemplates a Sunday well spent…
It was billed as a Spokes Submission ride on Sunday Dec 11th to check out details for the currently consulted Heathcote Expressway and Rapanui-Shag Rock (Stage 2-3) Cycleways (described as a leisurely …
Another year, another great turn-out for this year’s Winter Solstice Bike Ride. People young and old converged on North Hagley Park at the end of Tuesday to show off their bike bling and go for a fun ride…
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