Cycle Colombo Street – A fun ride activity for Christchurch.
A casual ride for anyone who wishes to ride a bicycle of any description. Any time from 9-5 on Sunday 18 May.
Let’s celebrate cycling culture and the ease …
Tag: Cycle rides
A Ride around Town – The Old and the New
With the rain returning today, it’s easy to forget that we just had three glorious day of sunshine. And so it was on Saturday, with my youngest boy at a loose end, that we decided to hop on the bikes …
2013 Winter Solstice Ride – Highlights
Oh ye of little faith… the wet and snowy weather clearly put a lot of people off taking part in this year’s Winter Solstice Ride last night. But, apart from a couple of brief squalls, the Ride itself was relatively …
2nd Winter Solstice Ride – Friday 21st June
Winter is closing in on us and soon it will be the shortest day of the year, AKA the winter solstice. So what better reason than that to celebrate and all get on our bikes for a fun ride around …
Summer Solstice pimp-my-ride
I’m really looking forward to the summer solstice ride around Hagley Park this Friday. For one thing, this time I’ll be able to see where I’m going; I couldn’t see a thing on the Winter Solstice ride! So many …
The 1000-Day Challenge
The draft Transport Plan for central Christchurch has attracted a lot of comment both positive and negative about its impact on cycling. Now the Council’s Chch Transport Strategic Plan has just been finalised too, setting a city-wide 30-year vision for …
Fossil Fuel Free Multisport 2013
Sunday 17 February 2013
The idea is to do multisport (bike, kayak, run) without burning a single drop of fossil fuel to achieve it, in contrast to many multisport events which rely on lots of fossil-fuel-burning support vehicles to transfer …
Spring River Festival – Labour Weekend
Looking for something to do this weekend? How about getting along and enjoying what the lower Avon River has to offer! 2012 is the inaugural year of the Spring River Festival to be held this Labour weekend all along the …
Chch Tweed Ride – Sat 29th Sep
OK all you retro-philes in Christchurch! The Christchurch Tweed Riders have a ride coming up on Saturday 29th of September. The riders are meeting at the Birdlings Flat turn-off on SH75 at 11am, riding leisurely along the Railtrail to …
Winter Solstice Ride – Thursday 21st June
In Portland, Oregon, each February they have a Worst Day of the Year Ride, where they “celebrate” the depths of winter with a ride around town. Here in Christchurch, we want to mark the shortest day with something a …