Last week I spent a few days on the West Coast of the South Island checking out the West Coast Wilderness Trail, one of the 23 routes that currently make up the NZ Cycle Trail network. The route winds …
Tag: Cycle touring
Book Review: The Kiwi Cyclist’s Guide to Life
by Jane King (237pp., Bateman Publishing, 2017, Hardback $39.99 RRP)
First a caveat: I’m not big on mountain-biking, road biking, BMX, cyclo-cross, Nduro, etc; even cycle touring is a rare foray (although I’m planning to head over to the …
Fossil Fuel Free Coast to Coast to Coast Update
The world’s first ever fossil-fuel-free Coast to Coast to Coast happened in January 2016. Eight people towed four kayaks behind three tandem and two single bicycles from Christchurch to Arthur’s Pass, then on to the West Coast and returned again …
Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail
It’s been a while between posts; sorry about that. I had some deadlines and then had a few days out of town in the Mackenzie District. No cycling down there, but lots of fun nevertheless (I highly recommend the Mt …
Guest Post: Cycling in the Netherlands
Here’s an interesting guest post from regular viewer Frank Dohmen (Cyclomaniac):
After been away for 7 years we decided to visit family and friends in our home country the Netherlands. Since our friends and family are quite spread over the …
Journey magazine – Inspiring Riding
If you need something to help inspire you for your next ride, whether it’s a commute to work or a big cross-country tour, then a new local magazine might be just the thing. The first issue of Journey, by …
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 …
Fun out on the Plains & into the Mountains …
A very good friend of mine who also happens to be a keen and outrageously fit cyclist AND a very entertaining writer posted this (true) story of a trip he did one day out to Darfield and beyond by bike …