Police – Cycling in Christchurch

Flashback Friday: A near-brush with The Law

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:16:35 +0000

Hot on the heels of all the palaver about cycle helmets (and even The Spinoff has waded into the discussion this week), let me take you back to this post from Nov 2012, when guest blogger “Meerkat” decided to …

Cycling and the Law: Some Miscellaneous Q & A

LennyBoy — Sun, 18 May 2025 19:02:43 +0000

Some discussions I’ve had this week about a couple of biking legal issues reminded me that it’s been a while since I last covered a few of these topics in earlier articles on cycling law in NZ. So, I …

Flashback Friday: What are your current Chch cycle safety concerns?

LennyBoy — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:32:00 +0000

This week I’m helping to teach a road safety course at Canterbury University. Road safety was also one of the considerations by City Council when determining this week which local transport projects might get the chop as a result of …

New 529 Garage site aims to tackle bike theft

LennyBoy — Thu, 19 May 2022 02:47:17 +0000

Tackling bike theft is a perennial problem globally; it’s a particular issue in places where biking is increasingly popular – like Christchurch. We’ve talked about other attempts to address the problem before, but often the challenge is getting sufficient …

New Bike Database to help with stolen bikes

LennyBoy — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:01:08 +0000

Note: As of 30th April 2022, Bike Database will no longer operate. We suggest that you register your bikes with 529 Garage.

15 years ago I had my trusty old commuter bike stolen while I was at work (lesson …

Flashback Friday – Safety: Who Ya Gonna Call…?

LennyBoy — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:14:40 +0000

As well as topical info of the day, at Cycling in Chch we also like to provide useful ongoing guidance that will prove useful whenever you will need it. When it comes to cycling, safety and crashes are a big …

What are your current Chch cycle safety concerns?

LennyBoy — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:59:48 +0000

I’ve been involved in a few recent discussions with the City Council about current cycle safety issues in the city; it is of course an ongoing issue in the city. To help inform me, I thought I’d have a look …

What the Alex Mann case has taught us

LennyBoy — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:52:56 +0000

It was fascinating to watch the furore erupt regarding Alex Mann’s conviction for impeding traffic while cycling on Dyers Pass Rd. Only two weeks ago, this was all over social media (and was easily our most viewed blogpost in a …

Police suggest cyclists get off the road

stevenmuir — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:52:51 +0000

Following the conviction of Alex Mann for ‘impeding traffic’ for 400m while biking up Dyers Pass Road, there was an interview on Radio New Zealand featuring Alex and senior sergeant Scott Richardson (Radio NZ interview link). He made the …

Alex Mann fined for impeding traffic while cycling on Dyers Pass

stevenmuir — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:49:45 +0000

Here are facts as extracted from the police statement to the court and discussion with Alex Mann.

Extract from the Police statement

On 14^th May Alex Mann was convicted in the District Court of impeding traffic while biking …