Website features – Cycling in Christchurch

Flashback Friday: Cycling in Chch loves Guest Posts!

LennyBoy — Fri, 23 May 2025 01:29:00 +0000

When I gave a presentation about this website a couple of months ago to the CAN Do here in Chch, one of my requests was more guest posters to come forward to help share the load of the job. Spokes …

Flashback Friday: Three years of “Cycling in Christchurch”

LennyBoy — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:25:24 +0000

This weekend at the CAN Do being held here in Christchurch, I will be giving a little presentation about the Cycling in Chch website and its history and ongoing development. It’s been quite the journey for well over a decade, …

Flashback Friday: Help us out – Where can you bike in your suburb?

LennyBoy — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 19:15:51 +0000

Work and life in general has been rather busy lately, making it difficult to get many new Cycling in Chch posts out the door – sorry about that; hopefully rectified in the near future. Another item on my to-do list …

10 Years of “Cycling in Christchurch” – A Decade of Change…

LennyBoy — Wed, 11 May 2022 23:20:50 +0000

On this day, 10 years ago back in 2012, a social media developer from Auckland called Jenny Marshall (aka “Unity Finesmith”) first launched a little blogsite called in Cycling in Christchurch, as well as sister sites Cycling in Auckland…

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 – 100 Blog Posts: What should the next 100 cover?

LennyBoy — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:38:30 +0000

Back in Dec 2012, Cycling in Chch had already racked up 100 posts – quite a prolific rate of blogging, as is often the case when you start something and are all enthusiastic. We certainly haven’t managed that rate …

Wanted! YOUR Christchurch cycling stories

LennyBoy — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:32:11 +0000

The name of this website is “Cycling in Christchurch”; as the name implies, it is focused on what is happening cycling-wise in our fair city (or occasionally what we could be inspired by from elsewhere). The name of this site …

Wanted: Your contributions!

LennyBoy — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:03:14 +0000

You may have noticed that the blog posts have been a little sparse lately; if I can get one a week done I’m doing well at the moment. My apologies to those who like to receive a regular helping of …

Spring is back – and so are we!

LennyBoy — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 09:22:52 +0000

The days are getting lighter and there is also the hint of some warmer weather popping up on occasion. Meanwhile a few more people are coming out of hibernation to hop on their bikes. And there’s lots happening on the …

Cycling in Chch loves Guest Posts!

LennyBoy — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 18:47:39 +0000

When I first got involved with Cycling in Christchurch back in 2012 (has it been that long?), I envisaged having a collection of different bloggers with different perspectives taking turns to contribute bits and pieces to the overall picture. …