@CyclingChch

Regular people riding bicycles in Christchurch

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Joined May 2012
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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Flashback Friday Guest Post: 5 Maintenance Tips New Cyclists Should Never Forget - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Flashback Friday Guest Post: 5 Maintenance Tips New Cyclists Should Never Forget

Last weekend, the front gear cable on my bike snapped, so it's been a frustrating week of either getting by riding in low gear or swapping out to another bike.

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Photo of the Day: Brougham St Overbridge takes shape - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Photo of the Day: Brougham St Overbridge takes shape

The other day my partner and I were biking over to Addington to attend the Christchurch Home Show. On the way, the route took us past the overbridge constructio

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Wanna a Biketober T-Shirt? Better get in quick... - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Wanna a Biketober T-Shirt? Better get in quick...

As a thank you for my Biketober seminar presentation a couple of weeks ago, I got given a lovely sage green Biketober t-shirt featuring a "Tube"-style map of Ch

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Flashback Friday: Shouldering the burden - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Flashback Friday: Shouldering the burden

It was incredibly sad to hear about the death a week ago of a cyclist near Governors Bay, in what appeared to be a freak chain of events - my sincere sympathies

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Photo of the Day: Safe Pedestrian/Cycle Rail Crossings - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Photo of the Day: Safe Pedestrian/Cycle Rail Crossings

I've just spent two days undertaking KiwiRail certification training for undertaking Level Crossing Safety Impact Assessments (a certain irony then that my curr

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Photo of the Day: Bikes on Trains - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Photo of the Day: Bikes on Trains

I was up in Auckland a few days ago doing some university guest teaching. As you might expect, I took a bus and train combo from the airport to make my way into

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Flashback Friday: Fossil Fuel Free Coast to Coast to Coast Update - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Flashback Friday: Fossil Fuel Free Coast to Coast to Coast Update

The other evening, I caught up with Steven Muir over a drink to chat about a few things biking and our respective thoughts about the current state of the world

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Flashback Friday Guest Post - Cycling in London - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Flashback Friday Guest Post - Cycling in London

Last week I wrapped up my posts covering various places visited around Europe a few months ago; I also delivered an overview presentation about all my observati

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Cycling continues to reign in Copenhagen - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Cycling continues to reign in Copenhagen

Soon after our return from Europe, I mentioned how I had managed to snap an updated photo of cyclists while at a Copenhagen intersection in early June. Having r

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Flashback Friday: Biketober 2023 is Here! - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Flashback Friday: Biketober 2023 is Here!

Hot on the heels of our announcement about next month's Biketober 2026 programme, let's cast our mind back to when it was last held three years ago. Not surpris

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - We're nearing the end of September - and then it will be Biketober 2026! - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

We're nearing the end of September - and then it will be Biketober 2026!

Some of you may recall the very successful Biketober festivals of cycling, set up here originally back in October 2017 and continued annually for several years

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Biking in Prague - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Biking in Prague

In early June, we visited one of our favourite European locations, the Czech capital of Prague. In terms of old town beauty and history, you certainly can't go

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Visit the 2026 Chch Outdoor Expo - and get a Cycling in Chch discount! - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Visit the 2026 Chch Outdoor Expo - and get a Cycling in Chch discount!

Having first kicked off here in 2024, the 3rd Christchurch Outdoor Expo is happening on Fri 2 - Sun 4 October at Canterbury Agricultural Park in Christchurch -

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Flashback Friday: Taking the bike on the train - completing the Hurunui Heartland Ride - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Flashback Friday: Taking the bike on the train - completing the Hurunui Heartland Ride

Last week, there was some news that another section of the Whale Trail (a cycling route from Picton to Kaikōura) is set to be completed by the end of the year

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - New cycle-friendly Road Rules from Oct 1st - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

New cycle-friendly Road Rules from Oct 1st

You may recall how earlier in the year the Government consulted on a series of proposed changes to existing Road Rules, many of them looking to provide advantag

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Mamma Mia, Stockholm is still a Cycling Queen... - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Mamma Mia, Stockholm is still a Cycling Queen...

In the past week, as part of some research I've been doing, I have had two video interviews with representatives from Sweden about their country's impressive ro

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Flashback Friday: Nor'West Arc Cycleway now due for consultation - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Flashback Friday: Nor'West Arc Cycleway now due for consultation

In the last week, the City Council has agreed to finish the last pieces of Section 3 of the Nor'West Arc Major Cycle Route through Bryndwr and Papanui. Some of

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Cycling around Berlin - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Cycling around Berlin

Three months ago, my partner and I spent a couple of nights in the German capital of Berlin; our first time there. While Berlin is highly regarded for an extens

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Flashback Friday: Eastern Vision Proposals for the Rebuild - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Flashback Friday: Eastern Vision Proposals for the Rebuild

Following on from the recent news about the proposed cycle route out to the east of Christchurch, let me take you back to this blogpost from Sep 2014 when some

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New post on Cycling in Christchurch - Promising signs for City to New Brighton cycleway - cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/20…

Promising signs for City to New Brighton cycleway

For quite some time, the Christchurch City Council has mooted a cycle route from the central city out to the east as part of its Major Cycle Routes programme. O

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