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Cycling's the Go - Summer Cycling Programme

3
Feb

Cycling's the go this summer!

Whether you want to ride to the shops, explore the region's parks, get fit, commute to work or just spend time with the kids, check out our Summer Cycling Programme for a range of opportunities to help you discover the fun and freedom of riding a bike. No need to worry if you don't have a bike, we'll have some to borrow at many of our events. There is something for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced riders.

http://www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz/moving-around/biking-cycleways/Fitn...

February 3, 2012 Patrick READ MORE

MOTORISTS’ FRONT OF JUDEA: What Have The Cyclists Ever Done for Us?

2
Feb

REG:Cyclists have bled us white, the bastards. They don’t pay road tax, they run red lights. And what have they ever given us in return?
XERXES:Pneumatic tyres.
REG: What?
XERXES: Pneumatic tyres.
REG: Oh. Yeah, yeah. They did give us that. Uh, that’s true. Yeah.
COMMANDO #3: And ball bearings.
REG: Yeah. All right. I’ll grant you pneumatic tyres and ball bearings are two things that the cyclists have done.
MATTHIAS:...

February 2, 2012 Alex admin READ MORE

Bike Racks Trial Underway on Waiheke Bus Company Buses

2
Feb

BIKES ON BOARD - TRIAL ON WAIHEKE BUS COMPANY VEHICLES

The Waiheke Bus Company has become the first public service bus operator in Auckland to offer bike racks on its buses as a trial and as part of its initiative to help promote cycling as a mode of transport.

Waiheke ferry customers can already take their bikes for free on the ferries and now this is extended to the service buses as well.

Bike racks have been installed on three separate buses, each capable of carrying 3 bikes each. The racks have been imported from the USA where they have been successfully deployed on...

February 2, 2012 Alex admin READ MORE

Café Ride

1
Feb

 Café Ride, Sunday, 5 February, 8:00am

http://www.bikemanawatu.co.nz/index.php/club-rides/view/558

http://www.sportmanawatu.org.nz/modules/SP_EventFinder/eventdetails.php?id=122666

Meet at Memorial park at 8am

Ride Coordinator

Short Ride - 49km Esplanade Cafe Main St, Vogel St, Railway Rd, Airport Dr, to JFK Roundabout, right onto Milson Line, Left onto Flygers Line, right onto Gillespies line, Left onto KB Rd, Lockwood Rd, left onto Hoihere Rd, Left onto Main Drain Rd, left on SH56, left onto Tiakitahuna Rd, No1 Line,...

February 1, 2012 julied READ MORE

Wheel Stylish fashion show

31
Jan

Wheel Stylish fashion show
Wheel Stylish is the pinnacle event of Wellington's Frocktober.
It's an event like nothing else: a full fashion show where the runway is a cycle path.

The worlds of fashion and bicycles came together on Thursday 17th November in Wheel Stylish, a fashion show celebrating the winning combination of stylish clothing, women and bicycles.
They enjoyed delicious sustainable nibbles and drinks by Logan Brown, Momo, Grove Mill and Teza before the fashion show kicked off.
Wheel Stylish featured great Wellington...

January 31, 2012 Patrick READ MORE

Agenda for CAW meeting 6.00 - 7.30pm 7 February , Library Bar, Courtenay Place

31
Jan

Add your items below

Review Go By Bike DayUpdate on WCC's plan for Southern route, new cycling maps and Wairarapa line bike trialReview SASTRAG minutes from David, anything for next one?CAW subsidy for members attending Cycling & Walking conference (proposed that we pay the conference fee for up to four members)Potential Bike Futures conferenceBig Bike Fix Up - anyone got energy for it?CAW got a $3500 grant from WCC to make cycling videos, with a focus on safety (Patrick)Signage along Evans Bay being reveiwedRave and rant!

 

 

January 31, 2012 AlastairS READ MORE

French duo push Kiwi cyclists for more blood

24
Jan

From Paul Hayes, NZ Blood Service:

Two French cyclists have travelled more than 18,000 kilometres around the world to encourage more New Zealanders to "get on their bike" and donate blood.

Global blood donation ambassadors Julien Leblay and Marion Dumas will begin their final leg of a 20-month cycle journey to promote blood donation in Dunedin on Thursday (5 January). They will then cycle the South and North Islands before concluding their 21,000 kilometre, half-world tour in Auckland in February.

Blood donation is a cause close to Julien's heart, after his own life...

January 24, 2012 AlastairS READ MORE

We all win when more people bike, more often

24
Jan

We all win when more people bike, more often

Opinion piece for DomPost, (printed with minor edits, 24 January 2012, pB5)

Riding a bike is fun. Most of us remember the sense of freedom when cruising round the neighbourhood as kids. It is a convenient way to get around. It eliminates parking worries. Our air and waterways are cleaner.

Biking makes you feel good.

So why do we waste time and money by bickering?

It's a familiar pattern.

Someone riding a bike gets knocked off, assaulted, or is seen running a red light.

A...

January 24, 2012 Alex admin READ MORE

Bikes must take their place on Rocks Rd

20
Jan

It is not just the unfortunate cyclist who had a scrape with a truck on Rocks Rd at the weekend who should be thanking her lucky stars that the incident wasn't far worse. She reportedly escaped the collision with cuts and bruises, and a wrecked bicycle; witnesses are amazed that she was able to walk from the scene.

Even as a minor incident the episode raises questions about how the waterfront highway is being managed in its current reduced state. If it had been more serious, it seems that the Transport Agency would have some awful consequences to answer for, given the reports that...

January 20, 2012 Alex admin READ MORE

Confidence boosting bike rides to get ladies of Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth and Whitnash on the road

20
Jan

A WOMEN-only cycling group that aims to build up the confidence of road-shy cyclists around Warwick district will launch with its first ride next weekend.

Dawn Rahman of British Cycling will lead a leisurely-paced and traffic-free cycle along cycling paths and canals as part of a national campaign - Breeze - to get ladies back on the saddle.

Dawn, who lives in Warwick Gates, is the organisation’s recreation manager for the West Midlands, but she is giving up her free time to act as a ‘Breeze champion’ in the hope that more women will feel safer and happier about travelling by...

January 20, 2012 Alex admin READ MORE

Cycle Action Waikato, 2012

17
Jan

The very best of news years to you, and welcome to cycle advocacy, 2012.

Rob Davidson who, for many years, has burnt bright the candle on our
behalf as a stalwart campaigner for cycling in and around Hamilton has
finally done the sensible thing for himself and called it quits from doing everything.

In Brief:

There are several things we need to do:
• Have an AGM that involves a social do
• Organise when and how we will meet
• Decide on a strategy for the upcoming year

What we traditionally do:

The roles we need to fill on an ongoing...

January 17, 2012 Robbie.Price READ MORE

Building a Bike to Ride on Abandoned Railroad Tracks

16
Jan

There are a lot of imaginative uses for abandoned railroad tracks out there, from awesome urban parks like New York's High Line to bike and pedestrian highways. Lloyd, however, points out the downside to permanently removing tracks:

I have the same concern every time I look at the work of the Rails to Trails Conservancy. They have a great message, promoting investment in bicycling and walking, but every time a set of tracks is torn up, an opportunity for restructuring our transportation system is lost.

But the "O," from Italian designer Davide Bonanni, finds a middle...

January 16, 2012 Alex admin READ MORE

Editorial: Cycle tracks real asset for region

16
Jan

This morning at 5.30am I was on my bike. I'll be on it again tomorrow at the same time.

I don't own any skin-tight cycling clobber. Nor do I own much of a bicycle, just one of those easy-rider roadster bikes with a comfy seat.

In serious cycling circles, I'd be considered a bit of a joke.

But that doesn't stop me getting on my bike every morning before work. The fact that I have a fabulous limestone cycling pathway along the coast from my home has made the morning bike ride an irresistible ritual.

I only tackle a tiny part of Hawke's...

January 16, 2012 Alex admin READ MORE

Cycling to change the world

13
Jan

For some, riding a bike is transportation, a healthy, environmentally friendly way to get from A to B. For others it's recreation, an activity to test their own physical capabilities, stay in shape. For some local cyclists, the bike has become a vehicle that can change lives, maybe even make the world a better place.

Cycling helped Kelyn Akuna see the world. Now he's hoping it will help aboriginal youth see their way in the world.

Akuna, 28, is a former member of the United States track cycling team. Since he started riding at age 16, he raced at events in France,...

January 13, 2012 Alex admin READ MORE

Cycle Friendly Awards Finalists and Winners

12
Jan

Congratulations to the 2012 Cycle-Friendly Awards Winners

 

MWH award for Best Cycle Facility Project

Te Ara a Waiau Walkway / Cycleway & Te Weheka Walkway / Cycleway (Fox and Franz Glaciers Access Project) - Dept. of Conservation, NZTA


NZTA award for Best Cycling Promotion Project

i-Way Share the Road Campaign - Hastings District Council


Dunedin City Council award for Cycle Friendly Commitment by a Business

Auckland Harbour Bridge - Copeland/Airey


Auckland Transport award for Cycle Friendly Commitment by a Public...

January 12, 2012 Patrick READ MORE

Cyclist and two drivers die on busy roads

10
Jan

A cyclist was killed yesterday (8 January) when he and a cycling partner were hit by a car on a busy road in Tauranga.

The 50-year-old local man was travelling with a female cyclist on State Highway 36 at Pyes Pa.

Emergency services were called just after midday to the critically injured man, who died soon after.

The woman was rushed to Tauranga Hospital, where she was treated for minor injuries and discharged later in the afternoon.

Senior Sergeant Robert Glencross said the serious crash team were still investigating the crash.

"An initial assessment...

January 10, 2012 Alex admin READ MORE

BikeNZ Our Bike Plan

9
Jan

BikeNZ is coming to you to share our vision for New Zealand cycling

 

Let's Talk!

Our vision is to be a nation embracing cycling- providing more quality cycling opportunities for more Kiwis.

To achieve this, we’re working alongside you, our cycling community, to develop a unified five year national plan - something New Zealand cycling has never had before.

We have listened to the needs of our community and mapped out a plan that we believe...

January 9, 2012 Alex admin READ MORE

Health Risks and Benefits of Cycling - a New Zealand Perspective

3
Jan

This article was written for CAN's Chainlinks magazine, but we are only printing an excerpt of it in Chanlinks, due to constraints on space.

Authors: Alistair Woodward, Graeme Lindsay, Alex Macmillan
School of Population Health in the University of Auckland

The risks of cycling are mostly obvious. Many riders have suffered injuries as a result of a crash, or know of people who have been injured. In a study of those who took part in the 2006 Taupo Cycle Challenge, one-third told us they had suffered a...

January 3, 2012 stephenw READ MORE

Support the Tour of New Zealand to raise funds for cycling projects

20
Dec

The ultimate New Zealand cycling experience, the Tour of New Zealand cycle ride, 14-21 april 2012.

The Basics
The ultimate kiwi cycling experience, the Tour of New Zealand is a 7-day, epic road ride taking in km after km of iconic NZ scenery (keeping to the quieter roads where possible).

You choose to cycle either the North or the South Island, Cape Reinga to Wellington, or Bluff to Picton. Then on day 8, riders from both islands will converge for a final showdown round the Beehive.

We're looking to get as many bikes on the Tour as possible, so...

December 20, 2011 Patrick READ MORE

Merry Cycling Christmas

20
Dec

Bicycles and summer go together, and kids of all ages will be heading out on new bikes this Christmas.

Cycling Advocates' Network spokesperson Patrick Morgan says a bicycle is often near the top of the Christmas wish list.

In 2005 a BBC poll ranked the bicycle as the favourite invention, ahead of electricty and the internet.

For those lucky enough to find a bicycle at the foot of the Christmas tree, Cycling Advocates' Network has some tips:

Cycling is fun; having fun is more important than going fast
Learn how to use your brakes
Get started with firm...

December 20, 2011 Patrick READ MORE