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How to Get More People Cycling in Your Local Community

Here are three great tips from the pros for how to inspire a love of cycling in our local area.

The Towel Technique: A Clever Way to Teach Kids to Ride a Bike

Four-year-old Sophie was struggling to transition away from training wheels when her mum tried the towel technique. What is it and could it help your kid learn to ride?

Mar 13, 2025
Get ready, there’s a bike train a-coming

Sue Cardwell heads to the Waterview Primary bike train launch to see what she can find out about starting a bike train.

Making the case for protected cycleways in Manurewa

This is a guest blog piece by Richard Casey from Bike Manurewa. Richard lives and works in Manurewa, teaching at one of the local high schools. He is passionate about […]

Katoa, Ka Ora; support safer streets around schools

I was lucky to have the joy of cycling to kura (school) with my friends. I have such happy memories from those journeys, and I stayed active and healthy because […]

An e-bike camping holiday in Tāmaki Makaurau!

This is a guest blog, written by Christopher Dempsey about Maurice Wells and his adventurous family. A huge thanks to Maurice for sharing his adventure, and to Christopher for writing […]

The new family car – a cargo bike!

Cargo bikes are increasingly popular, especially for families looking for carbon-free alternatives to the second – or even first – car. Yes, even in Auckland! Reader Pete Moth shares his […]

Free-range kids on bikes: an adventure, and a challenge

One of the reasons many of us do what we do for bike advocacy is because we recall the feeling of freedom and power our bikes first gave us, when […]

Feb 26, 2019
QUICK SUBMIT before 14 December – Grey Lynn needs YOU!

If you do ONE thing this month for a bike-friendly city, make it this: support the Waitemata Safe Routes before Friday 14 December. It takes less than 5 minutes, is […]

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