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Photo of the week: Play

Play [verb]: the opposite of work. Shown: an electric “Red Pepper” Bullitt cargo bike, ridden by Shay with her two toddlers to the playground in Coyle Park, Pt Chevalier, over Waitangi weekend. If you […]

Feb 04, 2017
My heart on my sleeve for bike lanes in my ‘hood

When new bike lanes come to town – like the current Inner West Safe Routes proposal – we like to dig deep into the infrastructure implications. And we nudge you to […]

Reshaping the school run? Cycleways for Surrey, Old Mill, Garnet

Of the four new routes currently being consulted on in Grey Lynn, the Surrey Cres-Old Mill Rd-Garnet Rd one is the longest and one of the most interesting. It runs directly past […]

Three Questions for your Bike Mechanic

Tim Welch runs Rode, an independent bike shop in Ponsonby that bills itself as ‘not your ordinary bike shop’. Think niche brands like Surly and Breezer, steel frames, touring bikes […]

Oct 14, 2016
Footpath cycling goes to Parliament – have your say!

A few months ago, we wrote about Jo Clendon’s petition to legalise what’s a fairly normal practice for children and their caregivers (as well as older folk): riding on the footpath. Since the […]

Oct 11, 2016
Three Questions for Your Bike Mechanic

An occasional series in which Auckland bike mechanics tell you what they’re really thinking. Got thoughts, keen to be featured? Or, do you have questions you’d love to ask a bike […]

Sep 30, 2016
Greenways for Huapai-Kumeu – have your say

Bike Kumeunity was formed to encourage the residents of Huapai and Kumeu to consider cycling as an everyday form of transport, to get to the shops, the library, the Arts […]

Riding to Radiation – An Unexpected Commute

There’s a saying along these lines: ‘Be kind – for everyone you meet is facing a challenge you know nothing about.’ It popped into our minds when a reader sent us the following […]

Sep 06, 2016
The Lithium-powered Space Bike

Thomas Lumley is a statistician at the University of Auckland, and co-edits the StatsChat blog. He also rides an electric bike to work most days. Here, he interviews himself about how it’s going so […]

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