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Wonderful wonderful Copenhagen… through Auckland eyes

Aucklander Keri Bloomfield is living the new parent dream – in Copenhagen, where she gets to bike around town with her baby as a matter of course. You can follow her her adventures […]

Nov 19, 2016
Orange you glad the Dutch Cycling Embassy came to visit?

(Sorry for the groanworthy pun, just trying to avoid another of those ‘going Dutch’ headlines…) On a rainy Monday night in Auckland, a standing room only crowd gathered eagerly to […]

Nov 09, 2016
Can Auckland go Dutch? A letter from Utrecht

Brian Johnston was lucky enough to live in one of the best biking cities in the world for eight years. He’s been keeping tabs on developments in Auckland from a distance, and […]

Feb 23, 2016
‘Drive-and-ride’: California dreaming and some thoughts about Auckland

Last year during a trip to California, my wife and I satisfied a yearning for a bike ride by heading to the beach in a car. We decided to try a […]

Put a Bike On It – Jessica Rose bikes Portland

Portland, Oregon: city of bridges, famous for its hipster attitude, craft beer capital of the States and possibly the world. Specky, beardy and full of artisanal products and people, it […]

Dec 18, 2015
We Don’t Know How Lucky We Are: Jessica Rose bikes Los Angeles

Tall poppy syndrome, greener grass syndrome, whatever you like to call it – us kiwis have a habit of immediately thinking ‘they have it better over there’. I’m no different: […]

Dec 17, 2015
Bikes vs Cars – a second showing, by popular demand!

Bikes vs Cars: the name itself seemed so confrontational, almost antagonistic. But it’s brought people out in droves. This Sunday’s screening and panel discussion has SOLD OUT, with all 180 seats […]

Free our streets for bikes! Taking inspiration from London’s FreeCycle

Waitemata Local Board Deputy Chair and bike aficionado Pippa Coom recently accompanied her mum Barbara Grace to London, to support Barbara competing in the 10th World Brompton Championship race. While there, she was inspired […]

On habits, habitats, and happy communities – a report from the Asia Pacific Cycle Congress

Bikes and bike people poured into Brisbane recently for the 2015 Asia Pacific Cycle Congress, which attracted around 230 delegates from Australia and New Zealand, and a keynote speaker from San Francisco. This year’s focus: […]

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