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Hungary: Surprise cycling power house
Blog by Ben, a CAA member Having lived in the Prague, Czech Republic and Bucharest, Romania, my impression of cycling in Central and Eastern Europe is that it is in much the same place as Auckland....
View ArticleNew York 5 Boros Tour – Video Teaser
The 5 Boros Tour is one of the largest NYC cycle events. Fun, big, funky, a race that isn’t a race. Here’s a little video of this year’s event. Come to our AGM on the 25th September to let Greg Wood...
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Cyclographics from the US
Here’s a neat slide showing some cycle culture / cycle growth stuff happening overseas in the US. Interestingly, this one seems produced by a health organisation – in NZ, except for some grass-roots...
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Snacks on Bikes – A Wheely Good Idea
What is it with food and bikes? They go so well together. First, Tom Beeston’s pop-up cake stand. Now, this weekend’s amazing-sounding Brooklyn Donut Massacre from NYC’s Five Borough Bicycle Club....
View ArticleWe have seen the future and it is…
Well, this is exciting! Stunning plans have been released for a 30km fully separated bike super-highway running west to east across the city. There’ll also be a slightly shorter north-south route –...
View ArticleA view from the bike seat – Melbourne cycle style
With all eyes on Melbourne for crickety reasons, we spoke to new Melburnian and ex-Aucklander Di White about how moving to the city has changed her cycling life – and her hopes for Auckland’s biking...
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Be a Part of It! 10 Things To Love about New York’s 5 Boro Bike Tour
On the first Sunday in May, our NYC correspondent Gemma Gracewood went for a springtime bike ride through the city… with 32,000 other people. Here’s her report, with fantastic photos. New York, New...
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How to negotiate a signalised Delhi intersection (on a bike)
Cycle Action committee member Richard Barter was travelling in Delhi recently, and filed this excellent report on his adventures on two wheels. Thanks, Richard! Note to readers: Do not try this at...
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Waterways for cycling – a Brisbane treat to add to Auckland’s shopping basket
Like many Kiwi families, we’ve had one of our kids lured by the flash salaries and job opportunities of Australia. We’re lucky our son is on the east coast, so I’m in Brisbane for a family catch-up....
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Neon-coloured cycle tracks
This diagram looks like what a few ravers might create with glow sticks in a club, but it actually shows the usage patterns of 10 million bike trips taken on London’s bike hire system. Wouldn’t it be...
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Cycle touring – from Ambury Park to the Nullabor Plains
Guest post by Christopher Dempsey I’ve been a commuter cyclist for a number of years now, first starting in 2006 when I screwed up enough courage to get on a bike in the face of Auckland traffic. Now I...
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News from the Americas
Sometimes, Auckland cyclists – especially the more activist among us – take a certain stroppy pride in riding bikes. And promoting bikes. In a city that traditionally has been hostile to bike riding –...
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Nirvana in Sri Lanka
From our Chair Barbara Cuthbert, on a month’s sabbatical in Sri Lanka I feel guilty reporting that while you are all enjoying more of Auckland’s sleazy weather I have been soaking up 35′ heat and 95%...
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European Cycling: London
[After a long absence, I got the chance to visit Europe again. Having become a cycling advocate in NZ in the meantime, I was keen to look closer at what I had previously taken for granted. In this...
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European Cycling: Paris
[After a long absence, I got the chance to visit Europe again. Having become a cycling advocate in NZ in the meantime, I was keen to look closer at what I had previously taken for granted. In this...
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European Cycling: Warsaw
[After a long absence, I got the chance to visit Europe again. Having become a cycling advocate in NZ in the meantime, I was keen to look closer at what I had previously taken for granted. In this...
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European Cycling: Berlin
[After a long absence, I got the chance to visit Europe again. Having become a cycling advocate in NZ in the meantime, I was keen to look closer at what I had previously taken for granted. In this...
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Vancouver the Velo-city
Bike parking at Velocity Two years ago I left Vancouver to start a new life in Auckland and somehow became a cycling advocate. I’m not quite sure how that happened. My husband sold me on Auckland’s...
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Roger Geller coming to town!
Many cyclists in Auckland will have heard of the story of Portland, Oregon. Up to the early / mid 1990s, Portland was a typical large American city in terms of cycling. Meaning there wasn’t much of it....
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New York – If you can make it here…
Blog by Greg Wood New York was once called New Amsterdam – and given just how much bicycle infrastructure they’ve implemented recently, it might well be on its way to reclaiming that title. I went to...
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