Lake Road Petition We need to make a final push with the petition as another 500 signatures are needed by 8 Feb. Please get one or two, or even three, more people onto the online petition. Family members (kids ok), work colleagues, friends, whoever. Anyone from the Shore or Greater Auckland (Lake Rd is an [...]
Posts under ‘Cycling’
Dec 15
K1 Coromandel 100km bike race
Worst cramps of my life last 50k’s: http://tpks.ws/8tpv av speed 25k total elevation gained 1k max speed 92k
Nov 02
Berry Mountain Cycles
Leaving SJ & Richs I headed south 2 hours for Berry to stay with Paul & Megan. They’ve just opened a new bike shop in town the weekend before I got there and I must say its looking very sharp. Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFObject(“http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf”, “PictoBrowser”, “500″, “500″, “8″, [...]
Sep 30
By biking you’re volunteering to die
Check out this excellent post on the current bike debate over at good New Zealand’s guide to sustainable living. I should know better than to start reading the opinions proffered in ‘Your Views’. This comment in particular struck a chord with me: Cycling is the leading cause of voluntary death on the roads of New [...]
Sep 27
Cycle Safety
Our thoughts go out to the family of the 4 cyclists bowled by a lady who drove straight through a group of cyclists whilst on her mobile phone in St Heliers Auckland on Saturday morning. Cyclist critical after Tamaki Drive ‘carnage’ Its time for some real action to take place, enough talk. After discussing this [...]
May 15
Bike safety law
Lets follow Colorado’s lead and introduce a similar law in NZ to stop bogans and ignorant Neanderthal’s from being a hazard to cyclists; From the Daily Camera in Colorado, USA; drivers give cyclists at least three feet of space when passing or risk a $110 ticket. Anyone who throws an object at a cyclist also [...]
