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Blast from the past
Recently I walked along Carrington Road just north of Mt Albert, and noticed something up in the trees that I hadn’t seen during the many times I had cycled through here. A plaque, commemorating the...
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Integrated vs Segregated: Come to the Dark Side
This girl didn’t feel like “vehicular cycling” across Balmoral Road. Would your children? Blog by Ben, a CAA member It seems not many people are aware in NZ of the great debate that has raged on and...
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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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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....
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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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Waiting for a Congestion Free Network for cycling?
Around a month ago, we first announced that – together with Auckland Transport Blog and Generation Zero – we are working on the “cycle module” for the Congestion Free Network created by these groups....
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Because it matter(s) to us
We’re really happy to say that our good friends at Urban Design practice matter have won a New Zealand Institute of Architects Auckland Architecture Award – for the cycling art installation they did on...
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For the children… vote!
…and in our case, we voted for having our children help us distribute flyers promoting CAA and the recent GenZero election scorecards! Watch out for them at train and ferry stations, as well as...
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Help with Auckland’s unique cycling event & raise $$$ for MS Charity!
Volunteers in 2011 (Photo copyright of http://pathlesspedaled.com) Guest blog from Murray Vaile, Volunteer Manager for MS Bike the Bridge MS Bike the Bridge is on Sunday 10 November – Auckland’s iconic...
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Pedalling for West Papua – hip-hop ukelele cyclist in Auckland Saturday
Guest blog from Niki S “Pedalling for Papua” is coming to Trades Hall, 147 Gt North Rd, Auckland, Saturday at 4pm. It’s an international bicycling and performance tour. The vision? Make West Papua a...
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Let them eat cake – a surprise treat for bike commuters!
Cake, anybody? “Wow! What a party! What have we done to deserve this?” said a guy in lycra as he pulled to a sudden stop. “Is it someone’s birthday today? Maybe it’s mine!” said a cyclist in civvies,...
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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....
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Sea Scouts venture forth – thanks to Cycle Action
Remember when we put the call out for spare bikes for the Venturers? You responded — and how! Here’s where those bikes went. Stephen Lasham, Venturer Leader for the Sea Scouts, writes: Last night a...
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Bikes and Books: Te Atatu Takes Shape
What might a bikeable village look like? Simon Vincent from Bike Te Atatu reports on his township’s recent makeover and exciting future possibilities for Auckland’s model bike-friendly ‘burb: “For what...
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Yeah, baby! Bubs on Bikes, Sunday 22 March
Wondering how to get around on two wheels with smaller passengers? Interested in trying out a range of kid seats and trailers? Keen to encourage your kids into life on three, four, and eventually two...
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Bike Boom – a book for all of us!
Today is the last day to chip in and reserve a copy of Bike Boom, the new book by Carlton Reid. Bike Boom: The Unexpected Resurgence in Cycling is a sequel to Reid’s earlier best-seller Roads Were Not...
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Keep Summer Rolling Along – Frocks on Bikes Ride, Sunday March 22
Hey, gals! Keep summer rolling with a Frocks on Bikes ride this Sunday, March 22nd — a group cruise from Devonport all the way up to Milford for a ladies’ lunch at Little King Café. There’s a summery...
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Bike champ – Jena Niquidet Western
Jena with her daughter Elle “I don’t think of myself as an advocate. I just want to ride my bike,” says Canadian transplant, Bayswater resident and Bubs on Bikes inventor Jena Niquidet Western. “If...
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Rock down to Electric Avenue – let the e-bike test rides begin!
Flying home along the NW cycleway yesterday, I knew there was a head wind – but it felt like a tail wind. At one point, I was going faster than the mid-afternoon motorway traffic. Hills didn’t bother...
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