bikes Archive

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  Getting my frock on - by Holly Walker

  
  
  
  I’ve decided to set my sights for Bike Wise month high in 2012 and take on that doyen of the cycling world, Hutt South MP Trevor Mallard in a head to head challenge. read more
  January 26, 2012 4:56 pm - 1 Comment
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  What are the Police doing about bike safety? - by frog

  
  
  
  Many of us love to ride bikes. It’s a great way to get around, keep fit, beat the traffic, and save the planet. But it’s not as safe as it should be. Green Party Active Transport spokesperson and champion of all people who ride bikes, Kevin Hague, recently discovered that Police do very little with [...] read more
  July 4, 2011 1:14 pm - 10 Comments
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  Pedalling to save some health dollars - by frog

  
  
  
  While I’m on the topic of cycling there’s a another survey here at Vorb, New Zealand’s most popular website for cyclists, Mountain Bike New Zealand posed a quick set of questions to all the political parties. As yet they have only received a response from Kevin Hague of the Greens. Given his background in both [...] read more
  November 6, 2008 4:47 pm - 1 Comment
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  Cycling to the polling booth - by frog

  
  
  
  The Cycle Advocacy Network has released the results of its poll on which candidates are cycle friendly.  And again the results are fairly compelling: The results relied, at least in part, on parties and candidates willingness to engage and respond, so I am sure some parties on that list fared worse than they felt they [...] read more
  November 6, 2008 2:57 pm - 9 Comments
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  Bike helmets - by frog

  
  
  
  Transport safety Minister Harry Duynhoven’s comment about bike helmets, “I wonder if we never had helmets what our cycle population might be … I’m not advocating getting rid of helmets, I’m just saying I wonder what the social effect of helmets has been,” is interesting but basically irrelevant to the important debate about promoting cycling [...] read more
  October 23, 2008 11:05 am - 20 Comments
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  A will but no way - by frog

  
  
  
  Today’s Shape New Zealand poll asked respondents a series of questions about what actions they have taken personally in the past year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help manage climate change.  Some of the transport answers are: Used alternative everyday travel options rather than use a vehicle – 25% Walked (rather than using the [...] read more
  October 15, 2008 11:23 am - 5 Comments
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  Subsidising the oil burning industry - by frog

  
  
  
  George Monbiot has this story from the northern hemisphere about ‘the other bail out’: Last week, George Bush agreed to lend $25bn to US car manufacturers. It’s a soft loan, which will cost the government $7.5bn (1). Few people noticed; fewer fought it. The House of Representatives approved the measure by 370 votes to 58. [...] read more
  October 14, 2008 3:21 pm - 9 Comments
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  A bicycle story - by frog

  
  
  
  The pictures were taken in Odense, Denmark. Freiburg, Germany, Stockhom, Sweden, and Vienna, Austria. read more
  October 7, 2008 6:22 am - 1 Comment
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  Cycle safety - by frog

  
  
  
  Without knowing anything more about the circumstances than what has been reported, it was pretty disturbing to hear multi sport’s Coast to Coast star Steve Gurney was involved in a car accident while cycling in Christchurch. However, it’s a good reminder that there is only one day left to sign the Cycle Advocacy Network’s 9-Point [...] read more
  August 30, 2008 7:36 am - 13 Comments
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  Why hide your sound system in a car? - by frog

  
  
  
  From Treehugger: Now that fuel is so expensive, a kid can’t cruise the streets in his car with the sound system turned up so high that the road vibrates. Instead, a group of Trinidadian teenagers in Queens are customizing their BMX bikes. Hmm, I’m not sure this would work in Wellington without some sort of [...] read more
  August 15, 2008 2:20 pm - 12 Comments
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  Cycling hints - by frog

  
  
  
  There’s some helpful cycling advice from Treehugger this week on making sure you claim back tax deductions for extra food as fuel expenses incurred while working – this might be particularly relevant to those many cycle couriers who burn extra calories whizzing about town all day long: And there’s also ten tips to ugly your [...] read more
  July 31, 2008 12:14 pm - 7 Comments
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  ‘I stood there with my mouth open like an ape’ - by frog

  
  
  
  Indeed you would. A senior council planner from the Nelson City council is being ‘dealt with internally‘, after he or she chose to cycle to a building site to inspect a resource consent application rather than drive. Apparently cycling was ‘not appropriate’. Interestingly the Nelson Mail article reports that the time wasting journey was probably [...] read more
  July 3, 2008 10:50 am - 14 Comments
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  Rural public transport - by frog

  
  
  
  I was a bit surprised that my rather flippant comments about the relationship between cyclists and cars drew criticism yesterday that I secretly wanted to ban all cars and didn’t care about rural people.  I would have thought people living in rural areas have the most interest in townies like me saving petrol, kyoto carbon [...] read more
  June 27, 2008 8:06 am - 21 Comments
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  Blooming bicycles - by frog

  
  
  
  I stumbled upon this ‘invention’ via Tree Hugger: “The Bloom device is meant to be a subversive and inspirational tool for our concrete jungles. Similar to the tuft of a dandelion as the wind carries the seedling, we propose a way of dispersing seedlings with bubbles and bicycling. Seeds are co-mingled with a bubble mixture [...] read more
  June 12, 2008 7:00 am - 2 Comments
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  A lazy Easter post - by frog

  
  
  
  Yes, just whole series of links: Treehugger Pop Quiz: How much water does it take to “grow” a hamburger? Today is World Water Day 2008 and: for many of the world’s poorest, particularly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, water is costlier than oil, more precious than oil and yet less available than clean air. [...] read more
  March 22, 2008 8:40 am - 19 Comments