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Bike racks
In an effort to provide a useful resource for shops/offices/companies on what cyclists do and don’t want for cycle parking, I’m collating some info here. Any suggestions or tips, please add to the...
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New publication: Everyday Cycling in New Zealand
Wellingtonian Alastair Smith’s book on everyday cycling (commuting, shopping, etc) has finally made it into bookshops! Great Christmas pressie for the cyclist in your life… or buy one for yourself!...
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What is Active a2b? Active a2b is a free health and wellbeing programme run by Greater Wellington Regional Council and health partners to encourage people to walk or cycle to work. It doesn’t matter if...
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Meet Chris Winwood: Groovy dude and sweet cyclist!
Welcome to the long-overdue part 2 of my series investigating local Wellingtonian musical scene-celebrities who ride bikes. As I mentioned previously, Wellington is full of amazing people doing all...
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I spend every Christmas in Nelson, where my family is, and I’m also lucky enough to get down there on business a few times a year. It’s a delightful place to ride, and if you’d like your next holiday...
View ArticleSeersucker Social
In honour of this lovely sunny day, here’s the 2012 Seersucker Social. Seersucker Social 2012 from The GW Hatchet on Vimeo.
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Book Review: Everyday Cycling in Aotearoa New Zealand
Republished with kind permission of Lennyboy at Cycling in Christchurch. By Alastair Smith (185pp., Awa Press, Wellington, RRP $35) Here’s something that might be handy as a [summer read]! Over the...
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The effect of bike lanes on two streets in New York
Image credit: NY Daily News Anyone know any retailers who’d appreciate a 49% increase in sales?
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Urban Cycle Skills – by Frocks on Bikes
Got a new bike for Christmas and wondering where to go now? Try an urban cycle skills course with Frocks on Bikes. 3 hours of bikey goodness will have you rolling with confidence and style! (While...
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Wheels of Justice – cycling, murder, and the Fringe
A play in the upcoming Fringe festival has a cycling theme, and indeed the audience will be biking through downtown Wellington as they solve a murder mystery. Running through February and March (2pm...
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Bikes on Trains Update
News release from Greater Wellington Regional Council In 2012 we began a trial allowing cyclists to take their bikes onboard designated peak time train services from Upper Hutt to Wellington in the...
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Another “no-brainer” Coroner’s Report
Word has spread quickly about the latest coroner’s report into a cycling fatality. Superintendent Steve Fitzgerald was killed in June 2008 while riding his bike home from work. Five years later we get...
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Frocks on Bikes do Evening Films by Starlight – 20th February
Evening Films by Starlight ride – 20th February Frocks on Bikes loves Wellington’s summer events – and what better way to get to them than on two wheels?! Join us for an evening ride (route TBC on the...
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Love to Roll – 2nd March
The annual Love to Roll date ride is here again on the 2nd of March. Join Frocks On Bikes for a fresh, fun and summery cruise to the Fringe Festival in the city (either busking circus show, Campground...
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Cycling and sewing
I like riding bikes and making clothes, so I was really excited to come across McCall’s Sewing Patterns 2013 spring catalogue. The lookbook is full of sewing patterns featuring ladies with bikes!...
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Frocks on Bikes – fundraising appeal for Velo-City
Frocks On Bikes has sparked an everyday revolution in NZ: year on year, more and more Kiwi women of all ages, sizes and styles are getting from A to B on bikes. But how’s this possible? Everyone knows...
View ArticleWellington City Cycle Forum – 1 May 2013
How happy are you with cycling in Wellington? The Council wants to hear from you. Her Worship the Mayor of Wellington Celia Wade-Brown invites you to the Wellington City Cycle Forum. The Forum is to...
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Hutt Valley folding bike fun ride 26 May 2013
A convivial ride for ‘Bicycle Origami’ practitioners from Upper Hutt Station to Caffiend café, Petone . Cruising quiet roads and sealed paths with a bakery stop in Silverstream and refreshment break in...
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Get Frocks on Bikes on their bike! Four days left to pledge – five bucks is enough (larger sums also gratefully accepted).
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