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End of the road for Bike Friendly North Shore 9 Jun 2013 | 09:52 am
How the best photo I’ve ever taken ended my bike blogging career… I captured the image above at the end of a scorching hot day in the Waikato, right in the middle of the drought. My son’s high-school ...
Global (Design) Village 3 Jun 2013 | 04:32 pm
Since I started bike-blogging I’ve met a lot of cool people in the bicycle community. There’s the fat-bike crowd, the mountainbikers, the (two-wheeled) photographers and the bike advocates. Having a b...
Lit up like Crystal Palace 3 Jun 2013 | 03:23 pm
Those of you following the blog for some time will know I love the fun side of cycling, “fun” is my primary motivation for riding bikes. Saving money and keeping fit are a very distant second place an...
Review: MonkeyLight LED Wheel-Light 26 May 2013 | 12:04 pm
The MonkeyLight is a bicycle wheel-light that draws objects and patterns as you ride. With 16 electronically controlled LEDs each side flashing and changing colour it’s a great deal more sophisticated...
Serial Copyright Infringement 26 May 2013 | 11:33 am
My bicycle blogging days are drawing to a close and I was reminiscing about the cycling “logohacks” I have posted on this site over the years. It wasn’t until I gathered them all in one place I realiz...
Ride Bikes, Save Doh 19 May 2013 | 03:38 pm
I recently designed some printed material for an online survey Cycle Action Auckland was doing in conjunction with Auckland Transport. They are looking at why so few users of the Northern Busway arriv...
Friday Frivolity: Cars are beneath us 16 May 2013 | 02:41 pm
You might remember Richie Trimble from that 30 Seconds to Mars bike video. He was the guy sporting the rainbow-coloured feather mohawk, and, oh yeah, his bike was 10ft tall! But Richie has gone up in ...
Bicycle Infrastructure Upgrades on the Shore 15 May 2013 | 05:37 am
Unless you’re a bicycle advocate it’s not the sexiest headline is it? Buy money spent on walking & cycling facilities is a great investment in quality-of-life and there’s a couple of sizable projects ...
Commuter Review: Halo LED Light Belt 14 May 2013 | 02:25 am
Now this is a cool idea, an LED safety-light that attaches to you, not your bike. Made from that tough-as-nails woven nylon you might find on a tie-down or back-pack strap the Halo Belt has a built-i...
Journey – Inspiring Bicycle Adventures 5 May 2013 | 03:18 pm
I was recently sent a copy of Journey – “a quarterly journal of bicycle adventures in New Zealand and beyond”. The majority of bike magazines are vehicles for advertising, focus on the equipment not ...
