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Go by Bike Day Highlights the Benefits of Pedal Power Chainlinks Go By Bike Day highlights the benefi ts of pedal power ISSUE 1 March 2008 NEWSLETTER OF THE CYCLING ADVOCATES NETWORK (NZ) tion Auckland is still struggling to get Editorial walkers and cyclists across the Auck- Speedbumps for the Mind land Harbour Bridge (p19). A Dutch engineer straddles para- The cycling year has well and doxical worlds. truly launched with Go By Bike We welcome two new groups to CAN, Waiheke and Hawke’s Bay (and con- Week — all over the country Hans Monderman was removing traffic gratulations to Central Hawke’s Bay calming devices while the rest of the everyday cyclists have gathered which won an accolade as a ‘cycling world was putting more in. for breakfast, in record numbers mad city’). There a many benefits from belonging to CAN, and these He rejected the isolation solution according to BikeWise. are spelled out on page 15, but one of which measured efficiency on the Meanwhile the advocates’ work con- the most wonderful is the network of number of vehicles that could be tinues, making submissions on local committed, resourceful and knowl- moved, and the accommodation op- and government policy, pointing out edgeable people who are willing to tion which slowed traffic by putting the unsafe and the unsuitable to those share and support other groups. impediments in place. who have the power but not always the Sadly, we farewell Simon Kennett, will to fix things. His approach is that the traffic must whose knowledge, support and good accommodate the social life of the sense will be much missed. It is not an easy job: requiring a mix street, not the other way around. ÿ of skills and attributes that includes I include one last foray into ‘Speed- Continuing with highlights from “Mental knowledge, clear thinking, writing, a bumps for the Mind’ in this issue willingness to challenge, persistence, Speed Bumps: the smarter way to tame before releasing it for someone else traffic”, written by David Engwicht, which public speaking, encouragement, syco- to borrow from the CAN library. My tells us how to tame traffic without speed phancy, and a refusal to allow discour- driving awareness has shifted after bumps or traffic signs. You can buy your agement to get you down. Encourage- reading this book: I now think of copy for $30 Aus: mentalspeedbumps.com. ment and knowledge in these pages: streets as places where people live, shifting the balance of power between rather than corridoors down which I Cycling Advocates Network (CAN) motorist and cyclist in the UK, what drive or cycle. has worked in other European cit- PO Box 6491, Wellesley St, ies. And did you know you can move Opening motorist’s eyes and minds is Auckland, New Zealand house by cycle in Portland (p19)? as essential as cycleways and stop box- Tel 04 972 2552 es. We need to be seen as part of the [email protected] We know how to do just about every- social life of the street, not as just an- www.can.org.nz thing to promote safe active trans- other roadside hazard (as in the Road port — but we are still a long way from Code). We are all just people moving Chainlinks making it real on the ground, partly from one place to another, some in from a lack of political will and partly a metal box, some on a metal frame. [email protected] because we haven’t suffered enough Some feeling enclosed and safe, and Editor: Miriam Richardson yet in pursuit of the car. Even in Auck- some feeling exposed and vulnerable. Contributions manager: land where car use is so incredibly We need to “share the road” and “give Stephen Wood inconvenient, the alternatives are not a damn.” More on that next issue. n Web page: yet attractive enough and Cycle Ac- can.org.nz/chainlinks/links Next Quarterly Issue: June 28 Letters to the editor Contributions by 28 May The Heaphy Track the track with trampers during the Email content to: off-season. During the peak season [email protected] Dear Editor trampers would have sole use of the Pictures: 1024 x 768 pixels preferred We’d like to congratulate Ground Heaphy. Advertising: [email protected] Effect for supporting the campaign Like the Ground Effect folk, we also to allow seasonal use of the Heaphy enjoy walking and are aware that, The views expressed in Chainlinks Track by cyclists. That track has a long while there are hundreds of mountain are not necessarily those of CAN. history of use by cycle tourists and bike tracks in New Zealand, there are mountain bikers prior to the forma- thousands of walking tracks. We are tion of Kahurangi National Park. The blessed with bush tracks in this coun- tour from Picton to the West Coast try, however there are none as grand and back via the Heaphy is superb! at the Heaphy for cyclists seeking an Cover picture: ©2008 Stephen It should be noted that Federated overnight trip in our beautiful conser- Wood. NIWA staff on the Otago Mountain Clubs and Mountain Bike vation estate. Central Rail Trail Duathalon New Zealand both support a compro- Happy trails, mise which would see bicycles sharing Paul, Simon & Jonathan Kennett ISSN 1175-9364 2 Chainlinks 1 2008 Competing in an eco-friendly way: Highlights this issue • Go By Bike Day: frocks, (p5) Ministers (p5), breakfasts (p5. zero-CO2 duathlon teams p7, p16) Stephen Wood • Auckland Harbour Bridge, p19 • 2 groups join CAN: Hawke’s This year the NIWA Lauder staff steams decided to try something Bay (p11) & Waiheke (p19) different and challenging — to take part in the Otago Central Rail • Simon pedals on, p11 Trail Duathalon without • Moving house by bike, p19 burning fossil fuel. • Cycles and texting, p6 Most of you will have heard • NZ’s first bike station, p16 of the Otago Central Rail • Technological innovation, p9 Trail which runs 150 km The govt has people on bikes from Clyde to Middle- • and helmets on heads, but march. The trail is close to still sees us as a kind of tree. NIWA’s small atmospheric pole or drain, p4 research site at Lauder. Since 2002, NIWA Lauder • Fleet bikes for Northland staff have competed in the DHB, p7 two-day Otago Central • Share the road p7, p4 rail trail duathlon. They’ve Making cycling irresistible, p8 become concerned, how- • ever, about the heavy use of their best. Once the final bikers for • Warm showers for touring vehicles to transport team members the day were underway, all of the re- cyclists, p19 between transitions. Was there an maining team members assembled at • What CAN can do for local alternative? the last transition — a place called Au- groups, p 15 ripo. This group included people who New brochures and cards for This year, the group decided to try • had already run and biked from the CAN and local groups, p12 something different and a bit more start at Clyde, and some who’d only challenging — to take part in the race ridden 12km and been at without burning fossil They decided to use Auripo for a few hours. Contents fuel. They wanted to be a genuine “zero-CO₂” tandems to get the Then there was 37 km 2 Editorial team. Each competi- runners to and from to ride to Ranfurly (the 3 Competing in an tor would cycle to the overnight stop). This was eco-friendly way start of their section their ‘legs’ the one section when a head 4 Government news of the race, compete in wind made things difficult for a 5 Go by Bike Day! their run or bike leg, and then cycle while. Some people weren’t think- 6 International snippets on. They decided to use tandems to ing nice things about the bright spark 7 New Zealand roundup who’d first suggested the zero-CO₂ get the runners to and from their legs. 8 Making cycling irresistible The group had enough people to form idea. The only consolation was that 9 Indicators for your bike two teams of four competitors each, he appeared to be suffering as much 9 Technology with an extra support person in each as anyone! Things quickly got better; team riding a tandem. Early on in the a stop at Oturehua helped with fluid 10 Simon pedals on planning it became clear that cycling continues p15 11 Cycle Aware Hawke’s Bay all the way home from Middlemarch off to a fine start would be a big challenge, and take 11 Marketplace an extra day or two, so the zero-CO₂ 12 CAN updates teams used a vehicle powered by 100% 13 Backpedalling bio-diesel to pick them up at the end. 15 Supporting local groups The first day was made slightly easier 16 Regional groups because team members lived rela- 17 Join CAN tively close to all of the transition 18 European Transport points. This was just as well as most Conference of the first day was very slightly uphill. 19 Auckland Harbour Bridge Everyone got to their starts in time, 19 2008 Dates and gave their competitive run or ride 19 On the web Chainlinks 1 2008 3 Furthermore, they do a national for cars, so there are no representa- Government news survey every year: the percentage of tives there for cyclists or pedestrians. cyclists using helmets ranging from Miriam Richardson “Road crashes are almost always 88% to 97% since 2000. You will be in- multi-factor events involving the terested to know that primary school Sustainable Transport driver, vehicle and/or the environ- children have a 1% better rate at wear- ment, including the road.
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