Just did me first ride on my recovered free bike i picked up last year and spent january getting ready. On the way home after biking 7km I changed gear and somehow wrapped the rear derailleur aroun... read more

Hi all, I was told of this event by a friend at work and so far I am loving it. I had been thinking of riding the old bike again for some time but was put of by the traffic on the narrow county roa... read more

Robyn Emery Well done old fart :)

Well done old fart :)

Sue Bidrose Hi Ken - I rode from Burnside out to Lincoln and back this morning - that stretch from the huge Springs Rd roundabout out t... read more

Hi Ken - I rode from Burnside out to Lincoln and back this morning - that stretch from the huge Springs Rd roundabout out to Lincoln, with nearly all good safe separated cycleways, was my favourite. I wonder if you were one of the old farts that this old fart smiled or waved at!

Ken Paterson Not me today Sue Bidrose. Did a big ride by my standards yesterday "43 kms" then got carried away and walk/ ran the Harry E... read more

Not me today Sue Bidrose. Did a big ride by my standards yesterday "43 kms" then got carried away and walk/ ran the Harry Ell track. A bit too sore for the bike today. Maybe tomorrow lol

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Kia Ora whānau,
This is my e-trike, Trinity. She's the reason why I am loving the Bike Challenge this year. She makes riding up (and down) the hills a real breeze. Prior to having her in my lif... read more

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Sigi Wiese Whatever it takes to get us out into the fresh air!

Whatever it takes to get us out into the fresh air!

Ben Mansfield What a cool story!

What a cool story!

Ola Shahin So excited to check your electric trike out!

So excited to check your electric trike out!

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http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/environment/20210202/up-for-the-challenge-5/

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Good effort Palmerston North City Council Infrastructure staff - 20 of us on a 10km lunchtime ride to the eel feeding platform on the first day of the 2021 Aotearoa Bike Challenge.

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I joined Landcare Trust late last year and have been inspired by my awesome colleagues all over the country to sign up our organisation to participate in the Aotearoa Bike Challenge. Most of us wor... read more

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I'm really looking forward to the 2021 starting 19th Feb. We transport our kayaks by bike from Christchurch to Arthurs Pass using tandem bikes, then onto the West Coast and back doing the Minga De... read more

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This time of year creates its own set of special of riding conditions. However, it also gives one a new perspective on the world. Riding the snow covered trail provides a peaceful environment to ... read more

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Stephen Schnitker Wow!

Wow!

If you're in Dunedin and looking for motivation to get on your bike during the Aotearoa Bike Challenge, Spokes Dunedin is hosting it's 7th annual Bike Breakfast for anyone who turns up on a bike!read more

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At the beginning of 2020 I set myself a modest challenge of riding 100 miles a month thinking I should be able to manage that. At the beginning of Lockdown 1, I had a really scary blood pressure ... read more

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Jon Kirton I did the 100 mile sportif on May 22nd. Wow what a feeling when I went past the 100 miles on my cycle computer. Final mil... read more

I did the 100 mile sportif on May 22nd. Wow what a feeling when I went past the 100 miles on my cycle computer. Final mileage came up at 108 on Ride with GPS and my cycle computer. It was wen and windy at times but loved every minute of it. Must do another one and/or find another challenge!

I don't remember learning to ride a bike, but it was my father who taught me, and later my children, holding onto the back of the saddle and running along beside the moving bike until he judged tha... read more

Every year I go out to camp at Port Waikato for a week in January.
We went car free in 2019, so when the PW trip came around we looked at riding - train to Pukekohe and then ride from there via... read more

I’ve always loved riding a bike and came some croppers as a teen often after ‘borrowing’ my older brothers bike. But it never stopped me loving it. I bought an E bike this year and after years o... read more

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I have always been interested in riding a bike. Growing up (in Malaysia), or family could hardly afford a bike and I always watched with envy our neighbours having their bikes. It was until years l... read more

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Lisa Wilde Huzzah! Ebikes are the best :)

Huzzah! Ebikes are the best :)

Jayne Nock I love my e-bike. I would never be able to travel in and out the Valley, where I live, if it wasn’t for my e-bike and even... read more

I love my e-bike. I would never be able to travel in and out the Valley, where I live, if it wasn’t for my e-bike and even that was hard at first but such an achievement when I finally mastered it. I now bike to work 3 times a week and use the electric part of the bike as little as I can and it’s comforting to know it’s there if I need it.

I was getting tired of the parking lot otherwise known as the northwestern motorway - and because my working day is “bookended” by school dropoff and collection times I couldn’t change my hours to ... read more

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Sally Marett Awesome go you!

Awesome go you!

My romance with my bicycle started when I was just 4 Years old and increased ever since. I just love my bike, love being outdoors, love nature, love to be fit and healthy, love to save petrol and ... read more

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Sally Marett Yes the perspective is so rewarding I agree

Yes the perspective is so rewarding I agree

I was inspired to start riding in September of 2019 from a simple post of a friend and his bike. Bringing it back a few years I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in June of 2016. Things that we... read more

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Jerry James Wow, thanks for sharing your moving story. I was diagnosed with Parkinsons four years ago. I too have trouble walking and c... read more

Wow, thanks for sharing your moving story. I was diagnosed with Parkinsons four years ago. I too have trouble walking and coordination at times. Those limitations along with the pandemic have ended my lifelong basketball career. Though I can still ride a bike I bought an Ice Adventure recumbent trike with an electric assist motor. I can't stay off it I ride without the motor or with it on the lowest setting as much as possible. This is a beautiful, expensive machine, one can obtain an recumbent trike for a lot less. If your balance challenges advance, as mine may, you might consider a trike. As well as the workout I love exploring and riding through nature. There's an beautiful, 25 mile long Greenbelt in Boise and lots of trails too. Good luck!

Noemi Arroyo Amazing! Congratulations on your progress.

Amazing! Congratulations on your progress.

25 kilometer woon-werk fietsafstand vond ik altijd ‘te ver’. Ik ging altijd met de trein tot in juni 2020 de mondkapjesplicht in het OV werd ingevoerd. De mondkapjesplicht, op zich al vervelend, w... read more

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I heard from a friend this morning about - and have just signed up to - another Suffolk County Council cycling challenge - the St Elizabeth Hospice Winter Cycling Mission - to cycle the equivalent ... read more

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It's possible... it just takes longer, but you get the added benefit of a ride to take the edge off of having to drive there.
I ride to the park and ride, get on a bus (6' apart with a ma... read more

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Thank you! San Diego County Bicycle Coalition/Love to Ride for my new New Belgium Brewing Bicycle. I appreciate everything you do to advocate for better bike infrastructure, educating riders and c... read more

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Steph Schupbach I'd like to add a thanks to New Belgium and how much they help the biking community here in Fort Collins!

I'd like to add a thanks to New Belgium and how much they help the biking community here in Fort Collins!

Omdat ik vorig jaar dichter bij huis ging werken, kon ik nu lekker vaak op de fiets naar het werk. Via het fietsplan kon ik met wat voordeel een fiets aanschaffen. Ik had een prima en gave fiets (i... read more

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Fietscoach Mirjam A Wat een bijzondere fiets! Daar krijg je vast veel complimenten over. Ik denk dat hier op de community best veel collega's z... read more

Wat een bijzondere fiets! Daar krijg je vast veel complimenten over. Ik denk dat hier op de community best veel collega's zijn die je begrijpen! :-) Dank voor het delen van je verhaal!

Fabulous sunny morning and a Sunday Social Christmas ride with my club Ilkeston Cycling Club....voted Cycling Weekly's Club of the year 2020. Great company. 3 separate groups of 6 heading off at ... read more

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Ik zou graag foto's willen delen maar dat zijn dan allemaal donkere foto's. Ik vertrek om 06.30 en ga rond 17:00 uur weer naar huis.
Beide december ritten dus in het donker. En dus oppassen ti... read more

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Fietscoach Mirjam A Wat een Bikkel dat al je ritten nu in het donker zijn. Dankjewel voor het delen van je verhaal!

Wat een Bikkel dat al je ritten nu in het donker zijn. Dankjewel voor het delen van je verhaal!

Om op locatie te werken heb ik op een dag 2 uur extra reistijd, omdat ik een deel van de rit wil fietsen: 12 km naar station Nijmegen, waarvan het grootste deel door het bos. In deze tijd is dat i... read more

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/435893/major-walking-and-cycling-link-between-wellington-and-lower-hutt-gets-go-ahead

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I found coming back to work in 2021 really hard. So, at the end of week two I decided it was all too much - I took a few days off to go and see my daughter in Nelson. I bought a ferry ticket for th... read more

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2020 was the year I discovered cancer in my body and the treatments commenced. Six months of aggressive treatments before returning to full time work in November. Then I needed a challenge to get m... read more

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We took advantage of the beautiful weather over summer and biked the twin coast cycle trail after Christmas. It is beautifully scenic, I particularly love the ride from Kawakawa to Opua. I love exp... read more

My first ride for the AB Challenge was to use my bike to ride out to four field sites that a part of my automatic bat monitoring (ABM) project around Thames. I've placed them at three sites around ... read more

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Joshua Bathgate Love the Coromandel Great stuff mate! How are the Kauri Trees

Love the Coromandel Great stuff mate! How are the Kauri Trees

Hubby and I, loving our E-biking adventures, first time on the pink path, was a tad shorter than we imagined, and cycled for ages trying to find it? Happy times!

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The second person I lent my ebike out to for the commute from Massey to the city has also bought an ebike. Two fewer cars on the road; two happier people.

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I got 765.6 KM in this month just shy of 800. I also picked up a new CX bike to round out my stable of bikes. I have really enjoyed riding this month cold and rain be dammed, good gear will get y... read more

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I'm a local tennis coach so wanted to do a tennis related bike ride challenge to keep my fitness up during this lockdown. I set myself a 665 mile challenge (665 relates to the longest ever tennis m... read more

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In November we went for a short break to Stewart Island. On the last day we had a few hours to fill in and hired a couple of e-bikes. We had not ridden them before, and in fact it had been some con... read more

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Lockdown 1 led me to evaluate my exercise regime and what I could do to get fitter "just in case".

September I came across Love to ride. I started goal setting and giving and receiving hig... read more

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Claire Sharpe Wow, what an awesome story! Thanks for sharing.

Wow, what an awesome story! Thanks for sharing.

In augustus 2020 een mooie fietsvakantie gehad, door in 8 dagen de Benelux te doorkruisen met overnachtingen in hotels, op een camping en een B&B. Met een drager aan de zadelpen van de racefiet... read more

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Fietscoach Mirjam A Dat klinkt als een heel fijn fietesavontuur!

Dat klinkt als een heel fijn fietesavontuur!

I am now over 60 years of age and still commute to work most days and ride at weekends for the fitness, health benefits and to help out the environment. I have brought an E bike with a motor to ass... read more

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Chuck Ng Hmmm never really thought that owning an e-bike is classed as cheating, despite some people telling me so. I too own an e-... read more

Hmmm never really thought that owning an e-bike is classed as cheating, despite some people telling me so. I too own an e-bike, and pretty much like you I think the e-bike has changed the way I ride - it certainly has encouraged me a to head out on it a lot more. And I, too, will be taking part in the challenge, riding on my e-bike... Good luck!

Growing up, I was lost confidence in cycling. In the few times I dared to get on a bicycle I was nearly hit by cars and was car-doored in undergrad in Ōtepoti Dunedin. It was terrifying for me, and... read more

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Rob Cant Wonderful Story Anna. Inspiring words and a heap of wisdom. Thanks for Sharing.

Wonderful Story Anna. Inspiring words and a heap of wisdom. Thanks for Sharing.

Sally Marett Thanks Anna great story - its nice to hear its not just me that is intimated by the the traffic and lack of awareness of ot... read more

Thanks Anna great story - its nice to hear its not just me that is intimated by the the traffic and lack of awareness of other people to what is or is not helpful to scary to cyclists. More bikers the better I could not agree more.

John Fridd Great post, Anna. Fortunately, Dunedin now boasts some great bike paths, including the one around Otago Harbour, which have... read more

Great post, Anna. Fortunately, Dunedin now boasts some great bike paths, including the one around Otago Harbour, which have inspired many more folk to jump on a bike.

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A friend was getting frustrated with his car commute from Massey to the City and the $12 per day parking costs. He was quizzing me on ebikes, so I lent him mine to see if it was a goer for him befo... read more

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Mother Teresa of Calcutta once said, “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” How many chances do we have to give this gift or even more... read more

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I have to be honest I prefer bikes to cars and love looking at other peoples bikes.
My grandparents owned a bike shop which was famous in the Eastleigh UK area. The shop had a very distinct sme... read more

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Rob Cant No doubt they would be proud. I know the smell you mention too and the type of bike shop. I hope they had brown overcoats... read more

No doubt they would be proud. I know the smell you mention too and the type of bike shop. I hope they had brown overcoats ;-)

I feel like drivers are more distracted this past week than usual. I’ve had many more near misses the last few days and was even hit (while I was stopped at a stop sign). Whatever the case or the c... read more

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We set out from home nine and early and arrived in Roxburgh where our friend lives who offered to help us with transport. Got to the Roxburgh Dam and loaded up my bike with all the food, drink, ... read more

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Megan Page You did it, you prepapred well and you had by all accounts a great ride. Keep peddaling, pack togs and if you are worried a... read more

You did it, you prepapred well and you had by all accounts a great ride. Keep peddaling, pack togs and if you are worried about possible health hiccups along the way a plb is a good thing to have in your kit.

Since signing up on Love To Ride I have now logged my 1000th ride.
I’m a keen cyclist / commuter ( though the commute has been curtailed due to working from home )so I have been trying to get o... read more

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Gavin Mc Carthy I’ve been logging rides since September 2017

I’ve been logging rides since September 2017

Thanks so much for the lovely early Christmas present. Was even raining for my first ride in the new proviz jacket. Fabulous.

A keen sportsman in younger days, I was 50 yrs when I decided to get back to a fitter, healthier, Happier lifestyle. I joined a gym, tramped, and cycled. At 65 yrs I studied to the certificate leve... read more

Many people go to Deadwood, SD for the night life. I go there to ride the trail. The trail wanders through the Black Hills for 83miles. There are many quaint old whistle stops, old railroad bridge... read more

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Om op locatie te werken heb ik op een dag 2 uur extra reistijd, omdat ik een deel van de rit wil fietsen: 12 km naar station Nijmegen, waarvan het grootste deel door het bos. In deze tijd is dat i... read more

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Fietscoach Mirjam A Wat gaaf dat je een das ontmoet onderweg naar je werk! Mooi verhaal zeg. Dankjewel hiervoor!

Wat gaaf dat je een das ontmoet onderweg naar je werk! Mooi verhaal zeg. Dankjewel hiervoor!

David Borges I've been to Nijmegen in June 2019. I loved it there! but I did not ride a bike!

I've been to Nijmegen in June 2019. I loved it there! but I did not ride a bike!

Harold D Das mooi :-)

Das mooi :-)

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Enjoyed a very windy hilly ride for my lunch break

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