Cycling in Wellington and Thorndon
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Over 350 people on bikes say “Get on With It” to WCC
- Cycling in Wellington
- The rally shows how WCC should “lifi it’s act” [Photo: Patrick Morgan] Ron Beernink, Cycle Aware Wellington Committee member, reports: Over 350 hands went up when people at the Get On With It rally were asked, “who has had a near miss?” That same morning another cyclist had an collision on Thorndon Quay.
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Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Commuting by bicycle in Wellington
- Cycling in Wellington
- In the past few years the number of people I see on bikes riding from Newtown to town in the morning has literally quadrupled. Unfortunately, many of the people I see stopped at the lights are on seriously terrible bikes. I’m see rusty, too-big or too-small mountain bikes with brakes that barely work and people look unconfident and uncomfortable on their bikes. Riding the wrong bike can actually make cycling seriously not fun. Recently several of my colleagues have gotten bicycles with the intention of cycling to work. I have noticed that they too seem to have missed some items that to me are essential for bike commuting. Namely:
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- waterfront
- hutt-valley
- kilbirnie
- porirua
- hataitai
- karori
- newtown
- cuba-street
- miramar
- khandallah
- titahi-bay
- ngaio
- oriental-bay
- seatoun
- worser-bay
- mount-victoria
- wilton
- mount-cook
- paraparaumu
- roseneath
- wadestown
- paremata
- makara
- island-bay
- berhampore
- stokes-valley
- johnsonville
- eastbourne
- brooklyn
- begonia-house
- wairarapa
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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