I had a great day out in Cambridge and the mighty Waikato as a participant of the NZ cycling festival on Saturday (13th Feb 2021), that also hosted a number of national championship races and $50k ... read more

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

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'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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Well it certainly been a challenging month. Back on furlough!
Dodging puddles, trying to stay upright on the ice, fixing punctures following the multitude of hedge cutters out this month.
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Yes! It is getting darker so to carry on cycling through the winter I replaced my old lights with new light weight rechargeable LED ones. I loved them
~#lightthenight

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My cycle commute is 12 miles each way on bridleways and country lanes and I leave home at 05:30, which means a dark cycle at this time of year and definitely a case of Light the Night! I have over ... read more

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first_418462 last_418462 #lightthenight

#lightthenight

first_508159 last_508159 👍 I enjoy lights out riding ,it's great to catch the wildlife in action! Plush with moonlight , its easier on the eyes!

👍 I enjoy lights out riding ,it's great to catch the wildlife in action! Plush with moonlight , its easier on the eyes!

A group of ICU/PCU nurses decided to meet up for a bike ride to help me get in 13 miles for the Bike Challenge!
Thanks Heart of Saxony!
Jill

I loved cycle September, it gave me my cycling mojo back and now I’m hooked! I’m fitter, happier and I’m learning new skills. I fitted a new set up mudguards on my bike today (something I’d have pr... read more

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With just one last opportunity to get in a few miles I took the chance of working from home this afternoon so that I could also get in one last ride for the arts company I work for, Salford-based W... read more

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September is by far my favourite month of the year to cycle, you really get to experience the seasons change and I'm often treated to the best sunrises and sunsets when commuting during this month ... read more

first_372333 last_372333 Thank you for sharing your Cycle September story Joss. That's amazing that you saw an otter!

Thank you for sharing your Cycle September story Joss. That's amazing that you saw an otter!

Milton Keynes is a fabulous place for biking with a lot more to experience than you can ever imagine.

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Theres a gang of 30 of from Sheffield and around taking part in #cycle4sepsis in memory and love for my partner Dan who died in 2018. We range from age 6 to seventy something and are cycling outsi... read more

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On Cycling UK's 'World's Biggest Bike Ride' day 2020 I set out to meet a longish-standing personal challenge.

A few years ago when approaching retirement, I determined to use my bike more ... read more

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Cycle September has encouraged me to get out on my bike and to explore further afield to clock up the miles.
Sunday decided to cycle Fir the first time the section of The Dramway from the Brist... read more

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Hi! I am very proud of myself and my friends for completing the BIKE SHARING CHALLENGE!! If you ride the B-Cycle and dock at all 46 stations, you get a free shirt and get your name on their website... read more

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Great weather to #ExploreByBike, first ride down the southern coast, and #ExploreByBike beautiful towns and villages.

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Without much I thought I agreed to do a bike ride that would be different and a challenge. My birthday was just a few weeks away and it would be the beginning of a new decade for me 😟
The ride... read more

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first_380994 last_380994 A brilliant thing to do, well done

A brilliant thing to do, well done

first_373984 last_373984 Thanks Adrian 👍

Thanks Adrian 👍

It was warm last night even at 8pm. Fab ride out to Wythall and Alvechurch via Weatheroak Hill.

Originally the plans were to cycling from home in South Birmingham to Llanberis in Snowdonia... read more

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We saved today as the last day of National Bike Month to tour about on our tandem. With insta360X camera, my copilot and I headed out in a headwind, rode a close golf course on the cart paths, had ... read more

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I try and commute on my bike at least once a week, not only for the environmental #NoCarbon impact, but also for how it helps my mental and physical well-being. That honestly hasn’t been truer this... read more

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Leading the pack at Waiheke (photo)

A group of us went to Waiheke, hired ebikes and had the time of our lives. It was an awesome way to get around and we clocked around 30km. We stopped w... read more

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Started driving my daughter to school from Brookfield to Bethlehem on Friday. Traveled a short distance before witnessing a heavy traffic on Millers Road as far as the eye could see. Knowing that S... read more

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first_525391 last_525391 Now you have a decent amount of room to ride up the side we don’t get that in Wellington unfortunately

Now you have a decent amount of room to ride up the side we don’t get that in Wellington unfortunately

first_200133 last_200133 Good - call. That's the story from Welcome Bay to city every day - makes the bike choice that bit easier

Good - call. That's the story from Welcome Bay to city every day - makes the bike choice that bit easier

first_649181 last_649181 It us so satisfying zipping past the cars on the causeway as I come in from Ohauiti!

It us so satisfying zipping past the cars on the causeway as I come in from Ohauiti!

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Biked to work with my newly acquired saddle bags which I won Week 1 through #MoveitMonday.

The saddle bags match my bike really well, so feeling well chuffed!
I had to adjust the bags ... read more

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first_121429 last_121429 That's awesome, Simone! Those saddle bags look brilliant :)

That's awesome, Simone! Those saddle bags look brilliant :)

first_121434 last_121434 Well done Simone :-)

Well done Simone :-)

I'm setting off on this event, on 19 February, 3000km, Cape Reinga to Bluff. Self-supported. Hope to complete in 30 days. It's a personal challenge, as I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 8 ... read more

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first_364484 last_364484 Good luck Mike, safe travels

Good luck Mike, safe travels

first_284938 last_284938 All the best, Mike. I enjoyed our night ride around Hamilton a while back. Cheers, David

All the best, Mike. I enjoyed our night ride around Hamilton a while back. Cheers, David

first_458873 last_458873 Good for you, it is going to be a great adventure and you will make a difference in other's lives. I am in the wave that l... read more

Good for you, it is going to be a great adventure and you will make a difference in other's lives. I am in the wave that leaves on the 20th and have just finished my final pack. I had a stroke in 2018 and it was a bit of a knock - training for this event has taught me perseverance, one straight at a time...you get to the destination in the end, so will you.

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After treatment for breast cancer I wanted a challenge, so I signed up for ride the night. But hubby pointed out that I didn’t really ride a bike without hitting things or falling off. So I joined ... read more

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first_580767 last_580767 Well done. I am currently riding 1000 miles fundraising for a cancer organisation see 100daychallenge.me for my blog

Well done. I am currently riding 1000 miles fundraising for a cancer organisation see 100daychallenge.me for my blog

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

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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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Well it certainly been a challenging month. Back on furlough!
Dodging puddles, trying to stay upright on the ice, fixing punctures following the multitude of hedge cutters out this month.
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These two, feeling grown up riding in the dark. The rear bike light is a bit low so clip running lights on their jackets hoods

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Having tipped past 47 years old this time I was keen to make more of an effort to get back into cycling. I joined cycling September challenge, which not entirely successful due to illness did see m... read more

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Just a quick one - I rode my bike so much that my actual car battery has gone flat.

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on the 5 th September (after commuting 16 miles a day back and fore to work on my E-bike for the last two years), my son in law and I on our new road bikes decided to take the 100 mile in a day cha... read more

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A journey that was originally planned for May 2020 was delayed until September, but it was worth the wait. Some autumn sunshine most days of the week long journey starting in Inverness, just myself... read more

Cycle September challenge gave me an extra incentive to ride, especially when doing my work's site visits.

I've noticed lots more people on bikes and I hope this continues into the darker... read more

first_372333 last_372333 Thank you for sharing your Cycle September story Patrick and for sharing your positivity too :)

Thank you for sharing your Cycle September story Patrick and for sharing your positivity too :)

Having been diagnosed type 1 diabetic a number of years and having suffered the ups and downs of the disease, I wanted to give back to the charity that is helping support people like me affected by... read more

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I decided it was time to change vague dreaming to reality and set off on a Lands End to John o Groats bike ride.
Fourteen days and 983 miles later I arrived at JoG after a spectacular trip thr... read more

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first_262790 last_262790 Needs some pics Kevin!!!

Needs some pics Kevin!!!

first_480541 last_480541 I’ve put some on the site somewhere.

I’ve put some on the site somewhere.

Funny that on car free day as I cycled to work...the roads haven't been this busy in the last 6 months! Tail backs of cars the whole journey...think I was the fastest thing moving!

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I was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphatic Leukaemia (CLL) in March 2018, since then I have watched my blood results and seen my white cell count steadily increase. I’ve had pneumonia 4 times Every tim... read more

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The 3rd day of the bike challenge and I had a few badges but wanted more. Looking at the options I saw the ride to the shops one and thought yes I could go get something for lunch from the local sh... read more

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first_262790 last_262790 thats ace....wish i got vouchers for beer?! good motivation to get on bike....well done!!!

thats ace....wish i got vouchers for beer?! good motivation to get on bike....well done!!!

first_500700 last_500700 great use of your lunch hour, a win win all round

great use of your lunch hour, a win win all round

We have been to Martin House Brewery numerous times, but never by bike. Today we rode out there on our bikes. On the way back, we decided to take a small trail that runs up the back side of the TCC... read more

The dark and stormy skies of Dunwich.

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first_447720 last_447720 That's a great photo!

That's a great photo!

Rode out to St. Michael's Church and along the public footpath. Good to be out in the fresh air and no one else around.

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UK Bike Week. Day 1 Hill Climbing. Today I did Kepwick Bank and Murton Bank linking them with some muddy off road tracks on my Genesis gravel bike. 3000ft. 30 miles. Wind. Rain. Sunshine. Magnifice... read more

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Today was a great day for a ride around the terrace where I live. I got air in my tires to make sure they were pumped for this ride. Got my safety vest and I was off. Originally I was just going to... read more

I'm using my time off work due to all this madness to ride my turbo trainer using real footage or routes from around the world on rouvy to raise money for mind, mental health charity. As I sure wit... read more

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A colleague invited me to join the challenge early in the month. I thought about it and did nothing. On the night of the 17th someone broken into my car, with the intention of stealing it. The d... read more

Loved the changing lights on the Pink Path this morning! Happy Pride! The lights went really well with the multi coloured Sky Tower - too bad it wasn't still dark by the time I reached the pink pat... read more

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Have to shout out to one of the Bike Challenge supporters; TriEye, the riding glasses with a rear-vision mirror.

After a recent experience with a large vehicle that was wider than the driv... read more

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first_284938 last_284938 Hi Mark, Thanks for your story. I have already pointed these TriEye glasses out to my sister, who wanted to have a mirror f... read more

Hi Mark, Thanks for your story. I have already pointed these TriEye glasses out to my sister, who wanted to have a mirror for her cycle commuting... but was dreading the aesthetic look of adding a mirror to her road bike (or getting a couple of mirrors for both her road bikes, in fact) or those antennae-looking mirrors on her helmet. This seems to fit the bill exactly. I'll pass on your glowing testimonial!! Thanks, David

first_362005 last_362005 I'm glad the info's been useful David. You'll want a pair for yourself once you try them. Cheers, Mark

I'm glad the info's been useful David. You'll want a pair for yourself once you try them. Cheers, Mark

The kids and I love to ride on the weekends and we have used this challenge to really ramp that up. This weekend they chose to bike to a very far away park so they could log a big distance and we s... read more