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Ask me about car-less days.
In this household we just call them "days". 🚲
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Not sure about reach for hyper-local stuff on here but here goes, for my Manukau - Manurewa adjacent peeps.
Are you:
🚲 Already regularly cycling around Manukau?
🌺 Keen to start using a bike to get around Manukau?
🌱 Part of a family living in the area who cycles or wants to bike together?We’d love to hear from you!
Each person or family who attends will receive a supermarket voucher as koha.If you live, work, study, or play in Manukau – this workshop is for you.
A range of session dates are available – find the one that suits you and sign up here: https://form.jotform.com/260547997495882
Spots are limited, so if you're keen, register early!#Auckland #Manukau #BikeTooter #Paihikara #AKLBikeLife #NoCarNoProblem
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In less important news, me and the Greenpeace crew are currently 2nd on our category in the #AotearoaBikeChallenge! 🚲 🥈
I need to recruit a few more cyclists to knock MOTAT out of the first spot.
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Did I just go for a completely unnecessary bike ride in the rain, for no reason other than adding points to the tally for the #AotearoaBikeChallenge?
Yes, I did. 🚲Did I get soaked?
Yes. 🌧️Was it worth it?
Absolutely. 😃Should you join?
Of course. And if you mention me as your "Encourager" I'll get even more points! 🤝Do I have a link for you to follow?
Why, glad you asked! yes I do! 🔗
https://www.lovetoride.net/auckland?ic=4a0fc660&locale=en-GB -
Are you all signed and hyped up for the #AotearoaBikeChallenge? 🚲
I am.
https://www.lovetoride.net/auckland?ic=4a0fc660&locale=en-GB
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Do not go to the shops.
I repeat, do not go to the shops if you can at all avoid it.
And if you really have to, don't go by car.
It's car park madness out there.I love my bike today more than ever. 🚲❤️
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I thought we were still in long sleeves season, but turns out it is already layers and gloves season. 🥶 🚲
Nevertheless, lots of awesome people commuting on their bikes across Tāmaki-Makaurau!!
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Way more excited than I should be about my workplace getting on the workride programme to help employees buy ebikes, bikes or scooters for cheaper.
Removing barriers for people who'd like to commute in greener transport methods!
I don't even need a new bike but I'm just keen on more people riding in to work.
We're going to need a bigger bike rack!
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Had not had something like this happen in a while.
Riding my bike back home, a car passes me and some angry dude yells something. Of course he's caught up in traffic a little bit further ahead so I approach and say "what's your problem?"
-you shouldn't be on the road!
"so where should I be?"
He insists (wrongly) I shouldn't be on the road, gets off the car approaches me and threatens to punch me.
I'm not afraid and I dare him to do it, see how it works out for him. Plenty of witnesses and cameras on my bike, plus a very embarrassed woman still in the car with him.
He returns to his car, sits there and sulks.
I take my phone out, snap a picture of his car, smile and wave goodbye.
He's still sitting in traffic, probably.Violently ignorant.
This is your brain on Cars. -
Traffic was out of control today on the way home, but guess who was back on their bike and just zoomed through it anyway?
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Christmas mobility tip (evergreen but more so in the silly season) :
If you absolutely have to go to the shops, leave your car behind. (and #MaskUp of course)
Bike is best, public transport too.Motorists are all out, searching for carparks and seemingly stressed out.
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Going with the playcentre kids to Motat (Museum of Transport and Technology) today.
Our trip starts and ends with bike+train multimodal transportation so it's extra Transporty.
Motat also has Locky Docks next to it. They're the best bike racks in the city. Free, secure and with charging available for ebikes.
While all the other parents stress out about parking and traffic we cruise right in and recharge our rides.
A better world is right here.
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Save the date, South Auckland Bike peeps!On Nov 2, Bike Auckland is facilitating a cool workshop about the awesome idea of a #BikeTrain as a tool to build community!
It is free to attend and it looks like it will be lots of fun!
#AKLBikeLife #pahikara #NoCarNoProblem #TamakiMakaurau #Auckland #Aotearoa
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Today in #CarryShitOlympics:
Both a fire station AND a train station on a bike.
🚲🚒🛤️Bonus: now the bike has a siren, which the small child finds endlessly amusing. It's a FireBike.
#quaxing #carryStuffOlympics #AKLBikeLife #NoCarNoProblem #pahikara #BikeTooter
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Bad traffic? In Auckland?
Oh I ride a bike, I wouldn't know. 🤗🚲
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Multimodal Sunday adventures with the whānau.
#AKLBikeLife #pahikara #NoCarNoProblem 🚲🚉 #BikeTooter #train #tereina(Yes we have trains on a Sunday! This is my excited face! 😃)
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We rode on my bike around town today.
Me, my partner and the little one, all in the same bike like an improvised goofy tandem clown bike.Loads of fun, passers by shared a laugh, a smile or a moment of surprise.
Bikes produce joyful moments, even with strangers, that cars can't ever dream of.
😁🚲Ride a bike, be happier.
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One of the mums at our playcentre arrived by bicycle for the first time.
Later in the day she told my partner that she was inspired by us always coming on our bikes. 😀
Changing minds, one trip at a time!
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Took the Little One on a grocery shop today.
We rode our bike past the loooooong queue of cars waiting to get inside the car park so they could start looking for a spot (it was mostly full as far as I could tell).
We ride a bicycle because we don't have time to waste driving in this city.
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#AKLBikeLife #paihikara #NoCarNoProblem
Edit: added artist's rendition.
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"Yeah, but what if it's raining and you also have to buy a week's worth of groceries for the whole family?"
#AKLBikeLife #paihikara #BikeTooter #NoCarNoProblem #quaxing #carryStuffOlympics
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Every time someone complains that "they built a cycleway and no one uses it"....
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CW: Bike life - shitpost
New Zealand's drinking culture hurts us all.*
*Got another flat tyre from broken glass bottles in the street.
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I spent $41 dollars on two sets of new brake pads for my bike. (Probably could have been even cheaper if I really shopped around)
Took about an hour to install them myself because I am a dummy and had to figure it out slowly. The bike shop guys were busy with other bikes.
But now I have new brakes and better confidence to do it next time!
DIY, cheap maintenance is yet another perk of bikes for transportation. 🚲😁
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Show me you've never really used a bike for transportation without telling me you've never used a bike for transportation.
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Please help us get safer and better cycling routes for kids to get to school in Manurewa! (submissions close on Oct 4)
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/making-the-case-for-protected-cycleways-in-manurewa/
#AKLBikeLife #BikeTooter #Auckland #TamakiMakaurau #Aotearoa #paihikara
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Happy International #carFreeDay2023!
I'm riding my bike to get around. 🚲
How are you moving today?🚲🏇🚌🚉🚂🛴🛹🛤️🚶
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Kiddo and I rode our bike past approximately 1.8 km of mostly still traffic.
Most of the sad metal boxes contained a lonely and bored driver, burning expensive dinosaur juice for nothing.
Others had kids pointing in awe at the chair on our bike where the Little One was having a blast and waving bye.
I rang our bell the whole way through so car brained motorists noticed our humble bike overtaking them all.
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Yay for #BikeTrain initiatives in Tāmaki-makau-rau!
So inspiring!Let's give kids the fun, freedom, and independence of moving about by bike! 🚲🚴🚴♂️🚴♀️
“You can spend a lot of money trying to change the behaviour of a 40-year-old, but kids already want to be active and outdoors,” Fordham explains, adding that, after all, “these kids are the ones we expect to live a carbon zero lifestyle in 2050.”
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/17-08-2023/getting-kids-on-their-bikes-and-off-to-school
#AKLBikeLife #paihikara #BikeTooter #NoCarNoProblem #goodNews
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Yet another day of commuting by bicycle under very rainy skies. 🚲🌧️
Downsides:
*Raincoat got wet. 🧥
*A bit cold. ❄️Upsides:
*No traffic. 🚥
*No stress. 😣
*No emissions. 🌏
*Predictable, consistent trip duration. ⏰
*Spent exactly $0 💵
*Got some exercise. 💪
*Lots of fun. 🎉
*Saw native birds and migrating ducks. 🦆
*Great excuse for a sweet treat. 🍪 -
-Did you ride your bike here? In the rain?
*Yup. I'm sweet but not made of sugar. 🚲☔
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Bike upgrade for Tāmaki-makau-rau's never ending rains.
The Child approves. 🚲☔
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Another awesome #podcast on how the Netherlands became the #cycling paradise we know today.
It was a choice. And every city can do it as well.
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I ride a #bicycle because I don't have time to sit in traffic. And I like to reliably predict the duration of my trips.
(also riding past a long queue of unmoving traffic is a guilty pleasure)
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And in unrelated news, I've unlocked a new level of #quaxing today by carrying a folded bike on another bike.
I like to call it #Bikeception#AKLBikeLife #paihikara #BikeTooter #NoCarNoProblem #dadJokes
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Here's a simple tool to avoid traffic on March Madness and beyond, while saving money on petrol forever:
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Did the #CensusNZ thing!
Extremely exciting stuff! /sHighlight:
Got to represent the #AKLBikeLife #paihikara community!🚲
(Give us all the #bikeLanes!)
#census2023
#BikeTooter #BikeCommuting