Getting a bike

If you haven’t already got a bike, your local bike shop is the best place to start. Check out advice on choosing a bike, and what different bikes mean. Online auctions like TradeMe and sella, as well as the Police auctions, will get you going too. The police auctions are held every second Thursday at 12 noon, at Turners Auctions. All the bikes can be viewed the day before the auction.

Getting the rules right

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• Information for cyclists quick guide (also from NZ Transport Agency)

Start safe

• How not to get hit by cars - an excellent guide to riding in city traffic (Australian site).
• The Bicycle Tutor - Step-by-step tutorials and video guides on how to perform basic bike repairs and maintenance.

Save even more time

Map your own route through Hagley or other parks where your car can’t go.

Find shops at your door by searching for things like “organic groceries” in your suburb. Get directions, walking/driving time and distance, and limit shops to being within a specified distance.

Get a Bike Trailer

• Buy a bike trailer, or better yet, make one yourself! There is some great information on the website cycletrailers.co.nz.
• If you're not too sure about bike trailers you can hire one for a short time for free by contacting steve@cycletrailers.co.nz.

Get connected

• Spokes Canterbury: a local cycling advocacy group dedicated to include cycling as an everyday form of transport in local and regional planning.
• Bikewise NZ for cycling tips from choosing a bike, through cycling in city traffic, to equipment, maintenance, and more.
• Cycling Advocacy: database of resources and information about cycling

Get informed

• Motivate yourself– read the essay from a once-was driver
• Check out the reality behind biking myths
• Check out CAN's Facts and Figures about cycling in New Zealand

Do more

• Join the cycling related club UC Bike
• Join the UC Sustainability Community