by Vaughan Hunt | Mar 25, 2013 | Fun Stuff
From “The Conversation” – 
You’ve probably seen it happen. You’re driving your car and you come to a stop at the traffic lights. You’re mindful of traffic infringement fines and public safety, then someone on a bike rides past you, unconcerned, straight through the red lights.
Riding through red lights is arguably the most hated cyclist behaviour – but why does it happen? Are cyclists just recalcitrant law breakers? Is the answer to fine every cyclist who rides through every red light? Or is there a bigger picture?
We conducted a national survey – the results of which were published in Accident Analysis and Prevention earlier this year – in which 2,061 cyclists were asked the following question:
When you are riding do you stop at red lights?
The majority (63%) said yes, while over a third (37%) said they had ridden through a red light at some time when they were riding.
What follows are the main reasons given by those who had ridden through a red light.
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by Vaughan Hunt | Mar 21, 2013 | Archive(News)
Friday 15 March saw my second trip up to Taupo to get in two laps of the lake with Colin. At the beginning of the month I had been up and ridden laps 26 and 27 and marvelled at the way Colin kept going day after day.
Now two weeks on I was there to ride laps 41 and 42. He was still knocking off the laps but with his left knee causing considerable pain after about the hundred kilo mark he was slightly slower, but not by much.(It was great to hear that after the lap on the following Monday the knee was improving.)
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by Vaughan Hunt | Mar 14, 2013 | Recreational Ride Routes
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BM26E – Bainesse, Hoihere, Lockwood
Distance: 52km
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Lockwood, Hoihere, Bainesse
Fitzroy, Ruahine, Te Awe Awe, Park Rd, Gillespies, Aranui , rongotea Rd , Lockwood , Hoheri Road , Main Drain to SH56 and back to town
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by Vaughan Hunt | Mar 12, 2013 | Archive(News)
From the Manawatu Standard:
Even as the heat beats down day after day on his 65-year-old back, Colin Anderson is halfway to his goal of riding 65 laps around Lake Taupo.
The Palmerston North postie has ridden 33 laps in his latest campaign and was miffed he could not make it 34.
He had planned to do a triple-lap, but after doing a double back-to-back in about 18 hours and having had little sleep, he flagged it. Instead, he boarded a bus and rode in leisure back to Palmerston North for the weekend. Read more
From Radio Live – Hamish McKay:
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by Vaughan Hunt | Mar 12, 2013 | Photo Gallery
Photos thanks to Jan Arbuckle
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