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  • Our Own Odysseys - The Irish Injury

    15 Jul 2014

    While exploring the city of Dublin on bike, Judith Doyle's pedal-powered transport unexpectedly got the best of her. Audio

  • Our Own Odysseys : Tirana to Prague

    22 Apr 2014

    Last year Tony Simmons travelled 4700kms by bicycle from Tirana to the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, Prague. Audio

  • Epic cycling trip

    22 Apr 2014

    Ken Guest and Rob Waterhouse are childhood friends who both share a love of cycling. Seven years ago they planned a cycle trip to New Zealand with the aim of biking from Bluff to the Cape. The years… Audio

  • The long-distance cyclist - Jeremy Scott

    27 Mar 2014

    From London to Nelson and everywhere in between, an Auckland man is nearing the end of a three-year odyssey around the world and he's done it all on two wheels. Jeremy Scott worked as a draftsman in… Audio

  • Tune Your Engine - Diana Tansey aka Indiana June

    24 Sep 2013

    New Zealand adventurer Indiana June has finished her cycling trip round the world and now is fundraising for a startup venture. She's asking her online followers to decide what adventures she… Audio

  • Cycling through 30 countries

    8 Aug 2013

    Ben King from Mapua has cycled his way through 30 countries, covering 30,000 kilometres in places like Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Morocco and Iraq. But it's not about the bike. Ben is an accomplished… Audio

  • Our Own Odysseys - West India By Bike

    16 Apr 2013

    There was a bit of bike maintenance to keep on top of for Julie Jay and her friend Linda when they decided to cycle through three states of West India. Audio

  • Reuben Ferguson : cycling the world

    22 Sep 2012

    Water resources scientist who took a year to cycle from London to Whanganui, across Europe, Asia and Australia. Audio

  • Our Own Odysseys: Cycling in Syria

    19 Jun 2012

    John Tait recalls his trip cycling solo through Syria from Jordan in 2008, the difference between the two nations, and how things must have changed with recent political strife. Audio

  • Gideon Irving

    28 Jan 2012

    New Yorker Gideon Irving is travelling the length of New Zealand on a bicycle, towing a trailer of musical instruments: banjo, loop pedal, bouzouki, jews harps, and mbira... he pedals in to play some… Audio

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  • Alastair Humphreys

    6 Jan 2012

    Adventurer Alastair Humphreys has travelled around the world by bike, spent this year doing 'micro-adventures' and has been nominated for the 2012 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. Audio

  • Indiana June

    1 Dec 2011

    Diana June isn't just taking the road less travelled on her OE. She takes the roads everyone tells her to take. Diana, otherwise known as Indiana June, lets people decide where she goes and what she… Audio

  • Our Own Odysseys: Central Asia & Iran - Part 2

    22 Nov 2011

    Hawkes Bay lass Pip Hawkes reminisces on the adventures, the meals, and the people she met travelling through Iran and the "-stans" of central Asia. With an Aussie friend in tow for part of her… Audio

  • Our Own Odysseys: Central Asia & Iran - Part 1

    15 Nov 2011

    Hawkes Bay woman Pip Hawkes reminicses on her adventures travelling through Central Asia and then Iran with an Aussie friend, travelling a massive 4000 kilometeres by bike. Audio

  • Ultimate OE - Kylie Phaup-Stephens

    13 Dec 2010

    Kylie Phaup-Stephens is finally back in New Zealand after the ultimate OE. She clocked up 50-thousand kilometers in 22 countries in 20 months on a cheap mountain bike. On a budget of just under 8… Audio

  • Electric bike world tour

    19 Feb 2010

    Guim Valls, Spanish adventurer. Will this spanish eco-adventurer be the first person to circumnavigate the world by electric bike? Audio

  • Tour de France

    31 Jul 2009

    For Napier lawyer and part-time cyclist Jonathan Krebs, the next best thing to competing in this year's Tour de France was cycling the course as a spectator. Audio

  • Andrew Dalziel: Cycling To Shanghai

    27 Sep 2008

    Photographer and sound engineer who has been cycling through Japan and China. Audio

  • Nick Atkinson: cycling in Norway

    28 Jun 2008

    Adventurer, sailor and member of Supergroove, who is cycling north of the Arctic circle. Audio

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This Way Up host Simon Morton by the big bicycle sculpture in Taupo.

Photo galleries

  • Bikes in Schools
  • Cycling People & Places
  • Todd Niall on the Otago Rail Trail
  • Off The Beaten Track: Motu Cycle Trails
  • Nights guest Alex Revell competing in a Cyclocross event in Belgium
  • Bicycles in New Zealand's History

Links

  • Pedal Ready - cycle skills for everyone
  • Bikes in Schools
  • Cycle Advocates Network
  • Bike Wise
  • NZ Transport Agency: Bikes
  • The New Zealand Cycle Trail
  • Otago Central Rail Trail
  • Cycling Trails
  • Bike NZ
  • Bicycles on Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
  • Bikes vs Cars documentary
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