The scary part is that Christchurch is probably one of the better cities in New Zealand for cycling. I'd like to attach a camera to my bike during an average ride around the streets of Wellington. I scared the life out of a pedestrian who wandered obliviously across the road in front of me last weekend. After braking hard I managed to find a small sliver of road between him and the centre line. As I slipped past I called out hello, inches from his ear. The guy jumped two feet in the air.

I really shouldn't do stuff like that. One of these days someone's going to chase me down and knock me over ...