Thank you for visiting GoByBike Salt Spring & Other Gulf Islands.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact:
Robin Jenkinson
robin@islandpathways.ca
250-221-0011
For Provincial sponsorship enquiries, to learn about running an event in your community, or any other program questions, contact:
Katie Weitz, Provincial Program Director, info@gobybikebc.ca
For all other enquiries, please contact:
Tanya Kaul, Executive Director tanya@gobybikebc.ca
GoByBike BC Society Mailing Address: PO Box 864 Lake Cowichan BC V0R 2G0
We’ve pushed for years to get road shoulders and our 1 km of bikelanes swept of gravel and debris more than once per year by Salt Spring’s MoTI contractor… Island Pathways has hosted sweeping work-bees, we’ve organized letters, meetings, articles… After yet another cycling accident, we even dressed up as Barbie... [Read More...]
Friday, October 4: Join us for a Salt Spring bikeride from 2-4:30pm, from Ganges to Fulford and back again. Saturday, October 5: Saturna Island, starting 6:15am Fulford Harbour, back by 2ish to Fulford… Sunday, October 6: Join us for a Mayne Island bikeride, starting at the 6:15am Long Harbour Ferry and... [Read More...]
GREEN DRINKS is tonight (Thursday, Sept 26) 5-7pm at SSI Wild Cider on Sharp Road. I’m leading the discussion tonight, which was proposed by my pal Anna Ford: “Thinking like an Island.” What bright, sustainable or even regenerative future can you envision here on Salt Spring Island? We can discuss unique... [Read More...]
On June 4, 2024, about 60 Salt Springers joined Minister of Tourism, Lana Popham and others for a bikeride and presentation about safer cycling tourism on Salt Spring Island. (photos by Christopher Roy) Colleen MacDonald, author of the Let’s Go Biking blog and book series, provided this excellent presentation, titled “Safer... [Read More...]
Friday, June 7 from 4 to 6pm, over 130 people got together at the Lions Bike Park for a Kids Bike Rally! Teenagers leding an obstacle course, jump competitions, and skill-building circuits for the younger ones with lots of prizes and free bike tune-ups. Island Pathways Board Members hosted a free... [Read More...]
On Tuesday, June 4th, the Minister of Tourism, Lana Popham, will join Salt Springers from 12:30-2:30pm for a cycle tourism loop, starting and ending at the SSI Library at 129 McPhillips in Ganges. Then, from 2:30-4pm, join Let’s Go Biking author, Colleen MacDonald for an inspiring vision of safer cycle tourism... [Read More...]
I love riding bicycles around the quieter Gulf Islands. A group of eight from Salt Spring joined two from Mayne for a jolly Earth Day bikeride on Sunday, April 21. We met at Village Bay to chart our course: After leaving Neil in capable hands to fix a few punctures in... [Read More...]
We organized three great events for Fall GoByBikeBC Weeks: An Outdoor Movie Night, a Kids Bike Rally, and a Spooky Bike Disco to the Haunted Forest Walk this coming Saturday. OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT About 50 people came out to get inspired by this fabulous film! We also shared GoByBikeBC sign-up cards... [Read More...]
Over 30 people gathered for the Cycling Safer on Salt Spring GREEN DRINKS at the golf course restaurant on Thursday, August 25. It was super fun, and we came up with some great ideas. Here are a few of the best: Prioritize, plan & timeline for funding construction of bike lanes... [Read More...]
Please join us at the Golf Course restaurant veranda on Thursday, August 24th at 5pm to discuss cycling safety on Salt Spring, efforts to construct bikeable road shoulders, and upcoming Fall GoByBikeBC events! [Read More...]
GoByBikeBC Week is coordinated by the Cycling Salt Spring Committee of Island Pathways. Join us!