Salt Spring Island

Friday, June 2nd was a full day of BIKE fun and advocacy for better cycling infrastructure on Salt Spring Island. Weeks of planning and promotion went into this day, focused around bike path meetings, both public and private, with the BC Minister of Transportation & Infrastructure, Hon. Rob Fleming, as well... [Read More...]

Monday, May 29 to Sunday, June 4 is BC-wide GoByBike Week! Join us for coffees and rides and even a meeting with the Minister of Transportation, Rob Fleming and MLA Adam Olsen on Friday, June 2 to advocate for safer cycling & active transportation paths on Salt Spring! Are you an... [Read More...]

In the freezing cold and rain, 30 people rode bikes with MLA Adam Olsen to Vesuvius along the new, safer marked route, to show their support for improved cycling trails and infrastructure on Salt Spring. Here’s a sweet video Natasha Kong made of the event! (click on photo to link) https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrWOztXhAiF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MmJiY2I4NDBkZg== [Read More...]

Valentines weekend on S,ḴŦAK / Mayne Island was a whirlwind of discovery, filled with natural beauty and great people. To start with, my obsessive participation in Mayne’s Love Local Bingo (hosted by the Mayne Island Community Chamber) had paid off. On Thursday, Lauren Underhill, the Executive Director there, pulled my name... [Read More...]

You’re invited to join a merry band of Cycling Salt Springers for a morning tour around Mayne Island on Sunday, February 12th. The costume theme is LOVE. Just catch the Long Harbour ferry to Mayne Island at 7:15am (arrives there at Village Harbour at 8:30am). Maps and contact info for group... [Read More...]

This was our first Fall GoByBikeBC Bike-to-School week using our new Bicycle Blenders to make breakfast smoothies before school at Salt Spring Elementary. We used local blackberries picked by kids over the summertime, plus Whims Farm apple juice, and old bananas from Country Grocer. YUM. Big thanks to SSI Agricultural Alliance... [Read More...]

Fall GoByBikeBC weeks were heralded by Cycling Salt Spring team taking part in an “On the Rise” Climate Parade on Saturday, September 24th through Ganges. It was fun. We walked slowly through carless streets, led by Indigenous dancers and costumed jellyfish and orcas, in a big sea of creatures. [Read More...]

Here is a wonderful summary from Simon’s blog, titled the “Salish Sea Wheel” about some of the additional Spring GoByBikeBC events we organized in 2022, including a presentation to the local Rotary Club: https://thesalishseawheel.blogspot.com/2022/06/blog-post.html   I am a lifelong bike commuter that loves touring on a bicycle, mountain biking to stay... [Read More...]

Weeks earlier on Mother’s Day, Carolyn, Jill and I scouted this route to Thetis Island. From the ferry, I spontaneously called Dave Steen based on his Tour de Thetis rides, and he offered to meet up. After a leisurely pub brunch at the Marina, we met him for the ride over... [Read More...]

Photos and descriptions by Bob MacKie, Robin Jenkinson, and Wendy Webb. [Read More...]