Salt Spring Island

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...]

Yesterday, at the Mouats Park grassy area next to the Lions Bike Park on Saturday, May 28th, lots of preschool-aged kids and their families came to play on scoot bikes. The little tykes loved riding around the field together playing red-light, green-light and other games, colouring sheets of bike-riders, playing with... [Read More...]

To kick off GoByBikeBC Week and celebrate Walk&Wheel May, we’re planning a STREET PARTY in Ganges Village! Bicycle blenders are lined up for fruit smoothies, scoot bike courses for kids, plus music, great food, info tables and games. Should be a great afternoon celebrating green, active transport and community. Please contact... [Read More...]

Here it is folks, the final schedule for bike fun during the last week of May, first of June, 2022. Saturday, May 28th: Learn to convert your regular bike to an e-bike with Dave Elderton of Hill Eater Bikes. Saturday, May 28th: Bring your preschoolers to scoot bike and enjoy bike-related... [Read More...]

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All kinds of school and community events are taking shape for the month of May, as part of “Walk&Wheel Month”. Our energetic Cycling Salt Spring committee is expanding upon “GoByBikeBC Week” — May 30-June 6, 2022 — to make it a month-long celebration of healthier ways to get around. Whether on... [Read More...]

CALLING ALL CYCLING ENTHUSIASTS! Island Pathways’ Cycling Salt Spring team is looking for committed individuals who are passionate about the environment, share a love for biking, and who wish to promote active transportation to join our MAY WALK&WHEEL PLANNING TEAM. There are many roles available:– Committee Member– Event Volunteer– Sponsor/Partner Our... [Read More...]

For the first time, GoByBikeBC added a winter cycling campaign (in addition to their regular spring and fall weeks) to encourage rides the week of February 7-13, 2022. Simultaneously, Southern Gulf Islands were promoting inter-island travel via their Love-Local Bingo game from Feb 1-13. We celebrated both with a Pender Island... [Read More...]