Salt Spring Island

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...]

START: Ferry depart 7:15am from Long Harbour to Otter Bay (arrive 7:55am) FINISH: Ferry Otter Bay 1:30pm (arrive Long Harbour 2:10pm). SELF-GUIDED. We will hand out a map with stops and contact numbers to cyclists on the ferry. ROUTE: Head north, stop at Renaissance Gallery (antiques & jewelry), stop by Hope... [Read More...]

I just found out that WORLD BICYCLE DAY, declared by the UN in 2018, is my birthday : June 3rd! No wonder I love biking so much. It’s a great way to kick off 2022, which promised much bicycle-related fun. For example, Salt Spring Island schools have some funding and support... [Read More...]

Seven members of the Island Pathways Bike Committee (Kipp, Michi, Bob, Jason, Simon, Carolyn, and Robin) met around the campfire on October 18th to reminisce about all the great events and projects associated with this year’s Fall GoByBikeBC Weeks (Sept 27-Oct 10, 2021). We depend upon these twice-per-year, autumn-and-spring milestones to... [Read More...]

Hi Salt Spring Cyclists! If any of you have been wanting to join a fun group of people who love bikes and who organize events and ways to make cycling safer and more accessible for all, you’re invited this evening from 5:30-6:30pm for an outdoor yard meeting at 184 Park Drive... [Read More...]