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The Ride: From King George skytrain, we’ll head down (I think south is down) to Campbell Valley and then out towards White Rock (nope, you don’t get to see the pier, I said it was a Surrey ride) before returning to King George. Bring snacks for along the way. (If
Continue readingThis is a limited numbers ride so let me know if you plan on being on the ride. If you haven’t been on a ride, I’ll try fit you in. This is a skytrain to skytrain station ride with a slight diversion out past Maple Ridge. We will meet at
Continue readingThis is a limited numbers ride so let me know if you plan on being on the ride. This is listed as a FAST ride. Speeds on the flats will be in the high 20’s to 30km/hr. (Drafting is permitted, either beer or in another rider’s slipstream.) Richmond is always
Continue readingThis is a leisure ride, speed on the flats is 18 to 20km/hr. Thought with the nice weather, would be a nice day to tour along the greenway and the Brunette River to New Westminster. The route avoids Columbia Street and Brunette by following a mellow back road. The official
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This was originally posted as Sunday July 30 (plans change) It’s time to test your conditioning! The ride cuts onto Marine Drive in West Vancouver which we then follow to the ferry terminal at Horseshoe Bay. Riders have been known to turn back here. Keep going, it’s a great ride to
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Bring your gravel bike for this ride. All the gravel should be well packed going around Burnaby Lake and the Brunette Creek (River?). This should be a fun easy ride, it’s a leisure ride!!!! We’ll stop and New West Quay for coffee and a bite then continue on the paths
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The Ride: Is it August already? Another sunny day in paradise, another day for a ride. We’ll go through Burnaby, over the top of Coquitlam and then drop for a nice cruise down the Coquitlam River. Be prepared for a bit of gravel but it should all be nice and
Continue readingThis is a leisure ride, speed on the flats is 18 to 20km/hr. A nice day for a cruise to Port Moody Route: click here, Meet: 9:30AM at Terra Breads (at the Olympic Village) Contact: Colin
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The Ride: The hills are (almost) out of the way as we move through Burnaby, from Boundary Road up to Hastings St. Then it’s a ride through bucolic lands in both Pitt Meadows and Langley. There is an alternate stop in Fort Langley if we want. It’s a leisurely (not
Continue readingPLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU PLAN ON BEING ON THE RIDE. The Ride: Should be a good day out! We will head to the flats of Ladner for a spin to Surrey, then on across the Golden Ears Bridge through Pitt Meadows and return to Braid St Skytrain. This
Continue readingThere are three possible starting points for this ride: 1)JJ’s on Commercial; 2)Braid St Skytrain; 3)East end of the Pitt River Bridge. The ride is fairly flat and the turn around place is Pitt Polder, a bird area at the start of Pitt Lake. We will haved a picnic here
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A classic ride, up the Ontario and over the Skytrain bridge, to a familiar destination – Iona Beach. Flat, smooth pavement to ease the way and a beautiful seascape to view at our destination. Sailing back (hopefully the wind only picks up from the west once we get to Iona)
Continue readingThis is a skytrain to skytrain station ride with a slight diversion out past Maple Ridge. We will meet at Lafarge Lake skytrain (end of the Evergreen line) and ride out to Whonnock lake. Lunch will be at the Billy Miner Pub unless someone has a better idea. This is
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Okay, all ready to go! This ride allows a few entrance points if you don’t want to do the entire ride. Although it shows as 173km, if you get the Skytrain from 22nd St, it should come in at 161km with your ride to the start and getting back home.
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We’ll start with a quick tour around the SFU campus, come down the Gaglardi hill to get onto the Central Valley Greenway. The route then goes down the Ontario hill on the other side to pick-up South West Marine Drive around UBC and back to the start. Bring a couple
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