Touring British Columbia since 1976
I can’t recall the last time I’ve led a Surrey ride! Enjoy Surrey’s various greenways en route to Fort Langley for lunch, preferably at Little Donkey but you have your choice of eateries. The route will be more direct (out-and-back) than indicated in the map below, so expect the ride
Continue readingWe will go the long way around along the CVG, through New West and over the Queensborough. I am sure the speedier ones among us will race along River Rd to the Canada Line Bridge. The adventure will start when we go west along Kent to Milltown. We will stop
Continue readingUpdate Oct 31: Ride is cancelled due to rain. Faye has stepped up to lead this ride: “I would like to lead a ride, weather dependent of course at this time of year. I was thinking of starting at 6th and Commercial heading into New West via Central Valley then
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Update October 28: The weather gods promise rain, so the ride will be rescheduled. Let’s carry on with the off-road trails theme. Why? No traffic noise or exhaust. Lots of natural beauty away from asphalt and shopping centers. And the unending gravel mandates a slower pace, so consider a wider
Continue readingMEC Club Night –Not a ride, but a bike event nonetheless. Relieve your shopping itch. Receive 10% off all regular priced items purchased that evening – including bikes and boats! Does not apply to package discounts or Arcteryx, Blundstone, Birkenstock, and Glerups products. Does not apply to previous purchases, no exceptions. Does not
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November 10- Let’s try this again. Sacrifices to the weather gods is recommended. See below for change to meeting place. Novemer 6: The North Delta Greenway is normally a sun-dappled trail with plush surface. But with all the rain, it has likely become a river of quicksand from which only
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Update Nov 10– Note the correction to the deadline for RSVPing- please respond by Nov 13 if you plan to attend, not Nov 17. Update Nov 6-Please email Teresa any agenda items you would like to discuss. Update Oct 28– Many thanks to Paula who has stepped up to coordinate
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Update Dec 16: Unless you’re equipped with a sled pulled by dogteam or reindeer, and maybe a harpoon, it’s unlikely you’ll go very far, if forecasts for snow are correct. Time to shelve this ride for warmer days. Continuing our sampling of charming trails, this ride links some of those
Continue readingJoin me for a shot of nostalgia on this ride to a turn of the century pioneer village. It will make you long for the days of outhouses, working by candlelight, and outbreaks of typhoid fever. Not that we’ll encounter any on this ride. Instead, have serious fun with the
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Update Dec 20- Due to poor weather forecasted, the ride will be rescheduled to Dec 28. Please keep in mind that if you´d like to attend the Van Dusen Festival of Lights, tickets will need to be purchased online and in advance. Is the lack of Vitamin D getting you
Continue readingWant to post a last-minute impromptu ride? Want to be updated about impromptu rides? We’re starting a WhatsApp group for just this purpose. We’re calling these rides “Flash Rides” because they’re so spur-of-the-moment. It’s wonderful because a text can be sent out once and everyone gets it instantaneously. If a
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What’s holding you back from leading a ride? Not excessive cattitude, I hope. Lead a ride, give back to your club, and go where you want. Help is available from experienced ride leaders in route planning, posting your ride and co-leaders. Email Teresa to have your ride posted.
Continue readingPlease ride COVID safe, it is up to ride leaders to specify exactly what their expectations are. At a minimum you should abide by the BC Health guidelines. RISK FACTOR RATING – How safe is your ride? 1 Solo rides. VERY SAFE 2 Small group rides with family members or
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Some of you have noticed the website’s facelift. Others barely care. Not to worry- the club is still made up of the same motley assortment of licorice-flavoured ne’erdowells as before. The only thing that’s changed is the “theme” or template. The previous theme was so old the comments function stopped
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