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Limited number of riders permitted. Please RSVP the leader if you wish to attend. Surrey is full of treasures waiting to be discovered by cyclists, even its misunderstood middle child Whalley. It will be scenic, but you will have to earn it. There are several hills, one with a 10%
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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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July 30 Update: Note new meeting time. Attention all foodies! No longer just the territory of Homer Simpson, diners, and police stereotypes, doughnuts are now elevated, bougie, and artisanal. This ride explores 3 of the doughnut shops around the city. Stomach and pannier capacity are more important than speed on
Continue readingUpdate August 7:Due to weather, ride will be rescheduled for Sunday August 9 Update August 6: New destination: Eagle Harbour a few km. west of Sandy Beach, adds about 12km for a total of about 50km. It is much nicer and we don’t have to hike our bikes 67 stairs
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 readingUpdate July 9: I’ve moved the ride again to August 18 due to a conflict. Shikyo used to lead this ride when training for the Lung Association Charity ride. It is a hurry-up-and-wait kind of a ride where ferry trips alternate with bouts of riding. Because there are 5 ferries,
Continue readingIt wouldn’t be summer if there wasn’t a ride up one of the 3 local mountains. Some rides include all three. This one is a cardio lover’s dream. Just be sure to dust off the lightest bike you own with the climbing gears, because you’ll need it. There’s big views
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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What’s summer without ice cream? “More cream, less scream” are words to live by. Not to worry, for the dairy and sugar-averse, there are soup and sandwich options. This is a fairly flat ride, save crossing the Skytrain and Queensborough bridges, which explains this ride’s popularity. Who are we kidding?
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No quibbling about the definition of century here: this ride is 100 miles. There’s no better way to mark the end of Covid Summer and really test the fitness you’ve built up over the season. This will be my first century that I lead. What could possibly go wrong? Having
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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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Calling all members and past members, you’re all invited. Come out and get re-acquainted. Email me if you have questions or just to say “Hi”. Get out your aprons and best cooking pots. Let’s have another one of this annual gourmand ride. I use the word “ride” rather liberally as
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