The jewelry making class is coming – you have to register! Email info@bikeology.ca to register. Look at the events page for more details
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Alternative Video Spot will have a special shelf of very cool bicycle movies for the month of June. Hey, fun!
Kids can ride free!!
Kids 4-13 come try out the course!
Just before the official race, a kids fun ride and race will allow kids to try the track that the adults will later ride. Any type of bike can be used.
Pre race kids event details:
Free!!
Kids 4 to 13
Kids must wear closed shoes and helmets to ride
Any kind of bike can be used
Medal awarded to each participant.
Hot dogs
Free!!
For more information on the race visit http://albertamtbracing.wordpress.com/edmonton-canada-cup/
The June 1st event – the City of Edmonton Proclamation – has been changed. It’s no longer on June 1st. We’re changing the event to be closer to the middle of the month. Details of the event will be posted soon. Stay tuned and set your sites on our first Metro Cinema movie on the evening of June 1st – Free!
The Tweed Ride was absolutely fabulous, darling! 31 riders enjoyed a jaunty ride and libations at Steeps tea house. Prizes were awarded for style and poise. Well done, tweed ride organizers! The San Fransisco, SFTweed.com, people tweeted us saying: “A big Tally Ho to the Tweed Riders in Edmonton who embark on their 1st Tweed Ride tonight!”
Tweed ride tonight! Come out in your best tweedy outfit and cycle on parade. We’re stopping for libations here and there, darling.
See the events listing for more details.
Treehugger takes the time counter George Will of Newsweek’s disbelief that Americans are willing to switch to bikes for commuting:
In fact, stats from the Transportation Alternatives say that there are two million bike commuters nationally. There are currently around 130 million total commuters, so that means we’re still doing better at bike commuting than Will’s 0.01 percent (IAC Transportation, in a 2008 report, suggested .38% of us, or 468,000 are bike commuters. Time for George F. Will to go out for a bike ride.
Saturday, May 23rd - Parkallen Rink Shack – 6510 – 111 Street
9:00 am to 4:00 pm (with a break for lunch) – For adults
FREE – (estimated cost $75)
Would you like to ride your bike more places but are not confident sharing the road with other traffic? CanBike 1 is a one-day, six hour course taught by a Canadian Cycling Association certified instructor covering the basics of on-road cycling. Theory, drills and on-road practice will increase your knowledge and confidence. Space is limited so sign up today and broaden your cycling horizons. Please bring your bicycle, helmet, outside clothing, a water bottle and your lunch.
Instructor: John Collier
Contact Karina at karina.ma@edmonton.ca to register. Instructor: John Collier
The Jewelry making course is on the calendar! Register or miss it.
The Tweed ride is also listed – May 24th!
Click on the ‘events’ button above and enjoy the velo love!
How have we missed this for so long? Three of our favourites; local communities, libraries and bicycles; all merged into the one enterprise, known as the Arcata Community Library Bike Project.
link: Library Bikes: Too Good An Idea to be Quiet About : TreeHugger
Click on the Events button! Do it now! Bikey fun – oh dear me, it’s so exciting.
This week in SEE Magazine there’s an article on ‘The Cycling Commuter’s Conundrum‘ on the trials of commuting by bike in Edmonton.
That’s the problem with cycle commuting in this city: some trips are feasible, while others just plain aren’t. For example, from my home near Southgate, I find riding to Whyte Avenue is pleasant if I cut through the community of Allendale; the roads aren’t used much by cars, the lanes are wide, and there are few lights that interrupt the trek. It’s also easy to carry on north by using the High Level Bridge and zigzagging through the more quiet streets of downtown. My bike trip times are almost on par with driving for these destinations (especially if parking is factored in).
The article also features quotes from Robert Park, Claire Ellick (a city engineer with the Office of Sustainable Transportation) and Bikeology’s own Molly Turnbull.
There will a free transportation presentation on Tuesday at the Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel:
Nationally acclaimed urban designers George Crandall and Don Arambula, founding principals of Crandall Arambula, will discuss the lessons learned from Portland’s regional transportation system. They will speak on the history of planning in Portland, Metro, and Oregon; transit corridor alignment and station safety; and how to create station area amenities that are sustainable and economically vital.
- Regional Transportation: Lessons Learned from Portland
Bike Month in Edmonton is only a month away so we’re going to be ramping things up here.
The latest: We have an awesome new header.
Upcoming: A full list of events and details. The list of events is already on the Calendar. We’ll also be setting up each of the events in our FaceBook Group over the next month.
You can also follow Bikeology on Twitter. Here we’ll be posting events before they happen, events as they happen, and any bikey news we happen to stumble across.
Stay tuned. Bike Month is coming.