Cycling Club 2024
Our season is now over! Thank you to those who joined us for this program!
Need More Cycling?
| WinterCity Studded Tire Challenge Get into winter cycling this year to support Edmonton’s WinterCity Strategy, Bike Edmonton and the City of Edmonton have teamed up to make winter cycling safer and more fun by giving out free studded winter tires!  To be eligible to receive free studded winter tires, you must:* Be 16 or older, * Be new or relatively new to winter cycling, * Have a bike that accepts commonly available studded tire sizes. * Do three winter cycling challenges by January 31, 2025. * Fill out a questionnaire by February 21, 2025 to tell us if this studded tire challenge helped you. Winter Cycling Challenges You’ll choose three of eight suggested challenges that will help you ride your bike safely and comfortably through the winter. Some examples of challenges include watching winter cycling videos, recording your rides, taking a picture of you and your bike on a winter excursion, and riding to Coffee Outside. How to Apply Fill out this form and we’ll let you know if you qualify for free studded winter tires. There is no deadline, though we will start giving out tires right away, so apply early to increase your chances of being selected! This studded tire challenge is sponsored by the City of Edmonton’s WinterCity Strategy. WinterCity works with community groups and Edmontonians to enable and promote positive winter experiences. Bike Edmonton is honoured to once again work with the WinterCity Strategy to help Edmontonians embrace the colder season. |
| Bike Route Snow Clearing Map See what routes are clear on the City’s webmap Want to check if your planned route has been plowed before you leave home? The City of Edmonton now has a map on its website to let you know what has been cleared, what’s in progress, and what is scheduled. Once all the routes have been plowed, the map then show swhich routes are on the 24 hour winter priority list and which are on a 72 hour clearing schedule.  This is a great tool, but it’s still quite new and there’s a few glitches in it. Try it out and let the City know if you find it useful, and any ways that they can improve it. You can also find lots of great Edmonton winter cycling information on the City’s website here. |
| Wîhkwêntôwin (Oliver) Neighbourhood Renewal Plans are underway for neighbourhood renewal in Wîhkwêntôwin (formerly Oliver) and the City of Edmonton is looking for your feedback on how to build a better neighbourhood. Check out what’s in the works, and share how you would like to see Wîhkwêntôwin’s streets transformed to be more bike and people friendly at: https://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/on_your_streets/oliver-neighbourhood-renewal  |
| Cycle by Andrew Ritchie Presented by Thou Art Here Theatre. December 11-22 at Mile Zero DanceThou Art Here Theatre is thrilled to present Cycle by Andrew Ritchie—a high-octane, immersive theatre experience set on a stationary bike. This groundbreaking solo performance written, developed, and performed by Andrew Ritchie runs from December 11-22, 2024. Cycle offers a dynamic and energetic experience that explores the gritty realities and exhilarating moments of active transportation and cycling culture in Canada.  Audience members are invited to engage in the performance physically, seated on stationary bikes as they pedal alongside Ritchie, mirroring his intense ride as he traverses the dangers and highs of urban transportation. Through this interactive format, Cycle shines a light on Ritchie’s real-life experiences as a bike food courier in Toronto, and the financial and physical precariousness of trying to make a living in the gig economy. A deeply personal and politically charged journey, Cycle will get your blood pumping and cultivate a new respect for the two-wheeled travel. “If you’ve casually dropped “bike lanes” into dinner conversation lately, you know what it’s like to create a provocation.” – Liz Nicholls, 12th nightTickets are on a Pay-What-You-Will scale and available now: at: https://tickets.fringetheatre.ca/event/601:5375/ |
| Cycling Cap Fundraiser Caps should arrive this week. A big thanks to everyone who supported Bike Edmonton by ordering a custom cycling cap! Thanks also to Bike Edmonton’s Fundraising Committee for leading this initiative which raised over $1000 after expenses to help support our work.We expect the hats to arrive this week and will email everyone who pre-ordered as soon as they’re ready for pickup. |
| Special thanks to special donors Big bike & parts donations major boon to shop We receive countless donations throughout the year and are grateful for the generous support we receive from our wonderful community. This year we saw several uncommonly large and very useful donations of bikes and parts. Special thanks to: Tim Nolt and family Tim Nolt passed away in late 2023 and his brother contacted us last summer with the offer to donate Tim’s very large collection of bikes, parts and tools to Bike Edmonton. His brother and friends believed he would have been pleased to see these useful items passed on to Bike Edmonton. Tim was a fixture in Edmonton’s cycling community. He was an expert bicycle mechanic and worked for decades in local bike shops. He was also very involved in cycling advocacy, specifically in support of better bike trails. Many thanks to Tim, his brother Ted, and good friend Raymond. Sport Central Sport Central is an excellent local charity that empowers kids by repairing and distributing sports equipment, including bicycles, to families facing financial hardship. They recently donated several thousand dollars of especially useful bike parts to Bike Edmonton.  Thanks to Sport Central and their Director of Operations Josef Sloan for their support and generosity. And if you happen to have any kids’ bikes you no longer need, we’d strongly encourage you to donate them to Sport Central to help their valuable work. Velo West School of Bike Mechanics Velo West offers in depth bicycle mechanic training from their location at Pedego Electric Bikes in Old Strathcona. They generously offered to have their students work on repairing bikes that had been donated to Bike Edmonton and recently returned several thoroughly tuned up bikes to us. Thanks to Velo West for their very practical support of our work!  |
| Follow us on social mediaNow also find us on Bluesky and ThreadsBike Edmonton is active on many social media platforms! We regularly share the latest news, updates, original content, and all things fun and interesting related to transportation cycling in Edmonton. Here’s where you can find us:Facebook InstagramTikTokBlueskyThreads |
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Downloading the Strava app is now required and participants need to register on the app by noon the day of cycling club. Please don’t just show up as there may not be anyone to meet you!
We will be meeting at the hall at 6pm. There is lots of parking available! This is an approximately 1.5 hour self-paced ride through the Mill Creek Ravine and River Valley. We ride only on multi-use pathways.
All levels are welcome! There is no cost and this program is completely FREE!
More information can be found on our: Strava Club page! We encourage you to join the Strava app to sign up for the rides and track your progress!
Some possible options for future club or individual adventures can be found here:
https://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/cycling?utm_source=virtualaddress&utm_campaign=cycling
- Bike to a local business: Check out a map of local businesses who are offering discounts or promotions to people cycling to their establishments during June 2024, Bike Month.
- Come roll with us: Join the City’s Bike Education Street Team on rides hosted across Edmonton. These are slow, inclusive rides, aimed to increase comfort and confidence, and to raise awareness of available bike routes, rules and infrastructure. Great for people new to cycling in Edmonton.
- Explore a City Joy Ride: The City has created cycling routes and loops from 7 to 40 km long. Download offline maps with the mobile app, or access PDF maps. New routes will be added throughout the month of June.
- Community Resources Hub: The above opportunities compliment the many community initiatives on the go, which can be discovered through the community resources hub
Pop-up Garden
What a success! Please let us know if you would like to see this garden happen again in the future by emailing us at social@nmclinfo.com.
Thank you to community member Caitlin Miller for organizing a pop-up garden for our area. Caitlin, along with other volunteers organized and planted ten garden beds. They are looking to see if this might be a yearly endeavor. If you are interested in being a part of this in any way or have any questions, please email nmclgarden@gmail.com. They are excited to be able to offer some of the spoils soon! On August 31 we will be having a harvest celebration, stay tuned for more details about the celebration.
Our garden is growing well!
Basement space for lease!
Our basement is for lease!!
1200+ square foot space for lease, it comes with a stage and newly renovated bathrooms. Perfect for fitness groups, weekly club meetings, daycare use etc.! (We also have 6 TRX stations in place for fitness classes if desired!)
Please contact our Facility Director via email to discuss pricing options and and to make an appointment to view the space: facility@nmclinfo.com