u/Swimming-Cow-6666

I made a local bike guide (Part 1 of 3) yesterday for my Instagram account (@HeyILikeYourBike) and wanted to also share here in case folks might find it informative.

Part 1 focuses on the many cycling communities and group rides available to us.

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If you want to chill & rip around town:

• Chill Rides YVR
• Camp Coffee Club
• Parkbagging
• Bike Portage Club
• Bike Rides Society
• YVR Fixed
• Hot Dogs on Wheelz

If you want to go full gas:

• The Muffin Ride
• Enroute Diversion
• Happi Bikes
• Grupetto YVR
• Bespoke Cycling Club
• CAC (Commercial Athletics Club)
• The Last Drop CC
• Club Rue Cycling

If you want to get off the pavement:

• Gravel Buddies
• BCMOS Adaptive Cycling
• Squamish Gravel CC
• Love Machine
• Shore Sirens
• Mountain Ravens Riding Club
• Croissant Club CC
• Mountain Ravens

If you want to go beyond Vancouver:

• BC Randonneurs
• Slow Coast qathet (Sunshine Coast)
• VIBC (South Coast)
• Garden City Bike Club (Victoria)
• Road Rash CC (Victoria)
• Toodles Victoria (Victoria)
• HandleBars (Victoria)
• Build Momentum (Nelson)

If you want to raise kids who cycle:

• HUB Cycling - Bike Bus Program
• Kids on Wheels Balance Bike Camps
• COGkids — MTB for kids with autism
• letsgobiking.net - family friendly bike routes in Metro Van
• Viking Cargo Bikes - local, affordable e-cargo bike dealer

If you believe in lifelong cycling and want to volunteer to bike older folks around:

• Vancouver Cycling Without Age
• North Shore Cycling Without Age

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Part 2 will focus on local bike shops, BC bike builders, gear-makers, components designed and/or manufactured in BC, and local bike apparel and bags. I already have more than enough for this post! But feel free to name your favs to ensure they make it onto the list.

Part 3 will focus on local cycling events, races, cool points of interest, bike-friendly coffee stops, and maybe some other random bits and bobs.

Please help me compile a solid resource by answering these questions:

1. What are your favourite local bike events? The more obscure, the better!
2. Which coffee shops and restaurants are the most bike-friendly?
3. What are some "secret spots" -- unmarked, points-of-interest -- that only you know about?

Thank you!!

Feels like I'm seeing cargo bikes everywhere lately. Parents, delivery people, people who've clearly replaced their car entirely.

Cargo bike owners - I have questions:

• What made you choose a cargo bike over just a regular bike or a car?
• What do you actually use it for day to day?
• What do you carry that surprises people?
• What's your make and model and would you buy it again?
• What's the thing nobody warned you about?
• What's your favourite part of having a cargo bike?

Genuinely curious how people end up in the cargo bike life and whether it lives up to the hype.