Hey folks! Mark on your calendar our next Discovery Bike Ride to several local farms/food producers on September 7! I’m quite excited about this one, because I think it’s so important to support the Golden Ears Food Co-op as well as our local food producers. The Golden Ears Food Co-op will make it easier for […]
HUB needs your help. Maple Ridge is updating its Transportation Plan. There’s a lot of development going on in our community, and still there’s no requirement to consider the needs of cyclists for new developments. A Complete Streets by-law, which requires the developer to provide appropriate infrastructure for cyclists (bike lanes, preferably separated, for busy […]
Thanks to the donors of the bikes: individuals, Maple Ridge Cycle and Ridge Meadows Recycling Society, and above all our volunteers Barry, Dave and Geoff for making this year’s Earth Day Cycle Recycle once again a huge success! We had a record 15 bikes to give away, and they all found happy new owners! Here […]
On Sunday April 21 we’re hoping – weather permitting – to go on our first Discovery Bike Ride of the season, to the Goodbye Chums event at the Bell-Irving Fish Hatchery on 256th Street (11 am – 3 pm). This is also the day of the Grand Opening of the new Fish Hatchery building. We […]
Sign up for Bike to Work Week now! HUB has bikes and bike accessories to give away for those who sign up and log their commutes during Bike to Work Week. Drop by one of HUB’s Celebration Stations for a chat, a drink and a snack!
We hope you’ll join us for the 2nd annual GETI Fest, in Memorial Peace Park, on Sat. Sept. 22 (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.). For those of you who don’t know about GETI, it’s an organization through which all individuals and groups in the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows (Golden Ears) area can work together in a co-ordinated […]
If you haven’t filled out the District’s on-line survey yet, there will be another opportunity to give your input for Maple Ridge’s Transportation Plan Update and talk to transportation planners, at the Haney Farmer’s Market at Memorial Peace Park, on Sat. Sept. 8, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Keep your agenda open for our upcoming, really cool Discover Hammond bike ride, on Sept. 15, starting at 10:00 a.m. at the blue fountains at Memorial Peace Park, with several pick-up points along the way. This ride will be led by Ian McLeod, who has an interest in “land use, transportation and civic culture in […]
I headed out to Fort Langley today for the inaugural Prospera Valley GranFondo. The goal of the organizers is – apart from raising funds for the Special Olympics – for this event to become one of the premier annual cycling events in the Greater Vancouver area. The quiet country roads in Langley and Abbotsford used […]
Ride leader: Gordon Hall Starting from Maple Meadows West Coast Express station at 4:38pm. I will be waiting by the ticket vending machines. We will ride the Golden Ears Bridge with some great views, Golden Ears Bikeway, Tynehead Trails bikeway and 168 St overpass. This is some of the best cycling facilities in the lower mainland, […]