Cycle Cowichan

Frankenbikes 'n Barbecues
Talk about creating bike culture in Cowichan — the mechanics at U-Fix-It Bikeworks and the Youth Craft Shop are nothing short of wizards. Visit them on the corner of Trunk Road and Duncan Street and turn fixing your bike into a creative exploration of the impossible. Find out More

Bike To Work Week 2012 Campaign Launch
Let's ride together. Come celebrate the campaign launch of Bike To Work Week 2012 this Wednesday, May 2nd at 3:30p.m. Meet at Beverley Corners, then ride together to Duncan City Square. Find out More

Bike To Work Week 2012 T-Shirts
The 2012 shirts are here! Team Leaders and Sponsors can pick theirs up at Cowichan Green Community at 181 Station Street. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE GREAT SPONSORS ON THE SHIRT!! (although at the last minute, after the shirts were printed, CVRD wasn't able to come through for us. First time in five years that they weren't able to kick in the $375 that we asked for...maybe next year). Register you workplace team at www.biketowork.ca Find out More

Membership

Cycle Cowichan is where your great ideas about cycling are heard. A free membership has these benefits:

Keep up-to-date on local cycling news and initiatives.
Share your ideas to create better cycling infrastructure.
Be involved in building an ideal vision for cycling in Cowichan.

Proud sponsors of Cycle Cowichan

About

Cycle Cowichan strives to make the Cowichan Valley a better place to ride.

Mission

To create a safe and positive environment for cycling in the Cowichan Valley and to encourage cycling as an effective, economical, healthy and environmentally friendly mode of transportation.

Bike To Work 2012

Click here for information about being a Team Leader for Bike To Work Week.

2012 will be the 5th year that the Cowichan Valley puts on a Bike To Work Week event. We're celebrating this milestone with a theme: Five Years, Five Days, Five Reasons to Ride! What are your top five reasons to ride? Come out the the campaign launch on May 2nd to hear others talk about their reasons, ride during Bike To Work Week and beyond to celebrate your reasons, and encourage others to start riding so that they can discover their favourite reasons for being on their bike.

For those folks who already ride, Bike To Work Week is a great time to celebrate together. For those wanting to start riding more, it’s the ideal way to make the commitment to begin.

During Bike To Work Week, morning Celebration Stations are set up in town to greet riders on their way to work. This is an opportunity to meet other riders, enter for draw prizes and have coffee and snacks before work. At the end of the week we celebrate together with cake and prizes.

On May 2nd we will be launching the campaign to sign up riders with a group ride and public event. Come join us in the Beverley Corners parking lot at 3:30pm, on Wednesday May 2nd to get your free T-shirt and join in the ride.

Once you’re energized by the camaraderie of other riders, the next step is to put together a team. Get your co-workers to join you, select a team leader and get yourselves signed up.

If you work on your own or can’t rally any of your co-workers, make sure you still sign up. The more people that sign up the more fun it is and there are always tons of great prizes to win.

Details about signing up can be found on the Bike To Work Week website.

Celebration stations will be set up for each day of Bike to Work Week.

Monday and Tuesday the Celebration Stations will be hosted by Power Lunch in the parking lot at 921 Canada Avenue. NOTE: THIS IS A CHANGE FROM OTHER YEARS.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the Celebration Stations will be hosted by The Garage Cafe at Charles Hoey Park (Train Station)
Celebration Stations will be open from 6:30a.m. to 8:30a.m. each day.

Final Wrap up Event on Friday June 1st at 3:00p.m. in Duncan City Square.

Cake and live entertainment.
Name draw for the rider draw prizes
Announcement of the winning teams for the team dinner prizes.
Name draw for the 3 New Bicycles from Experience Cycling, Cycle Therapy, and Cowichan Cycles. ALL THREE BIKE SHOPS HAVE PUT IN A BIKE!!!! ISN"T THAT AWESOME?!

Blog

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Answer from Candidate: Duncan We care about cycling, and we want things to get better, that is why we took this election cycle to ask the Candidates what they though about cycling. Sent out emails to all candidates we could...

Answer from Candidate: North Cowichan We care about cycling, and we want things to get better, that is why we took this election cycle to ask the Candidates what they though about cycling. Sent out emails to all candidates we could track...