Event Listing

Wednesday July 13

Soft Serve Wednesday Bike Polo

Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 5:00pm. Games usually start at 5:30-6pm and wrap up at dusk, depending on number and keenness of attendees.

Repeats: Every Wednesday

By: East Van Bike PoloEast Van Bike Polo presents Soft Serve Wednesday. Please invite all the new & aspiring players ! This is your chance to take your first steps & get your POLO started. Court time for new players is prioritized, although regulars will be on hand to provide loaner gear and nerd out about polo. You can play a few non-competitive games of pick-up, or just to say hi and check things out. Bring your friends, too! You can use your own bike, or borrow one at the loaner bikes. Loaner mallets will be provided as well.

Gender Liberation Night at the Bike Kitchen

Wednesday, July 13, 2022, 6:15pm - 9:00pm

Repeats: Second Wednesday of every month

By: Bike KitchenGender Liberation Night is a monthly Access Night for cis-women and trans and/or non-binary people of all genders to use the UBC Bike Kitchen’s shop space and tools, supported by informal mentoring. The purpose of the night is to offer a more welcoming, safer atmosphere in which people who are typically marginalized within the cycling community because of their gender identity and/or expression can work on their bikes, learn mechanics, and form connections. A staff mechanic and volunteer aligned with the night’s target demographic will be available to empower participants in performing their own repairs. Gender Liberation Night will take [more...]

Thursday July 14

Bike Rides Society (BRS!)

Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 8:00pm. Meet at 8, ride sometime after 8:30.

Repeats: Every Thursday

By: Bike Rides SocietyThis weekly ride will take you places you've never been before in a casual, follow the leader kind of way. All levels welcome, all encouraged; we go as fast as our slowest rider and no one gets left behind! We ride rain or shine, all year round, every Thursday. Anywhere from 6 to 30 riders, BRS is a weekly adventure built for good convo, steady peddling and roads less travelled and/or well loved. Going into it's 7th year, BRS boldly bikes on full of enthusiastic smiles, plenty of laughs and good times. BYO whatever spells a fantastic bike ride for [more...]

Friday July 15

Saturday July 16

Seventy Years of Vancouverism: Exploring urban density from the West End to Senakw

Saturday, July 16, 2022, 10:00am - 1:00pm. Depends how many times we stop along the way!

By: Gordon PriceJoin past-city councillor Gordon Price on a circumnavigation of False Creek, from the West End to the site of the Senakw project at Burrard Bridge. Along the way, you'll see examples of Vancouver's experiments in livable urban density, from the 1950s West End to 1990s North Shore False Creek to the 1970s South Shore – with proposals for 2020s megaprojects. Of course, what connects them all is the Seaside Bikeway, one of our most important achievements in creating a great city.

Sunday July 17

Monday July 18

Tuesday July 19

A Few Interurban Stations Along the Greenway

Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 6:00pm. Meet at 6:00, leaving at 6:15...

By: John AtkinThe Arbutus Greenway is the former BC Electric Railway's Interurban line to Steveston and on this ride we'll explore the area around some of these stations and look at how they developed and changed over time. All aboard for Strathcona (yup, it's a westside name too), Royal and Granville Road. An easy ride along the Greenway and neighbourhood streets.