Event Listing

Wednesday July 20

BikeOUT

Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Repeats: July 18 - 22

By: BikeoutBikeOUT is a five-day summer bicycle camp designed to empower girls, trans*, and queer-identified youth to fix their own bicycles, ride city streets with confidence, and engage creatively with Vancouver’s vibrant bicycle cultures and communities. From fixing flats, to group rides, to bicycle polo, to bicycle arts (and much more!) BikeOUT seeks to make cycling accessible, safe, creative, and most importantly, fun! BikeOUT is facilitated entirely by experienced bicycle mechanics instructors, artists, and athletes who are women, trans, and/or queer-identified. **No mechanical experience necessary** Cost: $250-$500, sliding scale Suggested Age Range: 12-15 Requirements: Bicycle, helmet, and closed-toed shoes. Bicycles and [more...]

WTQ Night

Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Repeats: First and Third Wednesday of every month

By: OCBWTQ (Women-Trans-Queer) Night is held from 6:30 to 9:30 pm on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month at Our Community Bikes at 2429 Main Street. Although we strive always to make Our Community Bikes a safer space for all people and genders, these shop hours specifically welcome people who have been marginalized by the bike industry as a whole because of their gender or sexual orientation. WTQ nights are staffed by women and gender variant mechanics. Our Community Bikes recognizes that bicycle shops and accessibility to mechanical knowledge is dominated by hetero cisgendered men. WTQ Night hopes to [more...]

Thursday July 21

BikeOUT

Thursday, July 21, 2016, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Repeats: July 18 - 22

By: BikeoutBikeOUT is a five-day summer bicycle camp designed to empower girls, trans*, and queer-identified youth to fix their own bicycles, ride city streets with confidence, and engage creatively with Vancouver’s vibrant bicycle cultures and communities. From fixing flats, to group rides, to bicycle polo, to bicycle arts (and much more!) BikeOUT seeks to make cycling accessible, safe, creative, and most importantly, fun! BikeOUT is facilitated entirely by experienced bicycle mechanics instructors, artists, and athletes who are women, trans, and/or queer-identified. **No mechanical experience necessary** Cost: $250-$500, sliding scale Suggested Age Range: 12-15 Requirements: Bicycle, helmet, and closed-toed shoes. Bicycles and [more...]

Bike Rides Society

Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 8:00pm. Meet at 8, Ride at 8:30.

Repeats: Every Thursday

By: The PrigA weekly follow the leader adventure through all the streets you never knew existed. All levels welcome, all riders desired; no one gets left behind! BYO-whatever you need for a night on two wheels.

Friday July 22

BikeOUT

Friday, July 22, 2016, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Repeats: July 18 - 22

By: BikeoutBikeOUT is a five-day summer bicycle camp designed to empower girls, trans*, and queer-identified youth to fix their own bicycles, ride city streets with confidence, and engage creatively with Vancouver’s vibrant bicycle cultures and communities. From fixing flats, to group rides, to bicycle polo, to bicycle arts (and much more!) BikeOUT seeks to make cycling accessible, safe, creative, and most importantly, fun! BikeOUT is facilitated entirely by experienced bicycle mechanics instructors, artists, and athletes who are women, trans, and/or queer-identified. **No mechanical experience necessary** Cost: $250-$500, sliding scale Suggested Age Range: 12-15 Requirements: Bicycle, helmet, and closed-toed shoes. Bicycles and [more...]

Saturday July 23

Sunday July 24

Soft Serve Sundays Bike Polo

Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 1:00pm. Games usually wrap up in the late afternoon/early evening, depending on number and keenness of attendees.

Repeats: Every Sunday

By: East Van Bike PoloSoft Serve Sundays is East Van Bike Polo's program for newer and casual players, held at Grandview Park on Sundays from 1 PM onwards, weather permitting. 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! To start playing, you should be able to ride a bike with one hand. You can use your own bike, or borrow one at the court. Mallets will be provided [more...]

Monday July 25

Tuesday July 26

Union Cycle Tune Up Tuesdays

Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Repeats: Last Tuesday of every month

By: Lisa GirbavThe last Tuesday of every month, the master technicians from Union Street Cycle set up shop at Roundhouse Radio to perform a no-charge mini tune-up for your bike during the Janice and Cory afternoon show. And, if you hook up and register with the VPD’s “Project 529” bike recovery app, you can ride by and pick up your ID badge.

Purple & Yellow Night

Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Repeats: Every Tuesday

By: AMS Bike Co-op and Bike KitchenEvery Tuesday (except holidays – check our calendar for shop closures), we run Purple and Yellow Volunteer Night from 6pm to 9pm at the Bike Kitchen. Simply drop in (no registration required!) and help us fix up injured P&Y bikes, build new members of the fleet, and paint the bikes their signature hues. No experience necessary – we have senior program leaders at every P&Y Volunteer Night to help you learn. People of all ages are welcome!