Cycling Clubs | Finding The Right One for You

Cycling Club

If you’re always cycling solo, you might be missing out. Riding with cycling clubs offers many social benefits as well as the thrill of drafting and cycling at faster speeds. Best of all, riding with the pack helps hone your skills, improve fitness and find other cyclists to keep you company on your route. If […]

Bicycle Hill Climbing Tips

Bike Climbing Hill

Most commutes have at least one. No matter how hard you try, they’re nearly impossible to avoid. Hills have the power to inflict pain on cyclists of all levels. Want to reduce your commute time and learn to embrace the discomfort of bicycle hill climbing? Read on. Remember to breathe. It’s a natural reaction to […]

Dogs and Bikes | Bicycle Safety

Bike and Dog

Every time I pedal up the hill near my house, he’s there. Yapping and jumping, his tiny legs run laps around the bike as I struggle to climb with my Maya Cycle bicycle trailer full of groceries. I call him Ninja Dog and even though we’ve met roughly 50 times, he still displays the same […]

Vancouver Bike Month

I had the wonderful opportunity to be in Vancouver, Canada for the first two weeks of bike month (June). AND, Wow what an experience!! During my trip out to the West coast I participated in Velopalooza bike rides and met with some of Vancouver’s most avid cyclists. Let me start this blog with “I LOVE VANCOUVER!” […]

Toronto Bike Show 2011

Toronto Bike Show

The 2011 Toronto Bike Show was one of its best bicycle events this year.  It had a little bit of something for everyone, whether you are a touring cyclist, mountain biker, BMX junkie, commuter and/or if you just like to go for your occasional bike trip with the family every other weekend or so; you […]