Author: Mel Saari

Sorry for any confusion regarding the start time of the Killer Beez Wednesday Group Ride.  It starts at 8 AM from the Kelowna Cycle / Bread Company parking lot at 2949 Pandosy Street.

Due the current heat wave, the start times for the Saturday and Sunday Group Rides will change to 8 AM effective immediately.

As regards you non early riser people, please know that we will revert back to a 9 AM start once the weather cools off.

Here’s a ride for all you early risers.   This special ride (2 hours approximately) will start at the Bean Scene on Dickson Road at 7 AM and proceed through East Kelowna.

Maybe some cold brew coffee in the water bottle might be a good idea.

It’s time to do another one of our favourite special group rides.  This ride starts in Armstrong but doesn’t follow the same route as the popular Okanagan Shuswap Century Ride.  Instead we will ride primarily on the east side of Highway 97 through scenic, rolling farmland and visit the communities of Enderby and Grindrod. 

The ride will start from Memorial Park in Armstrong at 9 AM on Sunday, July 17th.  Those wishing to carpool can meet at the Eco Centre parking lot at Mission Creek Regional Park between 7:30 and 7:45 AM.

Further details will be posted later this week.

NOTE:  Due to some cancellations, several openings now exist for our three day group ride in the Kootenays (August 27 – 30).  Please contact Angus or Bunny at kootenaytrip@shaw.ca if you are interested in participating.  See prior post for details on this group ride.

There was no head wind.  Highly unusual, but a very good thing.   Therefore there wasn’t the normal amount of whining after the last leg of the Oliver ride along Skaha Lake – just smiles.

11 riders (including Roxy) participated in Wednesday’s ride.  Conditions were a little cool at the start but warmed up nicely to an ideal riding temperature in the mid 20s.  We only experienced one flat tire (Bunny), which was changed by Andrew in under 5 minutes due to excellent supervision by the group.

The ride was followed by a great lunch at the Bad Tattoo in  Penticton.

Click here for Relive of the ride as prepared by Geoff.

Due to popular demand we will be doing the Oliver (almost Osoyoos) ride on Wednesday, June 29th.  The ride will start at 9 AM from the Skaha Lake Park.  Those wishing to carpool can meet at Starbucks in West Kelowna between 7:30 & 7:45 AM.

This very scenic ride is just under 100 km in length and involves a considerable amount of cycling along Hwy 97 (there’s a bike lane).  However as we are doing this ride midweek, traffic volume should be reduced.  Here is a map of the route.

Come join us if you can.

The heat is finally here so it’s time to start our weekend group rides an hour earlier.  Therefore starting this weekend (Saturday June 25th and Sunday June 26th) the group rides will start at 9 AM instead of 10 AM.

Shouldn’t be a problem because the sun probably is getting you up earlier anyway.   As for you sleepyheads, set your alarms.

As responsible cyclists we need to adhere to rules of the road.  In Kelowna that means not riding 2 abreast in a bike lane or on streets without bike lanes within the Kelowna city limits.

Kelowna bylaws state that a person operating a cycle:

• must, ride as near as practical to the right side of a highway, within a bicycle path if available.
• must not ride abreast of another person operating a cycle on the highway.

These bylaws override the Motor Vehicle Act and are the regulations we must abide by on our rides.  Thanks to Mike Wagstaff for bringing this to our attention.