Category: Local cycling info

The First Annual Killer Beez Road Trip (FAKBRT) was a smashing success! Thanks to Mike and the other committees 😉 for all the hard work. We saw breathtaking scenery, road many km’s in Washington’s Methow Valley and replenished with BBQ, beer, pizza and the outstanding breakfast at the Chewuch Inn. Besides our Kelowna crew we had “Guest Beez” from Alaska and Vancouver join us! Have a look at the pictures and put this on your calendar for next year!

Watch the Summit Video here!

Saturday May 18: Meet at Kelowna Cycle at 9am for a ride if the weather is good! If enough people are interested throughout the summer, we will make this a regular ride for Saturdays.

Sunday May 19: Regular ride now starts at 9am. If it’s rainy, come for coffee.

It is finally warmer!

For this week (May 10) we will leave the start time at 10:00 am.
Starting next Friday (May 17), the start time is 09:00 am. 

Have fun riding.

Michael

The consensus after yesterday’s ride was to switch to the earlier start time two weeks from now. So starting on May 19, we will be leaving the Bean Scene on Dickson at 9am!

Linda sent the following link, make sure to check it out:

https://www.bigwhite.com/summer/events-activities/grand-blanc-training-program

There was some talk about these three articles about cyclists & drivers, published by a local lawyer on Castanet. Have a read and comment if you like!

https://www.castanet.net/news/Achieving-Justice/253003/Watch-for-cyclists

https://www.castanet.net/news/Achieving-Justice/253525/Who-is-responsible

https://www.castanet.net/news/Achieving-Justice/254058/Watch-for-careless-drivers

With enough daylight to allow cycling late afternoon, we are now starting one of our weekly favourites: the Wednesday ride aka JOYCE’s Ride! Until Joyce is fully recovered, we will have to keep this going without her but in the meantime, meet at 5pm in front of Kelowna Cycle on Pandosy Street.

The ride is usually 35km and will get us back to the coffee shop around 6:40pm or so! Social, fun ride, nobody gets dropped. It really is all about the coffee (tea, water etc.) after 😏

The route was scouted and has some slight modifications right now, due to ongoing construction in East Kelowna. See picture!

After another great hike on Sunday, we are now officially starting the cycling season!

For now, the Sunday rides from the Bean Scene will be starting at 10am. As long as the weather is good, meet there and join the group! No-drop, starting with lower mileage, routes change every week.

We will announce when the Wednesday (Mission) and Friday rides (West Kelowna) are ready to go!

Last Sunday’s hike was a lot of fun so I hope all of you can make it out on Sunday April 7 for our last hike before getting on the bikes …

As per usual, we will meet at 9am at the Bean Scene for a nourishing coffee before carpooling to the trailhead.

We will try one of the newer hikes in Kelowna, the Lebanon Park. It is located 5320 Lakeshore Road, with a new parking lot on the east side of the road (we cycle by there all the time).

https://goo.gl/maps/3fvfL6wCwwR2

Starting the hike at 10am from there!