Category: Special Rides

From Luella Cousins (Luella.Cousins@mssociety.ca):

I thought your members may be interested in a great two-day, fully supported, fundraising cycling event in Kelowna; the MS Bike – Okanagan Experience.

As always, the ride weekend includes meals, snacks, fully mapped and marked routes, on-route mechanical support, and complimentary wine tastings at rest stops.

New this year is a 100km route that I think your members will especially enjoy.

The ride will be held on September 9-10 and cyclists can register at www.msbike.ca.  Right now the registration fee is only $50 but will increase to $70 on August 1^st.

If you have any questions, concerns or require more information you can contact me at Luella.cousins@mssociety.ca or call 1-800-268-7582, Local. 7262.

About the ride: There are two start points: Coldstream and Lumby.   The ride from Coldstream to Lumby is along Hwy 6, from Lumby to Mable Lake is along a rural road used by people going to Mable Lake provincial park or local farmers.   It is essentially a ‘no thru’ road so traffic is usually light, it is quite scenic.  At Mable lake there is a small store with limited food selection right in the park.  this is an out and back ride.  

Start time 9 am from Coldstream or 10 am from Lumby.

From Coldstream: the start point will be on  Kalamalka Road, just a short distance past the beach at the tennis courts.  Round trip 122 kms.  (open the link)

From Lumby: the start point will be at the grocery store parking lot, in town on the hwy.  Round trip 76 kms (open the link)

If we have a good turn out, we may create two groups, last year we had close to 30 riders.   We can sort this out in Lumby.

Please open the following links:

From coldstream:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/22522482

From Lumby

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/22866130

Any questions, contact Bob Perra  bbmcperra@gmail.com

On Friday June 23 – weather permitting – we would like to go on a ride in Summerland. It is a very nice 60KM ride.

We will meet in Summerland on Kelly Ave at the Summerland Middle School so we can start the ride at 09:00AM. 

If possible, please car pool or make the ride longer and ride from West Kelowna.

Hope to see you there.

Michael

Weather permitting we will go on Sunday June 04 on the Penticton to Oliver and back ride. (Please see link) 

Leave from Skaha Lake parking (Elm Av. Penticton) at 8:30am. For car pooling we can meet at 7:30am at Starbucks on Louie Dr. in West Kelowna.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14433149

Hope to see you for a good ride.

Michael

The floods have affected the regular century ride route (washed out bridge at the bottom of the switchbacks) but the event is still on and you can enjoy new routes instead!

Please go to oscr.ca and check out the updated course maps ….

See you there!

From Michael; Saturday:

the forecast is for 30 kmp – 50 amp North wind in Penticton and Osoyoos. So, Bob and I won’t go on the ride out of Penticton tomorrow.

Original message: Sunday Sep. 11 we will go on the modified Ironman ride out of Penticton. The ride is about 145-150KM. Start time is 08:00am from the Skaha Lake park in Penticton. So far the weather forecast is ok hope it stays like this.
See you Sunday for this ride.

From Michael:

On Friday, Aug. 19, we are going to do the Summerland Ride. It’s about 55K. It is a very nice ride, mostly on side roads.
We will start at 8:30am from the Summerland Middle School on Kelly Ave.

Hope to see you there.
Michael

… to everybody who finished the Green Mountain ride last Sunday! Hot but fun!

One of the all-time favorites, about 90km, hilly and gorgeous.

Meet at Starbucks on Louie Drive in West Kelowna at 7:30am to carpool, or Skaha Lake parking lot for the ride start at 8:30am.

Bring enough water and sunscreen; resupply at Twin Lakes golf course and in OK Falls.

If you have questions, email Graham at gmcmynn@gmail.com.

Click here to view the GPS for this ride.