Kelowna Killer Beez

If you are hankering to do a fondo this year and ride an e-bike, this is the one for you.

It’s the Creston – Kootenay Lake Gran Fondo which will be held in Creston, BC on September 23rd, 2023.

Click here for the full details.

Due to the lingering heat wave, the start time for the Killer Beez Wednesday Group Ride changes to 9 AM from 10 AM effective immediately.

Having it be a couple of degrees cooler while climbing Spiers should be a fair trade for getting up an hour earlier.

It’s once again time to enjoy one of the Killer Beez favourite rides: the Armstrong / Enderby Group Ride.  The ride will be held on Sunday, August 13th and will start from Memorial Park in Armstrong at 9 AM sharp.  The ride crosses over to the East side of Highway 97 and meanders through scenic farmland up to Enderby and Grindrod.  Ahhh, the birds, the bees, and the scent of fresh cow manure.  After a rest break and ice cream at Farmer Johns, we climb up onto the bench and head back to Armstrong via Deep Creek Road.  There is the option to climb Grandview Bench Road when we leave Farmer Johns.  Michael Malkowski will lead us with regroups along the route to make sure no one goes astray.  The total distance covered is about 68 km.

Route Map

Hope to see you there.

Word is out that it might be tough to get ferry reservations to Victoria unless you make them early.  Therefore anyone travelling from the Okanagan to participate in the Victoria Group Rides (August 24 – 27) should consider reserving a ferry ride now to make sure that you are not disappointed.

Some of you may also wish to car pool in order to reduce costs and plus save the environment.  This could be done from Kelowna or from the Tsawwassen ferry terminal.

A group dinner for all participants and ride leaders has been scheduled for 5 PM, Friday, August 25th at Browns Social House located at 809 Douglas Street. 

So far we have 22 registered for this event.  There is still space for 8 more participants.  If interested, please click here for more details and route maps.  Also click here for an update posted on May 8th.

Thanks to Don Brown for proposing  the following gravel group ride:

“We are considering a Kettle Valley Railway group ride on Friday, July 21, 2023. This ride is open to all riders with gravel bikes, mountain bikes and e-bikes and will start from the KVR Myra Station Parking Lot at 10 AM and head to Chute Lake Lodge for lunch, coffee or other favourite beverage, then return back to the Myra Station Parking Lot.  This is a flat (1-3% grade), 72 – 75 km, out and back, very scenic ride passing over the trestles.  At this time, we are looking for general interest, so look at your calendars and let us know in the comments below if this is something you are interested in doing. “

Route Map

All participants in Killer Beez group rides must adhere to our safety rules and assume all risks for their safety.  Therefore, a waiver must be signed in order to participate in the South Okanagan Group Ride scheduled for Saturday, June 24th & Sunday June 25th, 2023.  This ride will start from the Penticton Airport parking lot on Saturday June 24th at 9:00 AM sharp.  Please see blog post dated May 22nd for further details and route maps.

If you are planning to join this ride, click on the following link to read, and print the waiver.  Please sign and BRING the waiver to the ride. We will not allow anyone without a signed waiver to ride with us.

Killer Beez South Okanagan Ride Waiver

All participants in Killer Beez group rides must adhere to our safety rules and assume all risks for their safety.  Therefore, a waiver must be signed in order to participate in the Summerland Group Ride scheduled for Friday, June 16th.  This ride will start from the Summerland Middle School parking lot on Kelly Avenue at 9:30 AM.

If you are planning to join this ride, click on the following link to read, and print the waiver.  Please sign and BRING the waiver to the ride. We will not allow anyone without a signed waiver to ride with us.

Killer Beez Summerland Ride Waiver

Darrin Caruso of ChainLine Cycle has organized a Memorial Ride for Karl Kaesmodel who passed away last fall.  Karl may be known to some of you as he had participated in a number of our Killer Beez Sunday rides.  This ride will start at 9 AM from the Sails on Sunday, July 9th.  The ride will be approximately 65 km followed by refreshments at the Kettle Brew Pub.

Due to the rising temperatures in the Okanagan, it’s time to start our group rides a little earlier to avoid the hottest part of the day as much as possible.

Therefore:

The start time for the Wednesday Group Ride will change to 10 AM, effective immediately. 

The start times for the Saturday and Sunday Group Rides will change to 9 AM, effective immediately.

Set your alarms.