NEWS RELEASE
GUELPH COALITION FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
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Come out for the fifth annual Love Your Bike Festival! This festival includes the young and old in celebrating Guelph’s favourite mode of transportation – the bike!
Give your bike some love! Three of Guelph’s cycling shops (Backpeddling, Paramount Sports and Speed River Bicycle) will be on hand to offer free mechanical checks in preparation for the Tour de Guelph which rolls out the following day.
The event takes place at St. Andrew's Presbytarian Church on Norfolk Street.
Here are some of the highlights:
- A Wrench-Off at 10 a.m. featuring Guelph’s top bike mechanics in a friendly flat-fixing competition
- An antique bike display, courtesy of Clayton Foxall from Backpeddling
- A moment of silence at 10 a.m. for fallen cyclists followed by a 'Blessing of the Bikes'
- Try out a demo bike!
- Free coffee and treats before 11 a.m.!
Group rides leave at 11 a.m. sharp (registration starts at 9:30 a.m.; helmets required)
- Two Rivers Ride, along the recreation trails to Guelph Lake and back, led by Guelph Off Road Bicycling Association (GORBA)
- A police escorted family ride, called the Easy Rider Parade, around Exhibition Park, led by Guelph Coalition for Active Transportation
Rides finish at The Wooly at noon with a BBQ, refreshments and prizes provided by Steam Whistle Brewery, and activities hosted by GCAT. Kids who participate get a free hot dog and a drink!
For more information, contact [email protected].
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