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Six ways to get ready for the 2023 cycling season | Active Transportation updates͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
THE HUB & SPOKEMARCH 2023
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Kudos and thanks go out to John Rossignol and helper Quinn, who together spent countless hours and cut through over 1000 trees to restore access to the Beck Trail (near Murray River) this winter after extensive damage from Fiona! Thanks to John and Quinn, the Red Loop is once again accessible for bikers and hikers, and they’ve already started tackling the Blue Loop, too! |
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Getting ready for Cycling Season!
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It’s officially spring, and even if it’s too early to take off those fat tires just yet, this is the time to start planning for the cycling season ahead. Following are some ways you can grab that bike by its handlebars!
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#1: Get your 2023 Cycling PEI Membership!
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All Cycling PEI membership types, including UCI licenses, are available to purchase now at www.cyclingpei.org/membership. As we mentioned in the last edition of the Hub & Spoke, we are pleased to be able to offer a couple of new optional insurance add-ons to your membership this year. The Training Accident Insurance ($20) extends the same personal accident coverage you enjoy at CPEI-sanctioned events and club rides to anytime you’re on your bike for training/exercise purposes this year. The 24-hour Bike Accident Insurance ($100) ensures that you are covered for up to $25,000 in the event of accidental injury that occurs anytime while riding your bike. Both insurance add-ons take immediate effect once you have purchased them, and are good until the end of the 2023! See more details of the insurance coverage here.
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#2: Get Ready for Rigid Riders!
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Public registration for our ever-popular Rigid Riders all-ages mountain bike club will open on April 5th! So mark your calendar to visit cyclingpei.org/clubsprograms, because this program fills up quickly! The program will run Tuesday evenings from June 6th to August 29th.
Rigid Riders is made possible by the awesome teen and adult Rigid Riders leaders! If you would like more information about volunteering as a Rigid Rider leader, please write to rigidriderspei@gmail.com |
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#3. Register a Cycling Club
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As a Cycling PEI-sanctioned cycling club, you can access the following benefits: Contact us at info@cyclingpei.org for more information! |
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Lots of things go into producing a great cycling event like a ride or a race, but first and foremost is takes people! Cycling PEI doesn’t have the staff resources to organize all of the events our members might like, but we can work with you, our members, to help make your dream event happen. Resources Cycling PEI can provide include things like: Equipment (timing system, signs, race tape, tents, etc) Insurance coverage Personnel (commissaires, first aid, staff support) Promotion to our mailing list, on our website and on social media Event registration Administrative support (eg. obtaining highway permits or venue permissions)
If you have an idea for a cycling event you’d like to partner on this year, please contact us at info@cyclingpei.org! NOTE: Our preliminary core event calendar will be released in early April!
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#5. Become a Commissaire!Commissaires are race officials who play an important role in maintaining safety, fair play, and ensuring that races operate in accordance with provincial and national standards. You can train to be a commissaire by taking online courses and learning from experienced commissaires at races, and there are special courses for both Road and Mountain Biking disciplines. Commissaires earn honoraria for helping out at CPEI-sanctioned races. If you would be interested in learning to become a Commissaire and making an important contribution to the sport of cycling, please let us know by writing to commissaires@cyclingpei.org.
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#6. Train to become a HopOn Instructor!
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HopOn is a games-based cycling program that teaches school-aged kids across Canada the joys of cycling safely. Cycling PEI will be offering this program in school (primarily grades 3-6) and community settings (for kids aged 6-16) for the first time in 2023. Learn more about HopOn at hoponcanada.ca.
We are seeking new HopOn instructors, with a particular emphasis on those with daytime availability who could help deliver this program to school classes. HopOn Instructors are paid for their work, and Cycling PEI covers all training costs. Please contact us at info@cyclingpei.org to learn more!
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There’s been lots happening on the Active Transportation front this month! On Monday, SAFE Summerside presented its AT Network proposal to Summerside City Council. According to SAFE, the room was so packed they had to get more chairs out of storage! Councillors asked lots of questions and expressed a lot of support for the plan, which, if it wishes to proceed, it will add to the Committee of the Whole Agenda in two weeks time, and at such time Council could make a request to the City Staff to work towards an Official AT Network Plan.
Cycling PEI was pleased to provide a letter of support for SAFE Summerside’s proposal, which you can view here. Just days before, on March 17th, Bike Friendly Communities presented its vision of an Active Transportation Network for the Capital Region at its “Bike Friendly Future Info Session” at Beaconsfield Carriage House. In case you missed that event, you can view a recording of the presentation on their Facebook page, here.
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Cycling PEI has joined with dozens of other sports organizations on PEI in a new collaborative fundraiser, the SYSPEI (Support Your Sport on PEI) Gold Rush. Now taking place on Thursdays, this week’s SYSPEI Gold Rush pot is the biggest yet, approaching $7000!To support cycling on PEI and get in on the action, please click this link (https://syspei.goldrush.causable.io), create an account, and choose to support "Cycling" under Manage Your Donations. You can even choose whether to have your ticket purchases support our Youth Cycling or High Performance initiatives! Follow SYSPEI Gold Rush on Facebook to see regular draw updates!
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