winter cycling

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Winter Cycling Congress Member Discount

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Image Credit: wintercityedmonton.ca/

This year’s Winter Cycling Congress is happening right here in Edmonton! It’s a gathering of passionate winter cyclists working towards a world where cycling year round is understood as normal and practical. The Congress runs Thursday to Saturday February 22nd to 24th and features a schedule packed with talks and some great keynote speakers. And the best part is Bike Edmonton members get an excellent discount (20% off the non-profit rate) on tickets. You can attend the whole conference for just $180, compared to the regular rate of nearly $600. Ticket sales close February 16th so get yours today!

Members can get a discounted ticket by:

  1. look up your membership by searching your email address here

  2. find the discount code in the Member Discounts section

  3. visit the conference registration page here, click register, and then enter the code in the promo box at the top

  4. to attend the whole conference, select the non-profit rate option and buy your ticket!

And if you don’t have a Bike Edmonton membership already, you can always buy one at our shop or online.

Bicicles: Stories About Winter Cycling

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Join us at BikeWorks South on Friday March 23rd for an evening to (hopefully) look back at a season of winter cycling! The International Festival of Winter Cinema and Edmonton Bicycle Commuters are partnering to host a re-screening of Bicicles, a made in Calgary documentary about winter cycling, at BikeWorks South. Admission is pay-what-you-can, and includes all the popcorn you can eat. They said it was too cold, that it was only for the hardcore elites and the insane. Winter cycling, they declared, just isn’t something you do in Calgary. Despite the naysayers, hundreds of Calgarians put on their mittens and toques and pedal off to work every winter. From old to young, riding clunkers or high-end road bikes, cyclists in Calgary keep the bike lanes busy all year round.

“Bicicles” is a film celebrating those people who refuse to stop biking in the face of snow and sleet. Filmed during the winters of 2014 - 2016, the documentary follows four "brave" souls on their typical winter commute. Along with interviews with city councillors, business organizations and everyday cyclists, “Bicicles” explores how winter cycling is becoming mainstream in a city full of drivers.

Bicicles, The Documentry 8:00pm, Friday, March 23rd BikeWorks South 8001 102 Street

Link to Facebook event

https://vimeo.com/173569356