Be a part of the Red Ribbon Ride on December 1! Ride your bike in a fun group while supporting HIV Edmonton in providing innovative prevention education, support and outreach and advocacy. Buildings and bridges will be lit red along the route, we'll enjoy the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald's heated garden patio, and Revolution Cycle will serve hot & cold beverages, food, and music at the end of the ride at their shop.

This is a great ride to participate in even if you don't normally ride in the winter: warm drinks and heaters at both ends of the ride, plus a big group to ride with for safety and good cheer.

Tickets are only $20 (or $17 if you share the event with your friends on social media).

The Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society will be installing a Ghost Bike Memorial on Monday, November 6 at 1pm at 96 Street and 111 Avenue. Early Sunday, November 5, a 38-year-old man riding a bicycle was killed in a hit-and-run collision.

“Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the victim, who are dealing with this tragic and untimely loss,” says Christopher Chan, executive director of the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society (EBC). “We hope that the driver responsible for this death comes forward to take responsibility.”

This location, along Norwood Boulevard, is just blocks from the EBC's volunteer-run community bike workshop, BikeWorks North. 96 St is also a designated bike route, connecting to the downtown bike network. 111 Avenue is part of the Norwood Boulevard Corridor Study, guiding an Area Redevelopment Plan, which began in 2014 to recreate the area as a pedestrian-friendly destination following Edmonton's Complete Streets and Main Streets Guidelines.

In August 2012, Isaak Kornelsen was killed while riding his bicycle on Whyte Avenue, just two blocks from EBC's second community workshop, BikeWorks South. A protected bike lane along 83 Avenue is now partially open, providing a safer option for people travelling past Whyte Ave.

This ghost bike is the seventeenth ghost bike EBC has installed since 2007, but the first in the urban area since 2014, when 50-year-old Wendee Hockney was killed by a garbage truck while riding on 100 Ave at 112 St. 100 Avenue is also a heavily-used bike route, now connecting to the busiest section of the downtown bike network.

Ghost Bikes, bicycles painted all-white and placed at the site where a person riding a bike has been killed, are small and sombre memorials for people killed by automobiles. The installations are meant as reminders of the tragedy that took place, and as quiet statements in support of the right of all people to safe travel.

The You Can Ride 2 program provides over 150 adaptive bikes for kids with special needs. We need to inspect and fix them before we can lend them out again. Please join us for a repair day this Saturday, October 21st from 10am to 4pm. You need at least basic knowledge of bike mechanics (fixing flats, adjusting cables, tightening bolts). The event will be held at the Goodwill Impact Centre (11415 168 St).

For more information, please email [email protected]

Whether you're shopping for Christmas gifts, picking up some studded tires for winter cycling, planning your big camping trips for next year, or just stocking up on chocolate: this is your night! Join us for another club night at MEC on November 13, 2017, 6pm-9pm at the MEC downtown Brewery District location (11904 104 Ave).

For EBC members, all regular priced merchandise is 10% off – even bikes and boats.

Please note that you must be a member of MEC ($5 lifetime membership) and EBC ($15-$20 annual membership) to take advantage of this discount. Both memberships will be available for purchase the night of this event.

Have you renewed EBC your membership yet? You can also purchase or renew your EBC membership online.

Products on clearance or marked down or products that get a discount from packages are not eligible for the 10% discount. Discount applies only to items that are in stock in the store at the time of the club night. No store transfers or web purchases. Blundstone footwear is exempt from this discount.

Our draft 2017 Annual Report, as presented at our AGM, is available for review here. We'll be making a few minor updates over the next few weeks before finalizing the report.

Wondering what your council candidates have to say about building a vibrant, dense, walkable, and bike-friendly city? Check out our voter tool to see what they're saying. We've collected responses directly from candidates, as well as from forums, interviews, and other public sources, into one place for you.

And don't forget to vote on Monday! Your voice matters.

The City wants to hear about your experiences using the downtown bike network as cyclists, pedestrians, motorists, businesses, and residents. Take the downtown bike network survey today!

Haven't ridden it yet but want to try it? You can request an interactive tour ride along with the City's Bike Education Street Team.

Both BikeWorks North and South locations will be closed August 11 through August 20, to allow for a summer break for volunteers and staff. The tools for our outdoor repair stands at BikeWorks South will remain locked during this time due to theft and vandalism concerns.

BikeWorks South will re-open August 21, and BikeWorks North will re-open August 22 for regularly scheduled hours.

Join EBC and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra for our eighth annual Bike to the Symphony next Thursday, June 1! Ride with the ESO’s Artist in Residence Lucas Waldin from BikeWorks South, or District Cafe if you prefer to meet the ride downtown, to the Winspear. The ride itself is always free, and everyone is welcome to join. Tickets to the concert are available through the Winspear Box Office. If you have a current EBC membership, you can use your promo code to access $24 tickets for the best seats in the Winspear.

From Debussy's Clair de lune to Ian Tyson's Four Strong Winds, from Rimsky-Korsakov to Star Trek to Mack the Knife: the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra will display the breadth of its talent in this performance.

For more information about Bike to the Symphony, including ride details and times, visit http://edmontonbikes.ca/symphony

If you head downtown, you will see the downtown bike network of physically separated bike lanes under construction, with a completion target of June/July. These lanes use a combination of large planters, concrete barriers and bollards to create a physical separation between bicycles and other traffic. New signal controls are being installed at intersections as well, including bike traffic lights, and other treatments will also be used to improve safety at intersections.

The future is coming! First #yeg downtown protected #cycling network street is shaping up nicely! So wide too, more than 3 meters! #yegbike pic.twitter.com/63oaiDB38e

— Darren Proulx (@dnproulx) April 22, 2017

Bike path installation on my route to work! #yegbike #yegUrbanCycling pic.twitter.com/7Gqj5BdhKF

— Kim (@saysyrahsirah) April 24, 2017

The map of the planned grid looks like this:

• 103 St north of 103 Ave won't be complete this year because of ongoing construction related to the Ice District scheduled to continue until 2019.
• 102 Ave east of 103 St also won't be complete this year, due to Valley Line LRT construction targeted for 2020.
• 99 St south of 102A Ave will also be completed later.

A more detailed map showing the roadway placement of the bike lanes should be released in the next few weeks; if you have any specific concerns about how the bike lanes will work, please contact us so we can share your feedback with the City of Edmonton. Most of the feedback and subsequent changes are planned to happen after the bike network has been constructed and opened for use, following Calgary's model, which allows for people to truly use and interact with the network in order to get the most useful feedback. Calgary made over 100 adjustments in the first few months of its bike network.

BikeWorks South and BikeWorks North are open this Saturday, April 15, 2017, but will both be closed Sunday.BikeWorks South will be open Monday regular hours.