Free tune-ups were just part of the fun.
As mentioned in a weekend update, the Bikeology Festival took over Beaver Hills House Park on Saturday.
The weather couldn’t have been better as hundreds of bicyclists (and surely a casual passerby or two) grabbed themselves free smoothies, got a free tune-up for their ride and just enjoyed the afternoon. There was also an ETS bus parked at the festival, so riders could practice loading their bikes on the front rack.(You can always practice that little trick at Mountain Equipment Co-op on 124 Street too.)
It’s all for bike month.
It’s also about gathering the city’s many different kinds of cyclists in one place. If you check out the flickr pool you’ll see commuting bikes, casual bikes, high-end bikes, bikes that just power blenders (for the free smoothies of course) and other wheeled-rides that reinvent the bicycle as you may know it.
For a winter city there’s certainly a thriving culture of bicyclists. And recently those around City Hall have kicked around the idea of expanding the city’s trail and path system.
If you missed out on the fun, just want to know more about bicycling in Edmonton, or have something to share you can drop your thoughts in a comment.
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