Bikes, Film, Art: Outdoor Film Screening
Sep
21
5:00 PM17:00

Bikes, Film, Art: Outdoor Film Screening

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Forest City Gallery is taking over Boyle Memorial Community Centre Park! Everyone is welcome for to come and enjoy the food and music, followed by an evening “Bike-In Theatre”.

London Cycle Link is offering a free bike valet service and onsite tune-ups. Come out and enjoy the outdoor film screening under the stars!

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Photography For Cyclists
Sep
8
2:00 PM14:00

Photography For Cyclists

Turn your rides into outstanding photos with your smartphone or any camera!
Leo Cavallini is a London-based lifelong cyclist and photographer with 20+ years of experience, offering a blend of theory and practice in this workshop. There will be a 1-hour lecture at Squeaky Wheel Bike Co-op and then a 2-hour bike ride through Downtown London and Thames Valley Parkway.

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Group Ride and Ride Marshal Training Workshop
May
26
12:00 PM12:00

Group Ride and Ride Marshal Training Workshop

Riding your bike recreationally can be a great solo hobby, but riding with others can be bring the enjoyment to new heights. It can also be safer, and even more efficient in some cases. But it can also be intimidating. There are many ways in which this form of recreation can be enjoyed in numbers. Group rides with friends, group rides with a cycling club, gran fondo events, or large parade-like slow rolls. In each of these settings there’s an etiquette and protocol, some more formal than others. 

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Intro to Randonneuring
Jul
9
2:00 PM14:00

Intro to Randonneuring

Note: this event has been postponed from June 11.

Are you ready to go long? Randonneuring, a french word that translates roughly to "hiking", is the adopted name for the organized form of non-competitive long distance endurance cycling. In this workshop, Marc Deshaies and Fred Chagnon, two London-based members of the Randonneurs Ontario cycling club, will provide an overview of this discipline, and go over the following information.

- History and origin of the discipline: Did you know that it predates the Tour de France, and is actually connected to the origin of this event?

- Randonneuring events: The lengths of the rides, and the rules that govern them.

- Bikes and Gear: The types of bikes that work well for this type of riding, as well as what other gear is needed or recommended

- Nutrition: How to fuel before, during, and after a long ride

- Training and preparation: How to prepare to ride really really far. Hint: It's not nearly as much about physical preparedness as you'd think.

- How to get started: When's the next long ride, and how to get registered and ready.

If riding your bike all day long is fun, you're interested in an organized system and framework within which to do that on a regular basis, randonneuring is a sub-discipline you may enjoy. Or if you just want to hear some wild stories about how cyclists eat, sleep, and take care of other needs while living on their bikes for a while, this is the session for you. So, are you ready to go long?

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Biking to Port Stanley
Jun
18
2:00 PM14:00

Biking to Port Stanley

What would it be like to go on day trips with your kids on a bike? If you ever wondered about that and have questions about your capacity, safety, destinations and other topics, join us to hear from Luis, Ana (13), Rafael(11) and Tiago(8) about their experience riding to Port Stanley and back.

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Travel By Bike Workshop
Apr
2
1:30 PM13:30

Travel By Bike Workshop

 Please join us for our Travel by Bike workshop with Dickson Bou with special guest Jimmy Judgey of The Driveside. 

        Dickson is an avid cyclist that likes to travel by bike. He ranges from bikecamping trips, biking from campsite to campsite to packing his bike with him on an airplane biking from Airbnb to Airbnb. Outside of riding bikes he also builds custom steel bike frames and accessories under the name Wake Robin, mostly geared toward bikes designed for longer distances. 

Jimmy is the co-founder of http://thedriveside.com, a cycling platform designed to broaden the world of non-competitive cycling. By building and documenting routes and providing resources, they provide an alternative view of what cycling adventures are -- all rides can be an adventure. Jimmy has also spent 10+ years wrenching away at bike co-ops.

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Annual General Meeting
Jan
18
7:00 PM19:00

Annual General Meeting

Please join London Cycle Link at our Annual General Meeting, to hear more about our work this past year, vote in new board members, update our bylaws, see our financials, and hear what we have planned for 2023.

Following the official business, we will be handing out the 2022 BICAW Bicycle Awards, catching up (via video) with international cycling advocates Melissa and Chris Bruntlett, and hearing from City of London Active Transportation Manager Daniel Hall about recent and upcoming cycling infrastructure improvements.

Stick around after the meeting (9-10pm) for food and drinks care of Baker's Table and Pastry Co.

This is a free event for members. Please register through Eventbrite so we know how much food to get.

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Ride This Winter
Dec
11
1:00 PM13:00

Ride This Winter

Join us for a panel discussion on winter cycling, and share your own experiences, techniques and questions about getting around by bike in winter.

We hope to discuss what to wear for differing conditions, how to prepare your bike, and any other gems of wisdom from those who brave the elements!

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WTF Repair Workshop
Nov
27
2:00 PM14:00

WTF Repair Workshop

WTF Repair Workshop is for women, trans, non-binary and queer cyclists to build community and repair bikes in a safe space.

This month we’ll be looking at readying our bikes for winter.

First hour: instruction from our expert mechanic

Second hour: open shop time with mechanic(s) on hand to answer any questions and help out as needed.

Contact us at info@londoncyclelink.ca if you want to attend. Let us know if you will be present for the structured instruction, the open shop time, or both, and any specific needs you have for your bike.

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London Cycle Drinks
Nov
19
7:30 PM19:30

London Cycle Drinks

London Cycle Drinks is our monthly social event. London Cycle Link and Squeaky Wheel Bike Co-op members (and their friends) are encouraged to come out and meet staff and volunteers, ask questions, learn more about our programs, talk about bikes and cycling, and build community. RSVP to rayne@londoncyclelink.ca.

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