▶ Group Rides
Promoting group rides in Mississauga. The Port Credit Slow Roll, Roll Cooksville, Streetsville Slow Roll and Lakeview Slow Rollers group rides start up again in Spring 2024, as well as the City's Community Rides program. Also look for special annual rides/tours listed below as information received. Frost Bike Mississauga 🥶 rides will return next winter! ▶ See also: Home Page posting; Walking Tours
Thursday, April 18: Cooksville Slow Roll - Huron Park
[Updated: April 17, 2024]COOKSVILLE SLOW ROLL: Thurs April 18 @ 6:30pm from📍Huron Park Rec Centre entrance, 830 Paisley Boulevard West ft. The Queensway Trail 🔄~7km 🦺🚴🏾🚴🏾♂️🚴🏽♀️ 1st ride of the season. All Welcome! GPS route map 🗺🧭 posted 🆓 Registration 🔗: https://t.co/eGnpsuFl8Y | #bikeMississauga 🚲 https://t.co/uUc462B2Th pic.twitter.com/D70z5ZtX5U
— Mississauga Cycling Now! (@MissCyclingNow) April 17, 2024
COUNCIL BIKE CHALLENGE
[Posted: September 9, 2023; Updated October 30, 2023]Will three (3) Councillors attend a combination of the three remaining Community Rides??
CHALLENGE MET! Thx Cllrs @AlvinTedjo, @Chris_Fonseca3 and @JoeHorneck for attending the final City-led Community Rides 🦺🚴🏿🚴🏽♀️🚴🏻♂️ and ensuring #Peel CAO @gkentsco will donate an *extra* $500 💰 to the Region's employee UW campaign! 🔗: https://t.co/VMF88Skmi1 | #bikeMississauga 🚲 https://t.co/uZfYWeCTxm pic.twitter.com/eqfHxTyTNs
— Mississauga Cycling Now! (@MissCyclingNow) October 30, 2023
ARCHIVED ADVOCACY RIDES
July 16, 2022: Trailblazers Tandem Cycling Club - Test Rides
[Updated: July 15, 2022]SHED GRAND OPENING: Sat July 16 @ 10am-2pm (11am 🎗✂️) at 📍Mississauga Valley CC. "Join us for a lively social where you can become a member, get oriented and experience a #TandemBike..." Two (2) group test rides @ 12noon and 1pm 🔗: https://t.co/WlZtIV4TyE | #bikeMississauga 🚲 https://t.co/EkVz9mmsvb
— Mississauga Cycling Now! (@MissCyclingNow) July 15, 2022
March 20, 2022: Bloor Street Ride for Bike Lanes
[Posted: March 5; *Updated*: March 28, 2022]RIDE FOR BLOOR BIKE LANES (REGIONAL EDITION): On the afternoon of Sunday, March 20, 2022 riders from Toronto and Mississauga rode west/east on Bloor Street respectively, for a rendezvous at the Toronto-Mississauga border. Toronto riders gathered at Neil McLellan Park (across from Runnymede Station) @ 12:45 pm, and started their westward ride @ 1:00 pm. MAP (left) provided by Bells on Bloor.
MISSISSAUGA RIDE: The Mississauga ride gathered at the Mississauga Valley Community Centre @ 12:45 pm, heading @ 1:00 pm to Bloor Street and Central Parkway East, continuing east on Bloor to the Etobicoke Creek bridge and meeting the Toronto riders. Ride with GPS route map provided by the organizers.
THANK YOU: To Toronto Community BikeWays Coalition for reaching out in mutual support for safe cycling infrastructure on Bloor Street and initiating this ride! ▶ See: Facebook Event Page.
ISSUES: Learn more about the issues concerning the proposed plan for bike lanes as part of the Bloor Street Integrated Project in Mississauga: ▶ See MCN! Bloor Street webpage for more.
BLOOR BLOGS: Support has been given to the Mississauga cycling community by Toronto advocates, who have blogged about the Bloor Street Ride for Bike Lanes and advocacy issues in Mississauga:
▶ Two Wheeled Politics by Robert Zaichkowski (March 7, 2022): Mississauga’s Bloor Bike Lane Fight. Succinct, quick-read analysis and overview of the entire situation which has led to the 3rd(!) Community Meeting on March 9, 2022.
▶ Two Wheeled Politics by Robert Zaichkowski (March 23, 2022): Mississauga Momentum for Bloor Bike Lanes. In-depth analysis (including slides) of the 3rd Bloor Street Community Meeting on March 9, 2022 and the outcomes. Includes videos of the Bloor Street Ride for Bike Lanes (March 20, 2022). Also includes information about MCN!
▶ Biking in a Big City by Jun Nogami ~jnyyz~ (March 8, 2022): Bike lanes on Bloor in Mississauga. Includes photos of cyclists from Toronto and Mississauga meeting at the Bloor Street border (Etobicoke Creek bridge), exchanging flags and vests ahead of the Mississauga Community Meeting (March 9) re the Bloor Street Integrated Project.
▶ Biking in a Big City by Jun Nogami ~jnyyz~ (March 20, 2022): A group ride along Bloor on the first day of spring 2022. Includes photos, videos and commentary about cyclists from Toronto and Mississauga meeting at the Bloor Street border (Etobicoke Creek bridge) on March 20, 2022.
BLOOR RIDE VIDEOS: Meeting of Toronto and Mississauga riders at the Etobicoke Creek bridge (March 20, 2022).
▶ First Day of Spring Ride West for Bloor Bike Lanes to Mississauga, by Ben Singer.
▶ Ride for Bike Lanes on Bloor - Toronto to Mississauga, by Heather Jackson.
ISSUES: Learn more about the issues concerning the proposed plan for bike lanes as part of the Bloor Street Integrated Project in Mississauga: ▶ See MCN! Bloor Street webpage for more.
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