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▶ Group Rides

Promoting group rides in Mississauga.  The Port Credit Slow Roll, Roll Cooksville, Streetsville Slow Roll and Lakeview Slow Rollers group rides started up again in Spring 2023, 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!  NOTE: The Tour de Mississauga will not take place in 2023.  ▶ See also: Home Page posting; Walking Tours

NOTE: Past Advocacy rides are archived further below if they are linked to/from other MCN! webpages.


COUNCIL BIKE CHALLENGE

[Posted: September 9, 2023]

Will three (3) Councillors attend a combination of the three remaining Community Rides below?? 👇👇👇



Saturday, September 23: UTM Community Ride 🎓

[Updated: September 22, 2023]

COUNCIL BIKE CHALLENGE RIDE What's this?

Sunday, September 24: TOPCA Waterfront Trail Ride 🌊

[Posted: September 22, 2023]

Sunday, September 24: Healing Cycle - Live Ride

[Posted: September 15, 2023]

Wednesday, September 27: Streetsville Slow Roll

[Posted: September 14, 2023]

▶ See the Streetsville Slow Roll Facebook posting for Registration and ride details, once available.



Thursday, September 28: Cooksville Slow Roll

[Posted: September 14, 2023]

▶ See the Roll Cooksville Facebook posting for Registration and ride details, once available.



Sundays in October: Lakeview Slow Roll

[Posted: September 16, 2023]

▶ See the Lakeview Slow Roll Facebook posting for Registration and ride details, once available.



Saturday, October 14: Salmon Run Community Ride 🐟

[Posted: August 29, 2023]

COUNCIL BIKE CHALLENGE RIDE What's this?

▶ Routes will be posted (8km, 16km) once available, on the City's Registration webpage.



Friday, October 28: Fall Colours / Halloween Community Ride 🍂 🎃

[Posted: August 29, 2023]

COUNCIL BIKE CHALLENGE RIDE What's this?

▶ Routes will be posted (8km, 16km) once available, on the City's Registration webpage.




ARCHIVED ADVOCACY RIDES


July 16, 2022: Trailblazers Tandem Cycling Club - Test Rides

[Updated: 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.