Will Gravel Races Replace Fondos? Keeping Mass Rides Alive in Uncertain Times
Bike Sense12 Marras 2025

Will Gravel Races Replace Fondos? Keeping Mass Rides Alive in Uncertain Times

Two beloved BC fondos disappeared this year — and not because riders lost interest. We sit down with veteran organizer and Panache Cycling Sports CEO Jon Watkin to unpack the real reasons: traffic control costs spiralling to double-time rates, six-hour minimums, and newly required engineered traffic plans that turn a single intersection into a budget breaker. Jon explains where safety policy helps, where it overreaches, and how a one-size-fits-all approach can sink small, community-driven rid...

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Women Changing Cities: A Conversation with Melissa Bruntlett

Women Changing Cities: A Conversation with Melissa Bruntlett

Melissa Bruntlett is a Canadian-born cycling advocate, author, and communications consultant based in Delft, the Netherlands, and co-author of Building the Cycling City, Curbing Traffic, and her lates...

13 Elo 42min

Dutch-Inspired, Bike-Friendly Street Design for British Columbia

Dutch-Inspired, Bike-Friendly Street Design for British Columbia

BC keeps getting compared to the Netherlands, usually with a shrug: we've got hills, we've got rain, we are not Amsterdam. But scratch the surface and the similarities outweigh the differences — and t...

23 Heinä 39min

From Penny Farthing to E-Bike: A Local and Global Bicycle History

From Penny Farthing to E-Bike: A Local and Global Bicycle History

Peter is joined by Gordon Hobbis, who now, in 'retirement', runs his own bicycle museum in Maple Ridge. Gordon is the son of Cap Hobbis, founder of Caps Bicycles of BC — once the largest chain of bike...

9 Heinä 30min

How The City of North Van is Beating Bikelash

How The City of North Van is Beating Bikelash

Bike lanes can feel like a simple street design choice, so why do they set people off like a cultural lightning rod? We sit down with City of North Vancouver Councillor Tony Valente, who’s been on the...

23 Kesä 33min

How a First Nation Saved a Rail Trail—And Changed the Region

How a First Nation Saved a Rail Trail—And Changed the Region

We talk with Phil McIntyre-Paul, a key organizer behind the Splatsin to Sicamous Corridor—a 50-km rail trail and active transportation greenway running parallel to Highway 97A between Sicamous and Arm...

3 Kesä 43min

Riding Toward Reconciliation: The Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program

Riding Toward Reconciliation: The Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program

We sit down with Patrick Lucas, founder and director of the Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program, to unpack how riding and trail building can become a doorway to confidence, health, and a renewed re...

22 Touko 30min

The Road Nobody Repaves: Rural BC Highways and the Active Transportation Gap

The Road Nobody Repaves: Rural BC Highways and the Active Transportation Gap

What rural road maintenance means for active transportation, and why it matters in BC communities where the highway is the only route. A freshly "maintained" road shouldn't make a stroller unusable or...

7 Touko 26min

Putting Nelson on the Map: Bikepacking for All in the West Kootenays

Putting Nelson on the Map: Bikepacking for All in the West Kootenays

Bikepacking is active transportation at its most adventurous, and it's far more accessible than it looks from the outside. The real magic, as today's guest explains, is how quickly it becomes doable o...

23 Huhti 27min

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