Kelowna Cycling

Hello and welcome to Kelowna!

So, there are lots of riding group, running groups, etc..

Cycling specific:

Check out the Kelowna Bees. google search them..
There is a group ride every sunday as long as there is not snow or ice. They meet at the Bean scene coffee shop downtown and head out on a ride at 9am. The A group is pretty fast and they ride the same set route all over Kelowna from downtown to the Mission to Rutland to Ellison and back downtown. At one point they race near the end. This group will drop riders and not sweep up the back. They ride about 70-80km I think. The B group and possibly a C group goes out on a different ride or sometimes the A route a bit slower. They do stop at the tops of large hills to gather people up. They go about 70-90km as well. Both groups are friendly and many times people will drop off the group and head back downtown or home when they have had enough.

There is also a Saturday ride from Kelowna Cycle- they go into SE Kelowna away from cars and traffic and basically go for 2 hours.

Other groups have formed and the Kelowna Bees website have posted the various other groups. Most of these rides are free too!

oh Also- There is weekly or biweekly time trials - I think Fresh Air sponsers it. You pay for insurance and a drop in fee. It's every other Tuesday at Old Vernon road- near the Coke factory (close to the highway). This is a 16km timed course. Slower people usually try to get the smaller #s to go earlier than the faster people. Once per month I believe they do a hill time trial

Finally: Criterium in Winfield - insurance needed and a $3 drop in fee to ride around a 1km ish loop where you jostle for position amongst either the A ride or B ride people. Mostly pure cyclists do this event. It lasts for 30mins plus 2 laps. There are weekly prizes for "Lap winners" and overall winners..

Happy Cycling!

Heather

Awesome, thanks very much.