Calgary Bike to Work Day 2011 - Recap

by A. Tong

Bike to work day in Calgary for 2011 has come and gone. As a participant, I would say it was a great success! "Bike doctors" at the energy pit stops were busy fixing issues commuters had while others at the stops were handing out freebies like fruit, water bottles, and patch kits! I stopped by the tent set up by Ridley's Cycle to snap some photos. I don't think you'd see a happier bunch of people at 7:00am in the morning, especially compared to many of the drones that march onto the bus headed for downtown every morning . I got some shots and continued on my way to the free breakfast at Eau Claire Market. As I approached the event I could hear some live music! Round the corner and I saw a large group of cyclists gathering around the event area! Along with the free breakfast, free coffee was provided by Starbucks, Twitter followers of @Bike2WorkDayYYC had a chance to win a free commuter bike provided by BikeBike, and a table with free patch kits were just some of the things going during the event.

The best part of the day was the sightings of people who were on their bikes who don't regularly commute. After all, isn't that the whole point of the event, to get more people biking to work? Hopefully a few of them will realize how easy and fun it is to continue the commute!

Thanks to the organizers for putting on a great event! You can see a link to the event sponsors here.

Here are a bunch of pics I snapped to capture the day!