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Saskatoon Cycles advocates for a Saskatoon where cycling is a viable, year-round mode of transportation that is safe, convenient, and comfortable for all ages, confidence levels and abilities.
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Over the past two years in Winnipeg, 25 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed in motor vehicle collisions. More than one per month.

When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Congratulations, Montreal!
Ranked #1 for most cycling friendly city in North America for 2025! 🥇🚲
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Come ride with us for our “Winter Riding” Slow Roll this Saturday, November 29, 2025!

Gather Local Market (east doors) is our new default rendezvous: you'll have access to washrooms, a wide variety of food and drinks, and a place to sit indoors if the mood strikes.

Join us!
2:00PM departure time
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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It really is just simple geometry.

You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
The entrance to the 3-storey bike parking garage at Utrecht Central holding 12,500 bicycles. It’s free for the first 24 hours, linked to the station, and used by tens of thousands every day. This is what happens when a country treats bikes as real transport infrastructure, not an afterthought.
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The @cityofsaskatoon.bsky.social wants to get your thoughts on the Active Transportation Plan Update!

This is your chance to have your voice heard regarding safer, more accessible, more connected active transportation.

Be heard! 😀🚲❤️

LINK BELOW OPEN UNTIL December 3, 2025

arcg.is/09KWe80
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Decades ago, I supported mandatory helmet laws for people riding bikes. Then I was convinced by evidence and the bigger picture that such laws are actually counter-productive in many ways. This NZ article explains some.

I support helmets, but not mandatory helmet laws.

Build safe infrastructure.
David Seymour was right to question our compulsory helmet laws
There’s little evidence our mandatory cycle laws improve overall safety, and quite a bit of evidence suggesting they’re doing more harm than good.
thespinoff.co.nz
August 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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A complete, connected, comfortable network of protected bike-lanes is a climate mitigation strategy. It’s a healthy cities strategy. It’s a social equity strategy. It’s an affordability strategy. It’s an economic devt strategy. It’s a smart mobility & space saving strategy.

Etc. Etc. Etc.

Etc.
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Our Annual General Meeting is open to all Saskatoon Cycles members and will be held on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 7:00pm on Google Meet.

This is a great opportunity to join us as we review the past year, and look ahead to the year to come.

Register here: saskatooncycles.org/agm-registration/
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Saskatoon Cycles is a proud signatory to the 2025 Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play! 🙂❤️🚲🌱

Learn more about it and help celebrate outdoor play by visiting www.outdoorplaycanada.ca/aop10/
🎉 It’s here 🎉

The 2025 Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play is officially live!

Packed with new insights, sector-specific recommendations, and grounded in 9 key themes, this updated Statement is your go-to guide for supporting active outdoor play for all! 🌿

www.outdoorplaycanada.ca/aop10/
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Yesterday, representatives from the Viking, soccer, pirate, and sandwich communities came together to settle historical grievances via our "Halloween Costume" Slow Roll 2025.

We're calling it the "Treaty of Blondes".

We remain encouraged by the power of cycling to bring people together. 🙂❤️🚲🎃
October 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Reminder:
Tomorrow (Sat) we ride!

Costumes are not mandatory, but sure are fun. 🙂

2PM departure from Gather Local Market.
Join us this coming Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 for the "Halloween Costume" Slow Roll!

We embrace any outfit that's cute, goofy, fun, or beautiful!

Our casual, conversational-paced ride will depart from Gather Local Market at 2PM!

(Costumes are NOT mandatory, but appreciated. Oh, sooo appreciated...)
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Join us as we check out the new bike infrastructure at Cumberland Ave and 14th Street E! 😊❤️🚴‍♀️

The @cityofsaskatoon.bsky.social put some thought in here.

What do you think? Will this infrastructure make the intersection more friendly to you as a pedestrian or cyclist?

Let us know in the comments!
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
October 20 to 26, 2025 is Canadian Youth Road Safety Week!

Join the conversation about #OurFutureRoads with @parachute.ca to support the goal of empowering youth ages 15 to 24 to become more involved in road safety issues.

Learn more at parachute.ca/ourfutureroads
#CYRSW2025
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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In a documentary I was involved in, there was a scientist who studied ghost bikes in Germany – and the memorial cards that relatives place on motorways where their loved ones were killed. These places are repeatedly cleared away by authorities and others because they ‘disturb the street scene’.
When Darin Kinniewess's family informed us that a second "spirit bike" had been removed from his memorial site, we decided to try something else.

We hope this small plaque will be a lasting placeholder for the community to honour him and for others to reflect on the ongoing need for safer streets.
October 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
When Darin Kinniewess's family informed us that a second "spirit bike" had been removed from his memorial site, we decided to try something else.

We hope this small plaque will be a lasting placeholder for the community to honour him and for others to reflect on the ongoing need for safer streets.
October 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Join us this coming Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 for the "Halloween Costume" Slow Roll!

We embrace any outfit that's cute, goofy, fun, or beautiful!

Our casual, conversational-paced ride will depart from Gather Local Market at 2PM!

(Costumes are NOT mandatory, but appreciated. Oh, sooo appreciated...)
October 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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A new study models 20mph/30kph effects on cycling and traffic. A useful nuance is "negligible impact on journey times...due to lowered speed limits largely being applied on local streets instead of larger, ‘busier’ roads designed to maximise the flow of traffic"

road.cc/content/news...
Reducing speed limits to 20mph protects cyclists and doesn’t delay traffic, new research finds
Researchers in Australia modelled traffic stress levels according to varying speed limits… and the results are no surprise
road.cc
October 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The short version of our Cathy Watts Memorial Ride from September 8, 2025.

The "biking gramma" was a tireless cycling advocate and chair/co-chair of Saskatoon Cycles for years.

Be sure to check out the full length video on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/4HHcmBd2TP4
Like, share, and subscribe! 😊
October 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus featured a bicycle race of modernist painters who were painting while riding

October 5, 1969
October 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Great outing today at the Wanuskewin Heritage Park for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Great paths, beautiful weather, fun people, and a meaningful national project to create understanding and bring people together.

Thanks to everyone involved.
October 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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🎵🚲 Calling all bike fans who are also music nerds!

We need help on our Bike Day on the Hill playlist. Listen and comment what bike songs should be added.

🎧 What we have so far: music.apple.com/ca/playlist/...
Bike Day on the Hill by Safiya Benoit on Apple Music
Playlist · 15 Songs
music.apple.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We're riding far for some T and R. 🙂

-Sept. 30, 2025
-leaving Gather Market at 8:30AM
-17km one way
-pace TBD
-no fixed return group or time (leave at your discretion)
-bring proper bike security (limited racks)
-questions? comment 👇

wanuskewin.com/event/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation/
September 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Art and cycling enthusiasts alert!

The Nuit Blanche Glow Roll is on again this year, allowing you to slowly explore the evening art festival and ride in style, with greatly reduced car traffic.

Light up your bike and become "part of the art" with dozens of other fellow bike riders!
www.NBYXE.ca
September 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM