Go By Bike Week - Squamish
Squamish CAN is proud to be partnering with the District of Squamish and the GoByBike BC Society to host and organize GoByBike week in Squamish.
Previously under the name of Bike to Work & School Week, GoByBike week is a community event that encourages people to commute by bicycle. It is an annual event that takes place all over British Columbia at the end of October and May, celebrating the social, health and
environmental benefits of cycling. Schools, businesses, families, and individuals are encouraged to participate!
Riding a bicycle for recreation or transportation is part of a healthy lifestyle and can help prevent chronic health issues through regular exercise. It is also a lot of fun!
Learn more at www.gobybikebc.ca
Many local businesses support Go By Bike Week - Be Clean Naturally made special bike soap bars for cyclists.
Winter GoByBike Week: February 5-11th, 2024.
The winter edition of GoByBike is here! What does that mean?
This is your chance to use the awesome biking community here in Squamish and join in on an awesome initiative.
As always, we want you to share your best biking safety tips so that everyone can ride safely this GoByBike. Share your tips on social media, tag @squamish_can and @gobybikebc and use the hashtag #GoByBikeBC
Remember that EVERY ride between February 5th and 11th can be logged at gobybikebc.ca to be entered into a prize. Connect your GoByBike account to Strava to make it all automatic.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the last GoByBike campaign. It was our most successful one so far, and we are hoping to make this one even better!
Find the GoByBike Bingo Card here.
2023 Go By Bike Week in Squamish - What we achieved:
During the 2023 Squamish Go By Bike Week... Together, in a week, we
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we biked 13,416 km's
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recruited 59 teams, across 626 riders.
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fixed many bikes for free (thanks to Nomadic Mechanic)
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activated 682 mode shift rides, trading in cars for a two-wheeled commute.
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and saved 2,909 kilograms of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from going into the atmosphere
(planet Earth thanks you!)
2022 Go By Bike Week in Squamish -
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we biked 12,301 km's
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burned 369,030 calories
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fixed about 30 bikes for free (thanks to Velo-Fix!)
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ate plenty of granola bars (thanks to Nesters Market!)
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biked to pick up many donated free bike soap bars (thanks to Be Clean Naturally)
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and saved 2,667 kilograms of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from going into the atmosphere
(planet Earth thanks you!)
You are all part of these numbers! Good job!
HONORABLE MENTION to our schools!
About half of the local students have cycled to school at least once! Wow! Thank you to the school coordinators.
To volunteer or to take part and support Go By Bike Week as a bike-friendly business, please email biketoworksquamish@gmail.com