Hans on the Bike - Cycling in Ottawa and beyond

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Month: May 2024

Looking for some social, local cycling events this weekend?

May 31, 2024 Hansonthebike 2

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you feel like going out and socialise on your bike this weekend without donning a jersey and spandex for a ride to Toronto and back, here are some local ideas for casual rides and events.

Two people cycling on a separate pathway along traffic. there are several trees and there is a book store in the background.

Pedal Poll bike count is here and VeloCanadaBikes needs your help

May 16, 2024 Hansonthebike 2

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the forth time, volunteers across Canada fan out to count cyclists and pedestrians in the second week of June. Will you volunteer a few hours too?

Spring into Active Parkways 2024

May 10, 2024 Hansonthebike 0

Reading Time: 2 minutesGroup ride in Ottawa on May 11: Spring into Active Parkways 2024

A picture of avid cyclists in a park like setting. with super imposed text when the parkways are open

When and which NCC Parkways are open for active transportation only in 2024?

May 3, 2024 Hansonthebike 2

Reading Time: 2 minutesI created my annual overview of the NCC Parkways when they are open for Active Transportation only. Here is your handy schedule.

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Hans on the Bike writes about cycling in the Ottawa-Gatineau National Capital Region in Canada. Stay up to date with cycling developments in this bike friendly city with hundreds of kilometres of pathways.

Hans on the Bike is not a very competitive cyclist; most of the time he is cycling around town doing errands or guiding tourists while waving to friends.

As a bicycle tour guide, he hears tons of great feed back from people from all over the world. Even from the Dutch! This is encouraging.

Ms. Hans on the Bike cycles too and is often the voluntold for Hans’ pictures. She famously declared she was not going to bike below +10C but lowered the treshold to -10C over time.

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