Winterruption 2023 Winterruption is a multi-day, multi-venue arts and culture festival that’s intended to get Saskatonians outside and enjoying their winter environment. With captivating concerts, exclusive film screenings, outdoor activities, and so much more, Winterruption has something fun for everyone. It runs from January 26 – 29, 2023. Saskatoon Cycles is participating with a free…
BYXE Week and Bike to Work Day Saskatoon Cycles is very excited to be partnering with the City of Saskatoon to present Spring 2022 BYXE Week from May 16 to 20. The week long event aims to promote and encourage cycling year-round and celebrate those who make cycling a part of their commute. Get ready…
Anne Hanson rides her bike almost every day of the year, so if you take her motto to heart, most of her days are good ones. At seventy four years of age, that’s a lot of good days. Jason Hanson is her son, and Saskatoon Cycle’s new Operations Manager. by Jason Hanson, Saskatoon Cycles When…
By Kira Judge, Co-Chair of Saskatoon Cycles This Friday our long-time supporter and original Friends of Cycling sponsor the Bike Doctor will play host to our weekly #HotDrinksOutside meetup. General manager Reid Challis will be there from 7 am to 9 am, to welcome us. He’ll have a fire going on the back patio and…
By Greg Basky This winter students in Saskatoon Public School’s Ecoquest program will be rolling around town and trails on shiny new Salsa Mukluk fat bikes* thanks to a community grant from Quality Bike Products, one of the industry’s largest suppliers of bikes, parts, and accessories. Ecoquest partnered with Saskatoon independent retailer The Bike Doctor…
Despite the cool, damp weather Saturday, about 50 Pleasant Hill residents stopped by to have their bikes repaired or tuned up as part of a Bike Day organized by the Saskatoon Police Service‘s Community Mobilization Unit. Mechanics from the Bike Doctor, Outtabounds, and Doug’s Spoke N’ Sport tackled everything that rolled — or was carried…
Like your bike? Then lock it right! While bike thefts may be down this spring and summer because of COVID, bike thieves have not gone away. And with offices, stores, and malls open again, and the start of another school year just around the corner, there’s no better time to make sure your lock and…
By Greg Basky For Marcus McKen, a recent encounter with a gang member in the Riversdale neighborhood demonstrated to him the power of bicycles as both conversation starter and builder of bridges. McKen, who is a member of a new bike patrol unit rolled out this spring by the city’s Community Support Program, was hanging…
Aaron Dennis and his kids exploring urban, rural gravel as part of Bike Doctor’s A Series of Detours event (#BikingStories) By Greg Basky When Aaron Dennis snagged a sweet deal on a bike for his son last winter, he had no idea it would be seeing such big mileage this spring. “It was sort of…
#BikeStories: Riding Saskatoon, one street, crescent, and avenue at a time Joanne Cliff is on a mission. Three days each week, Cliff spends between two and five hours out on her maroon-colored Marin mountain bike, riding up and down Saskatoon’s streets and avenues, and rolling through the city’s crescents and cul de sacs. When she…
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