Our Mission
To ride and ride some more.
SlowSpokes Nanaimo is a group of Nanaimo cyclists who are interested in organizing and participating in social/recreational no-drop bike rides in the Nanaimo/Vancouver Island area. Everyone (we have no age limit) is welcome to join us on any of our rides. We are not racers and slow riders are more than welcome (hence the name).
We normally have two rides per week on Fridays and Sundays. Leaving Serious Coffee Downtown Nanaimo at 1:30 pm Friday and 9;00 am Sunday. We are now on summer start times.
Slowspokes Nanaimo started out as outlined above. However, over time we have evolved into a small group who became faster and stronger, hence, our rides became faster and more demanding. As a result of that we failed to attract more regular riders. Many have shown up for a ride or two, then stopped coming, simply because the rides were not as advertised. So as a guideline for general Slowspokes rides you should be able to maintain a 20 km an hour pace in a 30-40 km. ride. All of this has, of course, prompted much debate about changing our name to Not So Slowspokes. Inertia has prevented that so far.
We finally have our recreational rides organized. We will be starting on Wednesday, October 07, 2015 at 1:30 pm. The ride will start at Haz Beans Coffee on Rutherford and the Island Highway. This is a recreational ride so no road warriors expecting a fast, competitive one. Expect a fairly leisurely pace for 20 km. or so with a no drop format. Come on out for the inaugural event!
Website will be shutting down soon, and will not be updated as of October 2015.
SlowSpokes Nanaimo is a group of Nanaimo cyclists who are interested in organizing and participating in social/recreational no-drop bike rides in the Nanaimo/Vancouver Island area. Everyone (we have no age limit) is welcome to join us on any of our rides. We are not racers and slow riders are more than welcome (hence the name).
We normally have two rides per week on Fridays and Sundays. Leaving Serious Coffee Downtown Nanaimo at 1:30 pm Friday and 9;00 am Sunday. We are now on summer start times.
Slowspokes Nanaimo started out as outlined above. However, over time we have evolved into a small group who became faster and stronger, hence, our rides became faster and more demanding. As a result of that we failed to attract more regular riders. Many have shown up for a ride or two, then stopped coming, simply because the rides were not as advertised. So as a guideline for general Slowspokes rides you should be able to maintain a 20 km an hour pace in a 30-40 km. ride. All of this has, of course, prompted much debate about changing our name to Not So Slowspokes. Inertia has prevented that so far.
We finally have our recreational rides organized. We will be starting on Wednesday, October 07, 2015 at 1:30 pm. The ride will start at Haz Beans Coffee on Rutherford and the Island Highway. This is a recreational ride so no road warriors expecting a fast, competitive one. Expect a fairly leisurely pace for 20 km. or so with a no drop format. Come on out for the inaugural event!
Website will be shutting down soon, and will not be updated as of October 2015.
Each rider is responsible for his or her own safety on our rides. SlowSpokes assumes no responsibility for accidents that could happen.