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Guest Blogger Olena Russell

We are winding down a busy Bike to Work Week and in keeping with the cycling theme we have a guest post this week. Olena Russell is, among other things, a blogger, urban farmer, and cargo bike obsessed family cycling advocate extraordinaire. This week we posted articles about cycling tips for riding in heels and the Urban Riders Guide to Riding to Work. Olena takes all of the aspects of these articles and shows us how she's living a life by bike, how easy it can be and how you can do it too and let's not forget to mention the great sense of community cycling can bring. Read on for Olena's real life example of living a life with bikes,...

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Urban Riders: Ultimate Guide to Riding to Work

Bike to work week starts in Victoria on May 26th, are you ready? Fear not because we have the stuff that is going to get you our on your bikes riding in style in no time. Read on for all our best tips and tricks! We put this post together because we feel it's so important to get people, women, men, grandparents, children out on their bikes and riding! The more people riding in the streets of Victoria will demand better cycling infrastructure. My utopia is having streets filled with cyclists (not every street but well thought out streets where we can ride) free from traffic enjoying just being out and being social with the community. Ride your bike and...

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In Conversation with Astrid de Groot of HappyRainyDays

Our love affair with cycling started years ago and it's no coincidence, to us, that cycling and dressing for your destination go hand in hand. No need to be a speed demon when you're out on your bike, you'll get plenty of exercise by just hopping on your bike and riding. We do, however, need a little something extra every now and then on those rainy wet days, just to make things a little easier to endure. Enter Astrid de Groot and Happy Rainy Days. Astrid lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and she makes the most fabulously stylish cycling rain wear that we've ever seen! We are especially smitten with Happy Rainy Days rain capes. Read on to learn ...

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