Ottawa’s annual Capital Vélo Fest Bike Festival is happening
Saturday – Sunday, June 1-2, 2013
Our events use fun as a persuasive force to influence the choice to ride. We combine the pleasure of cycling with education, information, and entertainment.
Capital Vélo Fest is an Ottawa based non-profit organization with the mission to:
We fulfill our mission by planning and implementing cycling related events and activities that encourage people to get on their bikes. Commuting bikes, road bikes, mountain bikes, e-bikes — we love them all! Unicycles, two-wheelers, tandem bikes, and trikes — riding a bike is fun in all of its forms! In addition to being enjoyable, cycling is good for individuals’ health and is good for a community’s health, by reducing the dependence on cars and expensive road infrastructure .
Our events use fun as a persuasive force to influence the choice to ride. We combine the pleasure of cycling with education, information, and entertainment in bicycle festivals, bicycle rallies and bicycle rodeos. Our main event is Ottawa’s premier bicycle festival, held the first weekend in June. Our open bike rallies are held monthly throughout the cycling season, and we can organize a private bike rally for businesses and organizations that want to have a team building event that promotes a healthy lifestyle with environmental consciousness. Our camp and school bike rodeos are designed by Can-Bike trained instructors to teach cycling and road skills to children and youth with age-appropriate activities and cycling games. We also own SMOOCH, our bicycle powered smoothie machine that stirs up a delicious concoction in about minute with human power.
Plan to attend our public events to enjoy cycling in the Capital Region with a unique twist, or contact us to arrange a cycling event dedicated and customized to your group.
Our main Bike Rodeo is on Saturday, June 1 outside at Ottawa City Hall from 1pm to 6pm (immediately followed by the Tour La Nuit until 11pm). Festival Plaza will be packed with all things cycling at the Bike Rodeo with a day filled with cycling products, information, entertainment and fun! Enter a draw with over $2000 in cycling gear to be won!
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A magical ride under the stars without any cars! Catch the fun in a rolling festival along a 20km route through the streets of Ottawa. Invite your friends and bring your family to come early to decorate your bikes in lights!
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Start your Sunday with some bike decorating, cycling games, and a community ride along the Colonel By Driveway, and a BBQ. Continue into Vanier in the afternoon for more fun on your bike with more games, rides with food and drinks.
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