VGH Bike-apalooza 2015
The second annual VGH Bike Fair – Bike-apalooza – is being held on Thursday September 24th from 3:00 to 6:00 pm along the W 10th Bikeway between Willow and Heather Streets. Although hosted on hospital grounds, this is a community event and everyone is welcome.
In addition to general awareness and celebration of cycling, Bike-apalooza aims to help summer bike commuters extend their riding into the shorter, wetter and cooler days of autumn and winter. Last year, an estimated 500 attendees visited over 30 exhibits and celebrated the opening of the VGH Cycling Centre. This year promises to be even better.
Come to learn, sample, shop and win. See a list of our exhibitors and prizes available to be won at the GreenCare site.
There will also be tours of the award winning VGH Cycling Centre, which has been described as one of Metro Vancouver’s best, located in the hospital’s former laundry building on West 10th Avenue near the entrance to the Emergency department. In addition to secure, inside space for 182 bikes, the centre has showers for men and women, towel service, 105 well-ventilated storage lockers for wet bike gear and a bike repair area. There are memberships for full and part time riders. They also host regular workshops on bike repair and other bike related topics.