Help your neighborhood community and get prizes by buying by bike this summertime!

(This story is sponsored by HUB Biking)

By Rianna Fiorante

HUB Cycling’s preferred Bike to Shop event returns from August 1-31 this summertime! 

This 12 months, 8 Metro Vancouver neighbourhoods are participating in the occasion that troubles men and women to shop by bike. In the course of the function, HUB Cycling issues men and women to ditch their automobile and bicycle to store to get excellent prizes, like tickets to the common Bard on the Seashore and TransLink Compass Cards, and gift playing cards for neighborhood retailers, such as Duer, Simons and Sporting Daily life at The Amazing Brentwood.  

To make browsing by bicycle a breeze, the interactive Bicycle to Shop neighbourhood maps emphasize bike retailers and bicycle parking in participating neighbourhoods, bicycle routes to bicycle-pleasant organizations, and nearby bicycle share options.  

HUB Biking will also be operating two pop-up celebration stations in Coquitlam and Richmond all through Bicycle to Store: 

• Sunday, August 6, from 9am to 1 pm at Coquitlam Farmers Market 
• Sunday, August 20, from 10:30am to 3:30pm at Steveston Farmers Market 

Individuals can cease by these stations to study extra about buying by bike in the neighbourhood, get residence absolutely free cycling maps, and find out how they can acquire good prizes by heading for a experience!  

With high gas charges, inflation, and highly-priced parking expenditures, a lot of persons are wanting for more inexpensive methods to store, and by saving income (you really don’t will need to commit on gas to gasoline your automobile) you will have extra earnings to commit at your favorite outlets and to assistance your community economy. For every $100 expended at a regional company, it is approximated that $68 remains neighborhood, so this summer, get on your bike, help regional organizations and aid your neighborhood prosper! 

Fortunately, purchasing by bicycle is simpler than you imagine! Look at out these useful resources for tips & tricks:  

• Locate the best and most secure bicycle routes to check out the Bike to Shop neighbourhoods with HUB Cycling’s free of charge bike maps at bikehub.ca/biketoshop/maps. 
• Come across protected bike parking even though you shop and learn to lock your bicycle thoroughly to discourage bicycle thieves. Find out about the protected and safe bicycle parking selections obtainable across Metro Vancouver and approaches you can use to discourage bicycle thieves!  
• Believe about how to transportation your goodies residence. You can install a basket, milk crate box or panniers—but if you don’t already have these bicycle extras, there’s no will need to go out and buy them. A good backpack will also do the trick!  

If you’re solely new to biking to store, do not fret! Stick to HUB Biking on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for suggestions and methods on conveniently earning biking to retailers a aspect of your program, or examine out The Commuter Bicycle Shopper’s Checklist or How to Store by Bicycle. 

Bicycle to Shop returns to Metro Vancouver from August 1-31. Join the movement to display our enterprises and regional conclusion-makers how significant cycling is for area firms and our local community. Find out a lot more at bikehub.ca/biketoshop.