Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month

Mississippi Mills Wins the 2011 Silver Chain

Art — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:58:35 +0000

The points have been tallied, and Mississippi Mills wins the Silver Chain for 2011 with 57 riders and 13,409 kilometres. Eight of the nine Lanark County communities participated with 103 riders, a 43% increase over last year. Way to go Lanark County!

Congratulations to all who participated and ‘rode’ to the challenge. To see the detailed results click here.

Silver Chain Challenge ends on June 30

Art — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:33:08 +0000

Reminder to those who haven’t registered yet or those who are accumulating your rides on a sheet of paper on the fridge and haven’t entered them yet; The Silver Chain Challenge officially ends on Midnight June 30. You will be able to enter your rides until Midnight Sunday July 3. Don’t delay, register and enter your rides before it’s too late.

Log you rides here.

Slow Food Farm Gate Tour

jamesjamison — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:03:27 +0000

Cedar Hill Berry Farm

Don’t forget about the slow food farm gate tour tomorrow, rain or shine. You can print your maps out and look at the info here.

We’ll be at the Almonte farmer’s market in the morning answering questions until 12, the ride starts at 1:00.

Stargaze Riders are Looking at the Rain Clouds…

fred — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:47:21 +0000

Status update for the Stargazer Ride: June 26, 2011 5.50PM

It’s a go for tonight! See you there.

Status update for the Stargazer Ride: June 25, 2011 7:20PM

Astronomical observing is even more susceptible to weather conditions than cycling, and amateur astronomers are quite familiar with the quandary involved in having to decide whether a public event is a “go” or a “no go” at the last moment.

Now the last moment is on us, and the weather continues to be unfavourable… though it appears it will be merely cloudy rather than raining. To add insult to injury, Environment Canada’s current forecast for tomorrow says “Sunday: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers in the morning and early in the afternoon. Clearing late in the afternoon. High 24. UV index 5 or moderate.” and Sunday night is “Clear. Low 14.”

So here’s the deal: we’re officially moving the Stargazers Ride to tomorrow evening at the same time (9:45PM). But for those who either don’t get this message, can’t stay up till after midnight on a Sunday night, or will have done the Century Ride that day and can’t see getting back in the saddle again so soon, the ride leader will be at the scheduled departure point in front of the Textile Museum tonight as well, unless it’s actually raining. But if you can make it Sunday evening instead, we think it will be worth your while to come then instead!

Free Shipping on T-Shirts

Art — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:16:10 +0000

You’ve seen them around town on the many volunteers, supporters and participants of Bicycle Month activities. Here’s your chance to purchase a T-shirt to support Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month. Until the end of the month, all T-shirt purchases are tax-free (as always) but we will also provide free shipping.

Please visit our E-Store.