Bike Sense
Bike Sense: the podcast of The BC Cycling Coalition.
Join Host Peter Ladner as he interviews guests to talk about all things related to cycling advocacy, education, and road safety in BC. Listen to stories that can influence changes that make active transportation and mobility safer, more equitable, and more accessible, so we can meet our climate, health, social justice, tourism and economic development goals.
Please visit our website at bccycling.ca to find out more about what the BC Cycling Coalition is doing and how you can join and support us.
Bike Sense
Latest Episodes
The Road Nobody Repaves: Rural BC Highways and the Active Transportation Gap
What rural road maintenance means for active transportation, and why it matters in BC communities where the highway is the only route.A freshly "maintained" road shouldn't make a stroller unusable or shred a bike tire. But that's ...
Putting Nelson on the Map: Bikepacking for All in the West Kootenays
Bikepacking is active transportation at its most adventurous, and it's far more accessible than it looks from the outside. The real magic, as today's guest explains, is how quickly it becomes doable once you understand the basics.We sit ...
Why Canada Needs Trained Bike Mechanics Now
Your bike doesn’t become “unrideable” when a chain wears out or a wheel goes out of true. It becomes unrideable when you can’t get it fixed quickly and affordably by someone who has the necessary skills. That person is becoming ever harder to f...
The Worst Place To Bike (Pender Island) FINALLY Gets A Bike Path!
Rob Fawcett is a community builder on Pender Island who helped transform a dangerous, shoulderless road into a 2-km off-road, multi-use active transportation corridor.In this episode, we sat down with Rob to hear how the Gulf Isla...
Anyone Can Ride! HUB Cycling Teaches Bike Skills for Life
Cycling culture doesn’t magically appear when you paint a bike lane. It shows up when someone learns how to balance, brake, scan, signal, and ride with confidence in the real world.Alexis Thibeault, StreetWise Manager at HUB Cycling,...