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Building a Cycling Culture: Special Presentations on November 29, 2011

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The City of Mississauga Cycling Office in collaboration with the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee is hosting two presentations with the theme: Building a Cycling Culture on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 @ 7 – 9 p.m.

Where: NOEL RYAN AUDITORIUM, Mississauga Central Library (FREE Underground Parking) 301 Burnhamthorpe Rd. W. (map) (Burnhamthorpe Rd. W. and [...]

Ward Rides Kick off in Ward 3

It is planned that casual bike rides will be held throughout the City beginning in Spring 2012, ward by ward, and including the local Councillor where possible. Councillor Fonseca, who sits as the Council representative on the MCAC, has kicked this series off in (her) Ward 3 by holding rides on August 5 as [...]

Record number of riders in 2011 Tour de Mississauga

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NOTE: The 5th annual Tour de Mississauga will take place on Sunday, September 16, 2012. See you then!

MCAC volunteers are busy debriefing and reviewing the considerable input coming in following the 4th annual Tour de Mississauga which took place on Sunday, September 18. We so appreciate hearing your comments to help us improve and [...]

Ride the Tour… Ride the Earth

Put your old bikes to good use

Donate your old bikes at the Tour de Mississauga!

Many cyclists have an old bike or two in their garage, and often the question is how to get rid of them in an appropriate way.

There is an organization called Ride the Earth Cycles, located in the Niagara Region, which is dedicated to helping youth [...]

Tour de Mississauga 2011

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The 4th annual Tour takes place on Sunday, September 18, 2011 and will introduce cyclists to the best off-road trails and on-road bike routes available throughout the north-east quadrant of the City, starting and ending at the newly renovated Mississauga Celebration Square. Click for full-sized POSTER.

SPECIAL NOTE TO ALL CYCLISTS, September 15 at 11:59 [...]

Bike To Work Day 2011 – May 30th

Smart Commute Mississauga (click for all details) and the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee invite you to participate in the 5th Annual Bike to Work Day on Monday, May 30, 2011. In conjunction with these two groups, the City of Mississauga will be hosting a pancake breakfast event from 8-10 a.m. at the Living Arts [...]

Cycling tour hits the city

On tour. Riders taking part in the Tour de Mississauga make their way north on Tenth Line this morning after starting their ride at Streetsville Memorial Park. There were various lengths of rides including a 25-kilometre family ride as well as 60 and 100K rides for avid cyclists who were up for a challenge. [...]

2010 Tour de Mississauga — IT’S A GO !!

Dear Cycling Colleagues – It’s a GO! We’ve got a great weather forecast for Sunday, September 19, 2010. Online registrations are still coming in and we are expecting a wonderful turnout! We’re swamped, frankly, so hope you get a chance to see this e-mail before the Tour!

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Bicycles boost Mississauga

Bridges are a favourite metaphor for MCAC. Bike bridges close gaps and with them, bicycles become the ultimate shortcut to where you want to be.

This City may have been designed around the car (hey, it was the seventies), but the cycling retrofit is happening and MCAC is advocating hard for soonest implementation. The citizens want this, as shown during the Strategic Plan visioning exercise and the Cycling Master Plan, and Council gets it. [...]

2010 Tour de Mississauga poster

The MCAC spent considerable (volunteer) time designing the 2010 Tour Poster. We hope it conveys the inclusive nature of the event: young and older, recreational and commuter, athletic and not so much…. anyone with a bike (or more) in their garage. The green colour conveys the environmental and natural trails component. The variety of bikes [...]