Events of interest to Human Powered Vehicle Operators of Ottawa

• Upcoming
• TBD
• Regular
• Past

• 2008
  • Sunday May (1st or 8th?): Tour Nortel

  • May 21st, 2008, 19:00: Ride of Silence in memory of cyclists killed or harrassed by motorists

  • Saturday May (24th or 31st?): Electric Vehicle Expo: Canada Museum of Science and Technology, 10am hto 4pm. Organized by the Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa. Bring your bikes and other human powered creations for static display. Check out electric vehicles of all kinds including electric bikes. Static display only please - no bike movement unless arriving or departing (museum event insurance requirements). Contact Juergen Weichert
  • May 30th, June 1st, 2008: Tour la nuit, Tour de l'ile, Montreal.

  • June 11-15th: Westfest

  • June 7th: Ottawa Canada World Naked Bike Ride We'll gather at Confederation Park at 2pm. Bodypainting and sign making basics will be available, and you're encouraged to bring creative stuff to share as well. (2005 poster)

  • June 7 - 8, 2008: Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour organized by the Ottawa Bicycle Club, (613) 230-1064, office@ottawabicycleclub.ca. This is a 176km ride each way to Kingston and back in two days. It is recommended that each participant have covered 1000 km in the spring before the event.

  • July 27th: The 10th Hacker Bike Ride takes place the Sunday after the Ottawa Linux Symposium.

  • August 9-10, MS Bike Tour: 150 km bike ride over 2 days to Kemptville and back to raise funds for MS research.

  • August 17, 10:00: HPVOoO beach parade, starting at ARMPIT central (Mark's or Richard's), taking the Western Parkway, which is closed for Alcatel Sunday BikeDays, out to the Ottawa Folk Festival at Britannia Park. A number of us are also volunteering with CfSC to help with bike parking. The theme for the parade is TBD. We will meet at 09:00 to start decorating. Some ideas include parasols, grass skirts, inflatable palm trees, flippers, hawaiian shirts/shorts, snorkels/masks, outrageous bathing suits, straw hats, supersoakers, waterwings, pool noodles, zinc, thongs...

  • August 16-17, Port Hope, ON: TrikeFest

  • Sunday August 24th: Ottawa Pride parade. Here is the past parade route map. Come JOIN us!!! Alls you need is a bike n' a smile....

  • September 6-7: Summers End Century Tour organized by the Ottawa Bicycle Club, (613) 230-1064, office@ottawabicycleclub.ca. This is a 120km (metric) or 162km (imperial) ride each way to the St. Lawrence and back in two days.

  • September 22: Car-free day

  • October 31st: Hallowe'en, 18:00-20:00:
    • G.Y.S.T. time (a.k.a.: D.A.T.)
    • build costumes and floats
    • ride around some lucky neighbourhood entertaining kids
    • ride around entertaining pubbers

  
  

• Saturday, November 24th, 2007, 18:00 ?: Orleans Santa's Parade of Lights:

• Saturday, November 24, 2007, 7:30 pm ?: Stittsville Parade of Lights.

• Sunday, November 25th, 2007, 16:00 ?: Rockland Santa Light Parade: . In 2005, we won third place and donated the money back to the Food Centre of Rockland. Here are photos from 2005. We had fun with rented computerized trackspots. :)

• Carleton Place Santa Claus parade:

• Almonte Santa Claus parade, starts at the high school

• Kanata Santa Claus parade.

• Nepean Santa Claus parade.

• Aylmer Santa Claus parade.

• Inter-city HPTA PUTT. Brantford results for 2004.

• Parking Meter Party in the Byward Market, York Street between Sussex and William St. - all it takes is a fist full of quarters and a bicycle....
  The plan:
  • Roll onto York Street in the morning when the parking spots aren't all yet taken, and park. One vehicle per spot as per regulations.
  • Feed the meter then park yourself in a lawn chair with a cooler, music, astroturf, carpet, whatever. Done "en-mass" we'll effectively (and very legally) transform a "place for cars" into a "place for people". We'll stick to posted time limits & rotate every two hours to a different spot!
  • We'll have lemonade, homemade treats and copies of the parking regulations for anyone who happens by!
  • more info at Jenn Farr

• February(?): Human Powered Transportation Association: Brantford Ice Bike races. Results from 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003. Expect C$25/racer fees.

• Shawville road training trip and campout. This is likely to be early in May. (This didn't happen... maybe 2005?)

• • Annual HPVOoO Parking Lot Meet
  • {some big parking lot}.
  • Come and join us for an opportunity to meet fellow cyclists, and to see and ride some alternative pedal-powered machines. Recumbent bikes, trikes, and cargo vehicles will be on hand.

• Backyard Builders Challenge - Ottawa - Thunder Bay - Brantford (possible San diego CA). Results from 2003, 2004.

• A.R.M.P.I.T. East parade vehicle building session

• HPVOoO is interested in organizing an Ice bike race on the canal during Winterlude in conjunction with the NCC. Mike Plummer has been involved in the past and it willing to be a resource person for this. The Kanata mountain bike club is also interested.

• Every Sunday (Mondays on long weekends) evening HPVOoO members informally gather at 18:00 (**note new time**) for food, then often go for a ride, and sometimes for a hot beverage or ice cream.
  • VietNam Noodle House, 706 Somerset Street West (230-8555) between Cambridge and Arthur (map)
  There are vegetarian options. Email (the list, hpv-ottawa at tricolour.net) ahead of time for confirmation.

• The Break up the Week Ride departs on Wednesday mornings at 9 AM from the Gatineau Park Gamelin information kiosk between April and November.

• There are Critical Mass rides in many cities on the planet on the last Friday of each month roughly from April until October organized by no-one. In Ottawa they have been starting at Confederation Part from the NE corner of Elgin/Laurier at about 17:15.

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