Events of interest to Human Powered Vehicle Operators of Ottawa

• Regular
• Upcoming
• TBD
• Past

• Every Sunday (Mondays on long weekends) evening HPVOoO members informally gather at 18:00 for food, then often go for a ride, and sometimes for a hot beverage or ice cream.

  • as of 2017-09-17: Red Pepper Thai-Viet has closed at 434 Bank Street (At Gladstone).
  • 2018-06-24: Saigon Pho, 232 Bank St (corner of Lisgar), +1-613-232-0888

  • Email (the list, after subscribing, or the general contact email address) 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. This is *not* an HPVOoO sponsored event!

• 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. This is *not* an HPVOoO sponsored event!

• Here is an HPVOoO licence plate for parade vehicles that can be printed off and laminated, provided in .doc and .pdf formats.
  
  
• 2018
  • 2-18-03-17: St. Patrick's Day Parade

  • 2018-05-15: Tulip Festival

  • 2018-06-17: Italian Festival

  • Sunday August 25th, 2018: Lumiere Festival

  • Sunday August 26th, 2018: Capital Pride Parade We won "best Novelty" prize in 2004.

  • 2018 November 17th?: 49th annual Ottawa Help Santa Toy Parade

  • 2018 November 24th: Orleans Parade of Lights

• Carnifest Ottawa listing

• Ottawa Festivals

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

• Sunday, November, 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. :)

• Late November, 17:00: Carleton Place Santa Claus parade:

• December, 13:00: 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.

• 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.

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