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Bike Building with Autism Nova Scotia

In December, Cycling Nova Scotia partnered with Autism Nova Scotia to start building 70 E-Bikes that are destined for communities across Nova Scotia. The bikes were generously donated by Carson Exports in Dartmouth and the Cycling NS team was excited to build 15 bikes (with more hopefully built in January) in the car garage on a warm December afternoon. These bikes are going to be donated to Nova Scotian's with autism in communities across the province. This will be determined through application (which we will post when it is available) and be focused on rural communities where transportation can be challenging. This initiative is a great boost to the cycling community and will help get ...

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Top 10 Winter Cycling Tips

Battling the winter elements can be intimidating for a lot of cyclists. By following these few simple tips, you can go out and have just as much fun in the chilly weather as you would in the summer heat! Bundle up: You can always take gear off when I you get too hot, but it’s a lot harder to stay warm if you don’t have everything you need with you. Your extremities will get cold fast if you are not wearing adequate gear for the weather so be sure to have proper gloves and footwear to limit chilly hands and feet and to avoid frostbite in extreme conditions. Layering wind resistant and waterproof materials over warmer layers will help here. ...

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Canada Games Selection Criteria

Canada Games 2025 in Newfoundland is coming up next year and Cycling NS is ready to send another amazing team in search of medals. To select the best team possible, we have created a selection criteria for athletes to follow in their goal of being selected.  Please read and reach out to our coaches if there are any questions you may have.  Our goal is to ensure we have the best team attend the Games while making the selection process transparent and fair. Selection Criteria can be found here:  MTB: 2025 Canada Games Selection Criteria Mountain.pdf Road: 2025 Canada Games Selection Criteria Road.pdf Good luck to all athletes vying for a spot on the team. Cycling ...

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Updated By-Law Changes

In order to ensure that our bylaws are aligned with a board structure and organizational functioning that meets our recent and expected continued growth we are proposing several changes this year. We are ensuring that all meetings and resolutions can be done digitally, which is just a further clean up from changes adopted in 2017. We are also proposing to re-instate the President position so that there is clear responsibility for governance decisions. We propose board term limits for the Board Executive so that there is an obligation to ensure that the board leadership is limited. We propose adding in a section on board volunteering on other cycling related initiatives so that any conflict is clear. We are updating ...

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AGM Postponed- New Date April 2nd

POSTPONED:  Due to additional proposals received to amend the  By-Laws, we will be postponing AGM, previously scheduled for this evening (February 27, 2024) at 6:30pm  to April 2, 2024 at 6:30pm, in order to give members sufficient time to review the proposed amendments;  AGM Apr 2, 2024 06:30 PM Halifax Meeting ID 864 0249 ...

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