And just like that, our RWRC Beginner’s Women’s Cycling Series has come to an end! But what a fun and inspiring introduction to the wonderful world of women’s group cycling it has been! We have so many people to thank:

We never would have connected to our amazing “coach extra-ordinaire” Siobhann Williamson without the help of Cycling BC and Ben Chaddock. Siobhann is an amazing coach – so experienced, supportive, encouraging and kind – we learned so much and could not have done it without her!

We also had an incredible volunteer sweep rider – long-time community supporter and realtor Patti Martin – thank you Patti for being an essential part of this series. Of course, we needed bikes & helmets – we were so lucky to have excellent support, fits, help and encouragement from manager Graeme Burns at Village Bikes. Thank you Graeme!

Making the final ride extra special, before they pedalled off thru beautiful Steveston Village MLA Kelly Greene took time to visit the group to congratulate them & recognize their achievements.

We were also happy to learn that more bike lanes are coming to Richmond! Thank you MLA Greene for your advocacy for projects like this and always supporting us.

To celebrate their achievement in completing the series, our cyclists made their way to Sanctuary Cafe to enjoy a delicious coffee together.

Finally, thanks again to our funder, Richmond Community Foundation for making this possible, and the RWRC admin team, Betty and Jasmine – for keeping everything organized.

We knew more men than women were participating with group cycling and women were missing out on the potential health, social & other benefits. We are so thankful for this incredible community of people who came together to make this pilot series a success!

Sure hope there will be more group cycling in our future! Heartfelt thanks to one and all!