Slow Food Vancouver Cycle Tours
July 23 & 24, 2011
Cycle the heart of the Fraser Valley!
This summer, Slow Food Vancouver is offering two Slow Food Cycle Tours in the Fraser Valley. The 5th Cycle Tour Agassiz will be held on Saturday, July 23rd and the 3rd Cycle Tour Chilliwack will be held on Sunday, July 24th. It’s going to be a wonderfully s-l-o-w weekend!
Our cycle tours are increasingly popular so we encourage you to pre-register. Participation will be limited to 1000 cyclists per tour to ensure the farmers are not overwhelmed and you and your friends and family have a quality experience. Click here for price and registration details.
The leisurely self-guided Slow Food Cycle Tours provide an educational and culinary experience exploring many farms; some that are open to the public for this day only! The tours give a rare chance to meet the farmers and learn about agriculture in the spectacular Fraser Valley.
Support the Slow Food movement and our local Fraser Valley farmers. Agassiz and Chilliwack will feature farms that are unique to their areas so be sure to sign up for both cycle tours and spend the weekend at one of the comfortable Valley accommodations. Both Slow Food Cycle Tours are perfect for families. The routes are around 25km and relatively flat. And best of all, kids 12 and under can take part free of charge for the cycle tour but must pay for food along the way.
Book now! Stay with our 2011 Hotel Sponsor, the Coast Chilliwack Hotel. They are offering special rates to cycle tour participants until June 30th. Call in to central reservations at 1-800-663-1144 and quote ‘Slow Food Cycle Tour’ to get the special rate of $89 and $99/night or go online and use CCK-GFC1104 (group code). Come for the weekend! Stay in Harrison/Agassiz, Chilliwack, Scenic 7, Sasquatch B & B or Blackberry Lanes B & B.
View the slide shows from the Cycle Tours of 2009 : Slideshow 1 & Proof Gallery and the Chilliwack Cycle Tour 2010 slide show click here.
Participants need to be safe on the road and follow bicycle safety rules: Share the road! Keep right! You are responsible for your own safety. Please wear a helmet (it’s the law). Ride single file and follow the rules of the road. Be alert and use hand signals.
Stay informed of the latest, as well as organize transportation/ride-share by joining our Facebook event page!
Net proceeds from our summer cycle tours, along with donations from our Terra Madre campaign, will be used to sponsor local producers to attend Terra Madre 2012. Click here to donate online now.
