Resources

Resource links

• Barnett Bicycle Institute for Bicycle Mechanics Learn more about where our top mechanics earned their certification at the Barnett Bicycle Institute’s website. There you can buy the most comprehensive bike repair manual in existence or maybe enroll in a course and find your inner bike guru.
• Canadian Police Information Center – Stolen Bicycle Search Search using a bicycles serial number and see if it has been reported stolen. Updated daily across Canada.
• City of Burnaby Cycling Page City of Burnaby cycling page provides current information on cycling routes that have been built throughout Burnaby.
• East Van Bike Polo Home to Vancouver’s largest hardcourt bike polo team usualy found at the Grandview Park Courts
• Park Tool's repair help website Need some more information about what that weird spring on your brake lever is and what it does? How about fixing your brakes? A good place to start is Park Tool’s repair help website. With labeled diagrams, step by step instructions and a list of tools y
• Sheldon Brown A good resource for do-it-yourselfers and experienced bike techs alike to find out just about whatever you need to fix your bike.
• Shimano Tech Docs The best place to find information about the compatability of your Shimano parts.
• The Bicycle Valet The Bicycle Valet is convenient and secure bicycle parking, offered for free to cyclists and self-propelled vehicle users at a number of festivals and special events throughout the summer.
• The City of Vancouver Cycling Page The City of Vancouver cycling page listing route maps, statistics and new projects
• TransLink Cycling Section Do you feel like your trip to work would be too much to do by bike? Visit Translink’s website to see how you can incorporate transit into your bicycle commute to make it more manageable. Find information about which bus routes have bike racks, when you ca
• UBC Cycling Route Planner UBC team developed a Interactive Route Planner using the Google Maps technology in conjunction with mapped data on Metro Vancouver cycling routes. Cyclists can search and plot out routes using data excusive catered to cycling in the city.

Advocacy links

• Ancient Forest Alliance A new British Columbian organization working to protect the endangered old-growth forests of BC and to ensure sustainable forestry jobs in the province.
• BEST – Better Environmentally Sound Transportation BEST is all about making alternative forms of transportation more readily availabl through out the Lower Mainland
• Canopy The mandate of this organisation is to get print media off virgin fiber and on to recycled paper.
• Global Agents For Change Global Agents For Change organizes rides to raise money for microcredit loads, a form of lending to people who can’t get credit in developing countries.
• Momentum Magazine Momentum is a magazine for cyclists, Raising awareness for commuter issues and keeping you informed about the latest gear and bike functional fashion.
• PEDAL / Our Community Bikes Pedal Energy Development Alternatives (PEDAL) is out there doing gritty good work in Vancouver’s cycling community.
• Shani Danzig Global Agents for Change ride across Europe Blog In 2009, Bikes on the Drive sponsored our employee, Shani Danzig, on her trip with GAFC from Amsterdam to Istanbul. Read about her ride here:
• Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition If you are just starting out biking in the Lower Mainland and need help planning your route and some other good advice, check out the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition’s resource page and, hey, think about signing up for Bike to Work Week!