We are excited to announce that the Wednesday Night Ride is back for 2026! Led by Angelina, starting April 22, this intermediate to advanced road ride is a chance to push up the pace and ride with stronger riders. Ride will be 1.5-2.5 hours long, meeting at 6:15 pm at Arrowsmith Bikes Nanaimo location. Pace will be brisk in the range of 24-35km/h.
Wednesday Night Int/Adv Road Ride — Mid Island Velo Association
Check out the Discord #club-wed-night-adv-road-ride channel for updates or questions.
Temperatures have been a bit higher than usual this year, so its a great time to get your bikes tuned up and ready to roll! Head on over to our calendar to see all the details, and our Discord server for indoor riding, updates, and all the latest chatter.
And if you haven’t already, don’t forget to renew your membership! Sign up here to join in the fun.
Sat Feb 14: Coal City Gravel rides start, meeting at the shop 9am. Check Discord #club-coal-city-gravel-ride channel for any updates/ cancellations. First ride of the year will likely be something like this, but subject to change.
Sun Apr 5: Sunday Road Rides start
Tues Apr 7: AGM via Discord Voice, 7pm If you are interested in joining us on the board, or volunteering as a ride leader this year drop us an email!
Sat Apr 11: Green gravel rides start: these will run 2 time per month in April, May and June. Check the calendar for dates and meeting locations.
Mon Apr 13: Strava challenges start, see calendar for details
Tues Apr 14: Tuesday Development ride starts
Sun Apr 19: Spring challenge starting at White Sails
We are planning to open the Jackroo store for orders in April, stay tuned for more details.
New to the club and have questions? Drop us a line, we’re friendly!
We are looking forward to another great year in cycling! MIVA membership gains you access to weekly road and gravel rides, friendly competition via our Strava challenges, and special events such as our Spring and Summer challenges, and destination gravel rides exploring new locations. Gravel rides are expected to start in February and road rides in April, keep an eye on our calendar for all the latest.
MIVA is an IMBA affiliate club, insured under Oasis Insurance, so Cycling BC membership is not required in order to become a MIVA member. As members of a IMBA affiliated club, MIVA members are eligible for discounts on optional personal liability, accident, or physical bike damage insurance coverage through Pedal Power. To find out more, go to: https://pedalpowerinsurance.ca/ click on “Get an Online Quote” and under “Membership to Participating Provincial Association” select “International Mountain Bicycling Association of Canada”, or consult with your insurance professional.
Volunteers are truly what keeps MIVA rolling along! We would like to again thank each and every one of our ride leaders and volunteers who worked so hard in 2025. If you are interested in becoming a ride leader for 2026, or have other ideas of how you’d like to be involved, please email miva.president@gmail.com or reach out to any one of the board members.
While we wait for the official 2026 calendar to start, make sure to join us on the MIVA discord server for informal indoor and outdoor rides, as well as bike talk, buy & sell and more. Join Discord here.
Between NOW and when the 2026 scheduled season starts, there will be impromptu weather dependant rides posted on the MIVA Discord server. The weather on the coast is fickle, so these off season rides may be posted only the night before. Recently there have been rides out to Whiskey Lake and Beer-Rock, both areas rideable from town and at relatively low elevations. Whenever the weather gives us a break there is a chance we will be out there.
Beer Rock, Dec 2026
Behind Mnt Benson
You have heard of the Festive 500, well MIVA is going BIGGER with the MIVA Festive 5000, though it’s in metres not kilometers. From Dec 24th till New Years Eve we will tally up metres climbed for those on MIVA’s Strava club page and post them on the MIVA Discord club-strava-challenge channel. This includes everything Strava includes under cycling: road, gravel , virtual, MTB etc.
Nothing will be posted until you reach 2000m in order to filter out those whom have succumbed to the holiday’s hedonistic riot of consumption. Be strong!
Note:
The numbers will be tallied in the evenings.
No prizes other than good health (no better gift)
Twas the night before Chistmas and what do I hear
The spinning of pedals, the grinding of gears.
It’s the Festive 5000 and that's a good reason
To be on your bike this Holiday Season.
Come Wilunga, Bealach, D’Huez and King Peak
And other mountains you can climb this week.
Don’t forget our most convenient haunt
I’m referring to our diminutive Doumont.
There’s the Devil’s Hill, you might not know
At the top of Ware, but might be in snow.
All over town there is no end of climbs
Some might need repeating many times.
By the end of this festive Christmas week
You will feel fit and trim and not so meek.
So don’t end the year on a resigning sigh
But onward and upward on a skyward high.
(5000 metres worth)
