This is an important event that I feel we all play a part in, please make every effort to attend, thanks!-Corey

We would like to invite you to the 2015 Nanaimo Bike Information Nightwhich is being held at Bowen Park Complex on Thursday January 22nd 2015 from 7 to 9pm. The evening will include updates by the city and other organizations on the extension of the E&N trail, a new Bicycle Map,  the Bicycling Master plan,  and other bicycling topics & issues. We hope to generate a wide interest and to get feedback and lots of questions.
We are inviting City of Nanaimo Mayor & Council and senior staff to be present, to hear any concerns, ideas and updates and we want to see as many people as possible, cyclist and non-cyclists. This is the night to speak on the topic of bicycling and how we can improve, expand and excel at creating a safe, enjoyable community for all.

We are looking at several bike stores showcasing some of the new for 2015 merchandise, and we asked for presentations by the various bicycling groups and organizations in the city and the district of Nanaimo.  Poster is attached and also available at this link: www.bikesense.org/bin/

Sincerely

Gord Foy, Engineering Department, City of Nanaimo, 
Andre Sullivan, Chair Nanaimo Regional Rail Trail Partnership,
Leo Boon, Chair Greater Nanaimo Cycling Coalition

Happy New Year MIVA, We had a flurry of registrations come in on the 31st, resulting in MIVA already having 40 members before the year even began!

To keep things fair, I used the random number generator first:

It gave me the #25.  I then opened the MIVA 2015 Membership List and went to the 25th registration on the list:

So congratulations to Mark Allison!  Once the orders are ready to be taken on the new 2015 gear MIVA will contact you for sizing.

  Thanks to everyone who registered for MIVA nice and early to get yourself into the free jersey prize.  We appreciate you registering early!  For anyone wanting to get it done, here the webscorer link once again.

Coming up next, the MIVA spin next Thursday January 8th.  Already 7 signed up for this FREE class, so click here and register if you're interested.

(ps: forgive my paragraph formatting, I blame wordpress for making this difficult!)

I hope everyone had a great break over the holidays, just a friendly reminder for anyone who has yet to register for 2015 just yet....TONIGHT is the deadline for getting in the free jersey draw prize.  Webscorer link here. Have a great time tonight and be safe!

Anyone interested in riding a pre season (early April), weekend, 15km time trial on super fast, Grafton Road, Errington. please contact Peter McC at pakamac@gmail.com. If there is sufficient interest, we will set up a date and time.  

The first spin of 2015 will take place on January 8th at Northridge Fitness.  Follow the link below for registration and details.  Once again it's free to all MIVA members.  

http://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=34318