The 2017 Bike Mechanic Calendar has arrived! Currently in its 7th year, the calendar is an annual fundraising project that provides financial support to community bike shops and cycling initiatives in Montreal. Each calendar costs $15, half of which goes to a local community bike shop, such as Santrovélo. To get your copy, contact Ben at ben@santropolroulant.org or 514-284-9335, or stop …
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Deliver Veggie Baskets by Bike
Calling all volunteer cyclists! On June 17th, we will begin delivering fresh veggie baskets to our meals-on-wheels clients. While some of these deliveries will be done by car, most will be done by bike to the Mile End, Centre Sud, Ville Marie and Westmount neighbourhoods. In order to do so, we need your help! When: Friday afternoons, beginning at 3:30pm Where: …
Women & Trans* Day at SantroVélo
Did you know that SantroVélo, our community bike shop, is opened the 1st Saturday of each month from 1-4pm to welcome people who identify as female or transgender? This is an opportunity for women and transgender folks to feel empowered in a space traditionally defined as masculine! If you self-identify as such, you are invited to come work on your bike, lend a …
Women & Trans* Night at SantroVélo
Did you know that SantroVélo, our community bike shop, is opened the 1st Saturday of each month to welcome people who identify as female or transgendered? What: This is an opportunity for women and transgendered folks to feel empowered in a space traditionally defined as masculine! If you self-identify as such, you are invited to come work on your bike, lend a hand or …
Women & Trans Night at SantroVélo
Did you know that SantroVélo, our community bike shop, is opened the 1st Saturday of each month to welcome people who identify as female or transgender? This is an opportunity for women and transgender folks to feel empowered in a space traditionally defined as masculine! If you self-identify as such, you are invited to come work on your bike, lend a hand or …
Cycling Enthusiasts Unite!
SantroVélo is excited to announce the launch party for the 5th annual bike mechanic calendar! There will be live music by the Brass Mob and a burlesque show, with 2015 calendars and postcards for sale. For those who don’t know, every year Montreal bike mechanics from various community bike shops around the city create a calendar as a fundraising initiative. The calendar …
SantroVélo Fall Tune-up Day!
On Saturday Oct 18th, SantroVélo – our community bike shop – will be holding a Fall Tune-Up event! If you’ve been to the tune-up before, you know that volunteer bike mechanics offer a basic check-up (brakes, shifting, bottom bracket, headset, wheel axles, and tires) and will do the repairs on 2 or 3 things that need a bit of love. “Things” include, for …
Women & Trans Night at SantroVélo
SantroVélo, our community bike shop, will open the 2nd Saturday of each month from 4 to 7pm to welcome people who identify as female or transgender. This is an opportunity for women and transgender folks to feel empowered in a space traditionally defined as masculine. If you self-identify as such, you are invited to come work on your bike, lend a hand or …
Ambassa-who? Kevin and his Cycling Crew
Kevin used the resources around him – a cabin with a great history and friends who love cycling- to create a super unique fundraiser for the Roulant. Read his story below. Name: Kevin Brown What is your connection to the Roulant? I have been involved as a volunteer for the last 10 years. I started off doing deliveries, then I …
Bike-Shop Administration Summer Internship – Job posting
Santrovelo is seeking a Bike-Shop Administration Intern for the duration of the summer (11 weeks). Santrovélo is a friendly, vibrant and stimulating environment, led by a wonderfull team of volunteers who are an integral part of Santropol Roulant as a whole. This is an administrative position geared (pun intended) towards amateur bicycle enthusiasts. A profound knowledge of bike mechanics is …
The Gazette: Creating community in a kitchen
Yesterday we had the pleasure or seeing The Gazette publish a wonderful article about the Roulant. Thank you Susan Schwartz for such lovely coverage. To access the article on The Gazette’s website, click here. To download a copy of the archived PDF (below), click here.
Vancouver’s Velo Vision: Safe Biking for All Ages
We found this video on the website of StreetFilms.org and thought it worthwhile to share a simple methodology for testing if a city’s cycling infrastructure is well designed. “When you are going to evaluate the design of any cycling infrastructure, you don’t have to be a transportation engineer. Think of a child, a child that you really love. Once you have that boy …
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