Dress For The Weather Vancouver Island is a rainforest. Even when the temperature isn’t dipping below zero, the dampness can sink into clothing and bring the cold with it. Your best bet is to protect yourself from the rain first and then worry about cold. You’ll be plenty warm enough […] Read More
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It looks like it’s shaping up to be a cold winter in the Hub City. Most of the time, Nanaimo cyclists don’t have to worry about the weather that the rest of Canada takes as a matter of course. However, with the recent frosts, mornings are both cold and slippery. […] Read More
The 10th annual Urban Issues Film Festival will be hosted at VIU Friday, November 6, building 356, room 109. This educational, seminar-style event presents a variety of short and feature films on urban issues. This year’s theme is Residential Redux and will look at a range of housing options. See more […] Read More
Come Listen this Tuesday November 3rd to award-winning author Charles Montgomery. His latest book, Happy City, looks at how lessons from psychology, neuroscience and design activism can help all of us fix fragmented cities and improve our lives. Charles Montgomery creates trans-formative conversations about cities, science and human well-being using […] Read More
We have a new member on the HCC team. This is Julie. She has been trained as a bicycle mechanic at Quadra Bike School. At HCC, she is front end staff – door greeter, phone answerer, item finder, and Internet stuff doerer. Julie likes vintage bicycles and has a particular […] Read More
On November 1st, 2015, Hub City Cycles Community Co-op will be switching to winter hours. We will now be closed Mondays until spring 2016. Winter 2016 Hours Sunday: Closed Monday: Closed Tuesday: 10-6 Wednesday: 10-6 Thursday: 10-6 Friday: 10-6 Saturday: 10-6
Today Chris Monson brought in his 30+ year old Raleigh with shifting problems. Not only did he learn how to install cables, housing, and adjust limit screws, he also became the 1000th member of our Cooperative! As we look to the future from this milestone we hope to continue growing and […] Read More
Theatre One is proud to present Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame. This documentary on Guiseppe Marinoni chronicles his journey as a bicycle racer to one of the great names in bicycle production and back again as he rediscovered his love for racing. Date: Sunday October 25 & Monday, October […] Read More
VIU Sustainability and the Greater Nanaimo Cycling Coalition would like to draw your attention to the movie ‘Bikes vs Cars’ which we are presenting at: VIU building 250, room 125 on October 7 – 6:30pm. This feature-length documentary, is meant to be used an engine for all of us that […] Read More
CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING MONDAY OCTOBER 12th 2015 Hub City Cycles closes on statutory holidays. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but hope that you have the opportunity to go for a ride preferably downhill after a big meal. Or maybe instead of eating a turkey get it to pull […] Read More