Bikepoc

Our first workshop of the season 🌸🌸

Come learn about cycling in the city including bike safety tips, basic bike maintenance, selecting bike accessories and more! This workshop is perfect for new cyclists and seasonal riders.

📍Location: Bikechain - 230 College St. Entrance is off of Huron St.

🗓️ Date: Wednesday May 3rd at 6:30pm.

✌🏽Free and no RSVP needed. Workshop is only for Women, Trans, Femme, Non Binary BIPOC.

Hey everyone! I know its been a while but we are back with a couple announcements and updates. ‼️‼️

1. BIKE MATCH PROGRAM- we are not accepting any new recipients this year. We are still working through our waitlist from last year and connecting the last few folks with bikes. If you have received a bike from us, please tag us in your post/story so we can share it on our feed! 🚲📸

2. PARTNERSHIP RIDE w/ Town of Ajax - we are stoked to be joining the Town of Ajax on their Women of Colour bike ride happening on Saturday May 6. We are also looking for a fellow bipoc cyclist to help assist with this ride. If you are interested or know someone who may be, please DM us for more info, monetary compensation will provided.

3. BI WEEKLY RIDES RESUMING - excited to finally ride with everyone again. We will be announcing our first ride of the season shortly so please keep your eyes peeled for upcoming posts. First ride will be in May.

4. DONATIONS - We are looking for bike donations and bike accessories such as helmets, bells, bike lights and locks for our bike match program. Please DM us for more details.

5. VOLUNTEER OUTREACH - Want to get more involved with BIKEPOC? we are looking for new folks to help with leading and assisting with our social rides/workshops, social media management and more! DM us to join our Discord and get connected.

That’s all for now folks! Thank you so much for the on going support and see you on the road soon! ✌🏿✌🏽 and happy 420!! 🍃

aaaand we’re back! 🎉

Super pumped to announce that we will be running the BIKEPOC Bike Match program for a third year now! Thank you to everyone who has made this program v successful and for all the sweet words we’ve received. We also have made a few tweaks to the program so things can run a lot smoother and folks will see bikes quicker.

UPDATE - SIGN UP IS NOW CLOSED

🚨 That being said…SIGN UP IS NOW OPEN ON OUR WEBSITE !! LIMITED NUMBER OF APPLICANTS ** SO HURRY. 🚨

cant wait to ride with yall! more news coming soon..🚲✌🏽💕

New Bike Day ✨

We are very happy to have connected Vada to this lovely white Gardin yesterday.

Safe riding!!

NO RAIN YALL 🎊

📢 JOIN US TOMORROW FOR OUR FIRST RIDE OF THE SEASON 📢

We’ll meet at Christie Pits Park (Bloor/Christie entrance) at 6:15pm and then roll out at 6:30pm. This will be a 10km (one way), social, no drop ride. We will be riding a loop and ending at Grange Park for a hang/vegan donuts! 🍩

Start time: Meet 6:15pm, Rollout 6:30pm
Start location: Christie Pits Park
End location: Grange Park (OCAD)
End time: 8pm
Difficulty: Beginner friendly, no drop

*No-drop means no one gets left behind, we will be riding at a leisure pace
**This ride is reserved only for BIPOC who identify as Women, Trans, Femme, Non-Binary
***BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous, Person(s) of Colour ✌🏽

New Bike Day 🎊

Glad to have connected Sarah to this wonderful bike! Enjoy your new ride!

❌ PSA: OUR WAITLIST IS NOW CLOSED.❌

We have received over 85 applications within the last 3 months, which is so amazing. We will do our best to connect every person on the list so far with a bike.

Can't wait to ride with you all very soon! Keep an eye out for our ride announcement 👀

✌🏽

New Bike Day! 🚲

We connected Jana to this lovely orange Raleigh. They will be using this bike for mainly commuting around the city.

Thanks always to for tuning/repairing bikes for this program. As well as to everyone in the community who has donated a bike to us, to help make this happen.

Also super excited to announce that is one of our new partner bike shops that will repair/build more bikes for our Bike Match program.🎉

Hey folks!

A sweet friend of ours is offering a fellow BIPOC this bike to borrow from June 1st - September 1st.

Info about the bike:
- 53cm frame size (5'5-5'8 height)
- Single speed

This bike comes with an Uber bag, for those who would like to make some money via Uber Eats.

Please DM if interested! ✌🏽

New Bike Day 🎊

Very stoked to have connected this bike with Yasmine. She will be using it for commuting around the city and is also planning a fun bike trip for the summer! ☀️

If you have signed up for a bike, please be patient with us. We have over 50 folks waiting for bikes, and few bikes coming in at a time. We will reach out to you when we have a bike available that will fit your needs that you requested.

Thank you 💕

New Bike Day 🎊

Super excited to have connected with this rad Jamis. MK is interested in long distance road cycling and this bike will allow her to achieve great goals and more!

Thanks again to and for collaborating with us and making sure all the bikes are safe to ride.

UPDATE: NO LONGER AVAILABLE:

We have a bike available!! 🚲

- 51cm (someone who is 5'2-5'4) frame with carbon fork
- Dura Ace drivetrain
- Comes with Spd SL pedals

This bike is wonderful for someone who wants to get into long distance road riding, not ideal for city commuting.

Please DM us if this suits you!

**Bike is only available to BIPOC FTW-NB folks only

New Bike Day 🎊🚲

We are always asking for bike donations so we can tune them up and pair it to a BIPOC FTW-NB in need of one. We have a big wait-list now and not enough bikes. Please reach out to us if you have a bike laying around. Much appreciated! ✌🏽