Cyclists come together for Be*Spoke: A Festival About Bikes

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Cyclists from Centre Wellington’s Green Lanes came together with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington (BBBSCW), Guelph Tool Library’s Free Hub and Kitchener’s Red Raccoon Bike Rescue for Be*Spoke: A Festival About Bikes on Jan. 25.

About 30 volunteers spent the morning at the new CW Co-Work space in Elora repairing bikes to distribute to the community.

BBBSCW participants attended the Big Bike Fix as an opportunity for youth to learn bike-related skills, including changing a tire.

In the afternoon, people gathered at the Gorge Cinema to watch The Engine Inside.

Photos by Robin George

 

Oleksiy Kamyshanskyy is one of about 14 Ukrainian refugees who moved to Elora about a month ago.

Some of the bikes repaired during the festival are set to be given to Ukrainian refugees in Centre Wellington.