Bike the Night — A Vancouver Tradition

: The first of 3000-4000 riders heading under the Cambie Bridge

: Pre-ride party, with unicycle team display

: Heather Deal, Tanya Paz and Catherine Evans — aspiring city council candidates

: A shower — who cares, we’re ready

: Families all throughout

: Families riding by on the burrard Bridge

: All sizes and shapes on the Burrard Bridge

: Bright and happy

: Mobis are free for the night

A few pix from a rapidly-growing event: HUB’s Bike the Night. Aside from being highly social and fun, it’s a way to introduce people to riding outside their comfort zone. Families, goofy hats and blinking bikes make it all the more fun.

The sponsor list is impressive: MEC; Translink; LaFarge; Richards, Buell, Sutton; YVR Airport Authority; and many more. From this, you can get an impression of big community support for people riding bikes. The attendees alone could go a long way towards putting bike-friendly candidates into the Mayor’s office and city council in the upcoming 2018 Vancouver civic election.