Hamilton Community Ride 2025

Ride Recap

As always, we started with a land acknowledgement – We ride stolen land. We are riding in the lands of the Anishibaabe, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee peoples. Sources for our land acknowledgment are NativeLand.ca and Whose Land.

This ride was 36 km of conversation pace riding, beginning at Bayfront park and ending at Hamilton’s own Collective Arts Brewery. Registration was made free with the option to donate to the Everyone Rides Initiative, to help them replace their stolen recumbent trikes. Our invaluable raffle sponsors helped us raise a total of $966.80 in support of the initiative!

The day began with a pre-ride coffee social where friends, new and old, could get (re)aquatinted. While some riders called Hamilton home, many came from across the GTA, driving and taking the GoTrain to Harbour Front Station. In the spirit of a ‘no-drop’ ride, we had the help of incredible volunteer ride leaders who ensured everyone stuck together for the entirety of the ride.

The ride featured a combination of waterfront trails, forested pathways, and residential bike lanes, highlighting the diversity of Hamilton cycling.

The ride ended with samosas and refreshments at Arts Collective Brewery where we exchanged stories and raffle prizes.

Finally, we could not have captured this ride without the invaluable help of our contributors on this story:

An enormous thank you to our raffle sponsors for their support! Their time, energy and value-aligned work keeps the cycling community going and we could not be more grateful that we get to call them friends. The Hamilton Community ride wold not be possible without their contributions.

Thanks to their donated prizes, we were able to raise $966.80  in support of Every One Rides 

Sponsors:

Velo Colour   /  Free Wheel Cycle / Patagonia Toronto  /  New Hope Community Bikes  / Bike Chain UT  /  Urbane Cyclist  /  Dismount TO

Ride Recap

As always, we started with a land acknowledgement – We ride stolen land. We are riding in the lands of the Anishibaabe, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee peoples. Sources for our land acknowledgment are NativeLand.ca and Whose Land.

This ride was 36 km of conversation pace riding, beginning at Bayfront park and ending at Hamilton’s own Collective Arts Brewery. Registration was made free with the option to donate to the Everyone Rides Initiative, to help them replace their stolen recumbent trikes. Our invaluable raffle sponsors helped us raise a total of $966.80 in support of the initiative!

The day began with a pre-ride coffee social where friends, new and old, could get (re)aquatinted. While some riders called Hamilton home, many came from across the GTA, driving and taking the GoTrain to Harbour Front Station. In the spirit of a ‘no-drop’ ride, we had the help of incredible volunteer ride leaders who ensured everyone stuck together for the entirety of the ride.

The ride featured a combination of waterfront trails, forested pathways, and residential bike lanes, highlighting the diversity of Hamilton cycling.

The ride ended with samosas and refreshments at Arts Collective Brewery where we exchanged stories and raffle prizes.

Finally, we could not have captured this ride without the invaluable help of our contributors on this story: