Bienvenue à la 12e édition du Christie Bike Ride!
Nous sommes tellement heureux que vous pouvez nous rejoindre pour le 1er édition virtuelle du Christie Bike Ride. Commes tous les années, nous roulons ensemble à Montréal ce samedi pour collecter des fonds pour une grande cause. Le seul différence est que nous ne serons pas ensemble en personne, mais plutôt sur les médias sociaux.
We are so happy to have partnered with the Black Law Students Association of McGill to organize the ride this year. Click here to see a video message from BLSM for Christie Bike Ride Participants.
This year, all funds raised will go to the West Island Black Community Association, which provides educational, cultural and recreational activities for Black youth and seniors, as well as counselling and a drop-in centre for youth. WIBCA also facilitates discussion groups and anti-racism workshops, and is planning on opening a hotline for free emergency legal services. Please continue to ask your friends and family to support your ride by donating to WIBCA here. To see a video message from WIBCA for the Christie Bike Ride participants, please click here.
To Donate:
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/christie-bike-ride-12th-annual/
Bien que vous pouvez faire votre ride à n’importe quel moment cette fin de semaine, nous encourageons tous les participants à pédaler samedi matin. Look out for us along the routes and give us a wave from 2 metres away!
Partagez votre ride avec nous!
Join our Facebook Event to see videos leading up to the ride and to see photos of other riders!
https://www.facebook.com/events/751196642394903
New this year, we have an instagram account! Find us at @christiebikeride or click the linke bellow.
https://www.instagram.com/christiebikeride/?hl=en
We also have a strava club where participants can share their rides and routes.
https://www.strava.com/clubs/738943
Route Options
As the ride will be done individually, you can do any route you want, no matter where you are in the world! That being said, we are offering three suggested routes for our participants in Montreal. While we have listed the starting point as the Faculty of Law for the first two, and the MacDonald Campus for the third, you can start the ride from your home and join the route wherever makes most sense for you!
Option A: The Classic (45 km)
This is the classic Christie Bike Ride route which will take you along the Lachine Canal out to René Lévesque Parc in LaSalle. There is some construction along the canal, so you will have to cross back and forth along the canal a few times, but the signage is clear. From there you will ride east along the Lakeshore through LaSalle and Verdun. Continue on through Nun’s Island to the Estacade and turn left after the bridge. This will take you to Parc Jean Drapeau. From there, take the Jacques Cartier Bridge back to the island of Montreal, and a final climb up to Parc La Fontaine. This route is mostly flat, with three short hills at the end (on Jean-Drapeau up to the Cartier bridge, crossing the Cartier bridge, and from de Maisonneuve up to Sherbrooke).
Please note, all the public washrooms in LaSalle and Verdun are currently closed. There is a port-a-potty in the Arthur Therrien Park (just before the bridge from Verdun to Nun’s Island), but this is 30 km from the starting point, so plan accordingly! There are also open washrooms in Jean Drapeau and La Fontaine.
Option B: Le Classique Lite (35 km)
Ce parcours est similaire au classique, mais vous terminez un peu plus tôt et vous manquez l’île des Soeurs et le parc Jean Drapeau. Cette option vous amènera le piste cyclable du canal de Lachine jusqu’au parc René Lévesque à LaSalle. De là, vous pédalerez au bord du lac en passant par LaSalle et Verdun. Continuez sur la rue Wellington en passant par Pointe-Saint-Charles, puis longez le sud du canal de Lachine en direction du bassin Peel. Restez sur la piste cyclable en passant sous l’autoroute, puis continuez vers le nord en passant devant Habitat 67. Vous terminerez dans le magnifique parc de Dieppe avec une vue sur le Vieux-Port et le parc Jean Drapeau. Ce parcours est complètement plat.
Veuillez noter, toutes les toilettes publiques de LaSalle et de Verdun sont actuellement fermées. Il y a un port-a-pot dans le parc Arthur Therrien (juste avant le pont de Verdun à l’Île-des-Sœurs), mais il se trouve à 30 km du point de départ, alors prévoyez en conséquence!
Option C: The West Island Loop (45 km)
This route gives you the chance to discover McGill’s beautiful MacDonald Campus and the towns in the west of the island. Starting at Mac Campus in Sainte Anne de Bellevue, head West along the Fleuve and follow the bike path as it curves north and back east along the tip of the island. Continue past the Anse à L’Orme Bay towards the Cap St Jacques Nature Park. Turn right on Chateau Pierrefonds Ave and then left on Pierrefonds Blvd to stay on the bike path. Turn right on Jacques Bizard Blvd and left on Salaberry Blvd which will take you to Centennial Park. From there, go a little further east and then turn right on Sources Blvd, which will take you back down to Lakeshore Blvd. Continue west on Lakeshore back to Mac Campus. This route is flat for the most part with 2 small hills (going around the West tip of the island and going south on rue Somerset).
Please note: there are washroom facilities open in Cap St Jacques Nature Park; we are not sure if they are open in Centennial Park, so plan accordingly!
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