List of Local Cycling Communities

Empowering Cycling Communities

• #ottbikesocial
• Queer Bike Club
• Black Girls Do Bike
• Ottawa Women’s Cycling Club
• Ottawa Women’s Cycling Network
• Ottawa MTB Chicks
• Critical Mass Ottawa

Social Media

• /r/bikeinottawa (Reddit) - is full of great tips, make sure to also check their wiki
• The Ottawa area Gravel Atlas (the OaGA)
• Ottawa Bicycling
• Ottawa Bicycle Classifieds
• Fatbike Ottawa Gatineau et Gravel (Le FOGG)
• Ottawa Mountain Bike Association
  • english facebook
  • french facebook
• Cyclisme en Outaouais - cycling in Ottawa Gatineau
• Western Ottawa Cycling Community
• Cycling Ottawa-Gatineau En vélo! (meetup)

Cycling Blogs and Insights

• Parkways for People - promoting active use parkways
• Hans on the Bike
• Gene Villeneuve
  • 500km Pollinator Series
  • Bikepacking tips
• Ottawa Velo Outaouais
• GoBiking.ca
• RideGravel.ca - many great gravel routes!
• Bikepack Adventures
• Richard’s GPS Trail Maps

Cycling Innovation

• MyVeloFit - local startup that makes bike fitting affordable and right at home!

Local Cycling Clubs

• Common Empire
• Kanata-Nepean Bicycle Club
• Ottawa Bicycle Club (OBC)

Events and Bikepacking

• Gravel Cup
• Rideau Lakes Tour
• Log Driver’s Waltz (Bikepacking challenge + community)

Other links

• Randonneurs Ontario
• Bikepack.ca’s Routes
• Prescott Russel Trail
• Official NCC Cycling Map
• Let’s Go Cargo Bike Rentals