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35 km Route: 10:30 a.m. start

  • Designed for those with some cycling experience   
  • Well suited for families with older children and riders who can bike at a leisurely pace for approximately two hours with a few rest breaks.
  • Winds through Parksville and continues through to Qualicum Beach before returning to Parksville
  • A few minor, short hills
  • Two rest stations
  • Suitable for all types of bicycles (there have been participants over 80 yrs. of age who have successfully completed this distance)
  • Cyclists are expected to complete the route in 2 – 2 ½ hours
  • Course marshalls will ride along with you to provide safety assistance and directional help.

All participants MUST check in with the Registration Desk, upon completion of the ride, to receive a food coupon ticket with which to get a drink and a hotdog at the Thrifty Food Trailer, a Bike For Your Life logo helmet decal and a water bottle.

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Start from Parksville Community Centre
0.0 RIGHT on Jensen
0.3 RIGHT on Corfield
0.9 RIGHT on Despard
1.9 CROSS Alberni Highway
2.9 RIGHT on Chestnut
3.5 LEFT on Hirst
4.4 RIGHT on Renz
5.3 LEFT on Humphrey
5.5 RIGHT on Church
5.8 LEFT on Wembley
6.8 LEFT on Roberton
7.8 RIGHT on Morningstar
8.3 LEFT on Lee
9.0 RIGHT on Barclay Crescent
9.1 CROSS footbridge
9.5 LEFT on Imperial
9.6 LEFT on Sunrise
11.8 LEFT on Bennett (Becomes Rupert)
15.5 CROSS Memorial (Continue on Rupert)
16.9 RIGHT on Arbutus

18.3 CHECKPOINT AT ARBUTUS AND WEST CRESCENT

18.3 RIGHT on Crescent West
19.9 CROSS Memorial{Continue on Crescent]
20.8 RIGHT on Highway #19
25.0 RIGHT on Drew
25.1 LEFT on Sunrise
25.7 RIGHT on Imperial
25.8 RIGHT on Barclay Crescent
26.3 CROSS the footbridge
26.4 LEFT on Lee
27.0 RIGHT on Morningstar
27.5 LEFT on Roberton
27.6 LEFT on Mulholland
27.7 RIGHT on Yellowbrick
28.3 CROSS Wembley

28.3 CHECKPOINT AT OCEANSIDE SCHOOL

28.3 LEFT on Wembley
29.7 RIGHT on Church
30.0 LEFT on Humphrey
30.5 RIGHT on Renz
31.6 LEFT on Hirst 32.0 RIGHT on Chestnut
32.7 LEFT on Despard
33.6 CROSS Alberni Highway
34.3 LEFT on Craig
35.0 FINISH at Parksville Community Centre