Coastal Cycles

Keeping the community riding

Rentals

Victoria and Area Weather

Coastal Cycles is located 300 yards from the Galloping Goose Trail. Most of our customers prefer to ride this section of the trail as it provides scenic vistas in either direction and is substantially lighter in traffic than if you begin your ride from Victoria.

From our store you can ride to Thetis Lake, Matheson Lake or the Town of Sooke, as well as the Sooke Potholes. We have ample all day parking if needed at no additional cost.

Leisure Bikes:

HOURLY $8.00

DAILY $25.00 (24 hrs.)

WEEKLY $100.

Some women frames available

Road/Triathlon Bikes:

DAILY $45. (24 Hrs.)

WEEKLY $165.

Children’s Bikes:

HOURLY $8.

DAILY $25. (24 Hrs.)

WEEKLY $100

Adams Trail-a-Bike:

HOURLY $6.

DAILY $20. (24 hrs.)

WEEKLY $75.

CHARIOT TRAILERS

HOURLY $6.

DAILY $20. (24hrs.)

WEEKLY $75.

All rentals are the latest models.Helmets and amenity handlebar pouches are provided at no additional cost. Renters are required to provide security in the form of a credit card pre-authorization and are asked to prepay the rental fees.

Group rates available - please call for details: 250-391-1980 out of town 1-888-391-1980 or email info@coastalcycle.com

Enjoy cycling in Victoria and surrounding areas individually or as a group.

Places to Ride Follow this link to Super Natural British Columbia

The Galloping Goose

This 55-km or 34-mile trail starts just beyond the Johnson Street Bridge west of Downtown Victoria and continues mostly uninterupted to the Sooke Potholes, close to the town of Sooke.The Galloping Goose Trail is a mixed use trail for pedestrians, blades, joggers, and cyclists alike. The further you get away from Victoria the lighter the traffic. You’ll enjoy the leisurely pace in the View Royal and Colwood areas.

The Lockside Trail

This trail intersects with the Galloping Goose trail at the switch bridge near Town and Country. It meanders past wetlands, farms and suburban backyards. The trail is 29-km or 18-miles in length and eventually will bring you to the township of Sydney by the Sea. A most scenic and historic sleepy seaside town.

Publications of interest:

Well, a new customer of mine and I were talking in the shop the other day. He was someone who appreciated the older style of bike manufacturing. After some discussion he wrote down this website for me to peruse. If you're fan of steel framed bikes, its a great site to check out;
http://www.scoop.it/t/classic-steel-bikes
Pleasant Reading.

Another fantastic link here is 'Ode to the bicycle'. Check this video
out here.
http://www.dolectures.com/lectures/an-ode-to-the-bicycle/
Truly an inspiration to watch. You'll find a new appreciation for that steed you ride.

Location and Hours

#1-1610 Island Hwy Victoria, BC V9B 1H8

Just Past the Six Mile Pub, Same Side of the street

Lots of Free Parking

Open Tuesday to Saturday 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Sundays and Holidays 10AM - 4PM

Mondays CLOSED

Closed stat holidays November - March

Cars and Bikes. Who’s who?

I’ve been thinking about Old Man Warner in relation to the attitudes that many people have towards cycling and cyclists.

Those of us who are cycling advocates regard cycling as a form of mobility that improves individual lives, communities, economies, and the environment. To us, more cycling equals progress.

Whereas Old Man Warner thinks, “Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more.”

None of us alive today have ever lived in a world without cars, and neither have the Old Man Warner’s of our world. Cars run through our traditions, our rites of passage, what it means to be a credible, respectable, functional member of society; what it means to be socially mobile.

We, of course, know that there have not always been motor vehicles and the enabling infrastructure. We are taught in school that Henry Ford “invented” the automobile in 1908. But we hardly remember the names of other great Americans, such as Prometheus who brought us fire, and Alexander Fleming who discovered penicillin.

Some of us even are aware that cyclists are responsible for the first public paved roads.

But try telling that to Old Man Warner.

To him, cycling — even accommodating cyclists — represents regression; even a slippery slope towards total societal corrosion.

Regression in maturity: An adult who rides a bike looks like childish.
Regression of civilization: In the “Third World,” people ride bikes because those societies are backwards.
Regression of economic class: Cycling is the transportation choice of last resort for the poor, who obviously aspire to own a car.
Regression in social standing: Anyone on a bike, if they can afford a car, must have a DUI or other shameful reason for it.

Did I leave out any of the stigmata of cycling?

The problem is that Old Man Warner is flat wrong about what it would mean to abandon the lottery. And his wrongness perpetuates a tragic practice. Everyone in the community perpetuates the practice; Old Man Warner is merely it’s most outspoken defender.