More freebies for cyclists today!  Today’s schedule of events includes 1 hour of free bowling at HRM Bowlarama locations (from 4-8) and a free yoga class for cyclists at Moshka Yoga Halifax (1512 Dresden Row).  Ride, free yoga, ride, free bowling.  What’s not to like?

Bike Week will continue throughout the weekend – tomorrow is jam-packed with events and activities – but our Photo of the Day series wraps up today.  What better way to close out an exciting week of cycling activities than this pair of photographs of a bicycle high wire act at a local carnival:

Bicycle high wire act at a Bill Lynch Show. Photograph from an album in the Bill Lynch fonds (MS-4-218)

Yep.  That really happened!  Safe and happy cycling everyone.

If all this riding has your bike chain in a knot, MEC and the Halifax Cycling Coalition are hosting another commuter maintenance station on the Dartmouth side of the MacDonald Bridge.  If you’re just tuning in for the photo of the day, we have another bicycle safety week photo for you!

Bicycle Safety Week. Photograph from the Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography and Clark Photographic fonds (MS-4-250, Box 22, File 17)

Look at all those bicycles!  We’ll wrap up the Bike Week Photo of the Day tomorrow with one you won’t want to miss.  Hint – the cyclists are teetering!

Bike Week organizers know that cycling to work can make you hungry!  That’s why today’s schedule of events includes a free commuter pancake breakfast from 7-9.  The breakfast will be held at two locations: the Dartmouth side of the MacDonald Bridge (near the bike lane!) and at MEC (1550 Granville Street).  Don’t forget to bring your own mug and plate!  Today is also HRM School Bike Day, where schools are invited to promote cycling through school-wide events.

Our photo of the day was found among the papers of a steamship agency of all places.  We’re not sure why the company copied this old photograph, but we’re grateful they did!

First bicycle club in Nova Scotia, 1893. Photograph from the Pickford and Black fonds (MS-4-50, Box PC3, File 55).

If you missed out on yesterday’s bike tune-up and clinic, don’t worry!  Today’s schedule of events includes a “commuter maintenance station” sponsored by MEC and the Halifax Cycling Coalition.  You can also take part in a Bike, Boat, and Yoga event at the Saint Mary’s Boat Club and a panel discussion on cycling infrastructure at the Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building.

Today’s photo of the day brings us back to the 1970s when bicycle safety week was an annual event in local schools:

Bicycle Safety Week. Photograph from the Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography and Clark Photographic fonds (MS-4-250, Box 51, File 75)

Check back tomorrow for a photograph of the first bike club in Nova Scotia!

Unidentified group of people posing with bicycles near an unidentified shipwreck. Photograph from the Private Photograph Collection (PC-8)

Check back tomorrow for another photo!

We’re super excited about HRM Bike Week, which kicks off tonight with a party at the Seaport Farmers Market.  To help the Dalhousie community get into the swing of things, Archives and Special Collections has selected a handful of photographs of bicycles from our photograph collection.

Next week, we’ll post a Bike Week Photo of the Day to show some of the many ways bicycles have been used throughout Nova Scotia.   If you’re looking for some historical perspective on cycling in Nova Scotia, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.  Our oldest photo is from 1893!

Stay tuned for the photos.  And if you’re looking for info on what’s going on around town, check out the Bike Week Schedule of Events.  Happy cycling!