Welcome to the PGOSA Cycling Page with Important Information!

Introduction: PGOSA Casual and Intermediate Cycling organizes group rides for manual and Ebikes in the Oceanside area. All rides are weather dependent. Helmets are mandatory.

Rides: Regular local rides are scheduled Thu & Sun, 10:00am winters, & 9:30am summers from 500 Despard Avenue, Springwood Park parking lot (off-leash dog park on Despard)

Typical rides are 3 to 3 1/2 hours long covering 25-30km with a stop at a coffee shop. Rides are predominately on paved roads, but may include a non-paved section.

Regular local rides include Northwest Bay, Big Rock Beach, Nanoose, Rivers Edge, Errington, Coombs, Parksville, French Creek, Columbia Beach, Qualicum Beach, Englishmen River etc.  

Special rides may be entirely on trails or gravel roads. Special and Out of town rides have included rides to Kitty Coleman Park, Kinsol Trestle, Horne Lake, Little Qualicum Falls, Cumberland, Courtenay/Comox, and Denman Island.

Ride Emails: Emails are sent out with specific details for each ride including destination, route, distance, riding surface, start times, start locations, etc. Ride emails typically go out the previous day, although they may be on the morning of the ride in “iffy” weather. Emails for special rides go out earlier as starting times and locations etc. also may change. 

To Sign Up for Rides and Ride Emails: Email request to   with  
your name, PGOSA membership number, and emergency contact

For more information contact: Paul Tinney (250) 586-6258 

PGOSA Advanced Cycling rides are on Wed & Sun, starting at 9:30am, (summer) and 10:00am, (winter), from Oceanside Place in Wembley Mall. A typical ride is approximately 50 km averaging 20 plus km/h.  All rides are weather dependent, starting times are seasonal dependent, and rides may have different start times and locations.

For more information contact: Kevan Hill-Tout, 250-738-1555 or Carol Shergold  1 250 616-2284

Safety, PGOSA & Insurance: All riders on PGOSA rides must be PGOSA members.
With increasing size and local traffic we need to make sure our rides are safe and all riders are accounted for on any ride. On highways and connector roads like NorthWest Bay road we need to stay right and in one line whenever possible. Crossing busy highways and highway merge lanes needs to be done with great care. On all roads we need to stay together, helping out anyone with difficulty and informing the person who is leading the ride if we are leaving.
All riders are provided with information on riding safety in their Introductory package.

Ride Destinations: In addition to our regular rides to Nanoose, Parksville, Errington, Coombs, Hilliers and French Creek, we are looking forward to several special rides and events. While most of these rides have been popular, they may not be a fit for all riders, and we often have a local ride concurrently