Ride & Row
430 Queen Street C1A4E8 Charlottetown, PE, Canada

Don’t wait! A PRESEASON SIGN UP DISCOUNT of 15% to your SEASON PASSES (single payment ONLY) is waiting for you. This coupon code is only valid until October 4th at midnight, and then it expires. So, if you want to save some money, you can sign up right away. The Discount Code is: PRESEASON2020 and you’ll be able to input it on the payment info page when signing up. This offers hundreds of dollars in savings for our members for the next 7 months of Indoor Cycling Fall/Wint...er/Spring Training with us. All information is on our webpage at www.RideandRow.com

Won’t be long. Look for some news from us in September!

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I’m writing today to break the news that we won’t be offering our Spring Training Extension, like we suggested may happen in the month of April - after the COVID-19 shutdown. With the uncertainty of when the business will be permitted to reopen, we have decided to close down for this season and stock our Studio room nicely for the Bike Shop summer season ahead-that we are very hopeful will still be. Thank you for ALL your support and hope to see you in the Fall.

Lonely Bikes Wanting to be Riden’ Hard. For sale End of Season Keiser M3i Bluetooth models Three price points:... SOLD Bike number 6-12,417km $2200 Bike number 5-14,213km $2200 SOLD Bike number 2-21,058km $2000 Bike number 1-21,380km $2000 Bike number 7-22,760km $2000 SOLD Bike number 3-30,954km $1800 Bike number 9-31,646km $1800

We are going to take all the credit for these gorgeous beauties today! They rode their warm hearts out at noon class. ...#happyhour #serotonin Photo credit: Ann Butler McKenna

Thursday Night Row class (tonight-Feb.27th) is cancelled due to the weather.

When the post class endorphins start to kick in #R&Rswag #getyourstoday

Tuesday’s row crew setting the bar higher than good enough

Can't get enough spin? This coming Saturday, Feb 22nd, beginning at 8:30 am, you will have the opportunity to attend a 2 hour spin class! If you want to do your regular 60 minute class from 8:30-9:30, fantastic! You will be able to cool down and hop off before the second hour starts. ORRRRRR if you want to push yourself to a new place with your cycling, stick around for a second hour. Are you up for the challenge? Reserve your bike today and I will bring the tunes and the drills! ~Jamie B

Jus one workout. www.RideandRow.com

DID YOU KNOW... ROWING is a TOTAL body workout, using all of the body's major muscle groups (arms, legs, back, abdomen, and buttocks) making rowing a superb aerobic and resistance training conditioner.

Two of my Favorites. Mark Wakelin & Gena Stacy Come Enjoy the Ride ...and Row in their case!

Lisa is filling in tonight as the roads are a bit messy for anyone traveling far. Make your way to class if you feel comfortable.

Give a dog a bone... Or a Koala a drink!

Last ride is at 10am on Christmas Eve. Jan is riding with Santa for noon -no class after all!

HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS TO ONE & ALL! Your Holiday Schedule is as follows: Closing X-mas eve (Tuesday, Dec. 24th) at 11am -No Row classes that evening-... Closed Wednesday, Dec. 25th all day. One RIDE class only on Boxing Day Wednesday, Dec. 26th at 10am -Same will go for New Year's Eve.- Closed New Year's Eve (Tuesday, Dec.31st) at 11am -No Row classes that evening- One RIDE class only on New Year’s Day Wednesday, Jan. 1st at 10am. See more

Here is Michele Beaton’s excellent line of questioning today about the need for a bike bridge as expressed by her constituents. In the 2016 summary report of th...e Stratford resident survey, the danger of riding to Charlottetown was listed as the biggest thing preventing people from enjoying the benefits of active transportation. In the 2019 report for the survey, residents said that improving sidewalks and creating bike lanes is the top priority for capital expenditures. Deliberations have gone on for over a decade now. Each time the need has been highlighted over the years, public officials have stated that they want to see it happen. Structural integrity evaluations have been done on the bridge that included three design examples for a bike lane, and they can be updated with new data as the bridge is renovated now. If an active transportation bridge were to use the access road alongside the bridge to its advantage, I believe a path could be constructed without worry that it would compromise the bridge. In the most recent CBC article about how the plan to execute an active transportation path simultaneously with the sewer expansion that is now happening has been abandoned It is said that it might cost approximately $5 million. last week it was announced that money collected from the reinstated tax on drivers licenses will be earmarked for active transportation infrastructure and the expected revenue is $5 million. Hmmm... Minister Myers gives a sample of a narrative that I expect to hear in the coming months, which is that this funding must be across the whole island so everyone gets their fair share. And he said Michelle is trying to cut in line to advance the bridge at the loss of other rural projects. The problem is, the minister doesn’t say what is in that line. And this is coming from someone who just overspent the road construction budget by $17 million and asked the government to cover it with a special warrant after the fact. It's also unacceptable for a minister to say that because they are new to the position they don't have to be aware of things that the department was working on before. As Michelle points out, continuity in government is key to providing the best supports and policies for Islanders. Research has been done and Myers seems to want to start from square one because it's a new government. He implies that Charlottetown and Stratford do not "have a system worth linking together". Connecting Stratford and downtown is the single most consequential and beneficial investment that can be made on the topic. How many people must live in Stratford and work downtown and drive back and forth? About a 15 min casual bike ride. It would make Stratford accessible for tourists such as cruise ship passengers for retail sales or for a round of golf. People without a car such as teenagers, families with young children could walk with the stroller to downtown safely. A phrase that comes up commonly in the legislature is made-in-PEI solutions. Many things require such an approach, and given that we have a level of jurisdictional independence far exceeding what is normal for such a small place, We should do what we can to ensure policies and actions are special to our situation. However, I would bet that at time you’re reading this, somewhere in the world someone is building an active transportation lane on the side of a bridge. It shouldn’t be complicated to contract an expert to evaluate and tell us what we should do, then do it. It seems like logical determination that the main problem is a lack of political will. Let me know what you think of this video.

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