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Welcome to the Vancouver Bicycle Club (VBC)

Located in Vancouver, Washington USA



The VBC sponsors group rides throughout Vancouver and Clark County, and actively supports safe bicycling. Club rides are held throughout the week, as well as Time Trials and event rides.

A complete schedule of upcoming VBC rides can be found in our monthly newsletter, The Wheel Truth, which is mailed to all club members and is also available in local bike shops. The newsletter also contains articles from the President and the Editor, useful bicycling tips and other tidbits. You can view and download the current issue and back issues of The Wheel Truth from The Wheel Truth Page.  Due to a change in our volunteer editing staff, we will not be mailing or distributing a September Wheel Truth.  However we plan to be back in the saddle by October.  Members can expect to receive a newsletter in the mail shortly after October 1. 

In the meantime, please refer to our Ride Calendar for scheduled rides in September, to our Northwest Events Calendar for event rides in the Pacific Northwest, and to our Volunteer and VBC Events calendar for volunteer and other non-riding opportunities.

Information about our rides and events is also posted on this website and is updated monthly. For a schedule of VBC rides, click on the Ride Calendar; and for surrounding area events, use our Northwest Events link. Check the other links to the left for more information on all kinds of VBC things!

The VBC now has a great way to keep you informed of last minute changes to the ride schedule (as well as other cool club news). Consider joining the VBC Buddies List. This is our list server that lets you keep informed on what's going on with the club, including impromptu rides and ride cancellations, club news, events and all of our crazy goings-on. This is all done by e-mail, with messages delivered right to your e-mail Inbox. Visit our Buddies List Info page to learn more about this service, how to join it, how to use it and for any questions you may have about it.

Be sure to visit our new Monthly Cycling Tips page for interesting and informative articles on a wide range of cycling related topics. Each month a new article! Check back often!

And now the VBC has a Lending Library of over 50 cycling related books and DVD's for your reading and viewing pleasure. For those of you who enjoy the process of mentally interpreting written symbols as much as cutting alternating circles with your feet while seated on a mobile, wheeled device, check out all the details here! 

In addition to the information you can find here on the VBC website, we also highly recommend visiting bikeportland.org- a daily news source that covers the Portland bike scene. It's designed to give Portland area cyclists resources to make their riding experience fun, positive and safe. They have links to many local-area cycling clubs and groups (including the VBC!) and also links to cycling community events and bicycling resources, bike shops etc. A truly informative website!