{"id":96516,"date":"2022-05-20T08:48:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T12:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=96516"},"modified":"2022-05-23T09:19:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:19:57","slug":"its-just-about-getting-back-out-there-barnyard-bicycles-is-back-with-first-alley-cat-race-of-the-summer-this-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/its-just-about-getting-back-out-there-barnyard-bicycles-is-back-with-first-alley-cat-race-of-the-summer-this-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s just about getting back out there\u2019: Barnyard Bicycles is back with first alley-cat race of the summer this Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Sunday, people will be hopping on their bikes to take part in Sackville\u2019s first alley cat race of the season. CHMA stopped by Barnyard Bicycles<\/a> on Lorne Street to hear about the plans for the race from owner and cyclist Tobias Paul.<\/p>\n

Hear that interview here:<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CHMA-May-20-2022-Barnyard-Bicycles.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

An alley-cat race is not your typical speed-centred race, explains Paul. \u201cIt\u2019ll be kind of a scavenger hunt style. All participants will receive a sealed envelope with a handful of destinations around town. And then they as riders will choose the most efficient route to get to all of these places. There are people who are going to be more concerned about speed. But it\u2019s also just about having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul says this is the first of a series of races that will happen the third Sunday of each month for the biking season. All races will begin at Barnyard Bicycles and end at Bagtown Brewing. There\u2019s a $5 entry fee and prizes in a variety of categories. The races will have different themes as the summer unfolds, he says, with the first being \u201crust to road\u201d, in honour of all the people who haven\u2019t ridden their bikes in months, he says. \u201cIt\u2019s just about getting back out there, remembering how much fun it is to ride around town, and finding new routes to get around town so that you can be biking throughout the summer season,\u201d says Paul.<\/p>\n

Barnyard Bicycles is also celebrating its one year anniversary this Sunday, having opened for business last May off Main Street. \u201cI initially started just because I was frustrated at needing to drive to Moncton anytime I needed a spare tube for my bicycle,\u201d says Paul, \u201cand I felt other people in town must feel the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far this year, business is booming in the bike shop, now in a larger space on Lorne near Wellington. \u201cI can\u2019t be here for half an hour without people coming in,\u201d says Paul, surrounded by bikes, some in for repairs, some refurbished rides that are for sale. \u201cLuckily I\u2019m still a small enough operation and a hard enough worker that I can keep things up,\u201d says Paul.<\/p>\n

Paul has high hopes for the future, and is fixing up the shop the include a place for people to just hang out. \u201cThe goal is to have Barnyard Bicycles be a community recreation centre,\u201d says Paul. \u201cSo if you just are into active living in any way, or you just want to come by and hang out, this will be the place for that. It\u2019s going to be a very welcoming community space.\u201d<\/p>\n

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