The History of Cycling

In February, after working at the organization for 35 years, 20 of which as President and CEO, I will be leaving Vélo Québec. Given the current situation of Vélo Québec, I can say with certainty that we have come a long...

Over the decades, Vélo Québec has been a participant and witness in the amazing evolution of winter biking. While today in Montréal,10% of cyclists ride year-round and happenings like Vélo sous zéro...

Over the past 50 years, Vélo Québec has developed special expertise in bikeway planning and infrastructure design that it now shares with communities and organizations. In the early 1980s, when cities and engineers had no...

Thousands of Quebecers now use their bikes for getting to school or work, shopping and outings. This reality stems from years of efforts to have cycling recognized as a bona fide mode of transportation....

Even before the inception of Vélo Québec in January 1967 – then known as the Fédération cyclotouriste provinciale –, its founder, Gabriel Lupien, was intent on showing young cyclists how to do...

The creation of the Grand Tour Desjardins in 1994 now seems like a turning point in the phenomenal evolution of bike touring in Québec over the past quarter century. Inspired by the Great Victorian Bike Ride in Australia,...

Quebecers identify with the Route verte. They bike it, they’re proud of it and they’re attached to it. And with good reason. The provincial network now stretches 5,075 km and covers 16 administrative...

On this 50th anniversary of Vélo Québec, a look back into our archives shows that the main concern of modern-day cyclists remains the same as that of cyclists in the 1960s, namely, safety. This is why Vélo Québec has...

In the mid-80s, in order to get people back on their bikes and demonstrate the popularity of biking to various government authorities, Vélo Québec was playing with the idea of organizing a major cycling event modelled after...

Today, Montréal ranks among the most bicycle-friendly cities in America. All credit goes to the activists of the 1970s, notably Bob Silverman, Guy Rouleau, Claire Morissette and Michel Labrecque, who fought valiantly to...