Dartmouth, October 25, 2026 @9:30am

Ride starts at: Crichton Park Elementary School: 49 Lyngby Ave, Dartmouth

Please complete our waiver (once per person, per year)

What to expect on the ride

• We will meet at 9:30am and the ride will start at 10:00am
• Kids and their grown-ups will ride their bikes (or scooters) together, on multi-use pathways and city streets.
• Rides are planned, led and marshalled by community volunteers
• Snacks and drinks are provided at the end of the ride
• Meeting places and routes will be specified for each ride, including a map and turn-by-turn directions.
• We’ll have activities to help you meet and connect with new friends and familiar faces, and we’ll have prizes for the kids as well!
• If we need to cancel due to weather conditions, we will post a notice on this website by 7:30am on the day of the ride.
• Please help protect our community from COVID-19. Our rides and activities take place entirely outdoors, but we do ride as a group and share outdoor public space with many others. Masks are welcomed, but please stay home if you feel unwell.
• If you have any questions at all, please contact KidicalMassHfx@gmail.com

Ride Specific Info

• We welcome you to wear costumes (that you can ride your bike in) or decorate your bike for the ride.
• Our ride starts at the Crichton Park Elementary School playground
  • There are two large playground structures, one on each side of the school.
  • One playground has a rubber surface, and the other has a pea-gravel surface.
  • There are several large sports fields behind the school.
  • There are several picnic tables and benches at the front of the school and some benches nearby the playgrounds as well.
  • There are bus stops on Crichton Ave, Woodland Ave and Micmac Blvd.
  • There is on-street parking on several nearby streets, and a small parking lot on the school grounds.
  • There are no public washroom facilities at the school playground.
• The ride ends at Albro Lake Beach Park playground
  • There are two playground structures: one for ages 2-5 and one for ages 5-12.
  • Both play structures have a wood chip surface and there is a playground communication board nearby
  • There are benches, covered picnic tables, a small sandy beach, and a rocky area that kids might like to climb
  • The public restrooms here are currently CLOSED for the season
• We’ll provide snacks & prizes at the end of the ride
• To celebrate the end of our 2026 season, Halifax Cycles is sponsoring a BBQ at Albro Lake beach. After the ride, we’ll set up some BBQs and camp stoves to cook hotdogs. Halifax Cycles will also have a few family cargo bikes available for test-rides.