Cycling in Canada: Welcoming the New Year, Vancouver-style

The New Year: although the first day of 2016 is a little more than a week behind us, the potential of it all is still fresh, the possibility looming, the days much more ample ahead than they are behind.

And across Canada, cyclists have very fittingly chosen their wheels as ways to celebrate.

Vancouver, nestled against the Pacific, may be one of the places that the sun graces Canadian soil during the day, but that just highlights the sincerity with which the day—and the year—is appreciated by B.C. cyclists. In true West Coast fashion, riders in Vancouver take to the streets, lanes and paths, as well as the trails, to mark the new year in two-wheeling celebration, propelling the New Year’s momentum with their own.

Here’s how one Vancouver cyclist, Joao Felipe, welcomed 2016, riding along Pacific Blvd. to Quebec Street.