Welcome to aPTBOpeddler
A modest blog about everyday cycling in and around Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Ptbo Bike Orgs
A range of groups support cycling in Peterborough, focusing on mountain biking, active transportation, road riding, bike repair, environmental awareness and our very own community bicycle advisory committee.
Ptbo Bike Shops
Peterborough is blessed with a range of great bike shops. Each has a unique flavour and will appeal to different individual customers. Check them all out to find out which one, like a good bike, fits you perfectly. From family-focused to road riding to custom built, you can find it in the ‘Burgh.
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Peterborough’s twitter community is wide and very active. Like any creative city, there are many tweet peeps who promote, support and tweet about cycling.
Once again, the Peterborough Bicycle Advisory Committee (P-BAC) is hosting the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Summit. This year’s summit, which features a concurrent Youth Bike Summit is about how citizens can get engaged in creating the kind of bicycle friendly community they want.
We wrote last time about Peterborough native Megan Murphy as she sought to retrace her late father’s 1973 cycle trip through Ireland. Hers is a great story of connection, the importance of place and people and more than a little about finding yourself on a bicycle. We followed up with some questions to Megan that focused on the cycling aspects of her trip. Her answers are very interesting and reveal her growing connection to cycling. 
After losing her parents, her relationship, and moving home Megan Murphy is following a 40 year old cycling journey laid out in her father’s lost and found journal—and she is bringing a film crew with her. 
The eleventh annual 
Love mountain biking? Always wanted to know more about mountain biking? Love the scenery around beautiful Peterborough, Ontario? Then