Private Courses & Workplace Cycling Workshops
Want to encourage cycling among your employees or organization?
HUB Cycling offers Private Courses and Workplace Cycling Workshops to help you create a safe and enjoyable cycling culture within your company.
Cycling to work:
- Improves employee health: Reduces stress, increases fitness, and boosts overall well-being.
- Benefits your business: Lowers employer costs, reduces absenteeism, and increases employee productivity and morale.
- Is environmentally friendly: Reduces your company's carbon footprint and promotes sustainability.
By promoting cycling, you can:
- Attract and keep top talent.
- Enhance your company's image as an employer of choice.
- Create a positive and sustainable workplace.
We offer a variety of workshops that are perfect for staff of all riding abilities. Looking for more in-depth courses to train your employees? Check out our Cycling Training and Private Courses!
Presentation Workshops available in 2025
Provide support for staff to get outside, move and remain healthy while working from home or commuting to their workplace. We have several 1-hour workshops available in person, or through Zoom, allowing our instructors to deliver the same engaging seminars to participants located anywhere in the province.
Online presentations are available for up to 100 participants for $700 (excluding GST) per workshop. In-person presentations (Metro Vancouver Only) are available for up to 30 participants, also for $700 (excluding GST)
If you’re interested in booking a workshop, scroll down or click here to fill out our interest form.
The following workshops are available to book:
Biking to Work - Lunch Hour Primer
This one-hour primer is the perfect introduction to cycling best practices for employees looking to gain knowledge about how to bike safely to work. The course covers the rights and responsibilities of cyclists, and looks at various traffic scenarios encountered in city cycling. Participants will learn how to share the road and communicate with other road users, how to take their bike on transit, types of commuter gear and how to plan a safe route. |
Biking to Work - Intro to E-biking
This one-hour introductory workshop is designed to provide you with useful tips for buying, riding, and caring for your e-bike. You will learn about the pros and cons of e-bikes, as well as types, classes, cost, and performance to help you choose the right one for yourself. It will also cover tips for caring for and maintaining your e-bike, along with relevant by-laws and regulations to help give you more confidence in navigating your ride. |
Biking to Work - Fall & Winter Cycling
This one-hour workshop covers everything you need to know about biking to work in Metro Vancouver's fall and winter riding conditions. Key topics include visibility, dressing for the weather, advanced cycling safety, cold-weather care for your bike, and how to take your bike on transit.
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Cycling Training and Private Courses available in 2025
Looking for more in-depth cycling training for your staff? We have several in person private courses and training sessions available for employers who wish to train their staff on cycling safety. These courses are perfect for any employees who use cycling in their daily work lives, including delivery services, bicycle tour guides, safety inspectors, or even just commuting to and from work!
Prices vary per workshop. Please click on each workshop for the full fee. NOTE: Many of these courses also have space requirements, please contact us to find out more.
If you’re interested in booking a private course, scroll down or click here to fill out our interest form.
E-Cargo Bike Road Safety Training (5 hours)
The E-Cargo Bike Road Safety Training Course will train your staff riding cargo bikes (two-wheel or three-wheel types or cargo trailers) in essential skills for safe road cycling. Due to the differences from a standard bicycle, there are important considerations and skills when it comes to handling and care of cargo bikes, as well as some different rules and regulations for electric models. This is a five hour course. Note: this course can be adapted for any style of bike upon request. Price: $1,000 + GST for 6 participants. More information on this course is available here. |
Beginner Bike Skills (2 hours)
Beginner Bike Skills is a course for people who have not yet learned to ride a bike or lack the basic handling skills or confidence to cycle for urban transportation. This small group 2-hour course occurs completely off the road, in a safe and comfortable environment for new riders. Under the guidance of our experienced instructors, participants will practice fundamental bike handling skills such as balance, braking, steering, and pedaling.
Price: $900 + GST for 6 participants, $1,150 for 12 participants. Bikes can be provided for an additional fee.
More information on this course (as well as public course options) available here. |
Basic Bike Maintenance (2 hours)
This fun, interactive course is for participants who are new to maintaining their bike or would like a refresher. Participants are encouraged to bring their bikes to the workshop and are shown how to perform a basic ‘ABC Quick Check’ to ensure that it is safe to ride. We review some simple maintenance tips that can be done at home to prolong bike life, as well as how to properly lock a bike to prevent bike theft, and change a flat tire.
Price: $900 + GST for 15 participants.
More information on this course (as well as public course options) available here. |
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Intermediate Bike Skills (2 hours)
Intermediate Bike Skills is a course for people who have mastered the basics of riding a bike and are looking to become more confident riding on city streets and pathways. This small group 2 hour session will start with a refresher skills session and progress to a Road Ride in the local community.
Price: $900 + GST for 6 participants, $1,150 for 12 participants. Bikes can be provided for an additional fee.
More information on this course (as well as public course options) available here. |
E-Bike Skills (2 hours)
E-Bike Skills is a course for people who have mastered the basics of riding a bike and are looking to extend their skills to e-bikes. Although very similar to the standard bicycle, e-bikes have some key differences when it comes to handling and care, as well as some different rules and regulations. All of this will be explored within this two hour course.
Price: $900 + GST for 6 participants, $1,150 for 12 participants. Bikes can be provided for an additional fee.
More information on this course (as well as public course options) available here. |
All workshops are also available as part of HUB's Bike Friendly Building Consulting services.
What people are saying about the workshops:
"The workshop had a clean and clear format, just the right combination of traffic scenarios, route planning information and a good overview of bike maintenance. It was very well attended and created cycling safety awareness at our workplace." - Mike F, Burnaby
"Informative and fun, one of our most successful lunch & learns to date. Thank you." - Mark T, Vancouver
"The instructor did a great job presenting the materials and showed a range of options for cycling gear." - Jennifer A, Richmond