Cycling on Salt Spring roads
Touring Salt Spring on a bicycle is rapidly increasing in popularity as more and more visitors look for ways to incorporate outdoor activity into their holidays. Relatively quiet country roadways and plenty of amazing pastoral scenery make cycling a natural choice for sightseeing. While cycling is an excellent way to explore Salt Spring, there are some things to keep in mind. On the island, cyclists travel the same roads as motor vehicles. While these roads are more like country roads and are certainly less busy than those in a city, they are narrow, and often without shoulders. Cyclists should always ride single file and keep to the right. Helmets are mandatory in British Columbia and lights and reflective clothing are well advised, especially if you are cycling at night or in the event of inclement weather.

While all of the main roads on Salt Spring are paved, some side roads are gravel. Cyclists should also be prepared for some challenging hills, although most roads are considered moderate.

Salt Spring Island is very popular with cyclists and offers several great routes, including Beaver Point Road, which leads from Fulford Harbour to Stowell Lake, Weston Lake, and Ruckle Provincial Park (which has a campground favoured by cyclists). Robinson Road, north of Ganges village, leads past the beautiful scenery of Walker Hook and along the coast to the Fernwood residential area. Sunset Drive north of Vesuvius offers a beautiful ride through rolling farmland and along the ocean. The road from Ganges to Vesuvius and the side roads in the Drummond Park area offer additional good cycling routes. Caution is particularly advised on the road between Fulford Harbour and Ganges, which is quite steep in places and is often busy with motor traffic, especially when ferries are arriving or departing from Fulford Harbou
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