Capital Health and Sportwheels are helping make physical activity the easy choice. Beginning June 16, when you need to go between the Halifax Infirmary and the Victoria General sites, you have the option to ride a bicycle – or a tricycle.

All you need to do is show your Capital Health ID at the retail locations — Summer Street Market (Halifax Infirmary) or the Apple a Day (Dickson) — to sign out a bike and a helmet. You simply take the key, go to the bike racks outside the doors of each site, unlock a bike, put on your helmet and ride to the other site.

A map of the designated bike lanes is attached to your key. When you arrive at the other site, lock the bike in the bike rack and return your key and helmet at the retail store. To make it even easier, any books or bags you are carrying can be placed in the bike basket.

This pilot project is the result of a creative partnership between Partners for Care and Sportwheels, a local bicycle shop. The bikes are being provided and maintained, at no cost to Capital Health, by Sportwheels. As an added incentive to be active, if you are interested in purchasing a bicycle, helmet or other sporting goods, Sportwheels is offering Capital Health employees an in-store discount. All you need to do is show your Capital Health ID.
Cycle with us on June 16

Bring your bicycle and join the first ride with Sportwheels, Capital Health and cycling enthusiasts from our community on June 16.
We begin at the Summer Street entrance of the Halifax Infirmary at 11:15 a.m. and will cycle along the identified route to the Dickson Building.
If you don’t have a bike – no problem – join in the fun on Tuesday and cheer on our colleagues who are taking the first ride.

No special clothing is required to take advantage of this activity. The four bicycles and two tricycles are step-through models that make cycling an easy choice, regardless of what you are wearing.

During the pilot, bikes will be available Monday through Friday during retail shop hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). The shop at the Halifax Infirmary is open later, so the latest time you sign out a bike from the Dickson shop is 4:30 p.m. to ride and sign-in at the Halifax Infirmary.

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Sportwheels & Hospitals team up for health